REQUEST: Calendar UI Changes
Table of Contents
- Clear-Cut Filtering
- Combine Add Event to Section
- Include Sulani Events
- Notification Toggle
- ADD Club Gathering
- SCHEDULE Vacation & PTO
Clear-Cut Filtering
The useful Filter function of the Calendar is overshadowed by other more prominent features on the sidebar. To help make the Filter function more noticeable, how about using Calendar icons for the filter selection. This allows ease of convenience through one-click filtering. When clicked, each icon would toggle checked/unchecked, on/off, color/gray.
Combine Add Event to Section
If a player owns all the packs, the Calendar sidebar could list events for Holidays, Festivals, Weddings, Stay Overs, Vacations, Work Schedule - all on the same day, making for a very long sidebar of scheduled listings for that day.
The Add Event options are found at the bottom of this (potentially long) sidebar list. Some event types have their own separate “Add” button, which affixes 4 more listings to the Calendar sidebar (ADD: Holiday, Event, Wedding Event, Stay Over).
Instead of scrolling to the bottom of the events list, how about collecting all the “Add” buttons to a single sidebar element and move it to the top of the Calendar sidebar for convenience and better visibility. Use calendar icons as one-click Add buttons.
Include Sulani Events
Island Living comes with some great community events. However these events have no notifications on the Calendar. A Sim with the “Child of the Islands” Trait would very much appreciate being notified of these island events if they live outside of Sulani.
Let’s add Sulani Events to the Calendar notifications and the Events filter.
Notification Toggle
Each Event listing has the option to Favorite it. But some events have weekly notifications that can become annoying. Depending on your played household, some events may not be relevant. An elder scientist with no teen children may not be interested in weekly notifications of Cheerleading Sports Day that comes with the High School Years expansion pack.
Using the same function as the Favorite Event toggle, how about adding a Notifications toggle for each Event/Festival found below the Favorite toggle. If checked ON, then that household will receive notifications for that event. If checked OFF, those event notifications are muted. Default state: ON.
EDIT Feb-2024: Added Club Gathering post link to Table of Contents.
EDIT Oct-2024: Added Schedule Vacation & PTO post link to Table of Contents.
EDIT Aug-2025: Updated formatting and links for new forums.
