nextcloud / nextcloud/calendar

Improve adding new event: Adopt event time from event title

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Description

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

During my work I have to schedule many events. To add an event for a certain time, I need 7 mouseclicks.
This is very time consuming. I also have to scroll to the correct time of the event. Although this process is easy, it takes time as well.

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Describe the solution you'd like

I used to work with google calendar. There, I can simply add the time into the "event title" and google automatically reads the time from the title. In google calendar, I simply need to write: 11:05 Test to create the same event.

Using this solution I am down to 1-2 mouseclicks.

Adding this feature would improve event handling for non whole-day events a lot. The feature is non-invasive: For people not using it, nothing would change.

Describe alternatives you've considered

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Research direction

Start by locating the event-creation entry point and the event title input used when adding an event. Check how timed events are currently created, then make a time such as 11:05 Test produce a timed event while preserving the title and leaving titles without a time unchanged. Verify the behavior in the event-creation flow.

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Assessment

Tech stack
javascript
Domain
frontend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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