Make the end-time selection empty if not used

[contao]

Make the end-time selection empty if not used

[leofeyer]

Implemented in 5629a7d. It was surprisingly simple. 😄

[leofeyer]

I doubt that this is possible, because tl_calendar_events.endTime cannot be empty.

[Aybee]

Why can this not be empty? Can't you check: if empty than equal starttime, if you need it within your logic?

[leofeyer]

It's because tl_calendar.startTime and tl_calendar.endTime are the two main fields that store the calculated start and end time (e.g. see here). And the end time cannot be null.

[Aybee]

And the end time cannot be null.

As your query does not work with NULL?

@mpitz I've this in my dcaconfig

/** Events */
// Set endtime default to empty
$GLOBALS['TL_DCA']['tl_calendar_events']['fields']['endTime']['default'] = NULL;

With this setting, the End time is not set automatically when you activate Add time. So you can change the automatically set Start time and if you leave the field End time empty it gets filled with your Start time when you save the event.

BTW, why gets the Start time filled with the current time? I think this will not happen, that we want the Start time to be the current time.

[leofeyer]

So you can change the automatically set Start time and if you leave the field End time empty it gets filled with your Start time when you save the event.

But that's not what @mpitz wants. He wants the field to remain blank for open end events.

[mpitz]

But that's not what @mpitz wants. He wants the field to remain blank for open end even

Right, that's not what I suggested. It is annoying and error prone if you have the set the End time again if you want to leave it open, after you've changed the Start time.

[Aybee]

Wow. Thank you. 👍 🥇 💯