Placeholder – QR Code

The Placeholder — QR Code node

Lede. The central node of a QR-code placeholder workspace – everything you wire here drives the generated QR code in the corresponding InDesign frame.

Group: Endpoint · Available in: QR Code Placeholder workspace · Central node: Yes

Purpose

  • Hold the generated QR code for one InDesign frame.
  • Apply per-record object style.
  • Provide fallback behaviour when the payload is missing.
  • Attach a per-record hyperlink to the QR-code frame.

Where to find it

Auto-created when you open a QR-code placeholder editor.

How it works

The placeholder pulls dynamic QR-parameter inputs (added by the QR-code type), a Style modifier, an Error Action, and a Hyperlink. The QR payload itself comes from those QR-specific inputs (e.g. URL, vCard fields, …) configured on the placeholder rather than from a Content socket.

Sockets

Direction Name What it does What you can connect
Input Style Object style for the frame. Style Object.
Input ErrorAction What to do when payload is empty. Action Text Frame.
Input Hyperlink URL attached to the QR-code frame (separate from the payload). Hyperlink node.
Input (QR parameter sockets) One per parameter of the selected QR type (URL, contact name, …). Data Text, Static Text, AI.

No output sockets.

Example (end-to-end)

[Data Text: ProductURL] → [Placeholder.URL]   (QR parameter socket)
[Style Object: "QR Shadow"] → [Placeholder.Style]

Empty / error behaviour

  • Empty payload: ErrorAction decides.

Limitations

  • Payload structure is fixed by the chosen QR type (URL, contact, calendar, …). Choose the type in the placeholder’s own settings.

Screenshots

📷 Screenshot [NEU]: QR-code placeholder editor with parameter sockets

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