Qtox: "Public key" (Tox ID) viewed only 64 symbols in "show details", why not 74?

Created on 16 Jun 2016  Â·  10Comments  Â·  Source: qTox/qTox

Brief Description

OS: Windows XP 32bit SP3
qTox version: v1.4.1-1-g06d78dc
Commit hash: 06d78dcdee7bfe9a320fe91662f34227d74c3916
toxcore: 0.0.0
Qt: 5.5.1
Hardware: Intel Core Duo E8400, 4Gb RAM

Reproducible: Always

Steps to reproduce
  1. Contacts list, right mouse button on any user
  2. Show details
    Observed Behavior

Field "Tox ID" displeed only 64 symbols

Expected Behavior

Why not 74 symblos?
Why field Tox ID so short? Please move below and do it broader.

Additional Info

tox_err01

C-question

Most helpful comment

Too much actions for simple sending contact - uncomfortably.

All 10 comments

Public Key, and Tox ID aren't the same, the Tox ID contains: "Public Key + NoSpam + Checksum"
So, here it displays only the Public Key

Ok.
How to send contact from my list to enother user? :)
I try send to my friend "Public Key" (64 symbols) and what to do next?
For add new usr through from "Add friend" field "Tox ID" requires 74 symbols.

How to send contact from my list to enother user?

You don't really.

What you might want to do, is to ask the friend whom ID you want to send for their ID, and forward that ID to your other friend.

If that answers your question, feel free to close the issue.

Too much actions for simple sending contact - uncomfortably.

:+1: @Granitoid

Too much actions for simple sending contact - uncomfortably.

Right. I thought that there's already an issue for it, but it doesn't look like there's one → made #3405, thus closing.

Ok.
When what i can do with "Public key", why its displayed in "Show details" ? :)
Field "Public key" uselessly if it is not "ToxID".
So easy: Drug&drop contacts to chat window or/and context menu "Send contact to..." and receives with chekbox. ;)
Request generated automatically later if receives pressed "Add new friend".

When what i can do with "Public key", why its displayed in "Show details" ? :)

You can verify that it belongs to your friend.

Hmmmm, without "NoSpam + Checksum"?
Ok, it will be very often useful :)

NoSpam and Checksum are changeable parts or of ID, so they're ~useless when it comes to verifiability.

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