Desktop: Synchronize tags as well

[xXSTrikeXx]

Hello!

Could it be possible to Tag files in Windows explorer, like it is implemented with the shared option?
It will be a better workflow, because visiting all time the WebUI is annoying when you sometimes just want to flag/tag a file.

My first issue about that is in the wrong repo :D https://github.com/nextcloud/client_theming/issues/235
Cheers ;)

[camilasan]

Yes, this would be a nice feature.

[Nevarro]

Any news on this feature? I would like to use Leap on my Mac which tags files using OpenMetaTags. When I add tags the files aren't synced though.

[vbspam]

I would also love to use it. At this moment I do not let Nextcloud Desktop client touch my tagged files and have to synchronize them through rsync.

[jcrXO]

I would love that feature too!

[elevatingcreativity]

I would like this as well, primarily for syncing with MacOS. Right now there is data loss, we use tags extensively in the native OS, but Nextcloud loses them all upon sync.

[mylos]

Just moved everything from dropbox to nextcloud as I realised the tags doesn't work and had to move everything back :(. Looking forward to see tags working to start using nextcloud! Thank you!

[meyerjom]

This would also be an absolutely important feature for me. It would be best, if you could maintain the tags, which are assigned on MacOS, directly in Nextcloud and the feature would be operating system independent.

[livier]

I want that feature too ...

[skarados]

Please add this feature

[JayBrown]

Yeah, extended attributes are super-important nowadays. Lots of information is in there. For example, the FOSS PDF reader Skim saves PDF notes in XAs, now also with the #S suffix for "syncable" metadata. Clouds need to to support metadata & XAs, at the very least those with the #S suffix (on macOS). Modern cloud services need that feature… simple as that.

Best approach would be a metadata config the user can populate with the names of the XAs he wants synchronized. So shite like com.apple.quarantine can be ignored, but Finder tags, 3rd-party XAs etc. can be synched.

[nivoc]

Would love this too! Sync between MacOS Tags and nextcloud Tags would be very nice!

[kkandert]

Yes please add sync support for metadata. 👍
Something like intelligent folders like on the mac would also be useful.

[tim-rohrer]

I had started exploring how to do with initially in PHP using occ command line, but then realized that in order to do this right, extended attributes like tags must be synchronized through the client apps. Unfortunately, C++/ObjC are not in my skill sets.

I can +1 this enhancement request to death and ready & willing to test someone's work.

[livier]

It should work on W$, Mac and Linux,
on clients, and web interface for the three
I don't even know if the 3 Os system are compatible for tags admin.
So, it is just a question :
Is there really any hope to get that ?

[fknittel]

I've posted a bounty on this feature. Maybe others would like to contribute too?

[Boki4d]

I've posted a bounty on this feature. Maybe others would like to contribute too?

I'm in! This would be a really useful feature, but it has to be cross-plattform (win, linux and macos).

[GlassedSilver]

Chipped in 15 bucks as well :)

[jampy]

Added to the bounty as well.

Could someone from the team like @DominiqueFuchs or @misch7 please give some feedback?

[GlassedSilver]

Any update on this?

[NeutroGe]

I have developped a small osx app that reads file tags and put them in the file name of the folder where it's ran on. This acts as a workaround for nextcloud not dealing (and probably never will) with osx tags.

If someone is interested i'll share it here later.