tiCrypt 2.18.1

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ResearcherRequires: User role

Permission requirements

• Vault Files and Directories
  • View the history of their files (sharing, project tags, deletion)
  • View their files and files shared with them (needed to download)
  • Get the keys of their files and files shared with them (needed to download)
  • Download the content of files they can access
  • View their directories and their groups' directories
  • View any user's Vault storage use

View Files

1. Go to the Vault icon in the top left panel.
2. Click the My Files section on the left panel.
3. Select the file you want to view.
4. Click View in the top panel.
5. Once you have viewed the file, click the close button in the top left corner.

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Viewing archives displays their directory tree, allowing you to preview files in the Vault without needing to connect to your virtual machine.

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Viewing a file for the first time may prompt you to enter your password.

The preview header reads "Viewing file name of size size". View is offered when one file is selected, you can download files, and the file's project is active in your session and lets you view files. Double-clicking a file, or pressing Enter on it, opens the same preview.

Supported File Types

The preview picks a viewer from the file's type. When the Vault has no type stored for a file, the type comes from the file name's extension. The following table describes the viewers.

File type	Viewer
Images: bmp, gif, jpg, png, svg, tiff, 3ds	Shown as an image. Whether TIFF and 3DS files display depends on your browser.
PDF	The PDF viewer described below. Scripts inside the PDF do not run.
Markdown (.md)	Rendered as formatted text.
JSON	A read-only tree that you can sort and search.
Plain text (.txt)	Plain text.
Other text files	Text with syntax highlighting, up to 128 KB. Larger files show as plain text.
ZIP and tiCrypt inbox archives (.tia)	The archive viewer. See View ZIP Archives.
Audio: mp3, wav, aif	An audio player.
Video: mp4, webm, ogv	The video player. These files stream, so playback starts before the whole file is decrypted.
Video: flv, mkv, 3gp, mpg, mov	The video player, after the whole file is decrypted. Playback works only if your browser supports the format.
Any other file	tiCrypt asks the browser to display it. If the browser cannot, the preview shows "This file type cannot be previewed." and a Download button.

Files larger than 1 GiB cannot be previewed, except videos that stream.

Confirmations, Errors & Solutions

Cannot View File

This file type cannot be previewed.

Download the File or Open It in a VM

The Vault has no viewer for this file type. Click Download under the message to save the file through the browser, or transfer it to a VM and open it there. The Download button does not appear when you are not allowed to download the file.

Empty File

File is empty

Nothing to Preview

The file has no content, so there is nothing to show.

File Too Large

File is too large to view

Open the File in a VM

Files larger than 1 GiB cannot be previewed, except videos that stream. Transfer the file to a VM and open it there.

Project Restrictions

You cannot view file-name due to project restrictions

Check Your Project Restrictions

The file's project restricts you from viewing its files. Ask the project manager about your membership in the project.

You do not Satisfy Project

You are not an active member of project-name.

Ask Your Admin to Add You to Project

Ask your admin to add you as a member of the respective project. Additionally, ensure you have been granted the permissions and certifications to view the project-tagged file.

You do not Satisfy Subproject

You are not an active member of subproject-name.

Ask Your Admin to Add You to Subproject

Ask your admin to add you as a member of the respective subproject. Additionally, ensure you have been granted the permissions and certifications to view the subproject-tagged file.

No File Key Available

Failed to access file: No file key available for file file-code-identifier-string and user user-code-identifier-string.

Ask the File Owner to Share the File With You

Ask the file owner to share the file with you directly. Even if you are a project member, meet all project requirements, and belong to the relevant group, you must be granted access to receive the resource key required to view the project-tagged file.

View Deleted Files

1. Go to the Vault icon in the top left panel.
2. Click the Trash section on the left panel.
3. Select the deleted file you want to view.
4. Click View in the top panel.
5. Once you have viewed the file, click the close button in the top left corner.

Confirmations, Errors & Solutions

Failed to Access File

Failed to access file: you canceled the operation.

