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Thunderbird calendar reminder popups disappear

I have recently switched from MS Outlook to Thunderbird/Lightning. So far, reasonably so good. One thing that continues to frustrate me is an issue with calendar reminder… (read more)

I have recently switched from MS Outlook to Thunderbird/Lightning. So far, reasonably so good. One thing that continues to frustrate me is an issue with calendar reminder popups. I thought I was not getting them, but now I think I'm getting them but they disappear. Some research suggests that it may have already been reported that reminder popups will disappear once Thunderbird checks for new mail, and what I'd vastly prefer is for a calendar reminder popup to stay, well, popped-up until I dismiss it.

Am I missing something? Maybe a setting somewhere? Or is this a known issue that has yet to be solved?

I did have a massive problem when I imported my Outlook calendar in that I got reminder popups for every calendar entry back to the dawn of time, and which would NOT dismiss no matter how many times I tried, so I enabled the setting to not remind me about past events.

It seems as if I may have to choose between two unacceptable options: either re-enable reminders for past events, so that when Thunderbird checks for mail any undismissed reminder popups will remain (or re-popup), or live with the reminder popups disappearing (and, the whole reason I'm writing this, I'll miss calendar events if I don't happen to be glued to my computer for the 30 minutes the popup will exist). Is there not some other option?

Asked by drbeach4 1 year ago

Last reply by drbeach4 1 year ago

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Calendar events lost after upgrade to 102.1.2

Thunderbird recently prompted me that an update was available to v 102.1.2 (although the release notes say it can't be installed this way yet). Not sure which version I … (read more)

Thunderbird recently prompted me that an update was available to v 102.1.2 (although the release notes say it can't be installed this way yet). Not sure which version I had before, but probably the last before 102 as I update when prompted. I wasn't paying enough attention, of course I should have realised it was a major upgrade and backed up my data first ...

Email seems fine but I now can't see some calendar events, depending on the view: Day and Week show no events at all, Multiweek and Month show up to and including 4 Sep 22. I can't see any events beyond 4 September, although there is a multiday event that start on 2 Sep - it's not visible in the calendar after 4 Sep but the details still show the end date as 11 Sep.

Some recurring events have disappeared completely, but one on 31 Aug is visible in Multiweek but not in Month view. So maybe the events are still there but not being displayed?

I had been using the "Calendar Tweaks" add-on, which is no longer supported, so I removed that and restarted Thunderbird, but it had no effect. I also see that there have been a few issues like this with earlier upgrades, but none of the fixes seem to match the current state of things. Would really appreciate it if anyone knows how to fix this.

Asked by jh110 1 year ago

Last reply by jh110 1 year ago

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How to add Google Tasks ?

Information on how to add the Google 'Tasks' into Thunderbird Calendar: I have a gmail imap account using OAuth2 as Authentication Method. File > New > Calendar, s… (read more)

Information on how to add the Google 'Tasks' into Thunderbird Calendar: I have a gmail imap account using OAuth2 as Authentication Method.

File > New > Calendar, select 'Google Calendar' >  click on 'Next' choose or enter: gmail email address   > click on 'Find Calendars' Select 'My Tasks' and click on 'Subscribe'

You may be asked to enter password as per Oauth2 Authentication.

See image. It shows the selection available when you follow instructions. It shows where 'My Tasks' is located in the Calendar list. I selected 'My Tasks' and then clicked on 'Task'. Create the Task and save. Task is shown in Thunderbird and on the right side you can see the Task is displayed via the webmail access using a browser.

Asked by Toad-Hall 2 years ago

Answered by Toad-Hall 2 years ago

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Thunderbird calendar events show wrench symbol

Where can I find the meanings of the symbols on an event in Thunderbird calendar? I have some events that show a wrench, and for these events it seems I cannot dismiss re… (read more)

Where can I find the meanings of the symbols on an event in Thunderbird calendar? I have some events that show a wrench, and for these events it seems I cannot dismiss reminders. And how do I get rid of it?

Thank you in advance, Stephan

Asked by stephankl 1 year ago

Last reply by Toad-Hall 1 year ago

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Calendar missing from Thunderbird 91.13.0 tool bar

With the update to release 91.13.0 the icon to open the calendar disappeared from the tool bar. The icon is now located above the search box. How do I get it back to wh… (read more)

With the update to release 91.13.0 the icon to open the calendar disappeared from the tool bar. The icon is now located above the search box. How do I get it back to where it belongs?

