Transmission: Missing “Choose Files” Button on Mobile UI

There is an issue with displaying of a “Choose Files” button on a mobile web interface in some versions of a Transmission client.

If you open the Transmission web interface from a desktop, you will be able to see the “Choose Files” button used for uploading .torrent files, but if you open it from a mobile device, the “Choose Files” button may be missing.

This short note shows how to solve the issue with the missing “Choose Files” button on the Transmission’s mobile web interface.

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Missing “Choose Files” Button in Transmission

If you connect to the Transmission’s web interface to add torrents from your mobile phone, you may see that the “Choose Files” button is missing:

If you inspect the corresponding CSS element in your web browser, you will see that for some reason the upload button is hidden for mobile devices:

Open the file /usr/share/transmission/web/style/transmission/mobile.css with your preferred text editor, for example:

$ sudo nano /usr/share/transmission/web/style/transmission/mobile.css

And comment the CSS display property as follows:

#torrent_upload_file, label[for="torrent_upload_file"] {
  /* display: none; */ }

This should fix the issue with the missing “Choose Files” button on the Transmission’s mobile web interface:

You may need to empty a cache of your web browser before the change takes effect.

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