refactor(automation): trim the branch to reduce risk

Adoption is low, and the app must not be put at risk fixing that. A measured
look at the diff showed the risk was concentrated in exactly two places: the
timer's hot path and a new file-writing route. Everything that actually makes
automations discoverable — recipes, a panel that explains itself, one-step
creation, Test buttons that report — is client-only settings-panel code with
zero server churn. This cuts the two pieces that weren't, and simplifies two
more that only existed to serve them.

Removed entirely: templates. Newest, riskiest, and the least connected to the
adoption problem — it helps someone who already uses automations share them,
not someone who has never tried the feature. It was also the source of two of
the bugs found in review.

Removed: the websocket broadcast behind "last fired". reportFired ran inside
triggerAutomations, called from onClock every second and from onUpdate. A new
protocol message pushed to every connected client, including stage displays,
up to once a second per automation, is real new traffic on the busiest code
path in the app for a feature still trying to prove it's worth using. The log
line stays: it's additive, throttled, nowhere near the hot path once written,
and answers the same question — did this run — without a new message.

Trimmed: the demo goes from two automations tied together by necessity — a
danger-time message and a second automation whose only job was undoing the
first on finish — to one, attached by an event-level trigger instead of a
global one. Same two discovery wins, an automation visibly fires on Play and
per-event triggers are found by opening an event, with no message mutation
and nothing to keep in sync. That pairing was also the first thing review
found broken.

Trimmed: the delete dialog no longer deletes blocking triggers and restores
them if the automation still won't delete. That rollback was the other
multi-request destructive sequence review found a bug in. It now confirms,
names what's blocking, and says to remove global triggers from the Global
Triggers list first — a single always-safe request the user already has.

What stays: one-step creation (lifecycles picked on the automation form), the
recipe library, and the panel legibility work — none of it touches the server
or the runtime.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01LpbLJVVT26tzWkduck1M9H

.codegraph/.gitignore

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# CodeGraph data files — local to each machine, not for committing.
+# Ignore everything in .codegraph/ except this file itself, so transient
+# files (the database, daemon.pid, sockets, logs) never show up in git.
+*
+!.gitignore

apps/cli/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@getontime/cli",
-  "version": "4.10.0",
+  "version": "4.11.0",
   "author": "Carlos Valente",
   "description": "Time keeping for live events",
   "repository": "https://github.com/cpvalente/ontime",

apps/client/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "ontime-ui",
-  "version": "4.10.0",
+  "version": "4.11.0",
   "private": true,
   "type": "module",
   "dependencies": {

apps/client/src/common/api/rundown.ts

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import {
   ProjectRundownsList,
   RenumberCues,
   Rundown,
+  RundownImportPayload,
   TransientEventPayload,
 } from 'ontime-types';
 
@@ -82,6 +83,15 @@ export async function deleteRundown(rundownId: RundownId): Promise<AxiosResponse
   return axios.delete(`${rundownPath}/${rundownId}`);
 }
 
+/**
+ * HTTP request to apply an imported rundown using a merge strategy or into a new rundown
+ */
+export async function importRundownWithOptions(
+  payload: RundownImportPayload,
+): Promise<AxiosResponse<ProjectRundownsList>> {
+  return axios.post(`${rundownPath}/import`, payload);
+}
+
 // #endregion operations on project rundowns ======================
 // #region operations on rundown entries ==========================
 

apps/client/src/common/components/client-modal/RedirectClientModal.module.scss

@@ -1,24 +1,82 @@
+.section {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  gap: 0.75rem;
+  padding: 0.75rem;
+  background-color: $gray-1300;
+  border: 1px solid $gray-1100;
+  border-radius: $component-border-radius-md;
+}
+
+.sectionHeader {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  gap: 0.25rem;
+}
+
+.separator {
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 0.75rem;
+  color: $gray-500;
+  font-size: $inner-section-text-size;
+  font-weight: 600;
+  letter-spacing: 0.08em;
+  text-transform: uppercase;
+
+  &::before,
+  &::after {
+    content: '';
+    flex: 1;
+    border-top: 1px solid $gray-1100;
+  }
+}
+
 .textEntry {
-  grid-area: input;
   display: flex;
   align-items: center;
   gap: 0.5rem;
+  flex: 1;
+  min-width: 0;
   color: $label-gray;
 }
 
 .inlineEntry {
   display: grid;
-  grid-template-areas:
-    'label label'
-    'input btn';
-  grid-template-columns: 1fr auto;
-  column-gap: 0.5rem;
+  grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1fr) auto;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 0.75rem;
 }
 
 .redirect {
-  grid-area: btn;
+  margin-left: auto;
 }
 
 .label {
-  color: $label-gray;
+  color: $gray-200;
+  font-size: $text-body-size;
+  font-weight: 600;
+}
+
+.description {
+  color: $gray-500;
+  font-size: $inner-section-text-size;
+}
+
+.origin {
+  flex: 0 0 auto;
+  color: $gray-500;
+  font-size: $inner-section-text-size;
+  white-space: nowrap;
+}
+
+@media (max-width: $min-tablet) {
+  .inlineEntry {
+    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
+    align-items: stretch;
+  }
+
+  .redirect {
+    align-self: flex-end;
+  }
 }

apps/client/src/common/components/client-modal/RedirectClientModal.tsx

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { useState } from 'react';
 import { IoArrowForward } from 'react-icons/io5';
 
+import { baseURI } from '../../../externals';
 import { navigatorConstants } from '../../../viewerConfig';
 import useUrlPresets from '../../hooks-query/useUrlPresets';
 import { setClientRemote } from '../../hooks/useSocket';
@@ -8,7 +9,7 @@ import Button from '../buttons/Button';
 import Dialog from '../dialog/Dialog';
 import Info from '../info/Info';
 import Input from '../input/input/Input';
-import AppLink from '../link/app-link/AppLink';
+import ExternalLink from '../link/external-link/ExternalLink';
 import Select from '../select/Select';
 
 import style from './RedirectClientModal.module.scss';
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ export function RedirectClientModal({ id, isOpen, name, currentPath, origin, onC
   };
 
   const enabledPresets = data.filter((preset) => preset.enabled);
+  const settingsUrl = `${window.location.origin}${baseURI}/?settings=sharing__presets`;
 
   const viewOptions = [
     ...navigatorConstants.map((view) => ({
@@ -66,34 +68,46 @@ export function RedirectClientModal({ id, isOpen, name, currentPath, origin, onC
       bodyElements={
         <>
           <Info>
-            Remotely redirect the client to a different URL. <br />
-            Either by entering a custom path or selecting a URL Preset.
-            <br />
-            <br />
-            <AppLink search='settings=sharing__presets'>Manage URL Presets</AppLink>
+            <Info.Body>
+              Remotely redirect the client to a different URL. Choose a custom path or select a URL Preset.
+            </Info.Body>
+            <Info.Footer>
+              <ExternalLink href={settingsUrl}>Manage URL Presets</ExternalLink>
+            </Info.Footer>
           </Info>
-          <div className={style.inlineEntry}>
-            <span className={style.label}>Enter custom path</span>
-            <label className={style.textEntry}>
-              {origin}
-              <Input placeholder='eg. /timer' fluid value={path} onChange={(event) => setPath(event.target.value)} />
-            </label>
-            <Button
-              variant='primary'
-              aria-label='Redirect'
-              disabled={path === currentPath || path === ''}
-              className={style.redirect}
-              onClick={() => handleRedirect(path)}
-            >
-              Redirect
-              <IoArrowForward />
-            </Button>
-          </div>
-          <div>
-            <span className={style.label}>Select View or URL Preset</span>
+          <section className={style.section}>
+            <div className={style.sectionHeader}>
+              <span className={style.label}>Enter custom path</span>
+              <span className={style.description}>Type the path the client should open.</span>
+            </div>
             <div className={style.inlineEntry}>
               <label className={style.textEntry}>
-                {origin}
+                <span className={style.origin}>{origin}</span>
+                <Input placeholder='eg. /timer' fluid value={path} onChange={(event) => setPath(event.target.value)} />
+              </label>
+              <Button
+                variant='primary'
+                aria-label='Redirect to custom path'
+                disabled={path === currentPath || path === ''}
+                className={style.redirect}
+                onClick={() => handleRedirect(path)}
+              >
+                Redirect
+                <IoArrowForward />
+              </Button>
+            </div>
+          </section>
+          <div className={style.separator} role='separator'>
+            <span>Or</span>
+          </div>
+          <section className={style.section}>
+            <div className={style.sectionHeader}>
+              <span className={style.label}>Select view or URL Preset</span>
+              <span className={style.description}>Choose from the available destinations.</span>
+            </div>
+            <div className={style.inlineEntry}>
+              <label className={style.textEntry}>
+                <span className={style.origin}>{origin}</span>
                 <Select
                   fluid
                   options={viewOptions}
@@ -115,7 +129,7 @@ export function RedirectClientModal({ id, isOpen, name, currentPath, origin, onC
                 Redirect <IoArrowForward />
               </Button>
             </div>
-          </div>
+          </section>
         </>
       }
     />

apps/client/src/common/components/client-modal/RenameClientModal.module.scss

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+@use '../../../theme/ontimeStyles' as *;
+
+.form {
+  padding: 0.25rem 0.5rem 0.5rem;
+}
+
+.label {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  gap: 0.5rem;
+  color: $label-gray;
+  font-size: $inner-section-text-size;
+}

apps/client/src/common/components/client-modal/RenameClientModal.tsx

@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ import { setClientRemote } from '../../hooks/useSocket';
 import Dialog from '../dialog/Dialog';
 import Input from '../input/input/Input';
 
+import style from './RenameClientModal.module.scss';
+
 interface RenameClientModalProps {
   id: string;
   name?: string;
@@ -31,9 +33,22 @@ export function RenameClientModal({ id, name: currentName = '', isOpen, onClose
       isOpen={isOpen}
       title={`Rename Client: ${currentName}`}
       showCloseButton
+      showBackdrop
       onClose={onClose}
       bodyElements={
-        <Input height='large' placeholder='New name' value={name} onChange={(event) => setName(event.target.value)} />
+        <div className={style.form}>
+          <label className={style.label}>
+            Client name
+            <Input
+              height='large'
+              fluid
+              autoComplete='off'
+              placeholder='New name'
+              value={name}
+              onChange={(event) => setName(event.target.value)}
+            />
+          </label>
+        </div>
       }
       footerElements={
         <>

apps/client/src/common/components/dialog/Dialog.module.scss

@@ -1,12 +1,16 @@
 .dialog {
   position: fixed;
-  top: 10%;
+  top: 10vh;
   left: 50%;
 
   transform: translateX(-50%);
 