Asked by KuchleiT 1 year ago

Answered by KuchleiT 1 year ago

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Thunderbird Calendar

Hi guys. I have a small problem that I'm trying to solve. I'm in Linux, but unfortunately, I still have to work with MS outlook, in VMWare, because Thunderbird have a la… (read more)

Hi guys.

I have a small problem that I'm trying to solve. I'm in Linux, but unfortunately, I still have to work with MS outlook, in VMWare, because Thunderbird have a lack of functionalities comparing to MS outlook, and I cannot live without these functionalities. I manage over 100 complex calendar notes per day, with attachments (e-mail attached, images, and other calendar notes attached).

The following functions could increase the functionality of thunderbird if they were implemented: - Select several notes at the same time, to delete them, or to Drag and drop to another hour or another day, just by releasing the notes in the day using the side calendar (that has the number of the days) or releasing the notes on the day visualizer; - Select several non contiguous days using the function key CTRL (example, day 3, 8 and 15), to view them side by side, and/or to drag and drop calendar notes from one day to another; - Ability to add attachments to calendar notes.

I'm really looking for a management of the calendar, similar to Microsoft Outlook, but I don't want Microsoft, I want open source.

Do you guys know if there are plans to implement these functions in any near future?

Thanks in advance.

Asked by the.wingmanx 1 year ago

Last reply by Matt 1 year ago

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Lightening Calendar Colors

Why don't you incorporate the fabulous code from Calendar Tweaks by DW-dev. This add-on made the calendar much more useful. Since it is no longer being supported, it shou… (read more)

Why don't you incorporate the fabulous code from Calendar Tweaks by DW-dev. This add-on made the calendar much more useful. Since it is no longer being supported, it should not be a problem. The current little color tags on events is lame.

Asked by UPaul89 1 year ago

Last reply by Matt 1 year ago

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How to change "TODAY" highlight

Referring to this archived post, https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1304213. I have the same problem - very difficult to find "TODAY" on my calendar. Mozill… (read more)

Referring to this archived post, https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1304213.

I have the same problem - very difficult to find "TODAY" on my calendar. Mozilla - may I suggest highligh of "Today" as an option people can easily set in Calendar settings?

Post reply provides info on changing the userChrome.css, then says to

"Toggle toolkit.legacyUserProfileCustomizations.stylesheets to true in Config. editor"

How/where do I toggle this? Using TB 91.11.0

Thanks, Greg

Asked by Greg Beyer 1 year ago

Last reply by Matt 1 year ago

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Lightning Calendar

Since upgrading to Thunderbird v102 on my Mac I've lost events from my Lightning Calendar. I seem to have lost all my bi-weekly or monthly repetitive events (my one-off o… (read more)

Since upgrading to Thunderbird v102 on my Mac I've lost events from my Lightning Calendar. I seem to have lost all my bi-weekly or monthly repetitive events (my one-off or annual repetitive events seem to be in tact).

I've tried closing the calendar and restarting Thunderbird but all to no avail. I was wondering whether I might restore my Lightning Calendar from my Time Machine backup (before I updated to v102) and, if so, what files I might need to replace.

Asked by TheTrotsky 1 year ago

Last reply by Matt 1 year ago

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Thunderbird 102 lost events in my calendar and am progressively losing historic data

Since upgrading to v102 I've lost events in my calendar and am progressively losing historic data that I wanted to keep (events that were there last week aren't there thi… (read more)

Since upgrading to v102 I've lost events in my calendar and am progressively losing historic data that I wanted to keep (events that were there last week aren't there this week). I've tried copying a backup of local.sqlite and checked the entries in prefs.js to no avail. If I can't fix then I'm going to have to dump Firefox and Thunderbird.

Asked by TheTrotsky 1 year ago

Last reply by Matt 1 year ago

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Calendar events with invited participants disappeared

This morning when I opened Thunderbird all entries that have other participants invited have disappeared. The entries without other participants are still there. I am not… (read more)

This morning when I opened Thunderbird all entries that have other participants invited have disappeared. The entries without other participants are still there. I am not aware of an update. I can create new events and invite people. It seems the data is just gone somehow, and I somehow need it back.

