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QR-code generator for url adresses #34776

Closed OlzhabaevSh closed 2 months ago

OlzhabaevSh commented 2 months ago

Description of the new feature / enhancement

A shortcut for generating QR-code image based on selected text (if the text is url adress)

  1. A user selects an URL
  2. click 🪟 ctrl + some-key
  3. The command will generate QR-code image
  4. User can copy-paste it where it is needed

Scenario when this would be used?

Motivation

QR-codes are popular when you need to share some links in your presentations of video materials.

Unfortunately, Windows doesn't provide built-in functionality for generating QR-codes.

Scenario

A user wants to create a video or presentation and in the last screen they want to add a link to feedback page. He would try to put the whole link (such as https://xxx.xxxxxxx.xxx/feedback) but what is the link is too long?

It could be a better idea to put a QR-code which can be scanned by phone and the URL will be extracted.

Supporting information

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OlzhabaevSh commented 2 months ago

Actually I found there is another ticket with the same idea: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues/18596

I'm closing this