On Safari the keyring backup file opens in a new tab

[Im4JAR]

No download at all

Safari Version 8.0.3 (10600.3.18)

[let4be]

related issue from a Filesaver lib we use, eligrey/FileSaver.js#129

[let4be]

eligrey/FileSaver.js#12 (comment)

[let4be]

Unfortunately I can only test from windows and linux, no mac os here

[let4be]

It seems we can't get this fixed for iOS && Safari + those browsers lack some other features such as providing file names to files generated entirely in browser

I would not like to pass backup file to the server just to allow user to download them cross platform it contains very sensitive information(encrypted with account password tho).

We could probably give user a warning that he should copy/paste this file and save in a good place

[vviikk]

this is on @pzduniak side - he needs to set the HTTP header of the file he's sending. otherwise safari will just see it as another text file.

Content-disposition=attachment; filename=some.file.name

or in html5, you can use

<a download="name_of_downloaded_file" href="path/to/the/download/file"> Clicking on this link will force download the file</a>

To force the browser to download the file. note the download attribute.

more info here http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5192917/force-download-through-js-or-query

[let4be]

o_O @piggyslasher
this is completely client side action

[vviikk]

well - then you can use the

<a download="name_of_downloaded_file" href="path/to/the/download/file"> Clicking on this link will force download the file</a>

[let4be]

we don't have href ;)
we have only data in memory, i.e. in js variable we need to save without intermediate layer(server)

[vviikk]

can you point me to the code that does this? i think i might have a solution. needs some trial and error.

[let4be]

just make a search for saveAs calls

[let4be]

the easiest place to test is settings, js/AppLavaboom/controllers/ctrlSettingsSecurity.js

[flixi]

Status?

[vviikk]

5e7004a
this was my fix. I haven't made a pull-request yet as I was waiting for some feedback.

the file is downloaded and saved as 'unknown' in safari, with no extension. its the closest thing i got to saving the file. its a known issue and apple doesnt plan to fix it anytime soon. There is one more way using FileSystem api but I need to do more research on this. We can either

• use a js comment in the displayed JSON for safari users to manually click save as or
• go with this method and prompt the user that safari users will have a file called 'unknown' in their download folder.

[let4be]

fixed with 0a7af34