Bug 2534

Summary:	vCalendar meeting plugin: navigating the calendar is hard
Product:	Claws Mail (GTK 2)	Reporter:	P Fudd <clawsmail>
Component:	Plugins	Assignee:	users
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	P3
Version:	3.7.9
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Linux

Description P Fudd 2011-11-03 21:34:46 UTC

I entered a meeting that will occur in six months, and now I'd like to view today's meetings, or vice-versa.  The only way I can get there is to click the '<' or '>' buttons at the top, and go forward or backward one week per click (6 months=24 clicks).

My apologies if this was fixed in 3.7.10.

Comment 1 Paul 2011-11-04 07:32:34 UTC

You can right-click in the calendar area and choose 'Go to today' from the menu, or, of course, switch to 'list view'

Comment 2 P Fudd 2011-11-04 08:08:45 UTC

Ok, I found the 'Go to today' item on the context menu, but 'list view' isn't there.  Perhaps I need the latest version of claws-mail.

Even with those two options, a 'Go to <Date>' item would be useful, and it would be nice to have month or year view.  The list view sounds like it mostly solves the problem; wish I could find it.

Comment 3 Paul 2011-11-04 08:23:21 UTC

right-click the item in the folder list on the right, there you will find the 'list view' option

Comment 4 Paul 2011-11-04 08:24:26 UTC

err... the folder list on the _left_, not on the right

Comment 5 P Fudd 2011-11-04 08:37:53 UTC

Oh, wow, that was embarrassing.. requesting a feature that's already present!

Ok, how about putting the list view/week view/month view items into the context menu that you get when you right-click on the calendar?  That's where I was fruitlessly searching for it.  Or put a few icons at the bottom of the calendar window, for list/week/month view?

This is not so much a bug as a human interface design issue.  Or maybe you could call it a bug in the user... :-)

Once you know where the option is, you'll never have think about it again.  It only bites new users.

Comment 6 P Fudd 2011-11-04 08:40:09 UTC

And I'd still like a 'go to <date>' option in the context menu, as I don't want to click more than 2 times to get anywhere.

Thanks again!