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The handler is the part that needs real work: handlers are custom elements now, not Vue
components handed to the viewer. You define the element on window.customElements and register
its tagname, which is what lets a handler be written in any framework. The registration walkthrough
covers it, and enabled(nodes) replaces the mimes array.
openWith(id, { … }) becomes getViewer().open(nodes, file, options, id), with the handler id
as the fourth argument.
Warning
Without this, office files stop opening in the viewer entirely, rather than degrading.
OCA.Viewer is gone in Viewer 7.0.0. The viewer ships as the @nextcloud/viewer library rather than a
bundled app, and nextcloud/server#63954 removes the viewer app from Nextcloud 36 altogether.
Roughly what it looks like:
import{canView,getViewer}from'@nextcloud/viewer'// OCA.Viewer.open({ path }) / ({ fileInfo, list })getViewer().open(nodes,file)// @nextcloud/files nodesgetViewer().openFolder(folder,file)// when a path is all you have, let it fetch// OCA.Viewer.mimetypes.includes(mime) / availableHandlerscanView(node)
The part that is not a rename is that the viewer takes @nextcloud/files nodes now, not fileinfo objects or path strings. Importing the package is also all it takes to get the viewer
onto the page: no LoadViewer event to dispatch, and nothing to check about whether the app is
enabled.
Important
There is no compatibility shim, which was a deliberate call, so this is a real port rather
than a rename. Nothing breaks until the server PR lands; after that these calls throw on
Nextcloud 36.
richdocuments is the heaviest user of the global, and the only one that both registers a handler
and drives the viewer:
src/viewer.js:16:OCA.Viewer.registerHandler({ ... })src/file-actions.js:38:OCA.Viewer.openWith('richdocuments', { path })src/public.js:27,29:openWith()/open()on public share pagessrc/mixins/openLocal.js:67:window.OCA.Viewer.open({ path })The handler is the part that needs real work: handlers are custom elements now, not Vue
components handed to the viewer. You define the element on
window.customElementsand registerits
tagname, which is what lets a handler be written in any framework. Theregistration walkthrough
covers it, and
enabled(nodes)replaces themimesarray.openWith(id, { … })becomesgetViewer().open(nodes, file, options, id), with the handler idas the fourth argument.
Warning
Without this, office files stop opening in the viewer entirely, rather than degrading.
OCA.Vieweris gone in Viewer 7.0.0. The viewer ships as the@nextcloud/viewerlibrary rather than abundled app, and nextcloud/server#63954 removes the
viewerapp from Nextcloud 36 altogether.Roughly what it looks like:
The part that is not a rename is that the viewer takes
@nextcloud/filesnodes now, notfileinfoobjects or path strings. Importing the package is also all it takes to get the vieweronto the page: no
LoadViewerevent to dispatch, and nothing to check about whether the app isenabled.
Important
There is no compatibility shim, which was a deliberate call, so this is a real port rather
than a rename. Nothing breaks until the server PR lands; after that these calls throw on
Nextcloud 36.
Tip
The developer manual covers the migration under
Critical changes
(being added in nextcloud/documentation#15597), and the
README
has the full before/after table. Happy to help with the port, just ping me.
👾 This issue was written with the help of Claude Code.