Calendar Task Display Bug

[janrifkinson]

Entered Bug dB # VB-78896

In vivaldi://calendar, week view, pick a date, set ToDo item for that date

Displays as:

system/vivaldi version

Vivaldi 3.8.2259.3 (Official Build) (64-bit)
Revision 7315c9a5a4f5a7f9437136beb19bfaa42023cbfc
OS Windows 10 OS Version 2009 (Build 19043.906)
JavaScript V8 9.0.257.14
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Command Line "C:\Users\Office\AppData\Local\Vivaldi\Application\vivaldi.exe" --flag-switches-begin --flag-switches-end --origin-trial-disabled-features=SecurePaymentConfirmation --save-page-as-mhtml
Executable Path C:\Users\Office\AppData\Local\Vivaldi\Application\vivaldi.exe
Profile Path C:\Users\Office\AppData\Local\Vivaldi\User Data\Default

[WildEnte]

@janrifkinson what seems to be the problem? The icon next to the task title?

You define the calendar entry to be a task, so the icon left of the entry title turns from a dot for an event to a checkbox for a task. You can click the checkbox in the calendar to mark the task as done without having to open the dialog.

If this is not what you meant, then please make it a little more clear what we need to look at in your screenshots

[janrifkinson]

@WildEnte said in Calendar Task Display Bug? Needs confirmation.:

@janrifkinson what seems to be the problem? The icon next to the task title?

You define the calendar entry to be a task, so the icon left of the entry title turns from a dot for an event to a checkbox for a task. You can click the checkbox in the calendar to mark the task as done without having to open the dialog.

If this is not what you meant, then please make it a little more clear what we need to look at in your screenshots

Please note 2nd image directly underneath the setting dialog. Even though I have set task for a specific date, Vivaldi is displaying it across 5 days as illustrated. That's the problem. Thank you.

BTW, If I set an appt item for a specific date & then change it to all "ALL DAY", Vivaldi leaves the end date which produces a messy result when I look at the calendar view.

[WildEnte]

ah. That's what you mean, wasn't clear to me looking at your screenshots.

Can't confirm, same build also on windows. Maybe connected to your date/time settings, mine shows in the calendar as "Monday, 12. Apr" (german format)

[janrifkinson]

@WildEnte said in Calendar Task Display Bug? Needs confirmation.:

Can't confirm, same build also on windows. Maybe connected to your date/time settings, mine shows in the calendar as "Monday, 12. Apr" (german format)

Please note that I set the Task date as April 16 not Mon thru Fri. Why? I did not give my Task a start date (Apr 12) and an end Date (April 16). I believe this is only one of several bugs in this area. I will publish another one when I get a free moment.

[WildEnte]

@janrifkinson Got it. As this is just the forum where regular users help each others, this thread is not yet a bug report. It's just us checking in with each other to see whether some strange behavior can be resolved or is known. Since noone chimed in, I think you should file a bug report by filling out this simple form here (some instructions are there). Thanks https://vivaldi.com/bugreport/

[eggert]

@janrifkinson I have confirmed the bug and updated the issue in our tracker. This is a rather ugly one so it will be picked up as soon as possible, which may not be immediate since our resources are spread unusually thin at the moment.

Thanks for taking the time to test and report bugs. Reports for any other ones you may find are most welcome.

[jumpsq]

@janrifkinson Strangely I did not report this one, but it has also happened to me previously. Thanks!

[janrifkinson]

@eggert RE: Bug dB # VB-78896

Thank you very much for the fix. Everything is now working properly.

[janrifkinson]

@eggert said in Calendar Task Display Bug:

@janrifkinson I have confirmed the bug and updated the issue in our tracker. This is a rather ugly one so it will be picked up as soon as possible, which may not be immediate since our resources are spread unusually thin at the moment.

Thanks for taking the time to test and report bugs. Reports for any other ones you may find are most welcome.

@eggert I had reported that this bug was crushed but I'm sorry to say it seems not completely

Today I looked at my calendar & saw this. This TASK was set to occur on Tue 5/5.

Vivaldi 3.8.2259.37 (Stable channel) (64-bit)
Revision 969a5dcecc42e57accf29e2ad0e97114bb534b98

[eggert]

@janrifkinson Well, they tend to be resilient those buggers.

Was this an older task created before the fix? The issue was with wrong values for time when creating tasks and older ones may still be affected, even if I hoped it was not the case. Or if it was a more recent one, then created locally rather than synced from an online calendar? (I assume local based on the artifact of Add as Calendar Event artifact in the screenshot)

[janrifkinson]

@eggert said in Calendar Task Display Bug:

@janrifkinson Well, they tend to be resilient those buggers.

Was this an older task created before the fix? The issue was with wrong values for time when creating tasks and older ones may still be affected, even if I hoped it was not the case. Or if it was a more recent one, then created locally rather than synced from an online calendar? (I assume local based on the artifact of Add as Calendar Event artifact in the screenshot)

Entirely possible Task event was created before fix. Not 100% sure but no need to chase it down. Let's assume it is so. I looked forward a few months & there was nothing odd. Yes to created locally.