+  box-sizing: border-box;
+  width: min(600px, 90vw);
+  max-height: calc(90vh - 1rem);
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
   padding-inline: 1rem;
-  min-width: min(600px, 90vw);
 
   background-color: $gray-1250;
   color: $ui-white;
@@ -43,7 +47,8 @@
   flex-direction: column;
   gap: 0.5rem;
 
-  max-height: min(80vh, 600px);
+  flex: 1;
+  min-height: 0;
   overflow-y: auto;
 }
 
@@ -53,4 +58,5 @@
   align-items: center;
   justify-content: end;
   gap: 1rem;
+  flex-wrap: wrap;
 }

apps/client/src/common/components/kbd/Kbd.module.scss

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+.kbd {
+  display: inline-block;
+  min-width: 1.5rem;
+  padding: 0.0625rem 0.375rem;
+  border-radius: 2px;
+  background-color: $gray-1100;
+  color: $ui-white;
+  box-shadow: 0 0 3px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4);
+  font-family: monospace;
+  font-size: calc(1rem - 4px);
+  line-height: 1.5;
+  text-align: center;
+  white-space: nowrap;
+}

apps/client/src/common/components/kbd/Kbd.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import { PropsWithChildren } from 'react';
+
+import style from './Kbd.module.scss';
+
+export default function Kbd({ children }: PropsWithChildren) {
+  return <kbd className={style.kbd}>{children}</kbd>;
+}

apps/client/src/common/components/link/external-link/ExternalLink.module.scss

@@ -21,4 +21,15 @@
     outline: none;
     box-shadow: 0 1px 0 0 currentColor;
   }
+
+  &:hover .icon,
+  &:focus-visible .icon {
+    transform: translateX(0.25rem);
+  }
+}
+
+.icon {
+  flex: 0 0 1.5em;
+  font-size: 1em;
+  transition: transform $transition-time-action;
 }

apps/client/src/common/components/link/external-link/ExternalLink.tsx

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { MouseEvent, ReactNode } from 'react';
-import { IoOpenOutline } from 'react-icons/io5';
+import { HiArrowLongRight } from 'react-icons/hi2';
 
 import { openLink } from '../../../utils/linkUtils';
 import { cx } from '../../../utils/styleUtils';
@@ -10,9 +10,10 @@ interface ExternalLinkProps {
   href: string;
   children: ReactNode;
   inline?: boolean;
+  className?: string;
 }
 
-export default function ExternalLink({ href, inline, children }: ExternalLinkProps) {
+export default function ExternalLink({ href, inline, className, children }: ExternalLinkProps) {
   const handleClick = (event: MouseEvent) => {
     event.preventDefault();
     openLink(href);
@@ -23,10 +24,11 @@ export default function ExternalLink({ href, inline, children }: ExternalLinkPro
       href='#!'
       target='_blank'
       rel='noreferrer'
-      className={cx([style.link, inline && style.inline])}
+      className={cx([style.link, inline && style.inline, className])}
       onClick={handleClick}
     >
-      {children} <IoOpenOutline style={{ fontSize: '1em' }} />
+      {children}
+      <HiArrowLongRight className={style.icon} />
     </a>
   );
 }

apps/client/src/common/components/modal/Modal.module.scss

@@ -4,10 +4,13 @@
   left: 50%;
   transform: translateX(-50%);
 
-  padding-inline: 1rem;
-  min-width: min(880px, 90vw);
+  box-sizing: border-box;
+  width: min(880px, 90vw);
   min-height: min(200px, 10vh);
-  max-width: min(1200px, 90vw);
+  max-height: calc(90vh - 1rem);
+
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
 
   background-color: $gray-1250;
   color: $ui-white;
@@ -17,14 +20,21 @@
   outline: none;
 }
 
+.compact {
+  min-width: 0;
+  width: min(680px, 90vw);
+}
+
+.small {
+  min-width: 0;
+  width: min(480px, 90vw);
+}
+
 .wide {
   top: 4vh;
-  min-width: min(1280px, 96vw);
-  max-width: min(1600px, 96vw);
-  height: 88vh;
-  max-height: 88vh;
-  display: flex;
-  flex-direction: column;
+  width: min(1800px, 98vw);
+  height: min(88vh, calc(96vh - 1rem));
+  min-height: 0;
 }
 
 .backdrop {
@@ -41,15 +51,19 @@
 
 .title {
   padding-block: 1rem;
+  padding-inline: 1rem;
 
   display: flex;
   align-items: center;
   justify-content: space-between;
+  gap: 1rem;
 }
 
 .titleText {
+  min-width: 0;
   font-size: 1rem;
   font-weight: 600;
+  overflow-wrap: anywhere;
 }
 
 .body {
@@ -57,21 +71,23 @@
   flex-direction: column;
   gap: 0.5rem;
 
-  max-height: 60vh;
+  flex: 1;
+  min-height: 0;
+  padding: 0.5rem 1rem;
   overflow-y: auto;
+  scroll-padding-block: 0.5rem;
 }
 
 .wide .body {
-  flex: 1;
-  min-height: 0;
-  max-height: none;
   overflow: hidden;
 }
 
 .footer {
   padding-block: 1rem;
+  padding-inline: 1rem;
   display: flex;
   align-items: center;
   justify-content: end;
   gap: 1rem;
+  flex-wrap: wrap;
 }

apps/client/src/common/components/modal/Modal.tsx

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ interface ModalProps {
   title?: string;
   showCloseButton?: boolean;
   showBackdrop?: boolean;
-  size?: 'default' | 'wide';
+  size?: 'small' | 'compact' | 'default' | 'wide';
   bodyElements: ReactNode;
   footerElements?: ReactNode;
   onClose: () => void;
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ export default function Modal({
     >
       <BaseDialog.Portal>
         {showBackdrop && <BaseDialog.Backdrop className={style.backdrop} />}
-        <BaseDialog.Popup aria-label={title} className={cx([style.modal, size === 'wide' && style.wide])}>
+        <BaseDialog.Popup aria-label={title} className={cx([style.modal, style[size]])}>
           <div className={style.title}>
             {title ? <BaseDialog.Title className={style.titleText}>{title}</BaseDialog.Title> : <div />}
             {showCloseButton && (

apps/client/src/common/components/multi-part-progress-bar/MultiPartProgressBar.scss

@@ -38,8 +38,6 @@ $progress-bar-br: 3px;
 .multiprogress-bar__indicator-bar {
   background-color: var(--background-color-override, $ui-black);
   opacity: 0.8;
-  transition: 1s linear;
-  transition-property: width;
 
   .multiprogress-bar--ignore-css-override & {
     background-color: $ui-black;

apps/client/src/common/components/multi-part-progress-bar/MultiPartProgressBar.tsx

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { MaybeNumber } from 'ontime-types';
 
+import { useAnimatedProgress } from '../../hooks/useAnimatedProgress';
 import { getProgress } from '../../utils/getProgress';
 import { cx } from '../../utils/styleUtils';
 
@@ -8,6 +9,7 @@ import './MultiPartProgressBar.scss';
 interface MultiPartProgressBar {
   now: MaybeNumber;
   complete: MaybeNumber;
+  eventId?: string | null;
   normalColor: string;
   warning?: MaybeNumber;
   warningColor: string;
@@ -23,6 +25,7 @@ export default function MultiPartProgressBar(props: MultiPartProgressBar) {
   const {
     now,
     complete,
+    eventId,
     normalColor,
     warning,
     warningColor,
@@ -34,7 +37,7 @@ export default function MultiPartProgressBar(props: MultiPartProgressBar) {
     className = '',
   } = props;
 
-  const percentRemaining = 100 - getProgress(now, complete);
+  const percentRemaining = 100 - useAnimatedProgress(now, complete, eventId);
   const dangerWidth = danger ? 100 - getProgress(danger, complete) : 0;
   const warningWidth = warning ? 100 - dangerWidth - getProgress(warning, complete) : 0;
   const isOvertime = now !== null && now < 0;

apps/client/src/common/components/navigation-menu/ViewNavigationMenu.tsx

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import { useDisclosure, useHotkeys } from '@mantine/hooks';
 import { memo } from 'react';
+import { useSearchParams } from 'react-router';
 
+import { hasCustomParams } from '../../stores/savedViewParams';
 import { useViewParamsEditorStore } from '../view-params-editor/viewParamsEditor.store';
 import FloatingNavigation from './floating-navigation/FloatingNavigation';
 import NavigationMenu from './NavigationMenu';
@@ -17,6 +19,8 @@ export default memo(ViewNavigationMenu);
 function ViewNavigationMenu({ isNavigationLocked, suppressSettings }: ViewNavigationMenuProps) {
   const [isMenuOpen, menuHandler] = useDisclosure();
   const { open: showEditFormDrawer } = useViewParamsEditorStore();
+  const [searchParams] = useSearchParams();
+  const hasSavedChanges = hasCustomParams(searchParams);
 
   useHotkeys([
     [
@@ -46,6 +50,7 @@ function ViewNavigationMenu({ isNavigationLocked, suppressSettings }: ViewNaviga
       <FloatingNavigation
         toggleMenu={isNavigationLocked ? undefined : menuHandler.toggle}
         toggleSettings={suppressSettings ? undefined : showEditFormDrawer}
+        hasSavedChanges={hasSavedChanges}
       />
       {!isNavigationLocked && <NavigationMenu isOpen={isMenuOpen} onClose={menuHandler.close} />}
     </>

apps/client/src/common/components/navigation-menu/client-link/ClientLink.module.scss

