Tickets :: Comment on [#11136] Embedded "Upcoming Events" view shows multi-day events once for each day

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Comment	> At the very least it's a usability issue, even if you don't agree > that showing the wrong number of days for an event is a bug. > > If maxevents does not, in fact, set the maximum number of events to > show, could the name be changed to something that reflects its use > better? Maybe "maxeventdays"? > > Multiple events during a day can be shown e.g. like this: > April > 11.-15. Multiday event > 13. Single day event in the middle of the above event > > If you are concerned that people think that the second event is after > the first one (instead of during) a special icon could be added to > turn attention to this. > > The default could still be the old behaviour, but I think having an > option for this would be nice. > > Here's my use case: I have lots of long 10-15 day events mixed with > lots of single day events (although they do not usually overlap). I > need to show entire events so people don't get confused (i.e. don't > show that a 15 day event is 2 days long), but at the same time it > looks bad to have 30 single day events listed in some cases (if I > make maxevents large enough to fit all the longer events). > > It's also difficult to see single day events when they are "hidden" > between two long multiday events. At a glance, how many different > events are listed below? > > 1. My event a > 2. My event a > 3. My event a > 4. My event a > 5. My event a > 6. My event a > 7. My event a > 8. My event a > 9. My event a > 10. My event a > 11. My event c > 12. My event d > 13. My event d > 14. My event d > 15. My event e > 16. My event f > 17. My event f > 18. My event f > 19. My event f > > Compare with: > 1.-10. My event a > 11. My event c > 12.-14. My event d > 15. My event e > 16.-19. My event f >
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