nextcloud / nextcloud/calendar

Appointment start/stop buttons

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Description

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

It's not a "problem" per se but a small UX improvement that could have a big impact. I quite often am in a situation in which appointments either start late or then are done quite significantly before the scheduled end time. As I sync my phone calendar with NC, my phone also then stays in DND mode for the whole scheduled time. And of course my NC availability stays at "In a meeting".

Describe the solution you'd like

I would like to suggest a "start" and "stop" button for the entry view or maybe a right-click menu, which sets the corresponding time field to "now". That would take care of the availability issue in NC and with a sync client that understands push, also on syncing devices. As a nice side effect, it would also allow time tracking.

Describe alternatives you've considered

The alternative is manual changing of the entries.

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Research direction

Start from the appointment entry view and its existing editing flow for the start and end time fields. Determine how a start/stop control should update the corresponding field to the current time and verify that the resulting event changes are propagated to synced calendar clients; done means both controls work without requiring manual time editing.

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Assessment

Tech stack
javascript
Domain
frontend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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