Opened at 2013-01-04T23:56:15Z
Last modified at 2021-03-30T18:40:19Z
#1902 assigned defect
WUI: "Download a file" should error on directory
| Reported by: | zooko | Owned by: | Lcstyle |
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| Priority: | normal | Milestone: | soon |
| Component: | code-frontend-web | Version: | 1.9.2 |
| Keywords: | usability LeastAuthority.com wui | Cc: | |
| Launchpad Bug: |
Description (last modified by Lcstyle)
I just took a call from a customer (TV) who was confused because they were trying to "Download a file" in the WUI, and they mistakenly had a directory cap when they thought they had a file cap, and when they clicked "Download!" in the WUI it was taking them to a directory listing page in the WUI. After they and I figured out what was going on, they agreed with me when I said that the "Download a file" box in the WUI should give an error if you use a directory URI in it. (There is a "View File or Directory" box if you want to view a directory.)
To close this ticket, make it so that the "Download a file" box gives an error page if the user provided a directory cap instead of a file cap.
Change History (10)
comment:1 Changed at 2013-01-05T03:07:39Z by davidsarah
comment:2 Changed at 2013-01-05T03:09:20Z by davidsarah
The error page could also include a View! button so that you don't have to go back in order to click View!, if that's what you intended.
comment:3 Changed at 2014-09-27T02:06:29Z by Lcstyle
- Description modified (diff)
This sounds like an ideal next ticket for me, can someone assign it to me?
comment:4 Changed at 2014-09-27T02:28:36Z by Lcstyle
- Owner set to Lcstyle
- Status changed from new to assigned
comment:5 Changed at 2014-09-27T03:16:34Z by Lcstyle
- Milestone changed from undecided to 1.11.0
comment:6 Changed at 2014-09-27T13:46:02Z by daira
- Milestone changed from 1.11.0 to 1.12.0
comment:7 Changed at 2016-03-22T05:02:25Z by warner
- Milestone changed from 1.12.0 to 1.13.0
Milestone renamed
comment:8 Changed at 2016-06-28T18:17:14Z by warner
- Milestone changed from 1.13.0 to 1.14.0
renaming milestone
comment:9 Changed at 2020-06-30T14:45:13Z by exarkun
- Milestone changed from 1.14.0 to 1.15.0
Moving open issues out of closed milestones.
comment:10 Changed at 2021-03-30T18:40:19Z by meejah
- Milestone changed from 1.15.0 to soon
Ticket retargeted after milestone closed
If we had JavaScript in the WUI, we could disable the Download! button unless the input is a syntactically valid filecap (or unless JS is disabled). We should make it give an error for now, though.