Show QR code when sharing

[gerroon]

Hi

It would be very helpful the sharing link window also can show QR code for sharing, so the mobile user can scan the QR code and be able to use it on the mobile.

thanks

[nextcloud-bot]

GitMate.io thinks possibly related issues are #5659 (QR codes for login details), #429 (Show QR code with new app password and other settings to allow easier client setup), #5150 (Detail panel only shows 1 share when there are multiple), #9879 (Sharing with a Circle shows an error), and #10114 (share dialog doesn't show more then two exact matches?).

[MorrisJobke]

Nice idea - cc @nextcloud/designers

Once this is accepted it should also be integrated into the mobile apps. ;)

[jancborchardt]

We do have the mobile apps already – simply use them for Android or iOS: https://nextcloud.com/clients/

It doesn’t really make sense to include QR code for this flow just to act as copy-paste mechanism.

[gerroon]

@jancborchardt

The issue is not the mobile app, also the mobile app is not used by everyone, noone is going to install a mobile app to share a Qr code.

I think that there is a misunderstanding here. Let me show you the usage case

I have my browser open, I share a file in the browser, then I want to share that link to a friend via some kind of messenger app on my phone. My options are email, using the app etc however all these require addiitonal steps and email being not so secure. Including a simple QR code next to the shared link display will simplify these steps.

[lachmanfrantisek]

I have another use case for that -- printing of the QR code (posters, banners, t-shirts,...).

Now, you have to use some external tool for that. We can also have some nextcloud-branded QR-codes.

Having this in other apps would be also nice -- e.g. contacts, gallery, polls,.. Passwords app has that already.

[jooooaah]

Just now I was looking for exactly this possibility. Sharing a memo from a meeting could be so easy by displaying a qr-code via beamer or print it out and hang it on the wall for the participants :)

[CrysK]

I would share documents from the Nextcloud. There should always be the share link printed as a QR code to put it to a hardware to easily find the document at any time.
Would be very cool if this would work ...

[bes1002t]

I agree, just showing a simple QR code would be quite helpful for many use cases. Require users to install a mobile application just to share links via messenger is annoying for users.

[plages]

This would be an very welcome feature greatly enhancing ease of use.
And indeed many apps can benefit from it. For example an appointment with a Talk link/QR code in it, a simple file link, access to a poll, an invitation to a Deck.

[dp081190kds]

It is very necessary to be able to immediately create a QR code of the general link.

[SemaphoreOxalis]

Could be very useful. Each time we create a share link for copy/pasting in a document (onyloffice^^) we want to add a QRCode as img for for offline readers. We do that for now with external tools.

[DaleJP]

I run a school and would love to be able to generate QR codes for files related to worksheets and books we provide our students.
For example, the audio reading of a book they borrow or worksheet Answers.

[meichthys]

@jancborchardt Could this be re-considered or re-opened for future evaluation?
QR codes on shares have a great use case when it comes to connecting the physical world with Nextcloud data. Some examples:

• Add QR Code to a table centerpiece so guests at an event can upload photos to a Nextcloud share.
• Add QR Code to a power-point presentation to link to a Nextcloud share that contains related presentation files
• Add QR Code to a storage bin to link to a Nextcloud share/table that lists the contents/documentaiton of such bin

Apps other than the files app could also benefit from QR Codes - although this would require changes to those apps as well:

• Add QR Code to a physical public bulletin board to link to a Nextcloud poll
• Add QR Code to physical IT inventory items to link to a Nextcloud Table that documents the IT items
  The possibilities and use-cases are quite extensive IMO.

[dartcafe]

At least for polls, there is a QR code for public links.

This could be easily adopted and optimized as a nextcloud-vue component.

[meichthys]

At least for polls, there is a QR code for public links

Very cool. I hadn't noticed that 👍

[meichthys]

The contacts app now has QR Code functionality 👍

[lgitano]

+1 for an auto-generated qr-code for public shared folders inside nextcloud!

i work at a school where we regularly share files for each student individually, often they loose the link to their online folder -> here a little handout paper with a printed qr-code to that share comes in very handy. Right now i am generating this code externally, which can get quite cumbersome :)

[ruedigerkupper]

See also https://help.nextcloud.com/t/qr-codes-on-sharing-anonymous-links-again/137009