Calendar enhancements 📆

[Jordan_Scott1]

Hi all -

I hope your week is off to a great start.

I’m excited to share two new calendar enhancements that apply to both the view and the new interface element.

Cover images: similar to the gallery and kanban views, calendar will now support specifying an attachment field and rendering the first image in entries.

Customizable labels: similar to timeline and kanban views, calendar will also now support full customization of the fields displayed in entries, as well as their formatting

Additional resources:

• Support article: Guide to calendar view

Let us know if you have any questions or feedback!

This will be fully rolled out today. If you don’t see the changes, please clear your cache.

[Vivid-Squid]

Awesome and for me, a very timely update! Thank you for letting us know about the new features.

If I could throw in a few nice to haves:
Multirow records
Expanded cells to show all records in a day
Better printing to PDF
If a field is blank, show nothing instead of (empty…)

[Joe_Hewes]

Does this resolve the “Empty” glitch that popped up couple of days ago? I’m guessing so…

[egordin]

This is great - thank you! I wish there was a checkbox to hide empty fields, rather than always listing “(empty)”

[Jordan_Scott1]

Joe_Hewes:

Does this resolve the “Empty” glitch that popped up couple of days ago? I’m guessing so…

Correct! You can hide those fields (or hide all fields) via the menu included in the screenshot above, which will resolve the empty status :slightly_smiling_face:

[ScottWorld]

Wow! These are gigantic and much-needed improvements to Calendar View!! :cowboy_hat_face: :raised_hands: :sparkles:

Yay!! Thank you!!! :grinning:

It would be cool if the very first view that opens up when clicking on a calendar event would either:

1. Take us directly to the expanded view, or
2. Show us a summary that mirrors the fields that we have selected in the new “Customize Labels” button.

[Jordan_Scott1]

You can hide any empty fields using the toggle (or you can hide all). I hope that helps!

[egordin]

Right, but I meant in the case where I want a calendar view to show a field on an item, if that field is not empty. If the field is empty, then I’d love for the field to show nothing, instead of “(empty)”.

[Jordan_Scott1]

Got it! I’ll pass this along to the team. Thank you for sharing :slightly_smiling_face:

[Karlstens]

Good morning @Jordan_Scott1 and team!

Thanks for these updates and collecting feedback, this is the best! :slightly_smiling_face:

I have a Calendar view in my gardening base where I’ve configured rolling planting/flowering seasons for plants. In testing these cover image/label options, my main feedback is I have no way to remove an annoying https:/dl.airtable link that appears when I enable photos.

And when I click on any calendar entry with a photo (via my base view, not an interface), I don’t see the image in the card;

Would it be possible to have the Calendar team review and hopefully add granular controls to hide image link and show the image in the card?

Would be keen on hearing if they’ve had any further thoughts to adding rolling date functionality to Airtable too. I have god-only-knows what formula, work-around columns, duplicating entry workarounds happening just so that I can see repeating dates (such as flowering season).

[ScottWorld]

Karlstens:

And when I click on any calendar entry with a photo (via my base view, not an interface), I don’t see the image in the card;

I agree that this expanded card interface needs to be completely rethought.