Re-Open File

When a large deleted file loads and you close it, you must re-open the file to view it.

View ZIP Archives

1. Go to the Vault icon in the top left panel.
2. Click the My Files section on the left panel.
3. Select the ZIP archive you want to view.
4. Click View in the top panel.
5. In the left panel, use the Directory tree to navigate through the archive.
6. In the right panel, use the Search button to find keywords in the archive.
7. In the top panel, use the Ascend and Descend to sort files in the archive by Name, Last Modified, and Size.
8. Once you have viewed the archive, click the close button in the top left corner.

The search box reads "Search all files within folder..." and searches every file name in the archive. The result line reads "No results", "One result", "Showing all n results", or "Showing top 200 results" when there are more. Collapse all closes every folder in the archive tree. Clicking a file inside the archive opens its own preview.

The archive viewer also opens tiCrypt inbox archives (.tia files). For a .tia file, the preview header has an Extract button that recreates the archive's folders in a Vault folder and adds its files to them:

1. Click Extract in the preview header.
2. In the Select directory to extract into prompt, choose the destination folder.
3. Click Extract.

The task tray shows the task "Extract file". If you click Extract without choosing a folder, the prompt shows "You must select a directory".

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You can click Minimize to minimize the archive window to your top taskbar.

Confirmations, Errors & Solutions

Cannot View File (Password-Protected)

Failed to access file: Encrypted zip are not supported

Open the Archive Inside a Virtual Machine

The Vault viewer previews an archive's directory tree; it cannot supply an archive password. Open the archive in a VM instead, where the password and the extracted contents both stay inside the enclave.

1. Transfer the archive from the Vault to a running virtual machine. See VM File Operations.
2. Open the archive inside the VM, supplying the password there. Which applications an image contains is decided by the administrator who prepared it, so if yours has no tool that can open the archive, ask which images do.
3. Extract to a location under /drives/ so the contents persist after the machine stops.

Do not download the archive, remove its password, and re-upload it. That writes the decrypted contents to your local machine, which leaves tiCrypt's protection entirely, and the re-uploaded copy no longer carries the protection the original had.

Select File View

1. Go to the Vault icon in the top left panel.
2. Click the My Files section on the left panel.
3. Select the file you want to view.
4. Click View in the top panel.
5. Once you have viewed the file, click the Show files button in the top right corner.
6. In the right panel, select other files you want to view from your vault.
7. Use the left-right arrows to navigate through your file view.
8. Once you have viewed all files, click the close button in the top left corner.

Show files becomes Hide files while the list is open. The tooltips of the arrows mention Shift+P and Shift+N, but those keys move between files only in the video player.

Play Videos

The video player has play and pause, volume, the current time, Buffer size (16 KB to 2 MB), Skip back 15s and Skip forward 15s, a playback speed from 0.25x to 10x, and Fullscreen. Clicking the time copies it and shows "Timestamp copied to clipboard".

The following keys work while a video is open:

• Left and Right: seek back or forward 3 seconds.
• Shift+Left and Shift+Right: seek back or forward 30 seconds.
• Space: pause or resume.
• Shift+P and Shift+N: open the previous or next file.

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The PDF viewer in tiCrypt has no Open, Download or Print buttons. Use Download to save a PDF.

Use the Toggle Sidebar

1. When you view the PDF, click the Manage pages button in the top left corner.
2. In the sidebar, open the Views menu and select Pages to view a thumbnail of each PDF page in the left panel.
3. Select Document outline to view the structure of the PDF document.
4. Select Attachments to view a list of all attachments of the PDF document.
5. Click the Manage pages button to close the left panel.

Navigate Pages in a PDF

1. Open the PDF document and view the top panel.
2. Click the Previous Page to navigate to the previous page.
3. Click Next Page to navigate to the next page.
4. Alternatively, scroll down to read the full PDF or enter the page number in the top panel box.

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Click the Manage pages button to navigate to other document pages.

