This commit introduces several high-impact features to improve user experience
and productivity:
New Features:
- Activity Logging: Comprehensive audit trail tracking user actions across the
system with Activity model, including IP address and user agent tracking
- Time Entry Templates: Reusable templates for frequently logged activities with
usage tracking and quick-start functionality
- Saved Filters: Save and reuse common search/filter combinations across
different views (projects, tasks, reports)
- User Preferences: Enhanced user settings including email notifications,
timezone, date/time formats, week start day, and theme preferences
- Excel Export: Generate formatted Excel exports for time entries and reports
with styling and proper formatting
- Email Notifications: Complete email system for task assignments, overdue
invoices, comments, and weekly summaries with HTML templates
- Scheduled Tasks: Background task scheduler for periodic operations
Models Added:
- Activity: Tracks all user actions with detailed context and metadata
- TimeEntryTemplate: Stores reusable time entry configurations
- SavedFilter: Manages user-saved filter configurations
Routes Added:
- user.py: User profile and settings management
- saved_filters.py: CRUD operations for saved filters
- time_entry_templates.py: Template management endpoints
UI Enhancements:
- Bulk actions widget component
- Keyboard shortcuts help modal with advanced shortcuts
- Save filter widget component
- Email notification templates
- User profile and settings pages
- Saved filters management interface
- Time entry templates interface
Database Changes:
- Migration 022: Creates activities and time_entry_templates tables
- Adds user preference columns (notifications, timezone, date/time formats)
- Proper indexes for query optimization
Backend Updates:
- Enhanced keyboard shortcuts system (commands.js, keyboard-shortcuts-advanced.js)
- Updated projects, reports, and tasks routes with activity logging
- Safe database commit utilities integration
- Event tracking for analytics
Dependencies:
- Added openpyxl for Excel generation
- Added Flask-Mail dependencies
- Updated requirements.txt
All new features include proper error handling, activity logging integration,
and maintain existing functionality while adding new capabilities.
Fixed multiple issues with keyboard shortcuts and browser notifications:
Keyboard Shortcuts:
- Fixed Ctrl+/ not working to focus search input
- Resolved conflict between three event handlers (base.html, commands.js, keyboard-shortcuts-advanced.js)
- Changed inline handler from Ctrl+K to Ctrl+/ to avoid command palette conflict
- Updated search bar UI badge to display Ctrl+/ instead of Ctrl+K
- Removed conflicting ? key handler from commands.js (now uses Shift+? for shortcuts panel)
- Improved key detection to properly handle special characters like / and ?
- Added debug logging for troubleshooting keyboard events
Final keyboard mapping:
- Ctrl+K: Open Command Palette
- Ctrl+/: Focus Search Input
- Shift+?: Show All Keyboard Shortcuts
- Esc: Close Modals/Panels
Notification System:
- Fixed "right-hand side of 'in' should be an object" error in smart-notifications.js
- Changed notification permission request to follow browser security policies
- Permission now checked silently on load, only requested on user interaction
- Added "Enable Notifications" banner in notification center panel
- Fixed service worker sync check to properly verify registration object
Browser Compatibility:
- All fixes respect browser security policies for notification permissions
- Graceful degradation when service worker features unavailable
- Works correctly on Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Edge
Files modified:
- app/static/enhanced-search.js
- app/static/keyboard-shortcuts-advanced.js
- app/static/smart-notifications.js
- app/templates/base.html
- app/static/commands.js
Closes issues with keyboard shortcuts not responding and browser console errors.
This commit implements three major feature enhancements to improve user
productivity and experience:
COMMAND PALETTE IMPROVEMENTS:
- Add '?' key as intuitive shortcut to open command palette
- Maintain backward compatibility with Ctrl+K/Cmd+K
- Enhance visual design with modern styling and smooth animations
- Add 3D effect to keyboard badges and improved dark mode support
- Update first-time user hints and tooltips
- Improve input field detection to prevent conflicts
CALENDAR REDESIGN:
- Implement comprehensive drag-and-drop for moving/resizing events
- Add multiple calendar views (Day/Week/Month/Agenda)
- Create advanced filtering by project, task, and tags
- Build full-featured event creation modal with validation
- Add calendar export functionality (iCal and CSV formats)
- Implement color-coded project visualization (10 distinct colors)
- Create dedicated calendar.css with professional styling
- Add recurring events management UI
- Optimize API with indexed queries and proper filtering
TRANSLATION SYSTEM ENHANCEMENTS:
- Update all 6 language files (EN/DE/NL/FR/IT/FI) with 150+ strings
- Improve language switcher UI with globe icon and visual indicators
- Fix hardcoded strings in dashboard and base templates
- Add check mark for currently selected language
- Enhance accessibility with proper ARIA labels
- Style language switcher with hover effects and smooth transitions
DOCUMENTATION:
- Add COMMAND_PALETTE_IMPROVEMENTS.md and COMMAND_PALETTE_USAGE.md
- Create CALENDAR_IMPROVEMENTS_SUMMARY.md and CALENDAR_FEATURES_README.md
- Add TRANSLATION_IMPROVEMENTS_SUMMARY.md and TRANSLATION_SYSTEM.md
- Update HIGH_IMPACT_FEATURES.md with implementation details
All features are production-ready, fully tested, responsive, and maintain
backward compatibility.
- Command palette (Ctrl/Cmd+K) with quick nav (g d/p/r/t), start/stop
timer, theme toggle
- Adds modal to base layout and global shortcuts
- Files: app/templates/base.html, app/static/commands.js
- Bulk edit for time entries with multi-select and quick actions
- Delete, set billable/non-billable from dashboard Recent Entries
- API: POST /api/entries/bulk
- Files: app/templates/main/dashboard.html, app/routes/api.py
- Idle detection and “resume/stop at” support
- Detect inactivity and prompt to stop at last active time
- API: POST /api/timer/stop_at, POST /api/timer/resume
- Files: app/static/idle.js, app/templates/base.html, app/routes/api.py
- Calendar (day/week/month) with drag‑to‑create entries
- Route: /timer/calendar
- APIs: GET /api/calendar/events, POST /api/entries
- Files: app/routes/timer.py, templates/timer/calendar.html, app/routes/api.py
- UX polish: improved flash container spacing; reused existing
skeleton loaders, loading spinners, and toasts
No breaking changes.
Dries Peeters