@@ -1,4 +1,29 @@
-.linkIcon {
+.trailing {
+  display: inline-flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 0.5rem;
   margin-left: auto;
+}
+
+.linkIcon {
   @include rotate-fourty-five;
 }
+
+.indicator {
+  width: 0.5rem;
+  height: 0.5rem;
+  border-radius: 50%;
+  background-color: $active-indicator;
+  pointer-events: none;
+  flex-shrink: 0;
+}
+
+.clear {
+  opacity: 0.6;
+  transition: opacity $transition-time-action;
+
+  &:hover,
+  &:focus-visible {
+    opacity: 1;
+  }
+}

apps/client/src/common/components/navigation-menu/client-link/ClientLink.tsx

@@ -1,9 +1,17 @@
-import { PropsWithChildren } from 'react';
-import { IoArrowUp } from 'react-icons/io5';
-import { useNavigate } from 'react-router';
+import { MouseEvent, PropsWithChildren } from 'react';
+import { IoArrowUp, IoCloseOutline } from 'react-icons/io5';
+import { useLocation, useNavigate, useSearchParams } from 'react-router';
 
 import { useElectronEvent } from '../../../hooks/useElectronEvent';
+import {
+  hasCustomParams,
+  reservedParams,
+  stripReservedParams,
+  useSavedViewParams,
+} from '../../../stores/savedViewParams';
 import { handleLinks } from '../../../utils/linkUtils';
+import IconButton from '../../buttons/IconButton';
+import Tooltip from '../../tooltip/Tooltip';
 import NavigationMenuItem from '../navigation-menu-item/NavigationMenuItem';
 
 import style from './ClientLink.module.scss';
@@ -16,32 +24,104 @@ interface ClientLinkProps {
 
 export default function ClientLink({ current, to, postAction, children }: PropsWithChildren<ClientLinkProps>) {
   const { isElectron } = useElectronEvent();
-  const navigate = useNavigate();
 
   if (isElectron) {
     return (
-      <NavigationMenuItem
-        active={current}
-        onClick={() => {
-          handleLinks(to);
-          postAction?.();
-        }}
-      >
+      <ElectronNavigationItem current={current} to={to} postAction={postAction}>
         {children}
-        <IoArrowUp className={style.linkIcon} />
-      </NavigationMenuItem>
+      </ElectronNavigationItem>
     );
   }
 
   return (
-    <NavigationMenuItem
-      active={current}
-      onClick={() => {
-        navigate(`/${to}`);
-        postAction?.();
-      }}
-    >
+    <BrowserNavigationItem current={current} to={to} postAction={postAction}>
       {children}
+    </BrowserNavigationItem>
+  );
+}
+
+function ElectronNavigationItem({ current, to, postAction, children }: PropsWithChildren<ClientLinkProps>) {
+  const navigateToLink = () => {
+    handleLinks(to);
+    postAction?.();
+  };
+
+  return (
+    <NavigationMenuItem active={current} onClick={navigateToLink}>
+      {children}
+      <span className={style.trailing}>
+        <IoArrowUp className={style.linkIcon} />
+      </span>
+    </NavigationMenuItem>
+  );
+}
+
+function BrowserNavigationItem({ current, to, postAction, children }: PropsWithChildren<ClientLinkProps>) {
+  const navigate = useNavigate();
+  const location = useLocation();
+  const [searchParams, setSearchParams] = useSearchParams();
+  const { params: savedParams, save, clear } = useSavedViewParams();
+
+  /**
+   * Save the params of the view we are leaving and resolve the destination,
+   * restoring any params previously saved for the target view.
+   */
+  const resolveDestination = () => {
+    const currentView = location.pathname.replace(/^\//, '');
+    save(currentView, stripReservedParams(location.search));
+    const restored = savedParams[to];
+    return `${to}${restored ? `?${restored}` : ''}`;
+  };
+
+  const isCustomised = current ? hasCustomParams(searchParams) : Boolean(savedParams[to]);
+
+  const navigateToLink = () => {
+    const destination = resolveDestination();
+    navigate(`/${destination}`);
+    postAction?.();
+  };
+
+  /**
+   * Clear the saved settings for this route without navigating to it.
+   * When it is the current view, also reset the live URL to its defaults.
+   */
+  const clearViewSettings = (event: MouseEvent) => {
+    event.stopPropagation();
+    clear(to);
+
+    // if mounted, clear the URL params
+    if (current) {
+      const preserved = new URLSearchParams();
+      reservedParams.forEach((key) => {
+        const value = searchParams.get(key);
+        if (value !== null) preserved.set(key, value);
+      });
+      setSearchParams(preserved);
+    }
+  };
+
+  return (
+    <NavigationMenuItem active={current} onClick={navigateToLink}>
+      {children}
+      {isCustomised && (
+        <span className={style.trailing}>
+          <span className={style.indicator} aria-hidden data-testid='client-link__saved-indicator' />
+          <Tooltip
+            text='Reset to default'
+            render={
+              <IconButton
+                variant='ghosted-white'
+                size='small'
+                className={style.clear}
+                aria-label='Reset to default'
+                onClick={clearViewSettings}
+              />
+            }
+          >
+            <IoCloseOutline />
+          </Tooltip>
+        </span>
+      )}
     </NavigationMenuItem>
   );
 }

apps/client/src/common/components/navigation-menu/floating-navigation/FloatingNavigation.module.scss

@@ -22,3 +22,19 @@
   top: 0;
   z-index: $zindex-nav;
 }
+
+.buttonWithIndicator {
+  position: relative;
+  display: inline-flex;
+}
+
+.indicator {
+  position: absolute;
+  top: -0.15rem;
+  right: -0.15rem;
+  width: 0.6rem;
+  height: 0.6rem;
+  border-radius: 50%;
+  background-color: $active-indicator;
+  pointer-events: none;
+}

apps/client/src/common/components/navigation-menu/floating-navigation/FloatingNavigation.tsx

@@ -9,9 +9,10 @@ import style from './FloatingNavigation.module.scss';
 interface FloatingNavigationProps {
   toggleMenu?: () => void;
   toggleSettings?: () => void;
+  hasSavedChanges?: boolean;
 }
 
-export default function FloatingNavigation({ toggleMenu, toggleSettings }: FloatingNavigationProps) {
+export default function FloatingNavigation({ toggleMenu, toggleSettings, hasSavedChanges }: FloatingNavigationProps) {
   const isButtonShown = useFadeOutOnInactivity(true);
 
   return (
@@ -20,15 +21,18 @@ export default function FloatingNavigation({ toggleMenu, toggleSettings }: Float
       className={cx([style.fadeable, style.buttonContainer, !isButtonShown && style.hidden])}
     >
       {toggleMenu && (
-        <IconButton
-          variant='subtle-white'
-          size='xlarge'
-          onClick={toggleMenu}
-          aria-label='toggle menu'
-          data-testid='navigation__toggle-menu'
-        >
-          <IoApps />
-        </IconButton>
+        <div className={style.buttonWithIndicator}>
+          <IconButton
+            variant='subtle-white'
+            size='xlarge'
+            onClick={toggleMenu}
+            aria-label='toggle menu'
+            data-testid='navigation__toggle-menu'
+          >
+            <IoApps />
+          </IconButton>
+          {hasSavedChanges && <span className={style.indicator} data-testid='navigation__saved-indicator' />}
+        </div>
       )}
       {toggleSettings && (
         <IconButton

apps/client/src/common/components/progress-bar/ProgressBar.scss

@@ -14,6 +14,4 @@ $progress-bar-br: 3px;
 .progress-bar__indicator {
   height: $progress-bar-size;
   background-color: var(--timer-progress-override, $accent-color);
-  transition: 1s linear;
-  transition-property: width;
 }

apps/client/src/common/components/progress-bar/ProgressBar.tsx

@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
 import { MaybeNumber } from 'ontime-types';
 
-import { getProgress } from '../../utils/getProgress';
+import { useAnimatedProgress } from '../../hooks/useAnimatedProgress';
 
 import './ProgressBar.scss';
 
 interface ProgressBarProps {
   current: MaybeNumber;
   duration: MaybeNumber;
+  eventId?: string | null;
   className?: string;
 }
 
-export default function ProgressBar(props: ProgressBarProps) {
-  const { current, duration, className } = props;
-  const progress = getProgress(current, duration);
+export default function ProgressBar({ current, duration, eventId, className }: ProgressBarProps) {
+  const progress = useAnimatedProgress(current, duration, eventId);
 
   return (
     <div className={`progress-bar__bg ${className}`}>

apps/client/src/common/components/state/Empty.module.scss

@@ -1,18 +1,43 @@
+@use '@/theme/viewerDefs' as *;
+
 .emptyContainer {
   width: 100%;
   text-align: center;
-  color: $white-10;
+  color: var(--secondary-color-override, $viewer-secondary-color);
 
   .empty {
-    width: 100%;
-    opacity: 0.8;
+    display: block;
+    width: min(100%, 14rem);
+    margin: 0 auto -1.5rem;
+    opacity: 0.6;
   }
 
   .text {
     display: block;
     margin-inline: auto;
-    font-weight: 600;
-    font-size: 2em;
-    max-width: 600px;
+    font-weight: 400;
+    font-size: clamp(1rem, 1.55vw, 1.5rem);
+    line-height: 1.35;
+    max-width: min(100%, 40rem);
+  }
+
+  &.error {
+    color: $error-red;
+
+    .empty {
+      opacity: 0.35;
+      filter: grayscale(1);
+    }
+
+    .text {
+      margin-top: 0.5rem;
+    }
+  }
+
+  .errorIcon {
+    display: block;
+    width: 1.5rem;
+    height: 1.5rem;
+    margin: -0.125rem auto 0;
   }
 }

apps/client/src/common/components/state/Empty.tsx

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { CSSProperties } from 'react';
+import { IoWarningOutline } from 'react-icons/io5';
 
 import EmptyImage from '../../../assets/images/empty.svg?react';
 import { cx } from '../../utils/styleUtils';
@@ -9,12 +10,18 @@ interface EmptyProps {
   text?: string;
   injectedStyles?: CSSProperties;
   className?: string;
+  variant?: 'error';
 }
 
