Allow Sharing from the Desktop

[MTRichards]

As a user, I want to be able to click on a file, and select share with ownCloud, and then be able to share a file with someone as a link, or as a file shared directly with them in ownCloud using the share API.

This is partly a deeper integration into ownCloud and the desktop OS to enable the menu, and partly an implementation of the sharing API on the desktop. Likely there are two steps:

1. share with link (share, unshare)
2. share with user of the system (share, unshare, set CRUDS permissions)

[jancborchardt]

For reference: There were existing issues (#531, #634, #1431) which I closed in favor of this.

[danimo]

@MTRichards how does that fit with the fact that we share a single folder by default and sync it with the root? should the file be moved there?

[MTRichards]

If you own the file vs it is shared with you, the server dictates the response. Looking for a context menu to allow share from the desktop with a right click. Part 1 could be to share it with only files you own, vs part 2 with files owned by you and shared files where you are not the owner. Or did I miss something?

[danimo]

@MTRichards There are two different notions of "Share this file": Sharing a file/directory that already is within an ownCloud-synced folder, and one where a folder gets added to an ownCloud sync. Hence my confusion as to what should happen in the latter case.

[MTRichards]

Step one should be this only works inside the synced owncloud folders on the desktop. One cannot share files or folders from the desktop that are not already synced with the server via the client.

[MU7L3Y]

I agree. Sharing a file is only from the already synced owncloud folders, just like the web interface is.
Step 2 would have to sync the folder/file first before allowing sharing context menu.

[carlsondan]

Yes, I agree. It would be great to be able to right click on a file in the synched folder and then be able to click on an option that says something like "Share OwnCloud link", which then copies a public URL link to the clipboard, where a user can either email, instant message, etc. to someone real quickly.

[mczee]

Please make this happen. Our users love working with ownCloud and the only thing they are REALLY missing in comparison to other services is the shell integration. Right-Click a file within the ownClound folder under windows to share a quickly generated link would be excellent. Direct copy to clipboard would be fine. There doesn't neccesarily have to be a context dialog. Also think about some tinyurl solution. (Maybe if the plugin is enabled?)

[Science4583]

This is the only reason I don't use ownCloud. I really like how it works, but this is a deal breaker for me when it's easier to use Dropbox.

[jancborchardt]

As you can see in the infos to the right, this is currently scheduled for version 1.8 – currently scheduled for in about 2 months.

[Science4583]

Well hot damn!

[alefattorini]

Why there is'nt any work on such feature, already present in other projects?

[razyr]

Aye, this is more than a "nice to have" when trying to get business users to adopt ownCloud vs one of the popular cloud file sharing apps. Very much looking forward to that 1.8 client.

[jancborchardt]

@alefattorini @razyr folks, focus is always on keeping things reliable. Thus fixes and stability improvements take priority over new features.

I’m excited about this as well though. ;)

[guruz]

@Azelphur is working on this feature. Depending on how things go this can be in 1.7 or 1.8..

Maybe @Azelphur can tease us with a screenshot here?

[Azelphur]

I can do better, I have a Python preview available, https://github.com/Azelphur/ownCloud-share-tools

Should work on any file browser that supports custom actions, so mostly Linux ones like Thunar, Nautilus and Dolphin.

I am working on porting it to C++ and integrating it for Mirall, at which point it hopefully will ship (ideally in either in 1.7 or 1.8 like @guruz says), at which point it will be cross platform.

The github page also has a rough screenshot of how things are going to look, although it's an outdated screenshot.

[xpresservers]

@Azelphur https://github.com/Azelphur/ownCloud-share-tools will this work on MacOS X Mavericks ?

[Azelphur]

xpresservers: it should work on any platform, all you need to do is run it with one argument, the full path to the file to share.

If you want file browser integration, your file browser needs to support custom actions (ie adding a new thing in the right click menu to run a command), most file browsers are able to do this.

Besides that I now have a build of Mirall up with some the sharing menu built in, however no file browser integration yet (so you still need custom actions for now if you decide to use it) https://github.com/Azelphur/mirall/tree/filebrowser_integration

[dragotin]

The base functionality is done, so I think this entry can be closed.

Missing parts and/or bugs are tracked in more specific issues.

