Add forms for special URLs (Wifi, mailto)

[Marwe]

QR codes are especially useful for passwords and all types of adresses you don't want to type on a small smart phone screen. Predefined forms could help users to create the syntactically correct string.

To my mind come the following use cases:

1. Wifi connections: 1.1 for WPA2 connections adapt the following strings WIFI:S:$YOUR_SSID;T:WPA;P:$YOUR_PASSWORD;; 1.2 For WPA2-EAP: WIFI:T:WPA2-EAP;S:[network SSID];H:[hidden?];E:[EAP method];PH2:[Phase 2 method];AI:[anonymous identity];I:[username];P:[password];;, e.g. WIFI:S:YOUR_ESSID;T:WPA2-EAP;AI:[email protected];I:[email protected];P:YOUR_PASSWORD;E:PEAP;PH2:MSCHAPV2;;
2. mailto: mailto:[email protected]?subject=Mail%20title?body=Hello%20my%20dear
3. Full adress book entries (feature for thunderbird?): use vcf export file content as string

This is label:enhancement

[rugk]

3. may be a little complex (especially as we would need to "upload"/input files or so) Though 1. and 2. may be a good idea feature-wise, but I have no idea how to include it in the UI/create it UI-wise.

BTW next time, better just use the issue template. (select the correct one when creating the issue)

[Marwe]

Thanks for looking at it,

no idea how to include it in the UI

Would it be possible to show a local page with some forms in it? Then filling values in there and selecting (resulting properly formatted) text would give an opportunity to use "create from selection". 1 needs some template text, 2 also needs URL-encoding, which should be easy with js (dunno how, since I am not coding in js).

3. may be a little complex

agreed, vcf could be copy-pasted right now, but most people are unable to open a file with a text editor O_o, and opening as text with browser is also not so easy (mime type check)...

use the issue template.

Sorry, did not see it when creating. Weird, since now it seems mandatory and natural...

[jamescallumyoung]

@Marwe I'd like to take this up. I've been wanting this feature too and it doesn't look too hard.

Since there's no menus at the moment I'll do the usual "material" thing and add a header with a menu button, and a sidebar with each of these (1.1, 1.2, 2) as options.

Let me know what you think. I could add these as context menu options too but then it might be a bit hidden from the user.

[rugk]

@jamescallumyoung First, thanks for taking this up.

However, I really want to avoid a material UI like thing. (i.e. no useless title bar, this is a waste of screen space)

If you want to add a menu, please try to add some floating menu (rounded corner) with an icon or so that just opens a sidebar.

Also mind that more features may be added to that menu. In https://github.com/rugk/offline-qr-code/issues/52#issuecomment-385027154 I also had to think about this there, and this still stands:

click on toolbar button -> select some button there (note this button should of course not overlay the shown QR code, maybe just move in a bit when hovered) OR use context menu entry

Maybe you do not have to take away too much space from the QR code, but IMHO just add this "hover in" thing at the top right or left, which opens a menu. :smiley:

It could also already expose all menu options/entries, and you just hover over them to see them all… :thinking:

(And actually a context menu entry for this feature would likely be quite complicated, as it needs to trigger the popup opening. So rather focus on the menu, but if you get a context menu entry too, that would of course be awesome. :smiley: )

[jamescallumyoung]

I added a new feature request for the menu so we can keep this feature focused on the "forms for special URLs".