# What's New in Full Calendar This page highlights the latest **major features and improvements** to help you get the most out of the plugin. For a detailed version-by-version breakdown, see the [Changelog](changelog.md). ## 🌍 Availability Sharing and ICS Export Filters Share your free/busy schedule without exposing your personal calendars. * **Markdown Export**: Save a neatly formatted availability note directly into your vault. * **Secret Web Viewer**: Publish a client-side GitHub Gist link for collaborators to view your schedule. * **Private by Design**: Only anonymous slot data is uploaded when you choose web sharing. * **Date Ranges**: Export all events or restrict the output to a specific start and end window. * **Time and Day Filters**: Filter by daily time range, optionally exclude weekends, and skip all-day items when needed. * **Category Selection**: Include only the categories you want, dynamically pulled from your event cache. ➡️ Learn more in **[Availability Sharing](user/features/availability.md)** and **[ICS Export](user/features/ics-export.md)**. --- ## 📱 Mobile UX Refresh The mobile calendar experience is now easier to navigate on smaller screens. * **Compact Month View**: Month cells use smaller event indicators to reduce clutter. * **Pinch-to-Zoom**: Supported day and 3-day views accept pinch gestures for faster density changes. * **Safer Layout Switching**: Mobile layout controls moved into the More menu to avoid toolbar overflow. ➡️ Learn more in **[Interactions](user/features/interactions.md)**. --- ## ✅ Google Tasks Integration Full Calendar now includes first-class **Google Tasks** support, so task planning can sit beside event planning in the same workspace. * **Two-Way Synchronization**: Schedule, reschedule, and complete Google Tasks from within Full Calendar with sync-safe updates. * **Backlog-Native Workflow**: Google Tasks naturally feed into the unified backlog flow for drag-and-drop planning. * **Provider-Consistent UX**: Uses the same calendar/backlog interaction model as other task-capable providers for predictable behavior. ➡️ Learn more in **[Google Tasks](user/calendars/gtasks.md)**. --- ## 🎉 Holidays Calendar Plan with better real-world context using a dedicated **Holidays calendar source**. * **Regional Holiday Overlays**: Add holiday observances directly into your calendar views to avoid planning conflicts. * **Calendar-Aware Visibility**: Holidays participate like any other source, so they can be toggled and filtered as part of normal workflows. * **Works with Existing Views**: Integrates cleanly with your monthly, weekly, and daily planning experience. ➡️ Learn more in **[Holidays Calendar](user/calendars/holidays.md)**. --- ## 🧩 Embedded Calendars & Widgets Full Calendar now supports richer **in-note embedded experiences** so your planning surfaces can live inside dashboards and knowledge workflows. * **Dashboard-Friendly Embeds**: Render calendar-driven blocks directly in notes for command centers and project hubs. * **Unified Widget Direction**: Embedded views share a common architecture for weather, backlog, and analysis-oriented usage patterns. * **Knowledge-Workflow Integration**: Bring planning context closer to your notes instead of switching between disconnected views. ➡️ Learn more in **[Embedded Calendars](user/embeds/index.md)**. ## 🌤️ Weather Forecast Integration Plan your schedule in harmony with the weather! Full Calendar now includes a fully integrated, live weather forecast feature for your daily, weekly, and monthly views. * **Autonomic Free Geocoding**: Enter any city or region (e.g., `Prague`), and the plugin will dynamically resolve its geographic coordinates using Open-Meteo's free geocoding API—completely keyless and zero-configuration! * **Daily & Weekly Overview**: Displays full details directly in column headers, including mapped WMO conditions emojis, max daily temperatures, and readable forecasts (e.g., "Partly cloudy", "Heavy rain"). * **Monthly Footprint**: Shows compact conditions emojis in month day cells without cluttering your scheduled events. * **Secure Caching**: Uses a composite in-memory cache to keep page switching instant, saving network requests. * **Interactive Onboarding**: If coordinates are unconfigured, a helpful "Configure weather location" placeholder panel will guide you directly to settings in a single click. ➡️ Learn more in the **[Weather Forecast Integration Guide](user/features/weather.md)**. --- ## 📋 Unified Task Backlog The task backlog has been completely reimagined as a **generalized, multi-source task backlog framework**! It is now fully decoupled from specific integrations, adhering to strict SOLID design principles, and aggregates unscheduled tasks from multiple sources in a single aggregated side panel. * **Multi-Provider Aggregation**: Combine unscheduled work from Obsidian Tasks, CalDAV VTODO, and Google Tasks into one focused planning panel. * **Drag-and-Drop Scheduling**: Drag any supported backlog task onto the calendar to schedule instantly with provider-aware synchronization. * **Direct Task Creation**: Create remote tasks from the backlog UI for supported providers without leaving your planning flow. * **Event Linked Notes**: Clicking the note icon next to a backlog CalDAV task instantly generates and opens a local templates-driven markdown note, keeping your rich detail vault-local and your sync lightweight. ➡️ Learn more in **[Task Backlog](user/features/tasks-backlog.md)**, **[Tasks