Special icon for shared files/folders in Windows Explorer

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Hello Nextcloud friends,

I recently noticed that while the sharing settings for a file/folder are listed in Windows Explorer (right-click Nextcloud > Sharing options), thereā€™s no visual indication that a share is enabled. Only the green icon with a checkmark is displayed. It would be nice if a share were indicated by a different icon. Or am I missing something?

Best regards,
Max

Hallo NC-Freunde,

mir ist neulich aufgefallen, dass die Freigaben einer Datei/eines Ordners im Windows-Explorer (rechte Maustaste Nextcloud > Freigabeoptionen ) zwar aufgelistet sind, aber man ƤuƟerlich an der Datei/ dem Ordner nicht erkennen kann, dass eine Freigabe hinterlegt ist. Es wird immer nur das grĆ¼ne Icon mit HƤckchen angezeigt. Es wƤre doch schƶn, wenn eine Freigabe bereits durch ein anderes Icon sichtbar wƤre. Oder habe ich etwas Ć¼bersehen?

Viele GrĆ¼ĆŸe
Max

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Are you in ā€˜darkā€™ mode in Windows? If so, and you hover over a shared file, do you see this:

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I can only see the shared icon if I hover. It looks like this without hovering over the file:

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Not sure, but I assume this would be a Nextcloud thing, not a Windows issue since OneDrive works with a different icon.

I should also note, that is on something I am sharing, not something that is shared with me.

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I shared the file via the web interface. This is what the icon looks like on my device. I canā€™t see a share symbol, even when I hover over it with the mouse.
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interesting, so you arenā€™t even showing the Status column. If you right click on the header row (Name, Date Modified, etc), can you select Status as something to show?

EDIT:
For reference, here is a more detailed view of what I show in my file explorer:

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Iā€™ve enabled the Status column. Unfortunately, thereā€™s no icon there either. The column is completely empty.

If I share the file in Explorer instead of the cloud, I at least see a green share icon.
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When I change the view to large icons, the icon is clearly visible. In the detailed view, itā€™s barely visible.

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So Iā€™m fairly new to nextcloud myself, the only other thing I can think to check is the version of the sync client you are using? Iā€™m on the latest stable (4.0.4 iirc).

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Yes, I also have version 4.0.4. Itā€™s strange that it looks so different in Windows Explorer on our systems.

Thanks anyway for your help.

Merry Christmas.
Max

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Hi @ncmaxx

Youā€™re referring to the icons in the legacy sync view, where all files are synchronized without support for virtual files while @muzicman0 its screenshot:

ā€¦ are from a file synchronization that supports virtual files.

If you want to see the icons like in your browser, you should enable virtual file support.

h.t.h.

ernolf

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Mystery solved! Thanks.

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Hi ernolf,

thank you so much, I wouldnā€™t have thought of that. I didnā€™t even know you could use files offline and still enable support for virtual files.

Best regards and Merry Christmas
Max

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But just a suggestion for the developers, if theyā€™re reading this:

It would be nice if the icon for shared folders/files were a bit clearer and more visible when virtual file support is disabled, for example, by using a different color (e.g., black instead of green) or a status icon like the one used when virtual file support is enabled.

Perhaps this could be implemented. Thank you very much.

Best regards,
Max

Update:

Iā€™ve now enabled ā€œVirtual File Supportā€ and also selected the ā€œAlways make files available locallyā€ option. These options are mutually exclusive, but the shared files/folders are now easily identifiable by the icon in the Status column. That works for me.