-export default function Empty({ text, className, injectedStyles }: EmptyProps) {
+export default function Empty({ text, className, injectedStyles, variant }: EmptyProps) {
   return (
-    <div className={cx([style.emptyContainer, className])} style={injectedStyles}>
+    <div
+      className={cx([style.emptyContainer, variant === 'error' && style.error, className])}
+      style={injectedStyles}
+      role={variant === 'error' ? 'alert' : undefined}
+    >
       <EmptyImage className={style.empty} />
+      {variant === 'error' && <IoWarningOutline className={style.errorIcon} aria-hidden />}
       {text && <span className={style.text}>{text}</span>}
     </div>
   );

apps/client/src/common/components/state/EmptyFill.module.scss

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+.fill {
+  box-sizing: border-box;
+  width: 100%;
+  height: 100%;
+  min-height: 0;
+  flex: 1;
+
+  display: grid;
+  place-items: start center;
+  padding: clamp(4rem, 20dvh, 12rem) 1.5rem 1rem;
+}

apps/client/src/common/components/state/EmptyFill.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import { cx } from '../../utils/styleUtils';
+import Empty from './Empty';
+
+import style from './EmptyFill.module.scss';
+
+interface EmptyFillProps {
+  text?: string;
+  /** placed on the fill wrapper — e.g. to assign a grid-area in a grid parent */
+  className?: string;
+}
+
+/** Container-filling empty/loading state for panels and grid/flex cells. */
+export default function EmptyFill({ text, className }: EmptyFillProps) {
+  return (
+    <div className={cx([style.fill, className])}>
+      <Empty text={text} />
+    </div>
+  );
+}

apps/client/src/common/components/state/EmptyPage.module.scss

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   box-sizing: border-box; /* reset */
   overflow: hidden;
   width: 100%; /* restrict the page width to viewport */
-  height: 100vh;
+  height: 100dvh;
 
   font-family: var(--font-family-override, $viewer-font-family);
   background: var(--background-color-override, $viewer-background-color);
@@ -16,5 +16,6 @@
   display: flex;
   flex-direction: column;
   align-items: center;
-  padding-top: 5rem;
+  justify-content: center;
+  padding-block: 5rem;
 }

apps/client/src/common/components/state/EmptyPage.tsx

@@ -7,12 +7,13 @@ import style from './EmptyPage.module.scss';
 interface EmptyPageProps {
   text?: string;
   injectedStyles?: CSSProperties;
+  variant?: 'error';
 }
 
-export default function EmptyPage({ text, injectedStyles }: EmptyPageProps) {
+export default function EmptyPage({ text, injectedStyles, variant }: EmptyPageProps) {
   return (
     <div className={style.page}>
-      <Empty text={text} injectedStyles={injectedStyles} />
+      <Empty text={text} injectedStyles={injectedStyles} variant={variant} />
     </div>
   );
 }

apps/client/src/common/components/state/EmptyTableBody.module.scss

@@ -15,9 +15,4 @@
     gap: 1rem;
     margin-top: 1em;
   }
-
-  .text {
-    font-weight: 600;
-    font-size: 2em;
-  }
 }

apps/client/src/common/components/state/EmptyTableBody.tsx

@@ -18,8 +18,7 @@ export default function EmptyTableBody({ handleAddNew }: EmptyTableBodyProps) {
     <tbody className={style.emptyContainer}>
       <tr>
         <td colSpan={99} className={style.emptyCell}>
-          <Empty injectedStyles={{ marginTop: '5vh' }} />
-          <span className={style.text}>{text}</span>
+          <Empty text={text} injectedStyles={{ marginTop: '5vh' }} />
           {handleAddNew && (
             <div className={style.inline}>
               <Button onClick={() => handleAddNew(SupportedEntry.Event)} variant='primary' size='large'>

apps/client/src/common/components/tag/Tag.module.scss

@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@
   color: $ui-white;
 }
 
+.active {
+  border: 1px solid $green-700;
+  color: $green-400;
+}
+
 .warning {
   background-color: $orange-1300;
   color: $orange-300;

apps/client/src/common/components/tag/Tag.tsx

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import style from './Tag.module.scss';
 
 interface TagProps {
   className?: string;
-  variant?: 'default' | 'warning';
+  variant?: 'default' | 'active' | 'warning';
 }
 
 export default function Tag({ className, variant = 'default', children }: PropsWithChildren<TagProps>) {

apps/client/src/common/components/view-params-editor/ViewParamsEditor.tsx

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { useSearchParams } from 'react-router';
 
 import useViewSettings from '../../hooks-query/useViewSettings';
 import { useIsSmallScreen } from '../../hooks/useIsSmallScreen';
+import { useSavedViewParams } from '../../stores/savedViewParams';
 import Button from '../buttons/Button';
 import IconButton from '../buttons/IconButton';
 import Info from '../info/Info';
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ function ViewParamsEditor({ target, viewOptions }: EditFormDrawerProps) {
   const [searchParams, setSearchParams] = useSearchParams();
   const { data: viewSettings } = useViewSettings();
   const { isOpen, close } = useViewParamsEditorStore();
+  const clearSavedParams = useSavedViewParams((store) => store.clear);
   const isSmallScreen = useIsSmallScreen();
 
   const getPreservedParams = () => getPreservedSearchParams(searchParams, viewOptions);
@@ -36,6 +38,7 @@ function ViewParamsEditor({ target, viewOptions }: EditFormDrawerProps) {
   };
 
   const resetParams = () => {
+    clearSavedParams(target);
     setSearchParams(getPreservedParams());
   };
 

apps/client/src/common/constants/timerLifecycle.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import { TimerLifeCycle } from 'ontime-types';
+
+/**
+ * User facing labels for the timer lifecycle
+ * Shared between the automation settings and the rundown event editor
+ * so that a lifecycle is named the same everywhere it is shown
+ */
+export const lifecycleLabels: Record<TimerLifeCycle, string> = {
+  [TimerLifeCycle.onLoad]: 'On Load',
+  [TimerLifeCycle.onStart]: 'On Start',
+  [TimerLifeCycle.onPause]: 'On Pause',
+  [TimerLifeCycle.onStop]: 'On Stop',
+  [TimerLifeCycle.onClock]: 'Every second',
+  [TimerLifeCycle.onUpdate]: 'On Timer Update',
+  [TimerLifeCycle.onFinish]: 'On Finish',
+  [TimerLifeCycle.onWarning]: 'On Warning',
+  [TimerLifeCycle.onDanger]: 'On Danger',
+};
+
+/**
+ * Resolves a lifecycle to its user facing label, falling back to the raw value
+ */
+export function getLifecycleLabel(cycle: TimerLifeCycle | string): string {
+  return lifecycleLabels[cycle as TimerLifeCycle] ?? cycle;
+}

apps/client/src/common/hooks/useAnimatedProgress.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+import { EntryId, MaybeNumber, Playback } from 'ontime-types';
+import { useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react';
+
+import { getProgress } from '../utils/getProgress';
+import { useIsOnline, usePlayback } from './useSocket';
+
+/**
+ * Returns the live completion percentage (0–100) of a countdown, interpolated locally.
+ */
+export function useAnimatedProgress(current: MaybeNumber, duration: MaybeNumber, eventId?: EntryId | null): number {
+  const playback = usePlayback();
+  const isOnline = useIsOnline();
+  const isRunning = playback === Playback.Play || playback === Playback.Roll;
+
+  const baseline = useRef({ current, duration, eventId, playback, at: performance.now() });
+  const [, setTick] = useState(0);
+  const now = performance.now();
+
+  const hasAuthoritativeUpdate =
+    baseline.current.current !== current || // handle timer updates
+    baseline.current.duration !== duration || // handle duration changes
+    baseline.current.eventId !== eventId || // handle event changing
+    baseline.current.playback !== playback; // handle playback changes
+
+  if (hasAuthoritativeUpdate) {
+    // Reset during render so an event change is reflected in this very paint.
+    baseline.current = { current, duration, eventId, playback, at: now };
+  }
+
+  // There is only something to animate while a connected timer is counting down towards 0.
+  const shouldAnimate = isOnline && isRunning && current !== null && current > 0 && duration !== null;
+
+  // while counting down, re-render every animation frame so the derived progress stays smooth
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!shouldAnimate) {
+      return;
+    }
+    let frame = requestAnimationFrame(function tick() {
+      setTick((value) => value + 1);
+      frame = requestAnimationFrame(tick);
+    });
+    return () => cancelAnimationFrame(frame);
+  }, [shouldAnimate]);
+
+  // Derive from the anchor plus elapsed time at render; freeze while disconnected or not running.
+  const anchored = baseline.current.current;
+  const value = isOnline && isRunning && anchored !== null ? anchored - (now - baseline.current.at) : anchored;
+  return getProgress(value, duration);
+}

apps/client/src/common/hooks/useEntryAction.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import { useMutation, useQueryClient } from '@tanstack/react-query';
 import {
   EntryId,
-  InsertOptions,
   MaybeString,
   OntimeDelay,
   OntimeEntry,
@@ -60,9 +59,15 @@ export type EventOptions = Partial<{
   before: MaybeString;
   // options of entries of type OntimeEvent
   linkPrevious: boolean;
+  /** the timing reference for the new entry, usually the same as after */
   lastEventId: MaybeString;
 }>;
 
+type ClientInsertOptions = {
+  after?: EntryId;
+  before?: EntryId;
+};
+
 /**
  * Gather utilities for actions on entries in the loaded rundown.
  */
@@ -120,7 +125,7 @@ function useEntryActionsForRundown(scopedRundownId: string | undefined) {
    * @private
    */
   const { mutateAsync: addEntryMutation } = useMutation({
-    mutationFn: ([rundownId, entry]: [string, PatchWithId & InsertOptions]) => postAddEntry(rundownId, entry),
+    mutationFn: ([rundownId, entry]: [string, PatchWithId & ClientInsertOptions]) => postAddEntry(rundownId, entry),
     onMutate: async ([_rundownId, entry]) => {
       const queryKey = resolveCurrentRundownQueryKey();
       await queryClient.cancelQueries({ queryKey });
@@ -149,8 +154,9 @@ function useEntryActionsForRundown(scopedRundownId: string | undefined) {
         addToRundown(
           newRundown,
           optimisticEntry,
-          afterId,
           parent ? (newRundown.entries[parent.id] as OntimeGroup) : null,
+          afterId,
+          entry.before ?? null,
         );
 
         queryClient.setQueryData<Rundown>(queryKey, newRundown);
@@ -193,7 +199,7 @@ function useEntryActionsForRundown(scopedRundownId: string | undefined) {
         throw new Error('Rundown not initialised');
       }
 
-      const newEntry: PatchWithId & InsertOptions = { ...entry, id: generateId() };
+      const newEntry: PatchWithId & ClientInsertOptions = { ...entry, id: generateId() };
 
       // handle adding options that concern all event types
       if (options?.after) {
@@ -205,8 +211,8 @@ function useEntryActionsForRundown(scopedRundownId: string | undefined) {
 
