Lbry-desktop: Make it Easy For People to Find Their Log

[ElectronEsq]

Add a button to auto open log or log folder or both, so that users can send debugging information easier.

[seanyesmunt]

I really like this idea.

[ElectronEsq]

Required Code

<div className="card__actions">
            <Button
              button="primary"
              label={__('Open Log File')}
              icon={icons.MESSAGE}
              href="{log-location}"
            />
          </div>

Code Location

Adjustments:

• New/better icon.
• Dynamic log location variable which always points to the correct location regardless of OS.

[kauffj]

Agreed, this is a great idea @Invariant-Change!

The button should probably be somewhere else though. Either a standalone card, or in About?

[ElectronEsq]

As a separate section makes it easier to find. So I guess that is the best solution.

Or better still...

[amitnndn]

I will take this up!

I had a couple of questions/clarifications - @kauffj @seanyesmunt

• The log files location are mentioned in this post and I am assuming that this is the right file.
• I know that the electron shell plugin allows you to open external files that are on the file system, but it cannot open files with relative paths. Does anyone know how I can access properties like the user's home directory etc.?

[tzarebczan]

@amitnndn take a look at how we do this on the backup page: https://github.com/lbryio/lbry-app/blob/afaad1910e84d27140abaa696af53a985349c53d/src/renderer/page/backup/view.jsx

In this case, the setting is: data_dir

[amitnndn]

@tzarebczan Thank you! I will take a look at it.

[amitnndn]

1600 I see that there is an issue opened, that is related to the changes in this issue. Can anybody with a Windows 10 system, click on the open log folder and let me know what folder it ends up opening? Thank you!

[tzarebczan]

On windows 10 and Mac, it opens to the parent folder of lbrynet, with it highlighted. Think you want to pass the logfile and have it open that folder.

[amitnndn]

@tzarebczan Is that happening when you click on 'Open Log Folder' or 'Open Log'?

[tzarebczan]

It's described in the issue. It happens when you click open log folder. Open log opens the logfile in notepad correctly.

[amitnndn]

Got it! 👍 A bit of a lag in my brain registering an Issue on a Friday night!!

[tzarebczan]

Closing this, https://github.com/lbryio/lbry-app/issues/1600 tracks latest issue.