226015 - Add ability to create month (not monthly) events

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Calendar :: General, enhancement)

Description

[u119584]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.5) Gecko/20031007
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.5) Gecko/20031007

When you want to add an event to the calendar that doesn't necessarily have a
fixed date, or where a date has not been confirmed, it would be useful to be
able to create a "month event". For example, say that new regulations come into
effect as from November 2003, you cannot pinpoint a date, but you can attach a
note to the month in question. This "month event" could then be given a date
once confirmed.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
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Comment 1

[Mostafa Hosseini]

I don't think this kind of event has been defined in RFC 2445.

Comment 2

[u119584]

I guess you could just set a tentative event at the beginning of the month or to
cover an entire month. Could this idea be considered along with the notepad
request? (Bugzilla Bug 116945)

Comment 3

[Matthew (lilmatt) Willis]

Could this be an all-day event that recurs for 30 days? (or 28 or 29 or 31...)

Comment 4

[u119584]

This is how I have done it before, but it just clutters up the whole month's
display. I thought it would be a nice addition to accommodate an event that
lasts longer than one day in a different way.

Comment 5

[Matthew (lilmatt) Willis]

How would you suggest displaying a month-long event in each view?

Comment 6

[u119584]

LOL - I must admit that I haven't used the calendar for some time. I tend to use
a diary for things at the moment!

I was thinking along the lines of a bar that runs along each affected day, with
the event note being visible on the first visible day. Or a bar that runs down
the left of the week view, but that wouldn't represent the duration very well.

I'll fire up the calendar and see what comes to mind. =)

Comment 7

[Joey Minta]

Nominating this one for WONTFIX.  I don't think it would be used terribly often,
not to mention that a 'month event' isn't clearly defined by RFC2445.  In my
opinion, it would just be added UI for all.

Comment 8

[u119584]

Fair enough. :)

Comment 9

[Joey Minta]

(In reply to comment #8)
> Fair enough. :)

Thanks for the quick response.  Keep the suggestions coming, too. :-)

Comment 10

[Reed Loden [:reed]]

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