element-hq / element-hq/element-web
Unique filenames for downloaded images
- Dominant language
- TypeScript
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Description
### Your use case
When other users send images from their clipboards (or by drag and drop), the files are given generic names such as `image.jpg` or `image.png`. This presents a problem for the receiving user(s) when downloading the image within Element, as the user is prompted to either overwrite an existing file with the same name, or give a unique name to the image.
This can be quite tedious, and effectively defeats the benefit of the easy-to-access download button next to each message, since the user has to stop and give a unique filename to each downloaded image.
I propose having Element automatically name files based on their Matrix Content IDs (`mxc://`) when downloaded, if they would otherwise have an `image.*` filename.
### Have you considered any alternatives?
_No response_
### Additional context
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Contributor guide
Research direction
No file or test is named in the issue. Start by tracing the image download button and the code that assigns fallback image.* filenames; done means downloads that would otherwise use a generic image name receive a unique name based on the Matrix mxc:// content ID.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- frontend, web-dev
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 42/100