Vector35 / Vector35/binaryninja-api

New folders in symbols view count up strangely

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Component: UI Effort: Trivial Impact: Low UI: Symbols
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Description

Version and Platform (required):

  • Binary Ninja Version: 4.1.5741-dev
  • OS: macOS
  • OS Version: 14.5
  • CPU Architecture: aarch64

Bug Description:
Making new folders in symbols view will create:

  • Component
  • Component (1)
  • Component (1) (1)
  • Component (1) (2)
  • Component (1) (3)

Steps To Reproduce:
Just make new folders.

Expected Behavior:
The left-most number should start incrementing and there shouldn't be a second number to the right of it.

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Research direction

Reproduce the issue in the Symbols view by creating several folders with the same name, then trace the folder-name generation logic from that UI action. Done means repeated folders are named Component, Component (1), Component (2), and so on, without nested numbering such as Component (1) (1).

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Assessment

Tech stack
cpp
Domain
desktop, reverse-engineering
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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