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196 changes: 135 additions & 61 deletions src/bz-safety-dialog.blp
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Expand Up @@ -8,98 +8,172 @@ template $BzSafetyDialog: Adw.Bin {
show-title: false;
}

content: ScrolledWindow {
hscrollbar-policy: never;

Adw.Clamp {
maximum-size: 640;
tightening-threshold: 400;

Box {
content: Adw.Carousel carousel {
interactive: false;
allow-scroll-wheel: false;
allow-mouse-drag: false;
allow-long-swipes: false;
hexpand: true;

ScrolledWindow {
hscrollbar-policy: never;
hexpand: true;

Box global_box {
orientation: vertical;
spacing: 24;
margin-start: 24;
margin-end: 24;
margin-top: 24;
margin-bottom: 24;
spacing: 12;
margin-start: 18;
margin-end: 18;
margin-top: 18;
margin-bottom: 18;

$BzLozenge lozenge {
title: _("Safe");
$BzLozenge {
title: _("Arbitrary Permissions");

icon-names: [
"app-safety-ok-symbolic",
"earth-symbolic",
];

importance: unimportant;
importance: important;
margin-bottom: 12;
}

ListBox permissions_list {
ListBox {
styles [
"boxed-list",
]

ListBoxRow {
activatable: false;
selectable: false;

child: Label {
wrap: true;
xalign: 0;
use-markup: true;
margin-top: 12;
margin-bottom: 12;
margin-start: 12;
margin-end: 12;
label: _("This app has a permission that indirectly allows it to grant itself <b>any other permission it wants</b>, bypassing the Flatpak sandbox.\n\nIt can therefore do anything a normal, non-sandboxed application can do. Like acessing all your files, and connecting the internet.\n\nViewing the other permissions may still give a better idea of what the app is likely to do.");
};
}
}

ListBox {
selection-mode: none;

styles [
"boxed-list",
]

Adw.ButtonRow {
title: _("View Other Permissions");
end-icon-name: "go-next-symbolic";
activated => $next_page(template);
}
}
}
}

Adw.PreferencesGroup {
margin-top: 10;
title: _("Details");
ScrolledWindow {
hscrollbar-policy: never;
hexpand: true;

Adw.ActionRow {
title: _("License");
subtitle: bind template.entry as <$BzEntry>.project-license;
subtitle-selectable: true;
Adw.Clamp {
maximum-size: 640;
tightening-threshold: 400;

styles [
"property",
]
Box {
orientation: vertical;
spacing: 24;
margin-start: 24;
margin-end: 24;
margin-top: 24;
margin-bottom: 24;

$BzLozenge lozenge {
title: _("Safe");

icon-names: [
"app-safety-ok-symbolic",
];

importance: unimportant;
}

Adw.ActionRow {
title: _("App ID");
subtitle: bind template.entry as <$BzEntry>.id;
subtitle-selectable: true;
ListBox permissions_list {
selection-mode: none;

styles [
"property",
"boxed-list",
]
}

Adw.ActionRow {
title: _("SDK");
subtitle: bind template.entry as <$BzFlatpakEntry>.runtime as <$BzResult>.object as <$BzEntry>.title;
subtitle-selectable: true;
has-tooltip: true;
tooltip-text: bind template.entry as <$BzFlatpakEntry>.application-runtime;
visible: bind $invert_boolean($is_null(template.entry as <$BzFlatpakEntry>.runtime as <$BzResult>.object) as <bool>) as <bool>;
Adw.PreferencesGroup {
margin-top: 10;
title: _("Details");

styles [
"property",
]
Adw.ActionRow {
title: _("License");
subtitle: bind template.entry as <$BzEntry>.project-license;
subtitle-selectable: true;

styles [
"property",
]
}

Adw.ActionRow {
title: _("App ID");
subtitle: bind template.entry as <$BzEntry>.id;
subtitle-selectable: true;

styles [
"property",
]
}

[suffix]
MenuButton {
visible: bind $invert_boolean($is_null(template.entry as <$BzEntry>.eol) as <bool>) as <bool>;
Adw.ActionRow {
title: _("SDK");
subtitle: bind template.entry as <$BzFlatpakEntry>.runtime as <$BzResult>.object as <$BzEntry>.title;
subtitle-selectable: true;
has-tooltip: true;
tooltip-text: bind template.entry as <$BzFlatpakEntry>.application-runtime;
visible: bind $invert_boolean(
$is_null(template.entry as <$BzFlatpakEntry>.runtime as <$BzResult>.object) as <bool>
) as <bool>;

styles [
"error",
"flat",
"property",
]

valign: center;
icon-name: "dialog-warning-symbolic";

popover: Popover {
child: Label {
margin-top: 8;
margin-bottom: 8;
margin-start: 8;
margin-end: 8;
max-width-chars: 35;
wrap: true;
label: _("This app uses an outdated version of the software platform (SDK) and might contain bugs or security vulnerabilities which will not be fixed.");
[suffix]
MenuButton {
visible: bind $invert_boolean($is_null(template.entry as <$BzEntry>.eol) as <bool>) as <bool>;

styles [
"error",
"flat",
]

valign: center;
icon-name: "dialog-warning-symbolic";

popover: Popover {
child: Label {
margin-top: 8;
margin-bottom: 8;
margin-start: 8;
margin-end: 8;
max-width-chars: 35;
wrap: true;
label: _(
"This app uses an outdated version of the software platform (SDK) and might contain bugs or security vulnerabilities which will not be fixed."
);
};
};
};
}
}
}
}
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