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Tags

Calendars group your events by where they're stored. Tags label them by what they are: #focus, #dentist, #standup, #travel. A tag shows as a small colored chip on the event, so you can pick out one kind of event across your week.

Adding tags​

You can add a tag three ways:

  • In the event form: tap New tag (or the + after your tags), then type a name or pick one from the list. The list shows your 20 most recently used tags, newest first. Typing filters it, and the last row, Create "…", adds the name you typed.
  • In the title field: type # at the end of the title and KashCal suggests your existing tags, plus a Create "…" row for a name you haven't used. Pick one and it moves out of the title into the event's tags.
  • In Smart event add: put # in front of a word, like Lunch with Sam #social. KashCal takes #social as a tag and the rest becomes the event. You can add more than one tag, and a tags-only entry like #work works too. A Smart event add tag is one word of letters, digits, - or _, and it has to come before any // note.

Where tags show up​

An event's tags show as chips in the quick view when you tap the event, and in the tag row of the event form. For the calendar views that show chips, see Tag chips.

The tag row sits below the notes in the form. To move it above the notes, tap the ⋮ at the end of the row and choose Move above notes. KashCal keeps that choice for every event.

Managing your tags​

Open Manage tags from the account hub to see every tag you've used. Each tag has these actions:

  • Change color: pick the chip color.
  • Rename: change the tag's name on every event in KashCal's own calendars that carries it. On iCloud and CalDAV accounts, KashCal uploads the changed events so your other devices get the new name. Renaming a tag to a name that already exists merges the two into one tag.
  • Delete: removes the tag from this list only, and its custom color goes with it. Your events keep the tag. An Undo button appears for a moment after you delete.

Renaming doesn't change tags on device-calendar events.

Tags on device-calendar events​

Events in your device calendars can carry tags too. Add and remove them in the event form, and see them as chips on the event and in the quick view.

KashCal stores these tags in a field of the Android calendar that CalDAV sync apps on your phone read as the event's categories. On a calendar synced by such an app, the tags reach your server. Other device calendars, such as Google calendars, keep the tags on your phone only, and some don't keep them at all.

A tag on a device-calendar event joins Manage tags only when you add it in KashCal and save the event. Tags that arrive from another app or your server show on their events but aren't listed. KashCal reads device calendars from the phone's calendar storage and keeps no copy of their events.

If the account offers CalDAV, connect it directly. Then the tags on its synced events are listed in Manage tags, and you can rename and merge them.

How tags are matched and stored​

  • Case doesn't matter. Work and work are the same tag. KashCal keeps the spelling you used first, so your list doesn't fill up with near-duplicates.
  • Length and characters. A tag can be up to 64 characters and can't contain a comma.
  • Standard format. On iCloud and CalDAV accounts, tags are stored as the event's calendar categories, so they sync with the event.