       // ************* CHECK OPTIONS specific to events
       if (isOntimeEvent(newEntry)) {
+        // last event id is the timing reference of the previous OntimeEvent in rundown
         if (options?.lastEventId) {
-          // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-non-null-assertion -- we know this is a value
           const previousEvent = rundownData.entries[options?.lastEventId];
           if (isOntimeEvent(previousEvent)) {
             newEntry.timeStart = previousEvent.timeEnd;
@@ -284,7 +290,7 @@ function useEntryActionsForRundown(scopedRundownId: string | undefined) {
    * Clone an entry
    */
   const clone = useCallback(
-    async (entryId: EntryId, options?: InsertOptions) => {
+    async (entryId: EntryId, options?: ClientInsertOptions) => {
       try {
         const rundownId = getCurrentRundownData()?.id;
         if (!rundownId) {
@@ -1057,7 +1063,7 @@ function optimisticDeleteEntries(entryIds: EntryId[], rundown: Rundown) {
 /**
  * Utility to create an optimistic entry for immediate cache insertion
  */
-function createOptimisticEntry(payload: PatchWithId & InsertOptions): OntimeEntry {
+function createOptimisticEntry(payload: PatchWithId & ClientInsertOptions): OntimeEntry {
   const { after: _after, before: _before, ...entryData } = payload;
   const id = entryData.id;
   let parent: EntryId | null = null;

apps/client/src/common/hooks/useSocket.ts

@@ -139,6 +139,17 @@ export const setEventPlayback = {
   pause: () => sendSocket('pause', undefined),
 };
 
+export const useTimerProgress = createSelector((state: RuntimeStore) => ({
+  playback: state.timer.playback,
+  phase: state.timer.phase,
+  addedTime: state.timer.addedTime,
+  secondaryTimer: state.timer.secondaryTimer,
+  current: state.timer.current,
+  expectedFinish: state.timer.expectedFinish,
+  startedAt: state.timer.startedAt,
+  isCountToEnd: state.eventNow?.countToEnd ?? false,
+}));
+
 export const useTimer = createSelector((state: RuntimeStore) => ({
   ...state.timer,
 }));
@@ -152,6 +163,7 @@ export const useNextFlag = createSelector((state: RuntimeStore) => ({
 export const useProgressData = createSelector((state: RuntimeStore) => ({
   current: state.timer.current,
   duration: state.timer.duration,
+  eventId: state.eventNow?.id ?? null,
   timeWarning: state.eventNow?.timeWarning ?? null,
   timeDanger: state.eventNow?.timeDanger ?? null,
 }));

apps/client/src/common/stores/__tests__/savedViewParams.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+import { hasCustomParams, stripReservedParams, useSavedViewParams } from '../savedViewParams';
+
+describe('savedViewParams store', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    useSavedViewParams.getState().clearAll();
+  });
+
+  it('saves and restores params per view', () => {
+    useSavedViewParams.getState().save('timer', 'hideSeconds=true');
+    useSavedViewParams.getState().save('backstage', 'showProgress=false');
+
+    expect(useSavedViewParams.getState().params.timer).toBe('hideSeconds=true');
+    expect(useSavedViewParams.getState().params.backstage).toBe('showProgress=false');
+  });
+
+  it('overwrites the saved params for a view on subsequent saves', () => {
+    useSavedViewParams.getState().save('timer', 'hideSeconds=true');
+    useSavedViewParams.getState().save('timer', 'hideSeconds=false');
+
+    expect(useSavedViewParams.getState().params.timer).toBe('hideSeconds=false');
+  });
+
+  it('does not store an entry for an empty search string', () => {
+    useSavedViewParams.getState().save('timer', '');
+
+    expect(useSavedViewParams.getState().params).toEqual({});
+  });
+
+  it('removes a previously saved entry when saved with an empty search string', () => {
+    useSavedViewParams.getState().save('timer', 'hideSeconds=true');
+    useSavedViewParams.getState().save('timer', '');
+
+    expect(useSavedViewParams.getState().params).toEqual({});
+  });
+
+  it('ignores empty view keys', () => {
+    useSavedViewParams.getState().save('', 'hideSeconds=true');
+
+    expect(useSavedViewParams.getState().params).toEqual({});
+  });
+
+  it('clears the saved params for a single view without touching others', () => {
+    useSavedViewParams.getState().save('timer', 'hideSeconds=true');
+    useSavedViewParams.getState().save('backstage', 'showProgress=false');
+    useSavedViewParams.getState().clear('timer');
+
+    expect(useSavedViewParams.getState().params).toEqual({ backstage: 'showProgress=false' });
+  });
+
+  it('is a no-op when clearing a view without saved params', () => {
+    useSavedViewParams.getState().save('backstage', 'showProgress=false');
+    useSavedViewParams.getState().clear('timer');
+
+    expect(useSavedViewParams.getState().params).toEqual({ backstage: 'showProgress=false' });
+  });
+
+  it('clears all saved params', () => {
+    useSavedViewParams.getState().save('timer', 'hideSeconds=true');
+    useSavedViewParams.getState().clearAll();
+
+    expect(useSavedViewParams.getState().params).toEqual({});
+  });
+});
+
+describe('stripReservedParams', () => {
+  it('removes reserved auth/preset params while keeping view customisation', () => {
+    expect(stripReservedParams('hideSeconds=true&token=abc&n=1&alias=my')).toBe('hideSeconds=true');
+  });
+
+  it('returns an empty string when only reserved params are present', () => {
+    expect(stripReservedParams('token=abc&n=1&alias=my')).toBe('');
+  });
+});
+
+describe('hasCustomParams', () => {
+  it('is true when a non-reserved param is present', () => {
+    expect(hasCustomParams(new URLSearchParams('hideSeconds=true&token=abc'))).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('is false when only reserved params are present', () => {
+    expect(hasCustomParams(new URLSearchParams('token=abc&n=1&alias=my'))).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it('is false when there are no params', () => {
+    expect(hasCustomParams(new URLSearchParams(''))).toBe(false);
+  });
+});

apps/client/src/common/stores/logger.ts

@@ -17,9 +17,15 @@ const logger = createStore<LogStore>(() => ({
 
 export const useLogData = () => useStore(logger);
 
+/**
+ * The server queue is capped at 100 entries, the client's was not.
+ * A long show with chatty automations would otherwise grow this forever.
+ */
+const maxLogEntries = 500;
+
 export const addLog = (log: Log) =>
   logger.setState((state) => ({
-    logs: [log, ...state.logs],
+    logs: [log, ...state.logs].slice(0, maxLogEntries),
   }));
 
 export const clearLogs = () => logger.setState({ logs: [] });

apps/client/src/common/stores/savedViewParams.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+import { create } from 'zustand';
+
+// params that are auth/preset markers, not user view customisation (see common/utils/urlPresets.ts)
+export const reservedParams = new Set(['token', 'n', 'alias']);
+
+interface SavedViewParamsStore {
+  params: Record<string, string>; // view key (e.g. "timer") -> search string without leading "?"
+  save: (view: string, search: string) => void;
+  clear: (view: string) => void;
+  clearAll: () => void;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Remembers the last view parameters used for each view so they can be
+ * restored when the user navigates back to that view through the menu.
+ * In-memory only: persists across SPA navigation, resets on a full page reload.
+ */
+export const useSavedViewParams = create<SavedViewParamsStore>((set) => ({
+  params: {},
+  save: (view, search) =>
+    set((state) => {
+      // ignore empty view keys and do not store empty entries, so the
+      // "saved changes" indicator only reflects genuine customisation
+      if (!view) return state;
+      const params = { ...state.params };
+      if (search) {
+        params[view] = search;
+      } else {
+        delete params[view];
+      }
+      return { params };
+    }),
+  clear: (view) =>
+    set((state) => {
+      if (!state.params[view]) return state;
+      const params = { ...state.params };
+      delete params[view];
+      return { params };
+    }),
+  clearAll: () => set({ params: {} }),
+}));
+
+/**
+ * Removes reserved (auth/preset) params from a search string, keeping only
+ * genuine view customisation.
+ */
+export function stripReservedParams(search: string): string {
+  const sp = new URLSearchParams(search);
+  reservedParams.forEach((key) => sp.delete(key));
+  return sp.toString();
+}
+
+/**
+ * Whether the search params contain any genuine view customisation,
+ * ignoring reserved params.
+ */
+export function hasCustomParams(searchParams: URLSearchParams): boolean {
+  for (const key of searchParams.keys()) {
+    if (!reservedParams.has(key)) return true;
+  }
+  return false;
+}

apps/client/src/common/utils/__tests__/automationOutputs.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+import type { AutomationOutput } from 'ontime-types';
+
+import { summariseOutputs } from '../automationOutputs';
+
+describe('summariseOutputs', () => {
+  it('returns an empty list when there are no outputs', () => {
+    expect(summariseOutputs([])).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  it('counts repeated output kinds', () => {
+    const outputs: AutomationOutput[] = [
+      { type: 'osc', targetIP: '127.0.0.1', targetPort: 8000, address: '/go', args: '' },
+      { type: 'osc', targetIP: '127.0.0.1', targetPort: 8000, address: '/stop', args: '' },
+      { type: 'http', url: 'http://127.0.0.1/start' },
+    ];
+
+    expect(summariseOutputs(outputs)).toEqual([
+      { type: 'osc', label: 'OSC', count: 2 },
+      { type: 'http', label: 'HTTP', count: 1 },
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it('presents kinds in a stable order regardless of insertion order', () => {
+    const outputs: AutomationOutput[] = [
+      { type: 'ontime', action: 'aux1-start' },
+      { type: 'http', url: 'http://127.0.0.1/start' },
+      { type: 'osc', targetIP: '127.0.0.1', targetPort: 8000, address: '/go', args: '' },
+    ];
+
+    expect(summariseOutputs(outputs).map(({ type }) => type)).toEqual(['osc', 'http', 'ontime']);
+  });
+});

apps/client/src/common/utils/__tests__/linkUtils.test.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { linkToOtherHost } from '../linkUtils';
+import { hostToBaseUrl, linkToOtherHost } from '../linkUtils';
 
 describe('linkToOTherHost', () => {
   it('should handle electron links', () => {
@@ -22,3 +22,18 @@ describe('linkToOTherHost', () => {
     expect(destination).toBe('https://app.getontime.no/user-hash/path');
   });
 });
+
+describe('hostToBaseUrl', () => {
+  it('uses http when the page is plain http', () => {
+    expect(hostToBaseUrl('192.168.10.166', 4001, 'http://localhost:4001')).toBe('http://192.168.10.166:4001');
+  });
+
+  it('keeps https when the page reaches the server over TLS on the same port', () => {
+    expect(hostToBaseUrl('192.168.10.166', 4001, 'https://localhost:4001')).toBe('https://192.168.10.166:4001');
+  });
+
+  it('falls back to http when the page is https on a different port (TLS proxy)', () => {
+    // the raw server port does not speak TLS, an https link to it would fail
+    expect(hostToBaseUrl('192.168.10.166', 4001, 'https://ontime.example.com')).toBe('http://192.168.10.166:4001');
+  });
+});

