Create UI for adding/modifying binary segments/sections

[huntergregal]

Tag: Enhancement / request

Would be nice to have a better way through the UI to add segments to the binary. Would be useful when analyzing ROMs and firmware. One chance when opening the file to plug in a json string of segments is not ideal.

[psifertex]

Thanks, this has been on the roadmap for a while as a goal just didn't have a ticket.

[bpotchik]

Thanks for the issue to track this. As you know the JSON strings for segments/sections in open with options is temporary :) The UI will follow.

[negasora]

Sidebar widget added in 3.1.3564-dev Issue tracking open with options UI is #3285

[psifertex]

Re-opening this pending three final related tasks:

• [x] User documentation for the new UI (if relevant)
• [x] API documentation for any APIs added (if relevant)
• [x] Unit tests for new APIs

[fuzyll]

We also need a warning of some kind (either on the "Add/Edit Segment" dialog boxes, or as an additional pop-up dialog box that has to be OK'd) that explains the current limitation of us not being able to add Segments/Sections that don't map to things within the file stored in the database. Peter brought this up last week and it's a legitimate concern: A customer just asked about it in our community Slack. We should make sure users understand, up-front, that this is a current limitation.

[alexrp]

One feature that seems to be missing is the ability to rename sections originating from the file loader. I have a PE with unlabeled sections (an artifact of unpacking) and I'd like to be able to just rename the loaded sections in BN without having to use third-party tools to achieve it.

[negasora]

That's due to a limitation of the loaders right now - auto sections are created regardless of whether or not they were removed or renamed (and thus changed to user sections). So renaming auto sections (and modifying auto segments at all) is disabled for now until this behavior is fixed to prevent confusion

[alexrp]

Another thing: It would be nice if double-clicking the addresses/offsets in the memory map UI would navigate to the section start/end, like how the section/segment list at the top of the binary view works.

[negasora]

It does in some cases, but when I just checked I was able to find other cases where navigation fails. Thanks, I'll fix that behavior.

[alexrp]

I just tried on ntdll.dll, and none of the addresses/offsets work for me, fwiw.

[0cyn]

Double click issue mentioned here was tracked on #3328 and resolved in builds >= Build 3.1.3589

[galenbwill]

Make it easier to create sections from a segment, either (or both):

1. Pre-populate the Add Section dialog with the selected segment's bounds, or
2. Add a "Create Section" right-click menu option to the Segments pane that opens the Add Section dialog populated from the current segment

Also, maybe a way to create a section for the parts of a segment that don't have a section defined on them. Not sure the best verbiage for that... "Create Section in Gap" or something?

[negasora]

Widget exists and docs are added, tracking improvements in #3425