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Which additional quick actions would you like to have?

asked 2015-10-27 14:27:03 +0200

lakutalo gravatar image

updated 2016-08-01 23:37:46 +0200

Since SF 2.0.0.10 you can pull down a panel in events view, where you can place shortcuts and quick actions (Settings -> Events -> Quick actions).

As for now the choice of possible quick actions seems quite expandable imo. Also the new feature to be able to easily change order of all these shortcuts, makes it a natural consequence to have a lot more actions in repertory.

So which additional actions would you like to choose from?

Update by @anandrkris - I guess we need to vote the question as well to garner Jolla's attention. I see more votes for answers. ;)

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EDIT: For those who are interested, we've got us a couple of working prototypes already, which make good examples of how quick actions are structured and where they are stored. They eventually led to new patches:

There are also some other quick actions by @Markkyboy not requested here, check his apps in OpenRepos.

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EDIT: A straightforward HowTo on creating quick actions was kindly contributed by @rgrnetalk.

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One Quick Action I'm quite desperate for its the delivery of the Jolla Tablet...

bilgy_no1 ( 2015-10-28 19:08:08 +0200 )edit
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Hey @bilgy_no1 - there's an app for that!

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(Just for sh|ts n giggles!) :D

Spam Hunter ( 2015-12-08 00:39:44 +0200 )edit

Nice idea!!! Maybe as Christmast present....but I think that the only way to have the tablets what we paid for is to dream with them.

Jsouto ( 2015-12-08 06:06:51 +0200 )edit

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answered 2015-10-27 15:16:12 +0200

MartinK gravatar image

updated 2015-10-27 15:16:53 +0200

I think it should be possible to set the mapping app for the existing "find where I am" action. :)

There are already nice alternatives to "default" maps application such as modRana, Poor Maps, Maep, a Monav port, etc.

I guess people might also want to be able to set Android mapping apps to handle the action but I would see that as lower priority.

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I think it should be possible to set the default app for anything: browser, email, media player, maps...

pichlo ( 2015-10-27 15:37:01 +0200 )edit
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Yes if you know how to set up URL handlers as requested here.

lakutalo ( 2015-10-27 16:05:47 +0200 )edit
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answered 2015-10-27 15:29:25 +0200

ossi1967 gravatar image

updated 2015-10-27 15:35:49 +0200

I'd like to know where these actions are stored. In my ideal little word, an application would allow me to add any command line (a shell script, a command line that starts a sailfish application and passes a command line...) to this place so without cluttering the system settings UI, I can add anything there. Call my better half, open a certain video, go to a web page, start/stop a system service, ...

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I had the same idea, and I did already some research, but I have not found anything by now. I thought of something like the desktop links in /usr/share/applications, just passing some additional parameters.

lakutalo ( 2015-10-27 15:42:35 +0200 )edit
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I second you on this, a simple option to define my own command would be very ideal.

mlwane ( 2015-10-27 15:48:00 +0200 )edit

Wouldnt that clutter the pulley? How about having these available in a separate place?

tortoisedoc ( 2015-10-27 15:49:22 +0200 )edit

The idea was not to put them all into events view pulley. That would be senseless, I agree. I edited the post to be clear that the emphasis is on choice, since everybody has his/her own priorities.

lakutalo ( 2015-10-27 15:53:47 +0200 )edit

Okay, so having the choice to put them (which is currently missing) rather than putting them in a precise spot, am I understanding it right?

tortoisedoc ( 2015-10-27 15:54:52 +0200 )edit
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answered 2015-10-27 15:31:15 +0200

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updated 2015-10-29 20:11:20 +0200

pichlo gravatar image

"Schedule a meeting". To open a new entry editor in Calendar.

This is what "Remind me" used to be called but it opened a new Clock entry instead. "Remind me" is definitely a better name for that but having a shortcut to a new Calendar entry would be nice (and more useful, IMHO).

(EDIT: Turned the answer to a wiki. I do not feel it should be fair to earn karma for votes on it.)