apps/client/src/common/utils/__tests__/uploadUtils.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+
+import { removeFileExtension } from '../uploadUtils';
+
+describe('removeFileExtension()', () => {
+  it('removes a trailing extension', () => {
+    expect(removeFileExtension('show.xlsx')).toBe('show');
+  });
+
+  it('only removes the last extension', () => {
+    expect(removeFileExtension('my.show.xlsx')).toBe('my.show');
+  });
+
+  it('returns the name unchanged when there is no extension', () => {
+    expect(removeFileExtension('rundown')).toBe('rundown');
+  });
+
+  it('does not treat a leading dot as an extension', () => {
+    expect(removeFileExtension('.gitignore')).toBe('.gitignore');
+  });
+
+  it('handles an empty string', () => {
+    expect(removeFileExtension('')).toBe('');
+  });
+});

apps/client/src/common/utils/automationOutputs.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+import type { AutomationOutput } from 'ontime-types';
+
+const outputLabels: Record<AutomationOutput['type'], string> = {
+  osc: 'OSC',
+  http: 'HTTP',
+  ontime: 'Ontime',
+};
+
+export type OutputSummary = {
+  type: AutomationOutput['type'];
+  label: string;
+  count: number;
+};
+
+/**
+ * Summarises an automation's outputs by kind so that a list row can say what the
+ * automation does without the user having to open the form.
+ * Shared between the automation settings panel and the rundown event editor.
+ */
+export function summariseOutputs(outputs: AutomationOutput[]): OutputSummary[] {
+  const counts = new Map<AutomationOutput['type'], number>();
+
+  for (const output of outputs) {
+    counts.set(output.type, (counts.get(output.type) ?? 0) + 1);
+  }
+
+  // keep a stable presentation order regardless of the order the user added outputs
+  const order: AutomationOutput['type'][] = ['osc', 'http', 'ontime'];
+  return order
+    .filter((type) => counts.has(type))
+    .map((type) => ({ type, label: outputLabels[type], count: counts.get(type) as number }));
+}

apps/client/src/common/utils/linkUtils.ts

@@ -37,7 +37,12 @@ export function handleLinks(
   event?.preventDefault();
 
   const destination = new URL(externalServerUrl);
-  destination.pathname = externalBaseURI ? `${externalBaseURI}/${location}` : location;
+  // split off any query string so it is not encoded into the pathname
+  const [pathname, search] = location.split('?');
+  destination.pathname = externalBaseURI ? `${externalBaseURI}/${pathname}` : pathname;
+  if (search) {
+    destination.search = search;
+  }
   openLink(destination.toString());
 }
 
@@ -54,3 +59,17 @@ export function linkToOtherHost(
   }
   return destination.toString();
 }
+
+/**
+ * Builds a base URL for reaching the Ontime server on a given network interface.
+ * The Ontime server itself only speaks HTTP, so we only keep https when the page
+ * already reaches the server over TLS on that same port (eg. a proxy in front of it);
+ * any other explicit server port gets http.
+ * externalServerUrl is used for testing
+ */
+export function hostToBaseUrl(host: string, port: number, externalServerUrl: string = serverURL): string {
+  const page = new URL(externalServerUrl);
+  const pagePort = page.port === '' ? (page.protocol === 'https:' ? 443 : 80) : Number(page.port);
+  const scheme = page.protocol === 'https:' && pagePort === port ? 'https' : 'http';
+  return `${scheme}://${host}:${port}`;
+}

apps/client/src/common/utils/time.ts

@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ import {
   MILLIS_PER_HOUR,
   MILLIS_PER_MINUTE,
   MILLIS_PER_SECOND,
+  dayInMs,
   formatFromMillis,
+  getExpectedEnd,
   getExpectedStart,
 } from 'ontime-utils';
 
@@ -29,6 +31,11 @@ export function nowInMillis(): number {
   return elapsed;
 }
 
+export function normaliseWallClock(time: number): number {
+  const timeOfDay = time % dayInMs;
+  return timeOfDay < 0 ? timeOfDay + dayInMs : timeOfDay;
+}
+
 /**
  * @description Resolves format from url and store
  * @return {string|null} A format string like "hh:mm:ss a" or null
@@ -180,15 +187,13 @@ export function getExpectedTimesFromExtendedEvent(
       ...state,
     },
   );
-
+  const expectedEnd = getExpectedEnd(event, expectedStart, state.currentDay);
   const plannedEnd = event.timeStart + event.duration + event.delay;
 
   return {
     expectedStart,
     timeToStart: expectedStart - state.clock,
-    expectedEnd: event.countToEnd
-      ? Math.max(expectedStart + event.duration, plannedEnd)
-      : expectedStart + event.duration,
+    expectedEnd,
     plannedEnd,
   };
 }

apps/client/src/common/utils/uploadUtils.ts

@@ -38,6 +38,18 @@ export function validateProjectFile(file: File) {
   }
 }
 
+/**
+ * Removes a trailing file extension from a file name (e.g. "show.xlsx" -> "show")
+ * A leading dot (dotfiles like ".gitignore") is not treated as an extension
+ */
+export function removeFileExtension(fileName: string): string {
+  const lastDot = fileName.lastIndexOf('.');
+  if (lastDot <= 0) {
+    return fileName;
+  }
+  return fileName.slice(0, lastDot);
+}
+
 export function isExcelFile(file: File | null) {
   return file?.name.endsWith('.xlsx');
 }

apps/client/src/features/app-settings/__tests__/useAppSettingsMenu.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+
+import { matchesSettingsOptionQuery } from '../useAppSettingsMenu';
+
+describe('matchesSettingsOptionQuery', () => {
+  const option = {
+    id: 'settings__general',
+    label: 'General settings',
+    keywords: ['pin', 'time zone'],
+  };
+
+  it('does not match an empty or whitespace-only query', () => {
+    expect(matchesSettingsOptionQuery(option, '')).toBe(false);
+    expect(matchesSettingsOptionQuery(option, '   ')).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it('matches keywords case-insensitively', () => {
+    expect(matchesSettingsOptionQuery(option, 'PIN')).toBe(true);
+    expect(matchesSettingsOptionQuery(option, 'TIME ZONE')).toBe(true);
+  });
+});

apps/client/src/features/app-settings/panel-content/PanelContent.module.scss

@@ -1,9 +1,4 @@
-.corner {
-  position: fixed;
-  top: 6rem;
-  right: 4rem;
-  z-index: $zindex-floating;
-}
+$content-max-width: 1280px;
 
 .contentWrapper {
   display: flex;
@@ -14,9 +9,29 @@
   position: relative;
 }
 
+.corner {
+  flex: 0 0 auto;
+  display: flex;
+  justify-content: flex-end;
+  // width is needed so the button can align to the right of the capped
+  // column, auto margins alone would shrink this to fit and centre it
+  width: 100%;
+  max-width: $content-max-width;
+  margin-inline: auto;
+  padding: 0 1rem 0.5rem;
+  box-sizing: border-box;
+}
+
 .content {
-  margin: 1rem;
+  box-sizing: border-box;
+  // as with .corner, the width is needed to fill the capped column, otherwise
+  // auto margins shrink this to fit and each panel ends up its own width
+  width: 100%;
+  max-width: $content-max-width;
+  margin: 0 auto 1rem;
+  padding-inline: 1rem;
   overflow-y: auto;
   flex-grow: 1;
-  padding-bottom: 300px;
+  // room for the last section to scroll to the top of the viewport
+  padding-bottom: 40vh;
 }

apps/client/src/features/app-settings/panel-content/PanelContent.tsx

@@ -12,12 +12,12 @@ interface PanelContentProps {
 export default function PanelContent({ onClose, children }: PropsWithChildren<PanelContentProps>) {
   return (
     <div className={style.contentWrapper}>
-      <div className={style.content}>{children}</div>
       <div className={style.corner}>
         <Button size='large' onClick={onClose}>
           Close settings <IoClose />
         </Button>
       </div>
+      <div className={style.content}>{children}</div>
     </div>
   );
 }

apps/client/src/features/app-settings/panel-list/PanelList.module.scss

@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+.container {
+  width: min(30vw, 300px);
+  flex: 0 0 min(30vw, 300px);
+  min-width: min(30vw, 300px);
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  gap: 0.75rem;
+  overflow-y: auto;
+}
+
 .tabs,
 ul {
   list-style: none;
@@ -6,22 +16,20 @@ ul {
 }
 
 .tabs {
-  width: min(30vw, 300px);
-  flex: 0 0 min(30vw, 300px);
-  min-width: min(30vw, 300px);
   display: flex;
   flex-direction: column;
-  overflow-y: auto;
 }
 
 .primary,
 .secondary {
   padding: 0.25rem 1rem;
   margin-right: 1rem;
+  border-radius: 2px;
 
-  &:focus {
+  &:focus-visible {
     background-color: $gray-1000;
-    outline: 0;
+    outline: 2px solid $blue-500;
+    outline-offset: -2px;
   }
 
   &:hover {
@@ -32,14 +40,21 @@ ul {
 
 .primary {
   font-size: 1rem;
-  border-radius: 2px;
   display: flex;
   align-items: center;
   gap: 0.5rem;
+  border-left: 3px solid transparent;
+
+  &.groupActive {
+    color: $blue-400;
+    font-weight: 600;
+  }
 
   &.active {
-    color: $blue-400;
-    background-color: $gray-1100;
+    color: $ui-white;
+    border-left-color: $blue-400;
+    background-color: rgba($blue-500, 0.16);
+    font-weight: 600;
   }
 
   &.highlight {
@@ -62,6 +77,9 @@ ul {
   font-size: $inner-section-text-size;
 
