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2-way color syncing with Google/Outlook Calendar

Feature RequestUser Experience

I wish that when I changed the color of an event in Gcal, it would apply a tag of the same color in Morgen & vis versa. Currently if I change a color in Gcal or add a tag in Morgen, it doesn't affect the other.

Posted by Leif S. ·
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  • Justin

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    Nov 28, 2024

    I personally find this to be a large barrier to entry. I can't bring myself to use Morgen as a full replacement for Gcal if I have to first devote time to manually updating the colors for each event in my calendar to do so.

  • Anthony S

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    Aug 16, 2024

    I spent quite a bit of time assigning colors to google calendars. When i set up morgen the first time all the colors were changed when my google calendars were imported. This is disappointing.

  • ldwt

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    Apr 23, 2024

    It would be good also to sync Outlook/O365 categories as well; these provide colour as well.

  • Eka

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    Apr 5, 2024

    Yes please. Same as others, I use GCal event colour to distinguish activity types visually even though they belong to the same calendar. For example: my "Personal" calendar contains health/fitness, personal admins, leisure, social, chores — it would be tedious and make no sense to make separate calendars for each group of activities. But I'd still like to tell them apart at a glance through tag colours.

  • Jared Wood

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    Apr 1, 2024

    It would also be good to change the colour of the event (or change the tag) in the Morgen calendar with a right click option, rather than having to open the entire event. Other common options would be great with a right click too

  • Marco Ancona (Morgen co-founder)

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    Nov 21, 2023

    I feel we need more context here.

    Are you using Morgen alongside the Google calendar calendar, and if so, why? In Morgen, you can assign colors to events by assigning a tag and the assumption is that one would only use Morgen and forget about the Google Calendar interface.

    • Peter

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      Nov 21, 2023

      Marco Ancona (Morgen co-founder): for me, Morgen on desktop is great, but I still prefer to use Google calendar on phone, as it currently has superior UI/UX compared to Morgen's mobile app.

  • Marco Ancona (Morgen co-founder)

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    Nov 21, 2023

    Custom colors can be assigned by assigning a custom tag. Would you prefer color and tags to be separate?

    This also somewhat relates to https://morgen.canny.io/feature-requests/p/tags-for-tasksthe

    • Patryk

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      Nov 21, 2023

      Marco Ancona (Morgen co-founder): Color doesnt sync with google calendar, if i change color on my phone on which i am using google calendar it doesnt reflect on morgen.

  • Rupert Horner

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    Sep 30, 2023

    Would be really nice, i use Reclaim right now, until Morgen does it by it's own. Coloring is here key :)

  • Brenna Donoghue changed status to In Review
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    Sep 25, 2023

    • Scott Delap

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      Jan 18, 2024

      Brenna Donoghue: I already have custom colors setup for some google events. They didn't port over. Setting colors in Morgen is fine but I'd like my existing ones to port over also. Scripting it seems a pain.

  • TS

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    Sep 1, 2023

    this would be great! i am using google calendar colors to organise tasks so this would be amazing with morgen