Notes & Productivity

Create QR Code

Create a QR code from selected text or a URL.

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Overview

What Create QR Code does

Generates a crisp, scannable QR image from the selection and presents it in ActionClip. Copy Image places PNG and TIFF image data on the clipboard for pasting into other apps.

CategoryNotes & Productivity
Action typeBuilt-in
Default resultCopy the result
InternetNot required

Example

Action and outcome

Create QR Code example
ActionOutcome
Create QR CodeSelected text: https://actionclip.appA scannable QR code appears, ready to copy as an image.

Workflow

Use Create QR Code

Follow these steps to create a QR code from selected text or a URL with ActionClip.

  1. Select the text you want to use.
  2. Choose Create QR Code from ActionClip.
  3. Review the extracted result, then copy it where you need it.

Before you add it

Requirements and privacy

  • Before you start: Select text or a URL up to 2,000 UTF-8 bytes.
  • Your selected text: ActionClip generates the QR code locally on this Mac. The selected text and QR image do not leave your Mac.

Inspect before installing

Action script

The script below is included so you can inspect how the action works before downloading it.

Built-in definition
create_qr_code