[phil-davis]

Sorry for poking this old thread, but I can't see what happened to the future of being able to share with a user/group from the desktop client "Share with ownCloud/ownCloud Sharing" dialog.
Is that still coming?
If so, can somebody put a pointer here to the relevant issue so it will be easy for others to find their way.

[rullzer]

@phil-davis yes it will come. But we first need proper server side support. The plan is to get that in for 8.2

[phil-davis]

Thanks for the quick response. It might be easy for others to find if there is an open issue on client that documents the need/requirement and mentions that it is awaiting some server-side implementation first.
When there is any moderately-functional bare bones of server and client to test I am very happy to help with debugging.

[elgs]

I installed ownCloud client from brew cask, but it seems the share options is still missing from the context menu. Am I missing anything? The version installed on my computer is shown as 2.0.1 (build 2694).

[Carharttguy]

@elgs: 2 comments above you @rullzer states that it will come when there is proper server side supprt. This will be the case for ownCloud 8.2. Now ownCloud latest version is 8.1.

[ziliboban]

Hi All!
We've installed ownCloud 8.2 but it seems that sharing context menu is missing in OS X. Is it supported as planned in 8.2 or not?
i'm using OS X client 2.0.2 (build 2818).

[phil-davis]

You can share a link (with or without password) using the current client 2.0.*
The code for the client to be able to share with another user (of the ownCloud server) is coming.

[ziliboban]

@phil-davis it is strange but i don't see any sharing options when in the context menu (see img, sorry it is in russian)

[phil-davis]

My Nepali and Greek is better than my Russian :)
There should be an entry "Share with ownCloud". I am not aware of that being broken in OS X or Russian - but who knows!

[ziliboban]

@phil-davis thanks! :)
Maybe i need to try to switch to english, will try it.

[Kernald]

I just checked on the french version, it works fine. The ownCloud entry is just below the send to trash one.

Le 29 oct. 2015 à 13:56, ziliboban notifications@github.com a écrit :

@phil-davis https://github.com/phil-davis thanks! :)
Maybe i need to try to switch to english, will try it.

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Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub #1444 (comment).

[ziliboban]

With english it is the same, maybe i should reinstall the client.

[ziliboban]

Reinstalled the client and now it works.
Thank you guys 👍

[dragotin]

@ziliboban maybe that plugin was not enabled before? Since 10.10 IIRC it can be en- and disabled.

Thanks for letting us know that it works now.

[elgs]

It seems it still doesn't work for me. I use brew cask remove owncloud and brew cask install owncloud.

[ziliboban]

To make it work i did following:

• swiched to English language in OS X
• downloaded client installation package again
• ran installation process and it actually uninstalled existing client
• ran installation process again and installed client
• checked that it works in English
• swiched back to Russian

[tarator]

This feature would be nice to work also with KDE's Dolphin.

[elgs]

Strangely it still doesn't work for me. I installed the client using homebrew.

[danimo]

@tarator It will with KF 5.16 and KDE Application 15.12. Current versions lack API to implement this. The code on our side is done so once 15.12 is out, packagers can build it.

[tarator]

@danimo Thanks! I'm looking forward to get that.

[herrdeh]

Would love this feature for nautilus and nemo at debian and ubuntu. What's the status?

[dragotin]

It is there for nautilus and nemo. Install the packages as described here https://software.opensuse.org/download/package?project=isv:ownCloud:desktop&package=owncloud-client and enjoy.

[herrdeh]

Thanks, dragotin. But I never could find any handle for it, neither in nemo nor nautilus. I'm on ubuntu 16.10, nemo 3.0.6 and nautilus 3.20.3.
I installed the sync client as suggested, in addition I have the "owncloud-client-nemo" and "owncloud-client.-nautilus" package.

I expected to right-click a file or folder and find something like "share..." - which will provide the OC URL.
Yes - I tried it with files which are synced to OC. (-;

[dragotin]

One last dumb question: The client was running while you tried? That is required. Otherwise that should work as you describe.

If not, I'd suggest to open a new separate bug report. Thanks.

[herrdeh]

Sync activities are present, and

$ pstree | grep owncloud
-owncloud-+-sh---pxgsettings-+-{dconf worker}

So I think, it's active. True?