Integration](user/calendars/tasks-plugin-integration.md)**, **[Google Tasks](user/calendars/gtasks.md)**, and **[CalDAV](user/calendars/caldav.md)**. --- ## 🔗 Event Linked Notes You can now link unique, template-driven Obsidian notes to your calendar events! This fully reactive system automatically manages association metadata and works seamlessly across both local and remote calendars (Google Calendar, CalDAV, ICS, Outlook). * **Reactive Metadata Mapping**: Uses `fc-event-uid` and `fc-calendar-id` frontmatter keys to automatically and dynamically index note-to-event relationships in an in-memory catalog. * **Template-Driven Body Creation**: Utilize a robust `TemplateEngine` to design custom, context-aware event note bodies and layouts. * **Seamless Interoperability**: Create, manage, and open linked notes for Google, CalDAV, ICS, and Outlook events with inline editor and event modal shortcuts. * **Settings Controls**: Easily configure directory targets and template files per calendar source. ➡️ Learn more about **[Event Linked Notes Guide](user/features/event-linked-notes.md)** and the **[Event Linked Notes Technical Architecture](architecture/system/features/event-linked-notes.md)**. --- ## 🚀 NLP & Milestones System Full Calendar now features an advanced Natural Language Processing (NLP) engine for smarter event parsing, along with a brand new Milestones system to track and reward your productivity achievements. We've also deeply integrated TaskNotes to keep your workflows seamless. ➡️ Learn more about **[NLP](user/features/nlp.md)**, **[Milestones](user/features/milestones.md)**, and **[TaskNotes](user/calendars/tasknotes.md)**. --- ## 📧 Outlook Integration You can now synchronize your Outlook calendars directly into Obsidian. This integration comes with full recurrence support and improved metadata/frontmatter handling. ➡️ Learn more about **[Outlook Integration](user/calendars/outlook.md)**. --- ## 📡 ActivityWatch Sync ActivityWatch now has a dedicated sync engine that can turn local activity data into calendar blocks with continuity-aware updates, auto-sync scheduling, and dynamic title templating. ➡️ Learn more about **[ActivityWatch Sync](user/calendars/activitywatch.md)**. --- ## 📅 CalDAV Two-Way Sync You asked, we delivered. CalDAV calendars now support full two-way synchronization. Create, modify, and delete events from your private iCloud, Fastmail, or self-hosted CalDAV servers directly within Obsidian. --- ## ✅ CalDAV validation & Google recurrence fixes CalDAV imports now verify that the URL is a real calendar collection via PROPFIND, with clearer errors when a non-calendar endpoint is pasted. Google Calendar recurring events respect their source timezone, hide deleted instances reliably, and the mobile OAuth flow opens a safe placeholder tab to avoid popup blockers. --- ## 🌐 Multi-Language Support Full Calendar now supports multiple languages! The UI will automatically switch based on your Obsidian language setting. Developers can contribute new translations using the i18n system with type-safe keys. ➡️ Learn more about [i18n documentation](user/features/i18n.md). --- ## ✔️ Tasks Integration Reimagined The integration with the **Obsidian Tasks plugin** has been completely overhauled for maximum performance and reliability. It's now faster, safer, and more intuitive than ever. - **Live Sync with Tasks Cache:** No more slow vault scans. The calendar now syncs directly with the Tasks plugin's live cache for instant updates. - **Surgical Edits:** Modifying a task (e.g., scheduling or completing it) no longer rewrites the entire line. The plugin surgically updates only the necessary parts, preserving your custom metadata like links, tags, and comments. - **Robust Drag-and-Drop:** Drag tasks from the backlog or between dates with confidence. The new provider ensures that scheduling is reliable and predictable. - **Seamless Experience:** Create, update, and complete tasks directly from the calendar. All changes are powered by the Tasks plugin's own engine for data integrity. ➡️ Learn more about [Tasks Integration](user/calendars/tasks-plugin-integration.md). --- ## 🔔 Event Reminder System Never miss an important meeting again! The new **[Event Reminder System](user/features/reminders.md)** brings native desktop notifications to Full Calendar. Get notified 10 minutes before your events start, and optionally before they end. - **Smart Notifications:** Native desktop notifications work across all operating systems - **Flexible Timing:** 10-minute advance warning with optional end-time reminders - **Universal Support:** Works with all calendar sources - local notes, Google Calendar, CalDAV, and ICS feeds - **Privacy-First:** All reminder processing happens locally in your vault ➡️ Enable notifications in Settings → General → Event Notifications. [Learn more](user/features/reminders.md). --- ## 🧩 Calendar Workspaces Create and switch between tailored calendar setups with Workspaces. Save your selected sources, filters (categories, tasks, all‑day), and view preferences (month/week/day/timeline) into named workspaces like "Planning" or "Deep Work" and swap in a click. Optimized to apply changes incrementally for fast transitions. - Save sources, filters, and display preferences per workspace - Quick switcher in the calendar header and command palette support - Optional default workspace on startup ➡️ See how to use it: [Workspaces](user/views/workspaces.md) --- ## 