Selecting multiple files for upload not working macOS

[Krisell]

Steps to reproduce the problem
Use SEB to go to any page which uses a file input-field with the multiple-attribute, for instance https://smallpdf.com/merge-pdf

What's the problem
Multiple files can't be selected.

What is supposed to happen
Multiple files should be selectable, using cmd or shift, or dragging mouse. This works as expected in any other browser I've tried, including SEB for Windows.

[danschlet]

This is fixed in the final pre-release build of SEB 2.1.4 (will be available in the testing repository later today).

[Krisell]

I tried with 2.1.4pre3 (which I guess is not the latest version) and the issue remains. I also noticed another closely related issue that I've not noticed before, or that's been introduced now. The filtering of types based on the "accept-attribute" (e.g. accept="audio/*") is not respected. I compared this with Safari outside of SEB which behaves as expected.

[danschlet]

Yes, something more urgent came up yesterday and I couldn't work on the last remaining issues. I hope the final build will be available by Monday.

I have to see if the WebKit framework has an API for that accept-attribute. You can't compare everything to Safari, Apple doesn't give developers full access to all WebKit features. I also still have to use WebKit 1 instead of 2 in Safari, as again not all necessary features are supported in the newer WKWebView. And SEB is an exam browser, I don't care if some convenience parameters aren't yet supported if there are way more important features which we need to implement first...

[Krisell]

I absolutely understand. It is by no means criticism, only notes about discrepancies from other browsers and the standard, (what else should I compare against?) and I’m guessing you’d rather have issues reported than not?

These are both nice to have features and should not be prioritized above most other development, but I don’t know if it’s a matter of one setting, or 100 lines of code.

[danschlet]

You're right, better to report even minor issues. We SEB developers sometimes don't even realize that there is something missing (like this accept-attribute), as we're desktop/mobile application developers and not web developers. My comment was just meant to explain why not everything in SEB works like in a regular browser and why that we have to set priorities.

[danschlet]

The new testing build 2.1.4pre4 with this issue fixes is now available (I had to spend some time fixing also the Touch Bar disabling feature).

Unfortunately the classic WebKit framework doesn't seem to offer an API for that accept-attribute. I will look into a possible workaround when implementing the new WebKit (WKWebView).

[Krisell]

Thank you, it does work now. Great job!

I also noticed the information about the touch bar not being reset, which I was just about to file a bug report for. Nice!