Bug 68514

Summary:	Use a "default" template for all new events and todos
Product:	[Applications] korganizer	Reporter:	Shaheed <srhaque>
Component:	general	Assignee:	kdepim bugs <kdepim-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	bgrolleman, cmkdebugs, flabbergasted, gerhofer, gjditchfield, mab, rlk, rossi.f, tterranigma
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Compiled Sources
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description Shaheed 2003-11-18 17:49:02 UTC

Version:            (using KDE Devel)
Installed from:    Compiled sources

It would be very useful to be able to set defaults for alarms as follows:

1. Events to generate alarms by default

2. A default sound for an alarm.

Ideally, these would be set using the kcm for system notifications...I presume this would simplify the implementation. It might even make sense to have different defaults for different kinds of events.

Comment 1 Reinhold Kainhofer 2004-03-25 11:51:57 UTC

*** Bug 78401 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 2 Reinhold Kainhofer 2004-03-25 11:52:39 UTC

This can be done most easily by templates. We'll have to provide a default template, too, which is used to all new events...

Reinhold

Comment 3 rlk 2004-05-10 21:08:03 UTC

Still present in 3.2.2 per automatic mail from bugs.kde.org

Comment 4 Stuart Prescott 2006-03-23 15:24:55 UTC

Two-and-a-bit years on, are we any nearer a solution to this... having to remember to turn alarms on for *every* appointment is a pain (I only put things in the calendar if I need an alarm for them... if I didn't need an alarm, I wouldn't put it in the calendar!)

Comment 5 Reinhold Kainhofer 2006-11-02 18:51:31 UTC

Reassigning all KOrganizer bug reports and wishes to the newly created 
korganizer-devel mailing list.

Comment 6 Gerald Hofer 2006-12-15 01:32:48 UTC

I was looking for a way to turn on the reminder per default for every new event that I create. I have missed a few meetings in the past because I forgot to turn it on manually (and this was not only once a reason to look for alternatives to Korganizer).

After quite a long search I finally found this bug and concluded that this simple functionality is just not implemented and not the fact that I can't find it in the program.

Maybe the initial idea to use templates to implement this asked for too much. The simple implementation would be a configuration option in the "Korganizer Time Configuration" that says "Turn on reminder for new event" and a yes/no tick box and use this information when a new event is generated. 

If someone decides to spend the time on implementing the templates idea then all the preferences (Default duration of new appointment, default reminder time, and the proposed Turn on reminder for new events) can be rolled into the templates. But this is a big change and this is probably the reason why this request was not implemented in more then 2 years.

Comment 7 Chuck Moss 2008-12-13 20:52:17 UTC

this would also be useful for Todos.  I would be happy with either a configuration to turn on reminders by default or ability to read in new default template when creating new events or new todos.

Comment 8 Tobias 2009-02-20 16:52:21 UTC

Are there any news about this feature? It seems like an easy thing to do. All that is needed is the ability to set a default template for calendars. But at the moment I cannot see how to achieve this

Comment 9 Markus Becker 2010-11-21 18:21:41 UTC

Having an alarm by default on events and to-dos can now be configured:
Menu -> Settings -> Configure KOrganizer -> Time and Date -> Default values -> Enable reminders for new events / to-dos.

Works for me since Debian KDE 4.5.3 (KDEPIM 4.4.7) packages (probably some earlier version as well).

Comment 10 Nikolaos Kakouros 2017-05-04 15:38:36 UTC

Isn't this bug resolved?

Comment 11 gjditchfield 2020-05-29 02:26:49 UTC

Looks like this wish was granted 10 years ago.