OS: Ubuntu 22.04 Thunderbird: 91.11.0 (64-bit) How to reproduce: no idea

Asked by christian.d.ruf 1 year ago

Last reply by Matt 1 year ago

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Events Disappearing

Ever since the release of Thunderbird 101 (and subsequent updates) my calendar has been missing events and today I decided to delete my old calendar and start my calendar… (read more)

Ever since the release of Thunderbird 101 (and subsequent updates) my calendar has been missing events and today I decided to delete my old calendar and start my calendar from scratch. After hours of painstaking data entry today I entered an event that I wanted to repeat on the last day of every month. Low and behold the event didn't record, so I entered again and it did record but when I moved to the next month and returned to the current month the event had disappeared. Not only that, other events that I'd recorded previously started to disappear. The calendar has been a crock of s**t since the upgrade and I'm now seriously thinking of dumping Firefox and Thunderbird rather than waste any more time trying to work out why my calendar, which worked perfectly well before the upgrade has ceased to function in any useful manner. I've asked before without any response. Doesn't anybody else use the calendar? Does any body know what the f**k is going on?

Asked by TheTrotsky 1 year ago

Last reply by TheTrotsky 1 year ago

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Links stripped from calendar

I just updated Thunderbird to see if it fixed the issue to no avail. Basically, all links are being stripped from any calendar events I received once they appear in the T… (read more)

I just updated Thunderbird to see if it fixed the issue to no avail. Basically, all links are being stripped from any calendar events I received once they appear in the Thunderbird calendar. This includes links to teams meetings etc, which makes the calendar pointless. Is there a fix to this?

Asked by mjb3 1 year ago

Last reply by mjb3 1 year ago

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Making events different colors for different categories (not small bar at right)

I have followed all of the instructions by Toad-Hall (as far as I know ) for making categories in my calendar different colors (instead of the small bar at the right). … (read more)

I have followed all of the instructions by Toad-Hall (as far as I know ) for making categories in my calendar different colors (instead of the small bar at the right).

I have made sure that the legacy is not false I have opened Profile, added folder called chrome, copied the text given into folder called userChrome.css (this was saved as txt, which I changed to css).

I then started Thunderbird and still find that I cannot get full color in my events.

What have I done incorrectly? (I am on a Mac running Big Sur). Thunderbird version is 91.12.0

Thank you for any help.

Asked by capecodtuc 1 year ago

Answered by capecodtuc 1 year ago

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Calendar sync problem in ver 102.1.2

I have 10 calendars to sync and all but 2 are from different sources. myical.ics and Hawks.ics are from the same source (a folder on my web site). Hawks.ics works fine, a… (read more)

I have 10 calendars to sync and all but 2 are from different sources. myical.ics and Hawks.ics are from the same source (a folder on my web site). Hawks.ics works fine, as do the other 8, but myical.ics does not display (so I don't know if it syncs or not). myical.ics syncs perfectly in google calendar I tried a new profile but the problem remains the same. I have reverted to ver 91.12 and it works okay (as it has for many years). Is this a known problem ? If not, some assistance would be appreciated as I will not update to 102 until it is fixed.

Thank you

Asked by YeOldeBowler 1 year ago

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All day events not busy

It has been a long running irritation that an all day event shows as free time Is it not possible to have the checkbox that allows me to set the time as busy or free ( a… (read more)

It has been a long running irritation that an all day event shows as free time Is it not possible to have the checkbox that allows me to set the time as busy or free ( and defaulting to busy! ) It would be really helpful thanks

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Thunderbird lightening calendar export/import

Since updating Thunderbird to 102, I can no loger import the lightening calendar. Exporting a .ics file from one pc works but on trying to import it into any other pc or … (read more)

Since updating Thunderbird to 102, I can no loger import the lightening calendar. Exporting a .ics file from one pc works but on trying to import it into any other pc or the same one, I get "No importable items found in the file". Any help would be appreciated.

Asked by email.scully 1 year ago

Last reply by yolk100 1 year ago

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Moving Thunderbird calendar to new computer

I'm migrating to a new computer and from Windows 10 to W11. I have successfully exported/imported the contacts using the export tool, but cannot figure out how to ex/im t… (read more)

I'm migrating to a new computer and from Windows 10 to W11. I have successfully exported/imported the contacts using the export tool, but cannot figure out how to ex/im the calendar. I am using a SanDisk drive to move the files. Both systems have TBird 102.1.2 (64-bit).

Please give step-by-step instructions to do the calendar (only) ex/im. I do not use the Mail feature.

Asked by woodruff4485 1 year ago

Answered by user22607958715535546035048419059964294417 1 year ago

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Where is my calendar? (version 38.5)

Since a recent update of Thunderbird the normal route to access my calendar (via 'Events') has disappeared as 'Events' is nowhere to be seen. Where has it got to? How d… (read more)

Since a recent update of Thunderbird the normal route to access my calendar (via 'Events') has disappeared as 'Events' is nowhere to be seen. Where has it got to? How do I find my calendar? Will

Asked by Will1946 1 year ago

Last reply by Will1946 1 year ago