Indicator-datetime doesn't show evolution/eds calendar color for all-day events (Trusty/Xenial)

Bug #1303249 reported by Khurshid Alam
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
indicator-datetime (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Medium
Charles Kerr

Bug Description

It used to show respective calendar color from evolution for all-day events & clock/alarm icon for events with time. But with latest update, it seems it has stopped showing evolution calendar color for all-day events in indicator-datetime.

However alarm/clock icon still appears as usual. I have attached a screenshot.

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Khurshid Alam (khurshid-alam) wrote :
Charles Kerr (charlesk)
Changed in indicator-datetime (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
assignee: nobody → Charles Kerr (charlesk)
importance: Undecided → Medium
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Khurshid Alam (khurshid-alam) wrote :

Also after more testing I found out that, it doesn't show calendar color or clock icon for online calendars added to evolution. In saucy, for online calendars, it uses evolution calendar color for all events.

tags: added: utopic vivid
summary: Indicator-datetime doesn't show evolution/eds calendar color for all-day
- events (Trusty)
+ events (Trusty/Utopic/Vivid)
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Khurshid Alam (khurshid-alam) wrote : Re: Indicator-datetime doesn't show evolution/eds calendar color for all-day events (Trusty/Utopic/Vivid)

From recently updated wiki specification, it says:

"*.......an icon representing what kind of event it is (appointment, meeting, ''etc''), and for calendar events ideally tinted depending on which calendar it comes from (Personal, Work, ''etc'');"

Tinted? Does this mean some events appear more bright, some less? Well, this does not solve the real problem. If two events are with the same title (lets say "Pay Telephone Bill") but from different calendar, how do we differentiate between them?

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Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt) wrote :

Khurshid, the part you quoted I wrote in January 2011. <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TimeAndDate?action=diff&rev2=17&rev1=16> I meant that the icon should be in the same color, in the menu, as its calendar is in Evolution.

That would help distinguish items with the same title, but it wouldn't be a complete solution, because the colors might be similar, and some people are color-blind. Please report a separate bug on that.

summary: Indicator-datetime doesn't show evolution/eds calendar color for all-day
- events (Trusty/Utopic/Vivid)
+ events (Trusty/Xenial)
Norbert (nrbrtx)
tags: removed: trusty utopic vivid
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