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Favoriten: File-Picker from client?

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Description

When working with the favorites import function lately I found that offering a file-picker dialog that points to the cloud storage rather odd.

In other Nextcloud apps (e.g. contacts) any import/export function operates directly with the client, i.e. files are selected from the client's storage, not from the cloud storage. To me this makes more sense - currently getting your just-exported-from-google favorites into Maps means

  • upload them to your NC
  • then click "import" and select it from there

which is one step too many I would argue.

Similarly the export function in other apps gives me the exported file directly while in Maps just a new file in NC storage is created - not really what I would call "export".

What do others think?

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The issue names no files, tests, or entry points. Clarify whether imports should select local client files and exports should download directly, then inspect the existing import/export flow to determine the affected UI and storage behavior.

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Tech stack
javascript
Domain
frontend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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