[Bug]: Sharing icon missing from files after upgrade

[nerrehmit]

⚠️ This issue respects the following points: ⚠️

• This is a bug, not a question or a configuration/webserver/proxy issue.
• This issue is not already reported on Github OR Nextcloud Community Forum (I've searched it).
• Nextcloud Server is up to date. See Maintenance and Release Schedule for supported versions.
• I agree to follow Nextcloud's Code of Conduct.

Bug description

We noticed that the share icon is not present any more in the file overview some time after the upgrade to Nextcloud 29.

I found the same issue on the Community Forum where another user confirmed it but it did not gain traction and I did not manage to find a bug report about this.
Here is the issue in the Community Forum: https://help.nextcloud.com/t/share-icon-missing-after-upgrade/186086

It is still possible to share the files via the "3 dot menu" > "open details" > "sharing" tab but the old way with the sharing symbol being directly accessible was a lot quicker and more intuitive for the many users of our nextcloud instance.

Steps to reproduce

1. Probably just have the newest Version V29 installed. Not sure about V28, but I'm fairly sure the old way was still available in V27

Expected behavior

The share symbol is still directly visible on each file listing in the file browser and not hidden 3 clicks away.

Installation method

Community Web installer on a VPS or web space

Nextcloud Server version

29

Operating system

RHEL/CentOS

PHP engine version

None

Web server

Nginx

Database engine version

None

Is this bug present after an update or on a fresh install?

Upgraded to a MAJOR version (ex. 28 to 29)

Are you using the Nextcloud Server Encryption module?

Encryption is Disabled

What user-backends are you using?

• Default user-backend (database)
• LDAP/ Active Directory
• SSO - SAML
• Other

Configuration report

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List of activated Apps

Enabled:
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  - admin_audit: 1.19.0
  - bruteforcesettings: 2.9.0
  - circles: 29.0.0-dev
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  - federation: 1.19.0
  - files: 2.1.0
  - files_downloadlimit: 2.0.0
  - files_pdfviewer: 2.10.0
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  - files_sharing: 1.21.0
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  - files_versions: 1.22.0
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  - recommendations: 2.1.0
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  - sharebymail: 1.19.0
  - support: 1.12.0
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  - theming: 2.4.0
  - twofactor_backupcodes: 1.18.0
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  - updatenotification: 1.19.1
  - user_ldap: 1.20.0
  - viewer: 2.3.0
  - workflowengine: 2.11.0
Disabled:
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  - files_external: 1.21.0
  - files_rightclick: 0.15.1 (installed 1.6.0)
  - suspicious_login: 7.0.0
  - user_saml: 5.1.2 (installed 5.1.2)
  - user_status: 1.9.0 (installed 1.0.1)
  - weather_status: 1.9.0 (installed 1.0.0)

Nextcloud Signing status

No response

Nextcloud Logs

No response

Additional info

No response

[joshtrichards]

It is still possible to share the files via the "3 dot menu" > "open details" > "sharing" tab but the old way with the sharing symbol being directly accessible was a lot quicker and more intuitive for the many users of our nextcloud instance.

The person icon (with the + sign) immediately to the right of the circle in your linked forum post is the sharing icon. Or am I misunderstanding your report?

EDIT: To clarify, the icon itself changed in 28, but it's still in the same spot.

[nerrehmit]

Thanks for getting back so quickly.
I should have been more precise sorry.
The symbol (old or changed) is no longer present on a folder or a file that has been shared with you.

As you can see from my picture those folders and files were shared with me by an organizational user (data owner) called OA:

There I'm unable to quickly reshare those files via link. Resharing is allowed by OA for those folders.

The usecase we have internally is that most folders with company data are owned and shared by OA to all my users and then individual users create share links for certain files, videos etc. to reference them in other media/ chats/ wiki's

Previously there was the share icon present even if that file or folder was shared with you. Unfortunately I don't have a screenshot of how it looked before.

[solracsf]

The UI is the same on v28 on folders share with me.

[q-wertz]

Maybe I misunderstand the problem, but when I click on the user symbol I directly get to the share sidebar (NC29).
In your case @nerrehmit this should be the encircled "OA"...

My own folders and my folders that I have shared to others look like this

Maybe you mean those symbols? They are simply replaced by the user icon who shared the folder with you, but the functionality stays the same.

As you wrote your use case: Looks like a good use case for the groupfolders app.