Re: [pve-devel] [PATCH widget-toolkit] tfa: improve UX for recovery keys and when none are left

[Dominik Csapak <d.csapak@proxmox.com>]

comments inline for a few things i noticed right away
(this was no in-depth review...)

On 5/16/23 13:22, Wolfgang Bumiller wrote:
> If we get an empty challenge, tell the user to contact an
> administrator as it means no 2nd factors and no recovery
> keys are available.
> 
> Currently if only 1 key was available and it had a high ID,
> we'd show something like: "Recovery keys available: 9,
> Warning, less than 4 keys available."
> Let's start off with the warning, and then be explicit about
> the IDs.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Wolfgang Bumiller <w.bumiller@proxmox.com>
> ---
>   src/window/TfaWindow.js | 73 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
>   1 file changed, 57 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/src/window/TfaWindow.js b/src/window/TfaWindow.js
> index 22ac50d..0e63e36 100644
> --- a/src/window/TfaWindow.js
> +++ b/src/window/TfaWindow.js
> @@ -45,11 +45,16 @@ Ext.define('Proxmox.window.TfaLoginWindow', {
>   
>   	    let lastTabId = me.getLastTabUsed();
>   	    let initialTab = -1, i = 0;
> +	    let hasAny2nd = false, hasNonRecovery2nd = false;
>   	    for (const k of ['webauthn', 'totp', 'recovery', 'u2f', 'yubico']) {
>   		const available = !!challenge[k];
>   		vm.set(`availableChallenge.${k}`, available);
>   
>   		if (available) {
> +		    hasAny2nd = true;
> +		    if (k !== 'recovery') {
> +			hasNonRecovery2nd = true;
> +		    }
>   		    if (i === lastTabId) {
>   			initialTab = i;
>   		    } else if (initialTab < 0) {
> @@ -58,15 +63,31 @@ Ext.define('Proxmox.window.TfaLoginWindow', {
>   		}
>   		i++;
>   	    }
> +	    if (!hasAny2nd || (!hasNonRecovery2nd && !challenge.recovery.length)) {

i really dislike double negations, any better way to express 'has non recovery methods'?

> +		// no 2nd factors available (and if recovery keys are configured they're empty)
> +		me.lookup('cannotLogin').setVisible(true);
> +		me.lookup('recoveryKey').setVisible(false);
> +		view.down('tabpanel').setActiveTab(2); // recovery
> +		return;
> +	    }
>   	    view.down('tabpanel').setActiveTab(initialTab);
>   
>   	    if (challenge.recovery) {
> -		me.lookup('availableRecovery').update(Ext.String.htmlEncode(
> -		    gettext('Available recovery keys: ') + view.challenge.recovery.join(', '),
> -		));
> -		me.lookup('availableRecovery').setVisible(true);
> -		if (view.challenge.recovery.length <= 3) {
> -		    me.lookup('recoveryLow').setVisible(true);
> +		if (!view.challenge.recovery.length) {
> +		    me.lookup('recoveryEmpty').setVisible(true);
> +		} else {
> +		    me.lookup('availableRecovery').update(Ext.String.htmlEncode(
> +			gettext('Available recovery keys: ')
> +			+ view
> +			    .challenge
> +			    .recovery
> +			    .map((id) => Ext.String.format(gettext('ID {0}'), id))
> +			    .join(', '),

that's a bad way to do gettexts, rather use the Ext.String.format syntax ('{0}') and do:

Ext.String.format(gettext('...{0}...', thing to insert')

that way non left-to-right languages get it right

> +		    ));
> +		    me.lookup('availableRecovery').setVisible(true);
> +		    if (view.challenge.recovery.length <= 3) {
> +			me.lookup('recoveryLow').setVisible(true);
> +		    }
>   		}
>   	    }
>   
> @@ -365,19 +386,23 @@ Ext.define('Proxmox.window.TfaLoginWindow', {
>   		items: [
>   		    {
>   			xtype: 'box',
> -			reference: 'availableRecovery',
> +			reference: 'cannotLogin',
>   			hidden: true,
> +			html: '<i class="fa fa-exclamation-triangle warning"></i>'
> +			    + Ext.String.format(
> +				gettext('No secon factor left! Please contact an administrator!'),

typo: secon/second

> +				4,
> +			    ),
>   		    },
>   		    {
> -			xtype: 'textfield',
> -			fieldLabel: gettext('Please enter one of your single-use recovery keys'),
> -			labelWidth: 300,
> -			name: 'recoveryKey',
> -			disabled: true,
> -			reference: 'recoveryKey',
> -			allowBlank: false,
> -			regex: /^[0-9a-f]{4}(-[0-9a-f]{4}){3}$/,
> -			regexText: gettext('Does not look like a valid recovery key'),
> +			xtype: 'box',
> +			reference: 'recoveryEmpty',
> +			hidden: true,
> +			html: '<i class="fa fa-exclamation-triangle warning"></i>'
> +			    + Ext.String.format(
> +				gettext('No more recovery keys left! Please generate a new set!'),
> +				4,
> +			    ),
>   		    },
>   		    {
>   			xtype: 'box',
> @@ -389,6 +414,22 @@ Ext.define('Proxmox.window.TfaLoginWindow', {
>   				4,
>   			    ),
>   		    },
> +		    {
> +			xtype: 'box',
> +			reference: 'availableRecovery',
> +			hidden: true,
> +		    },
> +		    {
> +			xtype: 'textfield',
> +			fieldLabel: gettext('Please enter one of your single-use recovery keys'),
> +			labelWidth: 300,
> +			name: 'recoveryKey',
> +			disabled: true,
> +			reference: 'recoveryKey',
> +			allowBlank: false,
> +			regex: /^[0-9a-f]{4}(-[0-9a-f]{4}){3}$/,
> +			regexText: gettext('Does not look like a valid recovery key'),
> +		    },
>   		],
>   	    },
>   	    {