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I really miss that.

lakutalo ( 2015-10-27 15:55:45 +0200 )edit

yes to scedule meeting

danfin ( 2015-10-28 15:05:22 +0200 )edit
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Did it! I added this to /usr/share/jolla-calendar/DbusInvoker.qml

signal createNewEvent

onCreateNewEvent: {
    pageStack.push("pages/EventEditPage.qml", {}, PageStackAction.Immediate)
    requestActive.start()
}

and here's my new file, /usr/share/lipstick/quickactions/com.jolla.calendar.conf:

priority=4
requires-package=jolla-calendar
icon=icon-m-time-date
title=Create an Event
remote-service="com.jolla.calendar.ui"
remote-path="/com/jolla/calendar/ui"
remote-interface="com.jolla.calendar.ui"
remote-method="createNewEvent"

Disclaimer: I have no idea what I'm doing in QML

Andy Branson ( 2015-11-09 23:47:15 +0200 )edit

Wonderful! Would you like to make an RPM? Something like "Additional quick actions". If not, then with your permission, I can start tomorrow. Too tired now. At least now we know where to look, so the others should not be too difficult.

pichlo ( 2015-11-10 00:21:19 +0200 )edit

That's a brilliant idea. I'm sure we could add additional DBus calls to add extra actions - there isn't a lot available in the standard Jolla apps yet. Would this be a patch manager thing?

Andy Branson ( 2015-11-10 15:09:15 +0200 )edit
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answered 2015-10-27 15:32:02 +0200

ossi1967 gravatar image

Toggle online status (off/away/on)

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+100 :) But i can put only one vote.

anandrkris ( 2015-10-29 07:22:01 +0200 )edit
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My god, the ONE really useful shortcut to have on the status page is NOT possible to put there, neither as shortcuts or quick actions. What ARE they thinking???

Larswad ( 2015-10-29 11:34:34 +0200 )edit

Exactly even I wonder why Jolla did not ask community itself. Given that we are such an active and vibrant community. One simple poll would have been helpful.

anandrkris ( 2015-10-29 13:35:12 +0200 )edit
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@Larswad, because it is not a toggle to be added to switches nor an action to be added to actions. I hope they've already known what they'll wanna do with it. The only way, I think, is to be able to add it to shortcuts to open the Settings page.

AliN ( 2015-11-02 12:52:15 +0200 )edit
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In general they need to add a quick access to set your status. Also the brightness and loudness options are rendered differently as sliders. So why not also a similar extra option for your online status?

zappAtom ( 2015-11-08 21:48:51 +0200 )edit
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answered 2015-10-27 23:30:07 +0200

Ancelad gravatar image

vibration on/off toggle

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I think this is supposed to be set in ambience one day.

lakutalo ( 2015-10-29 09:13:34 +0200 )edit
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I still don't understand why this can't be done with the volume controls, as in other operating systems. Maybe not unlike enough...

tokaru ( 2015-10-29 15:32:14 +0200 )edit

@tokaru, +1!

pichlo ( 2015-11-01 15:27:24 +0200 )edit

this should be a MUST. I' m waiting for this already a long time....

ttommila ( 2017-01-15 12:20:22 +0200 )edit
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answered 2015-10-28 18:52:57 +0200

aaltoni gravatar image

I would personally want tweet line back there. It would make tweeting so much faster/easier straight from The SF.

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I dont understand why it is still possible to "share" a photo via twitter but sending a simple tweet is impossible without a client?

mlatu ( 2016-03-11 22:26:37 +0200 )edit
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answered 2015-10-29 14:54:51 +0200

mattikbk gravatar image

Manual sync of an account. I don't like to keep accounts automatically syncing, but the path to manually sync an account is too long: Open Settings app -> scroll to bottom -> tap Accounts -> tap on the account -> choose sync from top pulley menu

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yes, should sync all mail accounts and including twitter feeds if set to manual.

anandrkris ( 2015-10-30 06:34:22 +0200 )edit
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answered 2015-10-29 22:21:31 +0200

pavelms gravatar image

check(update) email's accounts

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answered 2015-10-29 22:25:34 +0200

gri4994 gravatar image

Take a PHOTO, not selfie!