As I recall you are calendar maven. If so, you might be interested in possible calendar bug I just posted in Troubleshooting forum.

[eggert]

@janrifkinson I am about half the calendar team at the moment so any issue and I am interested. Able to respond or fix quickly, that is not as certain.

[janrifkinson]

@eggert said in Calendar Task Display Bug:

@janrifkinson Well, they tend to be resilient those buggers.

Was this an older task created before the fix? The issue was with wrong values for time when creating tasks and older ones may still be affected, even if I hoped it was not the case. Or if it was a more recent one, then created locally rather than synced from an online calendar? (I assume local based on the artifact of Add as Calendar Event artifact in the screenshot)

@eggert I'm sorry to report that this ISSUE IS STILL PRESENT in task creation in current Vivaldi version UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES

If user creates TASK on the DAY of the TASK, Vivaldi displays correctly. However, if user creates TASK under any other circumstances, the BUG presents itself. HTH

Vivaldi 3.8.2259.40 (Stable channel) (64-bit)
Revision 21d32d011fe9cba63d5249ab2137447979a7a6ce

[janrifkinson]

@eggert Not to be a pest but just to follow up. This problem still exists for latest version. I know you agree it is an ugly bug.

Vivaldi 3.8.2259.42 (Stable channel) (64-bit)
Revision f4b13ed6242bf56c4ddb1dc50244f52c9903e4eb

[eggert]

@janrifkinson Yes, this is a nasty bug when it hits. I did notice your report of it not being completely fixed and I'd really like to fix it. Have been quite determined to finish my current tasks and not had the time to look at this one.

Hope to be able to check it out and fix soon. And the persistence is not pestering me (yet at least ) just glad to get enthusiasm from users.

[janrifkinson]

@eggert I am now working with latest snapshot & it appears that <Task Creation> is working properly. Since I use this function a lot -- especially generated from emails -- I will report back if something odd occurs. Have a good day & thank you very much.

[janrifkinson]

@janrifkinson said in Calendar Task Display Bug:

Bug dB # VB-78896

@eggert Thank you for so much that has been done to correct this issue. I can report -- for the most normal usage -- everything is working as it should be in the latest snapshot beta release.

However, I did see funky issue which is consistent.
Steps to reproduce:

First set up a recurring appt in calendar. (In my case it was weekly recurring on Sunday 9:30am. 1 hour duration)

Situation: User wants to change Appt to Task

Click appt item to modify / edit / change
click all day
click task
Vivaldi jumps to the next day (Example: Appt was set to Sunday, Vivaldi changes focus to Monday) Vivaldi also adds 12:00 to date.

Further, even though Task is set to recurring weekly on Sunday
it only creates a single instance, i.e. it doesn't replicate to the following weeks.

For ANY TASK item it is not possible to set a simple alarm / reminder that makes sense for all occasions since choices are only before. Assume the user wants to set a reminder to do an "all day" TASK @9:30am when s/he starts their day. This is not now possible unless there is an appt-type "end time" which doesn't make sense to me so I guess this is more a wish than a fix.

Hope you had a restful weekend. Thanks for your work & attention to these issues.

[eggert]

I can not reproduce this issue with changing a recurring event into a task. No jumping of day or weird time. In fact nothing happens when I try to change a recurring event to task, no change is saved. Which is clearly a bug, but a different one, have created issue for that in our bug tracker VB-79842.

[janrifkinson]

@janrifkinson said in Calendar Task Display Bug:

@janrifkinson said in Calendar Task Display Bug:

Bug dB # VB-78896

@eggert Thank you for so much that has been done to correct this issue. I can report -- for the most normal usage -- everything is working as it should be in the latest snapshot beta release.

However, I did see funky issue which is consistent.
Steps to reproduce:

First set up a recurring appt in calendar. (In my case it was weekly recurring on Sunday 9:30am. 1 hour duration)

Situation: User wants to change Appt to Task

Click appt item to modify / edit / change
click all day
click task
Vivaldi jumps focus to the next day (Example: Appt was set to Sunday, Vivaldi changes focus to Monday) Vivaldi also adds 12:00 to date.

Further, even though Task is set to recurring weekly on Sunday
it only creates a single instance, i.e. it doesn't replicate to the following weeks.

For ANY TASK item it is not possible to set a simple alarm / reminder that makes sense for all occasions since choices are only before. Assume the user wants to set a reminder to do an "all day" TASK @9:30am when s/he starts their day. This is not now possible unless there is an appt-type "end time" which doesn't make sense to me so I guess this is more a wish than a fix.

Hope you had a restful weekend. Thanks for your work & attention to these issues.

@eggert Good day. I'm afraid this issue is not totally resolved. The good news is that you are gaining in it. The not-so-good news is described & illustrated below.

I tested the proposition in the latest standalone version that I have access to:

In Vivaldi Calendar I focused on Fri (18) & added an item by clicking on <+> which I set as an all-day task repeating weekly. Please note that while Vivaldi did not jump focus to the next day on item creation, it did create a replicate of the item in the next day (19) when the item was saved. And still there were no further recurrences. It appears to me that you are gaining on it but are not quite there yet. I hope I have described the differences from the earlier post but if not, you know where to reach me.