QR Code Tool

A simple web extension that helps the user generate QR Codes for quick, off-line, transfer between devices. This tool can create QR Codes from:

• URL in address bar
• Web page links
• Highlighted text

Local Environment Prerequisites

• NodeJS/NPM
• Linux Shell (Windows WSL)
  • zip
• Visual Studio Code

Preparing Local Environment

If you want get this extension to work on your local environment, follow these steps:

1. Close the repository
2. Run npm install
3. Copy the qrcode.min.js file from node_modules/qrcodejs to the popup/ folder.
4. Load the extension temporarily by visiting about:debugging in your Firefox browser, selecting This Firefox from the side nav, clicking the Load Temporary Add-on… button, and opening the manifest.json file from the project.

Building the Project

Instructions for building the zip files for deploying this tool to the Firefox Add-on market.

npm run build

# dist/qrcode_tool.zip
# dist/source.zip

Note: If you are on Windows, you will need to run this in WSL, since it executes Linux shell commands. You will also need the 'zip' tool installed.

Browser Compatibility

Firefox

License

MIT License

Contact

https://github.com/bklik