   &.active {
-    color: $blue-400;
+    color: $ui-white;
+    border-left-color: $blue-400;
+    background-color: rgba($blue-500, 0.16);
+    font-weight: 600;
   }
 }

apps/client/src/features/app-settings/panel-list/PanelList.tsx

@@ -1,10 +1,18 @@
-import { Fragment } from 'react';
+import { Fragment, useState } from 'react';
 
 import Tooltip from '../../../common/components/tooltip/Tooltip';
 import { isKeyEnter } from '../../../common/utils/keyEvent';
 import { cx } from '../../../common/utils/styleUtils';
-import { SettingsOption, SettingsOptionId, useAppSettingsMenu } from '../useAppSettingsMenu';
+import * as Panel from '../panel-utils/PanelUtils';
+import {
+  filterSettingsOptions,
+  matchesSettingsOptionQuery,
+  SettingsOption,
+  SettingsOptionId,
+  useAppSettingsMenu,
+} from '../useAppSettingsMenu';
 import useAppSettingsNavigation from '../useAppSettingsNavigation';
+import SettingsSearch from './SettingsSearch';
 
 import style from './PanelList.module.scss';
 
@@ -16,23 +24,57 @@ interface PanelListProps extends PanelBaseProps {
   selectedPanel: string;
 }
 
+/** Returns the first matching setting, preferring a matching child over its non-matching group. */
+function getFirstResultId(results: SettingsOption[], query: string): SettingsOptionId | null {
+  const firstResult = results[0];
+  if (!firstResult) {
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  if (matchesSettingsOptionQuery(firstResult, query.trim().toLowerCase())) {
+    return firstResult.id as SettingsOptionId;
+  }
+
+  return (firstResult.secondary?.[0]?.id as SettingsOptionId | undefined) ?? null;
+}
+
 export default function PanelList({ selectedPanel, location }: PanelListProps) {
   const { options } = useAppSettingsMenu();
+  const { setLocation } = useAppSettingsNavigation();
+  const [query, setQuery] = useState('');
+
+  const results = filterSettingsOptions(options, query);
+
+  const handleSearchSubmit = () => {
+    const target = getFirstResultId(results, query);
+    if (target) {
+      setLocation(target);
+      setQuery('');
+    }
+  };
 
   return (
-    <ul className={style.tabs}>
-      {options.map((panel) => {
-        const isSelected = selectedPanel === panel.id;
-        if (panel.highlight) {
-          return (
-            <Tooltip key={panel.id} text={panel.highlight} render={<span />}>
-              <PanelListItem panel={panel} location={location} isSelected={isSelected} />
-            </Tooltip>
-          );
-        }
-        return <PanelListItem key={panel.id} panel={panel} location={location} isSelected={isSelected} />;
-      })}
-    </ul>
+    <div className={style.container}>
+      <SettingsSearch query={query} onQueryChange={setQuery} onSubmit={handleSearchSubmit} />
+
+      {results.length === 0 ? (
+        <Panel.EmptyState title='No settings match' description={`Nothing found for "${query.trim()}"`} />
+      ) : (
+        <ul className={style.tabs}>
+          {results.map((panel) => {
+            const isSelected = selectedPanel === panel.id;
+            if (panel.highlight) {
+              return (
+                <Tooltip key={panel.id} text={panel.highlight} render={<span />}>
+                  <PanelListItem panel={panel} location={location} isSelected={isSelected} />
+                </Tooltip>
+              );
+            }
+            return <PanelListItem key={panel.id} panel={panel} location={location} isSelected={isSelected} />;
+          })}
+        </ul>
+      )}
+    </div>
   );
 }
 
@@ -44,7 +86,15 @@ interface PanelListItemProps {
 
 function PanelListItem({ panel, isSelected, location }: PanelListItemProps) {
   const { setLocation } = useAppSettingsNavigation();
-  const classes = cx([style.primary, isSelected && style.active, panel.highlight && style.highlight]);
+  const hasSelectedChild = Boolean(
+    isSelected && panel.secondary?.some((secondary) => secondary.id.split('__')[1] === location),
+  );
+  const classes = cx([
+    style.primary,
+    isSelected && !hasSelectedChild && style.active,
+    hasSelectedChild && style.groupActive,
+    panel.highlight && style.highlight,
+  ]);
 
   return (
     <Fragment key={panel.id}>
@@ -75,6 +125,7 @@ function PanelListItem({ panel, isSelected, location }: PanelListItemProps) {
               }
             }}
             className={secondaryClasses}
+            tabIndex={0}
             role='button'
           >
             {secondary.label}

apps/client/src/features/app-settings/panel-list/SettingsSearch.module.scss

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+.search {
+  position: relative;
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  flex: 0 0 auto;
+  margin: 0.25rem 1rem 0.25rem 0.25rem;
+}
+
+.icon {
+  position: absolute;
+  left: 0.5rem;
+  color: $gray-400;
+  pointer-events: none;
+}
+
+.input {
+  padding-left: 2rem;
+  padding-right: 2rem;
+}
+
+.clear {
+  position: absolute;
+  right: 0.25rem;
+}

apps/client/src/features/app-settings/panel-list/SettingsSearch.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+import { KeyboardEvent, useRef } from 'react';
+import { IoClose, IoSearch } from 'react-icons/io5';
+
+import IconButton from '../../../common/components/buttons/IconButton';
+import Input from '../../../common/components/input/input/Input';
+
+import style from './SettingsSearch.module.scss';
+
+interface SettingsSearchProps {
+  query: string;
+  onQueryChange: (query: string) => void;
+  onSubmit: () => void;
+}
+
+export default function SettingsSearch({ query, onQueryChange, onSubmit }: SettingsSearchProps) {
+  const searchRef = useRef<HTMLInputElement>(null);
+  const isSearching = query.trim().length > 0;
+
+  const handleKeyDown = (event: KeyboardEvent<HTMLInputElement>) => {
+    if (event.key === 'Escape' && isSearching) {
+      // Do not let the settings panel close while the user is clearing a search.
+      event.stopPropagation();
+      onQueryChange('');
+      return;
+    }
+
+    if (event.key === 'Enter') {
+      onSubmit();
+    }
+  };
+
+  return (
+    <div className={style.search}>
+      <IoSearch className={style.icon} />
+      <Input
+        ref={searchRef}
+        value={query}
+        onChange={(event) => onQueryChange(event.target.value)}
+        onKeyDown={handleKeyDown}
+        placeholder='Search settings'
+        className={style.input}
+        fluid
+      />
+      {isSearching && (
+        <IconButton
+          variant='ghosted-white'
+          size='small'
+          aria-label='Clear search'
+          className={style.clear}
+          onClick={() => {
+            onQueryChange('');
+            searchRef.current?.focus();
+          }}
+        >
+          <IoClose />
+        </IconButton>
+      )}
+    </div>
+  );
+}

apps/client/src/features/app-settings/panel-utils/PanelUtils.module.scss

@@ -1,24 +1,26 @@
 $inner-padding: 1rem;
+$card-padding: 2rem;
 
 .header {
-  font-size: 2rem;
+  font-size: 1.5rem;
   padding-bottom: 0.5rem;
   border-bottom: 1px solid $white-10;
   font-weight: 600;
 }
 
 .subheader {
-  font-size: 1.5rem;
+  font-size: 1.125rem;
   padding-bottom: 0.5rem;
   font-weight: 600;
   display: flex;
   align-items: center;
   justify-content: space-between;
+  gap: 1rem;
 }
 
 .title {
-  font-size: 1.375rem;
-  padding: 0 2rem;
+  font-size: 1rem;
+  padding: 0 var(--panel-card-padding, #{$card-padding});
   font-weight: 600;
   display: flex;
   align-items: center;
@@ -35,10 +37,12 @@ $inner-padding: 1rem;
   color: $ui-white;
 }
 
+// width is owned by the panel content column, which caps and centres itself.
+// sections must stay full width so top level cards line up with Panel.Header
+// and nested sections fill their card rather than shrinking to fit
 .section {
   position: relative;
   margin-top: 2rem;
-  max-width: 850px;
 }
 
 .indent {
@@ -51,8 +55,10 @@ $inner-padding: 1rem;
 }
 
 .card {
+  --panel-card-padding: #{$card-padding};
+
   position: relative;
-  padding: 2rem;
+  padding: var(--panel-card-padding);
   background-color: $white-3;
   border: 1px solid $gray-1100;
   border-radius: 3px;
@@ -76,10 +82,10 @@ $inner-padding: 1rem;
   color: $error-red;
 }
 
+// tables scroll with the panel rather than owning a nested scroll area,
+// which keeps the sticky table head anchored to the panel viewport
 .pad {
-  padding: 0 2rem;
-  max-height: 550px;
-  overflow-y: scroll;
+  padding: 0 var(--panel-card-padding, #{$card-padding});
 }
 
 .table {
@@ -97,10 +103,13 @@ $inner-padding: 1rem;
   }
 
   th {
-    font-weight: 400;
-    color: $gray-400;
+    font-weight: 600;
+    color: $gray-300;
+    font-size: calc(1rem - 3px);
+    letter-spacing: 0.02em;
+    vertical-align: bottom;
     white-space: nowrap;
-    text-transform: capitalize;
+    text-transform: uppercase;
   }
 
   th,
@@ -112,6 +121,17 @@ $inner-padding: 1rem;
     background-color: $white-1;
   }
 
+  // active rows use a panel-local class today; keep the treatment here so all
+  // settings tables share the same state without each panel owning its colours
+  tr[class*='current'] {
+    background-color: rgba($blue-500, 0.16);
+
+    > td:first-child {
+      box-shadow: inset 3px 0 $blue-400;
+      font-weight: 500;
+    }
+  }
+
   // allow highlighting table elements
   tr[data-warn='true'],
   td[data-warn='true'] {
@@ -120,7 +140,7 @@ $inner-padding: 1rem;
 }
 
 .listGroup {
-  padding: 0 2rem;
+  padding: 0 var(--panel-card-padding, #{$card-padding});
 
   > li:not(:last-child) {
     border-bottom: 1px solid $white-10;
@@ -133,6 +153,17 @@ $inner-padding: 1rem;
   align-items: center;
   gap: 1rem;
   padding: 0.5rem 0;
+
+  &.interactive {
+    margin-inline: calc(var(--panel-card-padding, #{$card-padding}) * -1);
+    padding: 0.75rem var(--panel-card-padding, #{$card-padding});
+    transition: background-color $transition-time-action;
+
+    &:hover,
+    &:focus-within {
+      background-color: $white-3;
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 .fieldTitle {
@@ -163,7 +194,7 @@ $inner-padding: 1rem;
 .divider {
   border: none;
   border-top: 1px solid $white-10;
-  margin: 1rem -2rem;
+  margin: 1rem calc(var(--panel-card-padding, #{$card-padding}) * -1);
 }
 
