QR Code Tool

[Ash]

Apps: All
Platforms: macOS, Windows and iPad

A new QR Code tool is now available from the shapes flyout in the toolbar, making it easy to add a QR code to your documents. 

After creating or selecting a QR Code object you will find a 'Payload' option in the context toolbar. Here you can type whatever URL you want the QR code to link to when it is scanned.

You can insert line breaks in your payload by using the CMD/CTRL + Click on canvas dialog

In addition to URLs you can use other syntax as detailed below to have the QR code trigger other functions when scanned by a device:

SMS

Payload structure: SMSTO:number:text message
Eg. SMSTO:07513123456:Hello mate!

GEO location

Payload structure: GEO:lat:lon:height
Eg. GEO:40.71872,-73.98905,100

WIFI credentials

Payload structure: WIFI:S:ssid;T:type;P:password;;
Eg. WIFI:S:MyWiFiSSID;T:WPA;P:MyPassW0rd;;

 

[Affinity Info Bot]

Known Issues in this feature
A list of unresolved issues for this feature, reported by users

• AF-2987 - QR code - Edit QR code > Invalid fields don't have a tooltip on iPad
• AF-2985 - QR code - Edit QR code is too short on iPad
• AF-3141 - QR code - Text Type > Unable to scroll
• AF-3143 - QR Code - Text type > Text alignment is different between platforms
• AF-3148 - QR Code - Data field > Tooltips inconsistency

Released Fixes
A list of issues for this feature, available in the current beta build

• AF-2767 - QR Code - shape does not update on payload change
• AF-2781 - QR code - Does not support multi-line input for vCard (.vcf), VCALENDAR and VEVENT (.ics) URI
• AF-2759 - QR code - no warning when 2953 charcter limit is excedeed
• AF-2997 - QR Code Shape: Context Toolbar missing Data field when using the Move Tool
• AF-2959 - QR code - wifi preset missing ; between Encryption type and password field
• AF-2996 - QR Code - URL field does not accept hyphens in domain names

Upcoming Fixes
A list of issues for this feature, which will be available in a forthcoming build

[Burny]

This one will save me a lot of time! THANKS ! 😍

[Hangman]

Is there a complete list of all the Payload structure options available for QR Codes, e.g., email, MMS, vCard etc., or is it restricted to URL, SMS, GEO Location and WIFI?

[dcarvalho84]

I think this will be very usefull for those who have Vulcan Machines with the latest firmware where the machine read the printed QR code and search for the respective cut file in a folder. I will test it and give feedback later. Thanks

Edit: Yes the machine read and recognize the QR Code and cut the file correctly. Nice addition to me. Before i have to jump between Affinity and Corel to do that.

[Börje]

Great news. I can't wait to test that feature!

[ATP]

Great addition! If the library has the feature, the option of Aztec code generation would be great too, though more niche.

[Petar Petrenko]

Is there any chance to extend QR code generator to work with selected text?

[joe_l]

Unexpected. I mean the fact, that this feature was implemented so rudimentary. Not very comfortable to type in (long) commands into a tiny field, when you know little to nothing about the structure of a QR code. Maybe this feature will be enhanced one day.

[ATP]

1 minute ago, joe_l said:

Unexpected. I mean the fact, that this feature was implemented so rudimentary. Not very comfortable to type in (long) commands into a tiny field, when you know little to nothing about the structure of a QR code. Maybe this feature will be enhanced one day.

A pop-up dialog is essential for the feature to be used by more casual users. I could easily see frustration with the current implementation.

[Gabe]

1 hour ago, Hangman said:

Is there a complete list of all the Payload structure options available for QR Codes, e.g., email, MMS, vCard etc., or is it restricted to URL, SMS, GEO Location and WIFI?

URI schemes are not QR code specific. The QR code just makes them "readable". It's up to whatever app/tool reads the QR code to handle the URI.

The official registered ones are available here > https://www.iana.org/assignments/uri-schemes/uri-schemes.xhtml, but I'm sure there are many other unofficial ones. 

[fde101]

8 minutes ago, Gabe said:

It's up to whatever app/tool reads the QR code to handle the URI.

I think what is being suggested is that the popup box where the URI is entered have a few tabs to build some of the common schemes for the user so that the user doesn't need to work out the encoding for all of them.

For example, iQR (on the App Store for the Mac), in addition to the URL option (which they label "WWW"), has tabs for Phone (enter a phone number), SMS (phone number and message), eMail (to address, subject and body), Map (enter an address and it looks it up using Google Maps or some other map service), Contact (first/last name, phone number(s), email address, web page, street address), Calendar (event name, when, where, etc.), PayPal/Bitcoin/SEPA payments (account, description, price, etc.), WiFi (network name/SSID, password, encryption type, hidden?), and Text.