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Whilst I agree that "take a selfie" is about the most useless action of them all, to take a photo you do not need a quick action. Launching a camera is actually fewer steps away (1: swipe up, 2: tap Camera icon, as opposed to 1: swipe right, 2: swipe down, 3: tap shortcut).

I do not see the point in "quick actions" that are just replacement of a regular app launch. The point of a quick action is to provide a direct shortcut to actions that require additional steps. For the same reason I do not see the point in adding the entire Settings app there, as I have seen suggested somewhere: it is easier and faster to open it normally, from the launcher.

pichlo ( 2015-10-30 00:42:26 +0200 )edit

Actually I think you could create a .desktop definition containing all those extra parameters including the call of the app, have it in the app drawer and be much quicker.

lakutalo ( 2015-10-30 08:39:55 +0200 )edit
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You can edit the file /usr/share/lipstick/quickactions/com.jolla.camera.conf to do this. Change:

remote-method="showFrontViewfinder"

to

remote-method="showViewfinder"

and the shortcut will open the camera app with the last viewed camera instead of the front one. Not sure how to change the text though. It's in /usr/share/translations/lipstick-jolla-home_eng_en.qm but it's a binary file.

Andy Branson ( 2015-11-09 22:59:26 +0200 )edit
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Good work, Andy!

About the string. If the mountain doesn't come to Mohammed... ;-)

Just edit the title line to title="Take a photo". The disadvantage is that the string is hard-coded and does not change when you change the language but if you can live with that...

pichlo ( 2015-11-09 23:41:52 +0200 )edit
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Made an RPM package to support all languages. Hope you will enjoy!

AliN ( 2015-12-06 03:36:50 +0200 )edit
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answered 2015-10-31 16:15:06 +0200

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updated 2015-11-01 18:18:31 +0200

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Am I really the only one that wants a shortcut to go to the settings app? IMO it's so obvious among all these settings shortcuts.

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What exactly would be the point? You already have a shortcut to Settings, it's right there in the launcher. Swipe up and tap is one action quicker than swipe right (to get to events view), swipe down (to get to the shortcuts) and tap.

Shortcuts only make sense when they provide a shorter path. Hence the name, shortcut.

pichlo ( 2015-10-31 23:17:21 +0200 )edit
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@pichlo Did you vote this down? This question is a poll. Did you ever see someone pull another ones arm down when he tried to raise it for his vote? If you don't want it, just don't vote for it. ;)

No need to decide for me if this is quicker or not. As I use the settings rarely I have it in an app folder and have to scroll to get to the bottom of that folder. So it's swipe up, tap, scroll down, tap for me. But I do not need many quick actions or shortcuts so there is room for the settings app.

Thanks for letting me decide how to use my phone and what I want.

Yo ( 2015-11-01 13:55:31 +0200 )edit

Sorry, my understanding was that you can vote up or down. Now unvoted, though I doubt it would make such a difference.

If you, by your own admission, "use the settings rarely", then why do you need a shortcut?

(Rhetorical question, you do not need to answer it.)

pichlo ( 2015-11-01 15:25:55 +0200 )edit
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If you think your question is rhetorical then you will be surprised because I do have a valid answer, I think:

I want that shortcut there because I then know exactly where to find the settings. When I want to go there I want it to be quick and intuitive. It's intuitive because it's among the settings shortcuts (which are strongly related to all settings). It's quick because I don't have to search my app drawer and remember the colour and shape of the icon what would be easy when I used the app regularly.

So because I use it rarely I want (not need) that shortcut.

Yo ( 2015-11-01 15:46:20 +0200 )edit

Thanks for your answe. It makes sense, but is not enough to convince me. If you want to have an icon in a known place, just move it there.

I started typing the following before your update so please keep that in mind. After a serious consideration, I have decided to vote this suggestion down again. Like in any other vote, I expect to have the right to vote for, against or withhold my vote. In this case, I not only do not want the shortcuts to apps there, I actively want not to have such shortcuts. (I hope the mountain of double negatives did not confuse you too much.)

I think it is a slippery slope. You want a shortcut to one app, @gri4994 wants another, and before we know it, the whole app launcher will move there. Better nip it in the bud while we can.

pichlo ( 2015-11-01 16:17:29 +0200 )edit
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