Stock calendar module does not honor options

[UncleRoger]

I’m new to this so I suspect I’ve done something wrong. I also don’t know what info is needed for folks to help me.

I started with a fresh OS install and then used sdeitwell’s install script. I’ve added a few modules, including MMM-MonthlyCalendar to display 4 weeks of a calendar. Because that module uses the calendars specified in the stock calendar’s config, I have all my calendars listed in the stock calendar with hiddenOnStartup set to true.

Then I also have another instance of the stock calendar with just one calendar. That one, my Dinner Menu, has a single all-day event each day and what I want is to list the next week or so’s dinners (so I don’t have to keep answering my son’s question of “what’s for dinner?”).

That works except that I don’t want the symbol shown next to it and I think I’d like to turn off the fade. Neither works, however. Whatever I try, the symbol shows next to the entries and the fade is there. Here’s what I’ve got in my config file (I also tried MMM-CalendarExt3Agenda which works but I actually prefer the stock calendar’s layout for this.):

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                {
                        module: "calendar",
                        // disabled: true,
                        hiddenOnStartup: true,
                        header: "Dinner Menu",
                        position: "top_left",
                        coloredText: true,
                        coloredBackground: true,
                        fade: false,
                        displaySymbol: false,
                        config: {
                                calendars: [
                                        {  // Roger's Calendar
                                                name: "Roger",
                                                url: "https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ical/
                                                broadcastPastEvents:    "true",
                                                color: "#ffcc00"
                                        },
                                        {  // Rachel's Calendar
                                                name: "Rachel",
                                                url: "https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ical/
                                                broadcastPastEvents: true,
                                                color: "#07790e",  // "#21ff00",
                                        },

                                        {  // Jared's Calendar
                                                name: "Jared",
                                                url: "https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ical/
                                                broadcastPastEvents: true,
                                                color: "#fd0018", // "#e3240a"
                                        },
                                        {  // Sara's Calendar
                                                name: "Sara",
                                                url: "https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ical/
                                                broadcastPastEvents: true,
                                                color: "#2c48cf",  // "#ba10fc",  // "#2c48cf",
                                                bgColor: "#dd3367"
                                        },
                                        {  // Ezra's Calendar
                                                name: "Ezra",
                                                url: "https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ical/
                                                broadcastPastEvents: true,
                                                color: "$1313fc",  // "#ffad46"
                                        },
                                        {  // Cal Poly SLO Calendar
                                                name: "CalPoly",
                                                url: "https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ical/
                                                broadcastPastEvents: true,
                                                color: "#ca7319"
                                        },
                                        {  // SUNY Cortland Calendar
                                                name: "SUNYCortland",
                                                url: "https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ical/
                                                broadcastPastEvents: true,
                                                color: "#2c48cf"
                                        },
                                        {  // SFUSD Academic Calendar
                                                name: "SFUSD",
                                                url: "https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ical/
                                                broadcastPastEvents: true,
                                                color: "#ffad46"
                                        }

                                ]
                        }
                },
//-------------------------------------------------------------------------
                {
                        module: "calendar",
                        header: "Dinner Menu",
                        position: "top_left",
                        coloredText: true,
                        coloredBackground: true,
//                      maximumNumberOfDays: 7,
//                      maximumEntries: 4,
//                      displaySymbol: false,
//                      limitDays: 7,
                        fade: false,
                        config: {
                                calendars: [
                                        {  // Dinner Menu
                                                name: "Dinner Menu",
                                                url: "https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ical/
                                                broadcastPastEvents: "true",
                                                color: "#3333ff",
                                                displaySymbol: false,
//                                              maximumNumberOfDays: 7,
                                                maximumEntries: 8,
//                                              limitDays: 7,
                                         },
                                ]
                        }
                },


                {
                  module: "MMM-CalendarExt3Agenda",
                  position: "top_left",
                  title: "My Agenda",
                  config: {
                    instanceId: "basicCalendar",
//                  locale: 'de-DE',
                    firstDayOfWeek: 1,
                    startDayIndex: 0,
                    endDayIndex: 10,
                    calendarSet: ['Dinner Menu'],
                    useWeather: false,
                    onlyEventDays: 8,
                    showMiniMonthCalendar: false,
                  }
                },

//------------------------------------------------------------------------

Here’s the config for the MonthlyCalendar. Note that I don’t think the calendar set does anything there; I just haven’t taken it out yet:

                {
                        module: "MMM-MonthlyCalendar",
                        position: "bottom_right",
                        config: { // See "Configuration options" for more information.
                          mode: "fourWeeks",
                          firstDayOfWeek: "monday",
                          hideCalendars: [ "Dinner Menu" ],
                                calendars: [
                                        {  //  Dinner Menu
                                                url: "https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ical/
                                                broadcastPastEvents: "true",
                                                bgColor: "#3333ff"
                                        },
                                        {  //  Roger's Calendar
                                                url: "https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ical/
                                                braodcastPastEvents: "true",
                                                color: "#00ff00"
                                        }
                                ]
                        }
                },

Lastly, here’s what I’m seeing:

Any tips or suggestions would be most welcome. Thanks!

[sdetweil]

@UncleRoger said in Stock calendar module does not honor options:

coloredText: true,
coloredBackground: true,
fade: false,
displaySymbol: false

those options must be inside the config:{}
section.

everything inside is to the module, everything outside is to magicmirror

[UncleRoger]

@sdetweil Thank you so much! That did the trick!

I guess everything goes inside the config block other than the module name and position? I’ll re-read the docs to get more info on that.

Thanks again!

[sdetweil]

@UncleRoger all of these
https://docs.magicmirror.builders/modules/configuration.html#module-configuration

go OUTSIDE the config:{} section, and are MM control properties
everything MODULE related goes INSIDE the config:{}

there ARE some modules that articulate using the MM control properties too
header, classes, …

[UncleRoger]

@sdetweil Okay, I think that makes sense. Thanks!