 

 

It also provides an interesting range of formatting options to spice up the appearance of the generated codes:

 

Granted that this range of formatting options is probably a bit out of scope for a program that is not specialized in producing QR codes, but still thought I would point it out.  The more important thing to consider is to throw in the forms for a few of the common URI schemes.

[William Overington]

May i refer to as thread that I started in the Share your work forum please?

https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/169391-language-independent-signs-for-art-galleries/

Will the QR code system that Affinity has implemented allow production of a QR code of text such as those that I produced at another website for use in those signs?

If not, can provision for a QR code of text become included please?

William

 

[Petar Petrenko]

Here it is how InDesign organized QR code generator:

 

[danberlyoung]

Will the Gear button to the left of the payload field eventually allow changing the QRs properties like the error correction value? It's showing a blank pop-up for me at the moment.

[kostax]

Great to see progress is being made with QR codes 😎 

Will CSS support come to .svg files (QR codes)? Trying to open some QR codes to edit them does not show up correctly in the layers panel. More info: https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/202542-css-support-for-svg-files/

 

[stewart_whaley]

@fde101 Can you provide a link to this MacApp store app? I can't seem to find it in my App store.

[fde101]

4 minutes ago, stewart_whaley said:

@fde101 Can you provide a link to this MacApp store app? I can't seem to find it in my App store.

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/iqr-codes-qr-code-art-studio/id491390884?mt=12

[vonBusing]

I tried to enter multi-row VCARD data in the payload field and got a resulting QR code, but the phone would not recognize it as such: "no usable data found".

[Hangman]

1 hour ago, vonBusing said:

I tried to enter multi-row VCARD data in the payload field and got a resulting QR code, but the phone would not recognize it as such: "no usable data found".

Try...

MECARD:N:Cook,Tim;ADR:One Apple Park Way, Cupertino, CA 95014, United States;TEL:+14089961010;TEL:+17702313820;EMAIL:tim.cook@apple.com;URL:https://apple.com;NOTE:”How much wood would a woodchuck chuck, if a woodchuck could chuck wood? He would chuck, he would, as much as he could, and chuck as much wood as a woodchuck would. If a woodchuck could chuck wood.”;;

MECARD:
N:Cook,Tim;
ADR:One Apple Park Way, Cupertino, CA 95014, United States;
TEL:+14089961010;
TEL:+17702313820;
EMAIL:tim.cook@apple.com;
URL:https://apple.com;
NOTE:”How much wood would a woodchuck chuck, if a woodchuck could chuck wood? He would chuck, he would, as much as he could, and chuck as much wood as a woodchuck would. If a woodchuck could chuck wood.”;;

[loukash]

Some issues on Mac here:

1. the popover panel should not float above the modal dialog (even though the latter is movable)
2. descenders are cut off with UI Large Font (a.k.a. what's a Cateqorv…?! )

[dominik]

3 hours ago, fde101 said:

The more important thing to consider is to throw in the forms for a few of the common URI schemes.

I agree. Having some kind of 'QR-Code builder assistant' would be helpful.

d.

[Archangel]

On 4/12/2024 at 1:54 PM, Ash said:

Apps: All
Platforms: macOS, Windows and iPad

A new QR Code tool is now available from the shapes flyout in the toolbar, making it easy to add a QR code to your documents. 

After creating or selecting a QR Code object you will find a 'Payload' option in the context toolbar. Here you can type whatever URL you want the QR code to link to when it is scanned.

In addition to URLs you can use other syntax as detailed below to have the QR code trigger other functions when scanned by a device:

SMS

Payload structure: SMSTO:number:text message
Eg. SMSTO:07513123456:Hello mate!

GEO location

Payload structure: GEO:lat:lon:height
Eg. GEO:40.71872,-73.98905,100

WIFI credentials

Payload structure: WIFI:S:ssid;T:type;P:password;;
Eg. WIFI:S:MyWiFiSSID;T:WPA;P:MyPassW0rd;;

Great @Ash. Is their any chance of a more fully featured Barcode tool for book covers?

[Patrick Connor]

40 minutes ago, Archangel said:

Barcode tool

This thread is not for feature requests and barcodes are unrelated to QR code as far as implementing them, so this doesn't help advance Barcodes, sorry.

[Aurea Ratio]

What? We shouldn't have to worry about or look up syntax – that's something the software's user interface should handle for us (including validation and error checking), isn't that what the gear button is for (when it works).