Default to read-only view mode when opening events and tasks

[t-391]

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Feature description

To create this issue:

• make a widget of the calendar in Calendar Event List 4x4 style.
• click directly on an event. This will take you into the edit mode of the event.

For comparison, if you use something like etar calendar , it will take you instead to a view mode where there's a pencil icon at the top which then takes you into edit mode.

Can a similar interface be supported here?

Thank you!

Why do you want this feature?

I ask because often times I only want to view an event and not accidentally edit a field with an errant click. Say I want to copy out a URL link or verify an address. Because there are many fields in an event, there are not many 'dead spaces' where you can swipe up from, and usually you will start selecting text in a field. I also like how the text is formatted if the description of the event is long. Sometimes with automated .ics files (hotel reservations, for example) there are phone numbers, check in details, etc, which is nicer to scroll when you cannot accidentally enter a field window and have the on screen keyboard popping up. I hope this makes sense.

Additional information

Of course if you have any questions or you would like me to find some good screenshots please let me know, I would love to help out however I can.

[Aga-C]

Actually, such a view should be a default one from whenever you open an event, not just from the widget.

[t-391]

Actually, such a view should be a default one from whenever you open an event, not just from the widget.

Thank you for clarifying that point. Yes, it would be great as a default view any time an event is accessed.

[tomchiverton]

This is the only thing I miss from the stock widget; for instance opening an event and then clicking a link in the description is now needless an extra step to highlight the field and choose share/open

[deedend]

In a similar note, when I try to open the calendar from any souce (in my instance, the default calendar app link in another widget/app) it brings me to the default view, which is not the one that I've set up. To be more specific, I would like to have always the start view as "Monthly and daily view", but it always shows me the "daily view" instead. I've set under settings -> widget -> view to open from the event list widget as month and day but it doesn't change the view from the calendar link. I hope I was clear enough

[naveensingh]

I think you are referring to #42

[deedend]

I think you are referring to #42

That's correct, thanks for pointing me to the right issue!