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Comment	>>> It was not the idea to introduce a new preference. The idea was: > >>> You are looking in 1 calendar because you are planning for that > >>> consultant. My user expected to enter a new event in that calender > >>> when she clicked the (+) sign. But that is not the case, the event > >>> goes to the default calendar instead. > >>> The question was to set the active calendar preselected in the > >>> 'Create Event' screen. > >> > >> So that's not really a new preference, but it completely muddles the > >> purpose of an existing one. > > > > Which preference are you talking about? If you are talking about the > select your default calendar. Well, imho that means normaly: > > > > If the program can't figure out what calendar to use, use this default one. > > > > This is for example the case when you are viewing more than one > calendar and the program can't figure out in which calendar to put > the event. > > Although it is a little strange for the user (again imho) that, when > he is viewing 2 or 3 calendars and not his default, the event is > (without warning) placed in his default calendar. > > > >> Also, I think you might just need some user retraining here - > >> Kronolith is designed to overlay multiple calendars; selecting one > >> consultant's calendar and deselecting the previous one is likely as > >> many/more extra clicks than picking the right calendar in the New > >> Event screen. > > > > That depends a little bit on how the workflow goes. If you are > planning 1 consultant after the other one, this is more work. > Although if you are planning them in mixed order than it makes a lot > of sense to select the right one in the add event screen. > > > > Just to be sure i don't think you should get rid of the 'select > calendar' option (absolutely not!). And the 'select default calendar' > option has it's use. I only think that the 'create event' action > could preselect the 'select calendar' option a little bit more > intelligent. > > > >>> B.t.w. If you use the month view with more calendars side by side, > >>> clicking the + sign does not what you expect. If you click on the + > >>> it also always preselects the default calendar, even if you click on > >>> the + in another calendar. > >> > >> This I could see changing. > > > > Shall i make a new ticket for this one? > > > >>> A way to combine this with the default calendar option is to > >>> preselect the default calendar if that is one of the active > >>> calendars and preselect the 'current' calendar if there is only one > >>> other calender active. > >> > >> I don't know if that rule is intuitive to users, though, and if it's > >> not intuitive, it's going to seem _very_ random. > > > > I think the following ruleset could be quite intuitive: > > - If there is only 1 calendar active: preselect that calendar > > - If your default calendar and one or more other calendars are > visible: preselect your default calendar > > - If your default calendar is not active and more other calendars are > active: preselect none and add a warning: please select your calendar > > This last one could be replaced by the following rule: > > - If your default calendar is not active and more other calendars are active: > > preselect your default calendar and after saving display a message: > this event is saved in your default calendar: calendarname > > > > I personaly don't think that this ruleset will bring more problems > than the current situation. > > > > Thanx for reading and if you think this idea is acceptable, i will > put some time in it to write a patch.
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