Use the Keyword Finder Function in a PDF

1. Open the PDF document and view the top panel.
2. Click the Find button to find keywords in the document.
3. Click the , Arrows to navigate to the previous or the next keyword.
4. Tick Highlight All to highlight all matching keywords.
5. Tick Match Case to find keywords that match the exact case.
6. Tick Whole Words to search for whole words only.

Use the Zoom Functions in a PDF

1. Open the PDF document and view the top panel.
2. Click the Zoom In icon to zoom in.
3. Click the Zoom Out icon to zoom out.
4. Click the Zoom to view more zooming options.
5. Select Automatic Zoom to let tiCrypt automatically adapt the zoom view.
6. Select Actual Size to view the document at its actual size.
7. Select Page Fit to view the full document page in the window.
8. Select Page Width to fit the document page to the window width.
9. Select a 50-400% percentage to manually adjust the zoom as needed.

Rotate a Page in View

1. When you view the PDF document, click the Tools button in the top right corner.
2. Click the Rotate Clockwise to rotate the view to the right.
3. Click the Rotate Counterclockwise to rotate the view to the left.

Use the Select Text Tool in View

1. When you view the PDF document, click the Tools button in the top right corner.
2. Click the Text Selection Tool to select text within the document.

Use the Hand Tool in View

1. When you view the PDF document, click the Tools button in the top right corner.
2. Click the Hand Tool to manually navigate the document.

Switch Between Vertical, Horizontal, and Wrapped Scrolling

1. When you view the PDF document, click the Tools button in the top right corner.
2. Click Vertical Scrolling to scroll vertically.
3. Click Horizontal Scrolling to scroll horizontally.
4. Click Wrapped Scrolling to use wrapped scrolling.

Use Odd Page Spreads

1. When you view the PDF document, click the Tools button in the top right corner.
2. Click the Odd Spreads button.
3. View the sheets spread oddly.

Use Even Page Spreads

1. When viewing the PDF document, click the Tools button in the top right corner.
2. Click the Even Spreads button.
3. View the sheets spread evenly.

Disable Sheet Spreads

1. When viewing the PDF document, click the Tools button in the top right corner.
2. Click the No Spreads button.
3. View the sheets in a collapsed format.

Access Document Properties

1. When viewing the PDF document, click the Tools button in the top right corner.
2. Click the Document Properties… to view the document properties.

Jump to the Last Page in the Document

1. When viewing the PDF document, click the Tools button in the top right corner.
2. Click the Go to Last Page button.
3. View the last document page.

Jump to the First Page in the Document

1. When viewing the PDF document, click the Tools button in the top right corner.
2. Click the Go to First Page button.
3. View the first document page.

View the Document in Full-Screen Mode

1. When viewing the PDF document, click the Tools button in the top right corner.
2. Click the Presentation Mode button to view the document full-screen.
3. Press the ESC button on your keyboard to exit full-screen mode.

Bookmark a Document

1. When viewing the PDF document, click the Tools button in the top right corner.
2. Click the Current Page button to view the URL of the current page.

Use the Grid View

1. Go to the Vault icon in the top left panel.
2. Click the My Files section on the left panel.
3. In the view selector at the bottom of the file list, select Grid view.
4. View your files and directories in grid view.

Use the Table View

1. Go to the Vault icon in the top left panel.
2. Click the My Files section on the left panel.
3. In the view selector at the bottom of the file list, select Table view.
4. View your files and directories in table view.

Use the Compact View

1. Go to the Vault icon in the top left panel.
2. Click the My Files section on the left panel.
3. In the view selector at the bottom of the file list, select Compact table view.
4. View your files and directories in compact view.

Minimize a File into the Tab Manager

1. When viewing the file, click the Minimize button in the top left.
2. Next, click the Open tab overview button in the left taskbar to open the Tab manager.
3. Select the minimized file to view it again.

Manage Multiple Files in the Tab Manager

1. When opening multiple files, click the Open tab overview button in the top left.
2. Next, click the tab of the file you want to view.
3. Switch between tabs as needed.

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The value on the Open tab overview button indicates the total number of open tabs.