Creating a wireguard vpn is difficult due to modal peer dialog box
The Network | VPN | Wireguard | Peer dialog is modal. Once you open it, it resists all attempts to navigate away from it, which is needed in order to copy the information it wants.
It seems like the dialog expects you to remember the pre-shared key and other information, or to print it and type it in.
Relevant information
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GNOME Settings version Local options gnome-control-center 46.1
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Operating system (distribution) Fedora release 40 (Forty)
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Error message No error message
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Backtrace (if you are experiencing a crash) No backtrace
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Screenshots Strangely, I can't even screenshot! As soon as I open the peer dialog, I can't take a screenshot.
Here's a screenshot just before the fatal click:
Steps to reproduce:
- Open GNOME Settings
- Open the Network panel
- Select VPN | Wireguard
- Click "+" to open a peer dialog
- Try to navigate to a different window in order to copy the pre-shared key. Can't.
- Try to use 'always on top' on the other window to work around it. The dialog is destroyed the next time you move away.