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Creating keypair should notify private key can be exported later

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Description

I got very confused when creating a keypair thru the website interface. When the keypair is displayed, the public key is shown for copy & pasting, but the private key is shown encrypted. I kept trying to click on it and copy/paste it, but of course the result is not useful.

Later I realized I can export the private key from the dropdown.

Perhaps consider not displaying the private key and instead a blurb in white on green with the text: "Your private key is now stored on the site, and can be exported from the gear menu after closing this dialogue."

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Research direction

Start in the website's keypair-creation dialogue and inspect how the public and private keys are presented, along with the gear-menu export path. Done means the dialogue clearly explains that the private key is stored and can be exported after closing, without presenting the encrypted private key as copyable text.

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Domain
frontend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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