[BUG]: SSID containing a SPACE character will not connect

[KGolomb]

What happened?

Trying to configure wifi for a headless Pi Zero in the Imager application. Any SSID that contains the space character does NOT connect successfully. The Bookworm LITE and Bullseye LITE releases were attempted. Connecting to an SSID without a space character does seem to work successfully. I eventually had to flash a Bullseye image with belenaEtcher and use a wpa_supplicant.conf file in order to get wifi to successfully connect.

Version

1.8.5 (Default)

What host operating system were you using?

Windows

Host OS Version

Windows 10

Selected OS

Bookworm Lite / Legacy Lite

Which Raspberry Pi Device are you using?

Raspberry Pi Zero, Zero W, Zero WH

What kind of storage device are you using?

microSD Card in an internal reader

OS Customisation

• Yes, I was using OS Customisation when the bug occurred.

Relevant log output

None

[mateossh]

I couldn't reproduce this issue on macOS 14.4. I flashed both Bookworm Lite and Legacy Lite for Raspberry Pi Zero W and the device connected to a SSID with a space without any issues.

[tdewey-rpi]

Thanks for the report, @KGolomb

It's entirely possible this is a Windows vs macOS bug, as @mateossh didn't encounter it on macOS 14.4.

I'd be very interested to know if you encounter it again with Raspberry Pi Imager v1.9.0 - which uses a much newer version of the UI library, so may have changed behaviour.