Feature Request: Default timer

[fabianmuehlberger]

Hi,

Just came across this app and love it!

What I am missing is a default time tracking feature. Often I just want to track work time and don't care about setting a project or description to just track my working hours. But at a certain point in the day, I start a specific timer related to a project or task.

Unfortunately, I have no idea how to program mobile apps, I am not a front end guy... and cannot judge how much effort it is to implement the following. If I can assist with the development, I will try my best

It would be great if the following would be possible:

• When the go button is pressed, with no information provided, the default "work hours" tracker starts
• The tracker is stopped when the stop button is pressed.
• If a second timer with a project or information provided is started, the default tracker stays active.
• If the default tracker is stopped, all other trackers are stopped.
• With no timer active, starting a tracker also starts the default tracker,
• Stopping the last active tracker also stops the default tracker, if the default tracker was not started directly but was activated by a tracker.

This would allow to easily track daily working hours if it is not relevant to assign a project or provide information.

Best Fabian

[12people]

Hey Fabian, Thanks for interest in the app! Are you using the mobile or the desktop version?

The config you're describing sounds like it would both be a lot of work as well as very niche for your use-case. However, I would say you can accomplish something similar with the current state of the app:

• Instead of using the "go" button to start the timer, just create a timer with the description "Work hours". Then, whenever you want to use that timer, just:
  • swipe on any entry with that description and tap "play" if in standard mode on mobile
  • tap "play" if showing project names on mobile
  • tap the play button that appears on hover if on Linux
• Use the stop button next to a running timer to stop just that running timer
• If you want to stop all running timers, use the "Stop all timers" entry in the timer menu

[fabianmuehlberger]

Hey @12people My current solution to the problem is to set it to 1 timer only and just sum up all entries in csv related to one day. When I do normal work, I just leave everything empty. The sum per day is done by the report tab in the app, but when exporting I need to calculate it again. This works just fine. I thought it would be a nice feature to track the sum of all daily worked hours more easily, export the default timer, and have all hours tracked to report it to my employer.

A more simple approach to my request would be to have a default timer that does the following:

• start with every other timer if no timer is activated.
• stops with the last running timer.
• create one default timer sum per day.

No additional UI elements needed, not sure what has to be done in the backend, though. Maybe a setting element for "track daily working hours" needs to be implemented