@MMRIZE

i do have a question for you since im using the code you helped set up in this thread.

im thinking of adding in a week view and day view or task list/agenda as well. i would like to have that group change in and out with the 5 week calendar view.

what is your suggestion on the best module to do that? ive read about pages and carousel. tips for implementation given the custom css work already done here?

thanks again

@MMRIZE said in MMM-CalendarExt3:

@roth_nj
I think it could be achieved by CSS modification. However, without details, I cannot guess what you exactly want. Do you have a sketch for it?
(By default, this module is designed to imitate the Apple calendar app or Fantastical app. I’m sorry if you think it doesn’t look alike. )

sorry if theres any misunderstanding. i think the module is great and works awesome. i have my pi hooked up to a 40" tv that i am going to frame and hang. so with the detail and how close just trying to tweak the visuals now that i have everything functioning well. one of the things i’ve noticed with my set up is the contrast between all the white text and black background. from what i’ve researched it is a drawback to using a TV instead of a computer monitor or smaller device. adjusting the contrast/brightness on the tv itself made the pictures look like crap. i think this will help a by separating the white text from the black background.

what i meant is to have the type of transparent tinted box around (or behind) the calendar entry texts in the style of apples current design looks. heres a quick think i made in powerpoint.

thank you again for all you help

Formatting question… not sure if it’s best for to ask here or some place else….

I currently have the icons turned off, and 6 color coded calendars being displayed. Right now there is the small colored dot next to each and I have it color coded and the legend turned on and that’s all good….

How would I go about formatting each entry so it has the “apple” look? Like a light shaded transparent box around each entry that pulled the tint from the calendar color. Also I would then off the colored dots

thank you!

i changed this:

.module.clock .date{
  color: #FFF;
}

.module.clock .sun{
  color: #FFF;
}

.module.clock .moon{
  color: #FFF;
}

.module.MMM-MoonPhase .module-header{
  color: #FFF;
  }
  
#moonphase-phase, #moonphase-age, #moonphase-phase-age {
	color: #FFF;
}

to this, but in a few modules, so its quite bit neater now:

.module.clock .date,.sun,.moon,.module-header,#moonphase-phase, #moonphase-age, #moonphase-phase-age{
  color: #FFF;
}

is there a way to change ALL the text color in a module to a certain color? i did this the hard way and found each displayed text figured out how to code it. just want to know for future added modules or i decide to change these are going to add in more code

ok im actually getting some where but i have another question. i got the code figured out to change part of it. why does the whole module not work?

this changed the color of the date text to white

.module.clock .date{
  color: #FFF;
}

but when i do this, nothing happens. this all in the custom.css by the way

.module.clock .module{
  color: #FFF;
}

i need a little bit of css help.
how do i write a small section of code for the custom css change all various texts in a module to a certain color? for instance, for the clock and weather, i want all the text to be white. not gray/dimmed. i can find in the main css, and custom css where its been set but i only want to do it for those modules becuase it will mess up the calendar.

ive been trying to use dev mode and everything. i understand the basic concepts on what im trying to do, i just dont know how to code it.

ive been following this but still stuck

https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/6808/css-101-getting-started-with-css-and-understanding-how-css-works

heres a couple things i;ve tried. both inside a section of code and new. this was just me testing around. ive tried a bunch of other stuff but at the point of needing help

.module.clock .digital {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column-reverse;
  color-text: #fff;
}

.module.clock .digital {
  color-text: #FFF;
}

@bicolorbore586 said in MMM-CalendarExt3:

@roth_nj in the config of the module set the ‘mode’ to week. The add the config option ‘weeksInView’ and set that to 4 or 5
Here’s an extract from mine:

{
			module: "MMM-CalendarExt3",
			position: "lower_third",
			config: {
				mode: "week",
				weekIndex: 0,
				weeksInView: 5,
		

As MMRIZE says, it’s in the readme file (under config details). The re-render, as you say is also listed in there, as one of the intervals.

thanks… trust me, i read all that stuff a number of times. it just didn’t click that thats what i meant. im going to go bang my head against the wall now ha ha

this is the latest. im pretty happy with the formatting now. i have no idea if it did it “right” but i got it to look how i wanted. only big thing left i think is to get it to be a 4-5 week rolling calendar vs just the whole month. then some minor stuff like color/font/etc.

this is what i ended up changing in the custom css you shared. split apart the top right and top left to be different. made the top left position absolute and moved it to where it looked good. used the same px as the padding for other regions. added in the bottom bar (wasn’t in there - calendar is in the bottom bar). again made that absolute and moved it until it looked good. im going to guess if i tried adding the header in, it would be off the screen.

.region.bottom.bar {
  padding: 20px;
  position: absolute;
  top: -100px;
}

.region.top.left {
  box-sizing: border-box;
  text-align: right;
  top: 20px;
  right: 20px;
  position: absolute;//unset
}

.region.top.right {
  box-sizing: border-box;
  text-align: right;
  bottom: 0;
  position: unset;
}

@hrmax23 said in MMM-CalendarExt3:

@MMRIZE Is there a way to show a rolling 4/5 week in the month mode? Basically something like -1 week to +3 weeks rather than showing basically the current month until that month is over.

Also, is there a trick to get the calendar to re-render completely on some interval? On my MM right now, it’s currently showing the current day in the 5th week (i.e. still showing April as the current month). If I restart MM, it will update to show May as current month, but doesn’t seem to do it automatically. I only have 1 scene so not using MMM-Scenes.

@MMRIZE said in MMM-CalendarExt3:

@roth_nj
You don’t have to read entire posts on this thread. Just read the README md first.
And there is the feature description of what you want probably.

i did. again, im new to all of this. i am not a programmer at all in any sense. im an ME but did have to take a c++ course like 20 years ago. my brain just doesn’t see this stuff easily. i can read through the readme’s for various modules and get the basic functions but then i have been reading through all the trouble shooting threads about them to get a better understanding on how to actually do it.

at this point im guessing something on the css level with transforming or preprocessing the data?

i was able to fix the clock alignment. digging into the custom.css, i found that the top right and top left were formatted the same. i split them out and modified the top left to alight and fix the position:

.region.top.left {
  box-sizing: border-box;
  text-align: right;
  top: 20px;
  right: 20px;
  position: absolute;//unset
}

.region.top.right {
  box-sizing: border-box;
  text-align: right;
  bottom: 0;
  position: unset;
}