🗓️ Google Calendar Integration Full Calendar now supports **two-way sync with Google Calendar**! Connect your Google account to create, modify, and delete events (including recurring events) directly in Obsidian. OAuth 2.0 authentication, calendar selection, and automatic token refresh are all built-in. - **Seamless Sync:** Events created in Obsidian appear instantly in Google Calendar, and vice versa. - **Recurring Events:** Full support for recurring events and per-instance overrides. - **Advanced Categories:** Google Calendar events can use category coloring and sub-category organization for powerful visual management. - **Multi-Account Multi-Calendar:** Now supports multiple calendars across different Google Accounts. ➡️ **[Learn how to set up OAUTH2.0 for Google Calendar Sync](user/calendars/gcal.md)** --- ## 🏷️ Timeline View for Categories & Projects Visualize your schedule by category and sub-category with the new **Timeline View**! This advanced view organizes events into horizontal lanes, making it perfect for project management, resource planning, and complex schedules. - **Hierarchical Lanes:** Events are grouped by category and sub-category, with expandable/collapsible groups. - **Drag-and-Drop:** Move events between lanes to change their category or sub-category instantly. - **Shadow Events:** Parent categories can show aggregate shadow events for a quick overview. - **Custom Colors:** Color-code categories and sub-categories for instant recognition. - **Works with All Sources:** Timeline View supports local, remote, and Google Calendar events. ➡️ **[See Timeline View Usage](user/views/timeline_view.md)** --- ## 🎨 Powerful Advanced Categories & Coloring Supercharge your calendar's organization with Advanced Categories! This new system allows you to override a calendar's default color for specific events based on a category prefix in the event's title. It's the foundation for many powerful features to come. - **Universal Organization:** Works for local and remote calendars. An event from Google Calendar titled `Work - Project Deadline` will be colored correctly in Obsidian. - **Sub-Categories:** Organize even further with a `Category - SubCategory - Title` format. - **Smart Setup:** When you enable the feature, the plugin can automatically categorize your existing events based on their folder structure. - **Autocomplete Editor:** The event editor now has a dedicated "Category" field with autocomplete suggestions for all your existing categories, ensuring consistency. ➡️ **[Learn how to set up Advanced Categories](user/events/categories.md)** --- ## ✨ Recurring Events Reimagined The entire recurring event system has been rebuilt from the ground up to be more powerful, intuitive, and safe. - **Per-Instance Editing:** Drag, resize, or rename a single occurrence of a recurring event without affecting the entire series. The plugin automatically creates a smart "override" that is linked to the parent. - **Recurring Tasks That Work:** Check off a single instance of a recurring task as "done." It will be crossed out for that day only, leaving future occurrences ready for action. - **Safe Deletion:** When deleting a recurring event, you'll now be asked whether you want to delete just that one instance, or the entire series (including any overrides you've made). ➡️ **[Learn more about Recurring Events & Overrides](user/events/recurring.md)** --- ## 🧠 Chrono Analyser Dashboard Unlock powerful insights into your time with Chrono Analyser! Chrono Analyser is a built-in dashboard that transforms your calendar events into actionable analytics. - **Proactive Insights Engine:** Automatically analyzes your calendar history and highlights trends, habits, and summaries. - **Interactive Charting:** Explore your data visually with pie, sunburst, time-series, and activity pattern charts. - **Persona & Group Analysis:** Create custom insight groups (e.g., "Productivity", "Routine") for tailored analysis. - **All Sources Supported:** Works with Full Note, Daily Note, Google Calendar, CalDAV, and ICS calendars. - **Real-Time Filtering:** Instantly filter by category, project, or date range. ➡️ **[Learn more about Chrono Analyser](user/chrono_analyser/introduction.md)** --- ## 🌍 Robust Timezone Support Travel and collaborate across timezones with confidence. Full Calendar is now fully timezone-aware, ensuring your events always appear at the correct local time, no matter where you are. - **Display Timezone:** Set a specific timezone for your calendar view, independent of your system's timezone. Perfect for planning trips or coordinating with remote teams. - **Automatic Conversion:** Events from all sources—local notes, daily notes, and remote calendars like Google Calendar—are automatically converted to your chosen display timezone. - **DST Safe:** All conversions are Daylight Saving Time aware, so you never have to worry about "fall back" or "spring forward" bugs again. ➡️ **[Read more about Timezone Support](user/events/timezones.md)** --- ## 🖌️ Redesigned Event Editor The event editor has been completely redesigned from the ground up for a cleaner, more intuitive experience. - **Two-Column Layout:** A polished layout makes it easier to find and edit the fields you need. - **Logical Grouping:** Date, time, and recurrence options are logically grouped for faster editing. - **Dedicated Actions:** Buttons for Save, Delete, and Open Note are neatly organized in the footer.