#2462 shortcuts: fix build for old Qt5 versions

Signed-off-by: Patrizio Bekerle <patrizio@bekerle.com>

Author: pbek

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # QOwnNotes Changelog
 
+## 26.3.10
+
+- Improved portal handle token generation compatibility for older Qt5
+  distributions (e.g. Debian 9.0, SLE 15) by using `QUuid` on Qt5 and
+  keeping `QRandomGenerator` on Qt6 builds
+  (for [#2462](https://github.com/pbek/QOwnNotes/issues/2462))
+
 ## 26.3.9
 
 - Fixed heading order in the Navigation panel's "Headings" tab to keep the

src/services/xdgglobalshortcutmanager.cpp

@@ -21,7 +21,11 @@
 #include <QDBusReply>
 #include <QDebug>
 #include <QGuiApplication>
+#if QT_VERSION >= QT_VERSION_CHECK(6, 0, 0)
 #include <QRandomGenerator>
+#else
+#include <QUuid>
+#endif
 
 XdgGlobalShortcutManager::XdgGlobalShortcutManager(QObject *parent) : QObject(parent) {
     // Register D-Bus metatypes for the a(sa{sv}) shortcut list argument
@@ -399,7 +403,13 @@ QString XdgGlobalShortcutManager::qtKeyToXkbName(int key) {
 }
 
 QString XdgGlobalShortcutManager::generateToken() {
+#if QT_VERSION >= QT_VERSION_CHECK(6, 0, 0)
     return QStringLiteral("qownnotes_%1").arg(QRandomGenerator::global()->generate());
+#else
+    QString token = QUuid::createUuid().toString(QUuid::WithoutBraces);
+    token.remove(QLatin1Char('-'));
+    return QStringLiteral("qownnotes_%1").arg(token);
+#endif
 }
 
 QString XdgGlobalShortcutManager::computeRequestPath(const QString &handleToken) const {