iOS 14 Calendar Today View Change

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iOS 14 Calendar Today View Change

The calendar app has changed to a scrolling today view that prioritizes events over time by taking away the time grid. This takes away the ability to see when I’m most available (at what times do I have nothing scheduled) as well as the ability to better visualize overlapping events (such as nanny coverage).

Does anyone know how to change this? I could not find a way in settings.

If not, one possible fix would be to allow the ‘day view’ which retains the time grid to scroll infinitely. Currently I can only scroll the single day and have to manually tap on a new day each time I reach midnight. I can’t see now an infinite scroll would be anything but beneficial in this view and would allow individuals to have two options for ‘today view’. This would allow two views: one that prioritizes event titles (the new view) and one that prioritizes time and allows the visualization of free time and overlap (the old view).

iPhone XS, iOS 14

Posted on Sep 16, 2020 4:04 PM

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DeAugie Author

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Sep 16, 2020 4:27 PM in response to Lawrence Finch

This opens the new view which is completely 'event centric'. This takes away the 'time grid' which allows you to see events as well as available time space (where there aren't any events scheduled). You can still see this view by tapping today without taping the 3 red lines, but in no longer has infinite scroll which really limits its usefulness. I was hoping to get back the view you used to get by tapping those 3 lines where you have an infinite scroll of events on a time grid.

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Sep 16, 2020 4:39 PM in response to DeAugie

When I tap the red square it turns from red with grey lines to grey with red lines, and I see the time grid with events shown and available time space. Here are the 2 views:

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DeAugie Author

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Sep 16, 2020 4:54 PM in response to Lawrence Finch

I'm imagining things, you're absolutely right. What I'm missing/used to is that in the event view (your top view) the times were on the left a little more approximated to the event name. Thanks for clarifying (had to look back at my old iPhone running iOS 12 to confirm I'm just imagining things). That being said, would love to see a view like your 2nd image, but with infinite scrolling to better find "time off" when someone asks "when are you free".

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Sep 16, 2020 4:57 PM in response to DeAugie

That would be a nice feature, but I haven’t seen anything like that outside of Pimlical on Android and Windows. Here’s how to suggest it to Apple: https://apple.com/feedback

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Sep 16, 2020 4:16 PM in response to DeAugie

Tap the view button (3 lines on a red field) at the top of the screen.

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DeAugie Author

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Sep 16, 2020 5:04 PM in response to Lawrence Finch

Thanks Lawrence for all your help and direction!

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iOS 14 Calendar Today View Change

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