Hi everyone,

I’m customizing the Employee Badge report (hr.print_employee_badge) in Odoo 16.

By default, the badge uses:

<div t-field="employee.barcode" t-options="{'widget': 'barcode'}"/>

My goal is to print a QR code instead of a standard bar-code.

Right now, the solution that works is to replace the widget using a QWeb inherited view:

<xpath expr="//div[@t-field='employee.barcode']" position="replace">
    <t t-if="employee.barcode">
        <img t-att-src="'/report/barcode/QR/%s' % employee.barcode"
             style="width:80pt; height:80pt;"
             alt="Employee QR"/>
    </t>
</xpath>

This works correctly, but since I’m using <img> calling

/report/barcode/QR/<value>, I’d like to know:

1. Is there a native way to make widget="barcode" generate a QR code?

   (I tried type: 'QR' inside t-options with no luck.)

2. Is the /report/barcode/QR/... method the officially recommended way?

3. Is there an OCA module or an Odoo-supported mechanism for switching barcode formats in reports?

4. Any cleaner or more future-proof approach recommended?

5. Or should I just generate the QR codes outside Odoo (lol)?

Thanks in advance!