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Tags

Calendars sort your events by which account they live in. Tags let you label them by what they are: #focus, #dentist, #standup, #travel. A tag shows up as a small colored chip on the event, so you can spot a kind of event at a glance across your week.

Adding tags​

You can add a tag two ways:

  • In the event form. Type a name into the tag field and confirm it, or pick one from the suggestions. Suggestions are ranked by how often and how recently you've used each tag, so the ones you reach for most sit first.
  • In Smart event add. Type # in front of a word anywhere in your phrase, like Lunch with Sam #social, and KashCal takes the #social as a tag while the rest becomes the event. You can add several, and a tags-only entry like #work is fine too.

The title field also offers an inline # autocomplete: start typing # in the title and KashCal suggests your existing tags.

Where tags show up​

Once an event has tags, its chips appear in the day, week, and agenda views, and in the event's quick view when you tap it open. Open the full event and the tags are listed there as well.

If you'd rather the tag row sit above your notes than below, use the row's ⋮ menu in the form to move it. KashCal remembers your choice.

Managing your tags​

Tags have a home of their own. Open Manage tags from the account hub to see every tag you've used, each with:

  • Change color: pick the chip color from the palette.
  • Rename: fix a typo or reword a tag. Renaming rewrites the tag across every event that carries it, not just the label on your screen, and on CalDAV accounts it pushes the new name up to your server so your other devices catch up instead of drifting. Rename a tag onto a name that already exists and the two merge into one.
  • Delete: remove a tag from the list. This only clears it from the manager; your events keep their labels. A quick Undo appears in case you change your mind.

Tags on device-calendar events​

Tags aren't limited to KashCal's own calendars. Events from your device calendars (Google, Outlook, and the like) can carry tags too: add and remove them in the event form, and see them as chips on the card and in the quick view. They're stored in the standard categories field, so they travel with the event, though some device calendars may not preserve them.

How tags are matched and stored​

  • Case-insensitive, first-casing wins. Work and work are the same tag. Whichever spelling you used first is the one KashCal keeps and shows, so your tag list doesn't fracture into near-duplicates.
  • Up to 64 characters, and no commas.
  • Stored as standard calendar categories, which is why they travel with the event when it syncs.