PEM format files not retaining format when pasting into Cryptr

[kangman]

The problem

When pasting PEM formatted files the UI does not retain the newline format causing the file format to be incorrect

Environment

• Cryptr version (or git revision) that exhibits the issue:
• Desktop OS/version used to run Cryptr: v0.3.0
• Vault version: v1.3.0

Details

When trying to store ssl files

• csr
• crt
• private key

the pem format \n is lost when pasting into the cryptr app

One workaround was to regex the \n into the output of the file

awk 'NF {sub(/\r/, ""); printf "%s\\n",$0;}' cert-name.crt
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then paste that into the json view of cryptr. When using the other UI an extra \ is appended with \\n as the output.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Have a pem formated file
2. copy paste the output to cryptr UI
3. then copy paste that saved information to another file or editor and see the format change.

[jcrowthe]

Hey, thanks for the bug report.

This is the current behavior because the input field in use is a traditional HTML input field, which are only ever a single line. Some whitespace characters may be preserved, but notably newlines cannot due to the object type. The way to fix this would be with a textarea element, which allows for multiple lines, and therefore supports newlines.

Moving to textarea objects is desired, but must be part of a larger effort to revamp the way secret key/value pairs are displayed and interacted with. I'm making a note to address this then.

In the mean time, feel free to use JSON mode. Newlines will properly be converted to a "\n" there, and is preserved thereafter in all operations, as at that point the input field only sees a single line of text.

Closing as this will need to be in a larger effort to change the display mechanisms. Thanks!