 .overlay {
@@ -188,19 +219,35 @@ $inner-padding: 1rem;
   animation: animloader 1s ease-in infinite;
 }
 
-.empty {
-  background-color: $black-10;
+.emptyState {
+  padding: 3rem 1.5rem;
   text-align: center;
-  color: $muted-gray;
+}
 
-  td {
-    padding-block: 5rem;
-  }
+.emptyMessage {
+  width: min(30rem, 100%);
+  margin-inline: auto;
+}
 
-  button {
-    margin-top: 1rem;
-    margin-inline: auto;
-  }
+.emptyTitle {
+  margin-bottom: 0.25rem;
+  color: rgba($gray-200, 0.72);
+  font-size: calc(1rem + 2px);
+  font-weight: 400;
+}
+
+.emptyBody {
+  color: rgba($gray-200, 0.55);
+  font-size: calc(1rem - 3px);
+  line-height: 1.5;
+}
+
+.emptyAction {
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  justify-content: center;
+  gap: 0.5rem;
+  margin-top: 1rem;
 }
 
 .inlineElements {
@@ -239,14 +286,3 @@ $inner-padding: 1rem;
     opacity: 0;
   }
 }
-
-@keyframes animloader {
-  0% {
-    transform: scale(0);
-    opacity: 0.6;
-  }
-  100% {
-    transform: scale(1);
-    opacity: 0;
-  }
-}

apps/client/src/features/app-settings/panel-utils/PanelUtils.tsx

@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 import { HTMLAttributes, PropsWithChildren, ReactNode } from 'react';
-import { IoAdd } from 'react-icons/io5';
 
-import Button from '../../../common/components/buttons/Button';
 import { cx } from '../../../common/utils/styleUtils';
 
 import style from './PanelUtils.module.scss';
@@ -62,16 +60,29 @@ export function Table({ className, children }: { className?: string; children: R
   );
 }
 
-export function TableEmpty({ label, handleClick }: { label?: string; handleClick?: () => void }) {
+export interface EmptyStateProps {
+  title: string;
+  description?: ReactNode;
+  action?: ReactNode;
+}
+
+export function EmptyState({ title, description, action }: EmptyStateProps) {
   return (
-    <tr className={style.empty}>
+    <div className={style.emptyState}>
+      <div className={style.emptyMessage}>
+        <div className={style.emptyTitle}>{title}</div>
+        {description && <div className={style.emptyBody}>{description}</div>}
+        {action && <div className={style.emptyAction}>{action}</div>}
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  );
+}
+
+export function TableEmpty(props: EmptyStateProps) {
+  return (
+    <tr>
       <td colSpan={99}>
-        <div>{label ?? 'No data yet'}</div>
-        {handleClick && (
-          <Button onClick={handleClick} disabled={!handleClick} variant='primary'>
-            New <IoAdd />
-          </Button>
-        )}
+        <EmptyState {...props} />
       </td>
     </tr>
   );
@@ -81,8 +92,8 @@ export function ListGroup({ className, children }: { className?: string; childre
   return <ul className={cx([style.listGroup, className])}>{children}</ul>;
 }
 
-export function ListItem({ children }: { children: ReactNode }) {
-  return <li className={style.listItem}>{children}</li>;
+export function ListItem({ children, interactive = false }: { children: ReactNode; interactive?: boolean }) {
+  return <li className={cx([style.listItem, interactive && style.interactive])}>{children}</li>;
 }
 
 export function Field({

apps/client/src/features/app-settings/panel/about-panel/AboutPanel.tsx

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import ExternalLink from '../../../../common/components/link/external-link/ExternalLink';
+import Info from '../../../../common/components/info/Info';
 import {
   buyMeACoffeeUrl,
   discordUrl,
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ import {
 } from '../../../../externals';
 import * as Panel from '../../panel-utils/PanelUtils';
 import AppVersion from './AppVersion';
+import CloudPanel from './CloudPanel';
+import ExternalLinkRow from './ExternalLinkRow';
 
 export default function AboutPanel() {
   return (
@@ -19,28 +21,49 @@ export default function AboutPanel() {
       <Panel.Section>
         <Panel.Card>
           <Panel.SubHeader>Ontime</Panel.SubHeader>
-          <Panel.Paragraph>
-            Free, open-source software for managing rundowns and event timers
-            <ExternalLink href={websiteUrl}>www.getontime.no</ExternalLink>
-          </Panel.Paragraph>
-          <Panel.Paragraph>
-            Considering sponsoring our work
-            <ExternalLink href={githubSponsorUrl}>GitHub Sponsors</ExternalLink>
-            <ExternalLink href={buyMeACoffeeUrl}>Buy Me a Coffee</ExternalLink>
-          </Panel.Paragraph>
-          <Panel.Paragraph>
-            If you are looking for an online version of Ontime, consider trying out our cloud service
-            <ExternalLink href={websiteUrl}>www.getontime.no</ExternalLink>
-          </Panel.Paragraph>
+          <Panel.Divider />
+          <Info>Free, open-source software for managing rundowns and event timers.</Info>
+          <Panel.ListGroup>
+            <ExternalLinkRow href={websiteUrl} title='www.getontime.no' description='App site and downloads' />
+            <ExternalLinkRow
+              href={githubSponsorUrl}
+              title='GitHub Sponsors'
+              description='Support development through GitHub'
+            />
+            <ExternalLinkRow
+              href={buyMeACoffeeUrl}
+              title='Buy Me a Coffee'
+              description='Make a one-time contribution'
+            />
+          </Panel.ListGroup>
+        </Panel.Card>
+      </Panel.Section>
+      <CloudPanel />
+      <Panel.Section>
+        <Panel.Card>
+          <Panel.SubHeader>Current version</Panel.SubHeader>
+          <Panel.Divider />
+          <Panel.ListGroup>
+            <AppVersion />
+          </Panel.ListGroup>
+        </Panel.Card>
+      </Panel.Section>
+      <Panel.Section>
+        <Panel.Card>
+          <Panel.SubHeader>Helpful links</Panel.SubHeader>
+          <Panel.Divider />
+          <Panel.ListGroup>
+            <ExternalLinkRow
+              href={documentationUrl}
+              title='Read the docs'
+              description='Setup guides and feature documentation'
+            />
+            <ExternalLinkRow href={githubUrl} title='GitHub' description='Report issues or contribute to Ontime' />
+            <ExternalLinkRow href={youtubeUrl} title='YouTube' description='Watch tutorials and feature walkthroughs' />
+            <ExternalLinkRow href={discordUrl} title='Discord' description='Get help and share suggestions' />
+            <ExternalLinkRow href={subredditUrl} title='Reddit' description='Join the Ontime community discussion' />
+          </Panel.ListGroup>
         </Panel.Card>
-        <Panel.SubHeader>Current version</Panel.SubHeader>
-        <AppVersion />
-        <Panel.SubHeader>Links</Panel.SubHeader>
-        <ExternalLink href={documentationUrl}>Read the docs</ExternalLink>
-        <ExternalLink href={githubUrl}>Follow the project on GitHub</ExternalLink>
-        <ExternalLink href={discordUrl}>Discord server</ExternalLink>
-        <ExternalLink href={youtubeUrl}>YouTube channel</ExternalLink>
-        <ExternalLink href={subredditUrl}>Subreddit</ExternalLink>
       </Panel.Section>
     </>
   );

apps/client/src/features/app-settings/panel/about-panel/AppVersion.tsx

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import ExternalLink from '../../../../common/components/link/external-link/ExternalLink';
 import useAppVersion from '../../../../common/hooks-query/useAppVersion';
-import { appVersion, isOntimeCloud } from '../../../../externals';
+import { appVersion, isOntimeCloud, websiteUrl } from '../../../../externals';
 import * as Panel from '../../panel-utils/PanelUtils';
 
 export default function AppVersion() {
@@ -8,28 +8,33 @@ export default function AppVersion() {
 
   if (isError) {
     return (
-      <Panel.Paragraph>
-        {`You are currently using Ontime version ${appVersion}`}
-        <Panel.Error>Could not fetch version information</Panel.Error>
-      </Panel.Paragraph>
+      <Panel.ListItem>
+        <Panel.Field title={`Ontime ${appVersion}`} description='' error='Could not fetch version information' />
+      </Panel.ListItem>
     );
   }
 
   if (data.hasUpdates) {
     return (
-      <Panel.Paragraph>
-        {`You are currently using Ontime version ${appVersion}.`}
-        <br />
-        <br />
-        {`A new version ${data.version} is available.`} <br />
-        {isOntimeCloud ? (
-          'You can restart your stage to get the latest available version.'
-        ) : (
-          <ExternalLink href={data.url}>Please visit the release page to download</ExternalLink>
+      <Panel.ListItem>
+        <Panel.Field
+          title={`Ontime ${appVersion}`}
+          description={
+            isOntimeCloud
+              ? `Version ${data.version} is available. Restart your stage to update.`
+              : `Version ${data.version} is available.`
+          }
+        />
+        {!isOntimeCloud && (
+          <ExternalLink href={websiteUrl}>Visit Ontime's page to download the latest version.</ExternalLink>
         )}
-      </Panel.Paragraph>
+      </Panel.ListItem>
     );
   }
 
-  return <Panel.Paragraph>{`You are currently using the latest version of Ontime: ${appVersion}`}</Panel.Paragraph>;
+  return (
+    <Panel.ListItem>
+      <Panel.Field title={`Ontime ${appVersion}`} description='You are using the latest version.' />
+    </Panel.ListItem>
+  );
 }

apps/client/src/features/app-settings/panel/about-panel/CloudPanel.module.scss

@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+.card {
+  padding: 1.5rem;
+  border-color: rgba($action-blue, 0.42);
+  background-color: rgba($action-blue, 0.06);
+}
+
+.eyebrow {
+  color: $action-text-color;
+  font-size: calc(1rem - 3px);
+  font-weight: 700;
+  letter-spacing: 0.08em;
+  text-transform: uppercase;
+}
+
+.title {
+  margin-top: 0.35rem;
+  font-size: 1.5rem;
+  font-weight: 600;
+  line-height: 1.15;
+}
+
+.description {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  gap: 0.75rem;
+  max-width: 33rem;
+  margin-top: 0.9rem;
+  color: $gray-300;
+  line-height: 1.5;
+}
+
+.portability {
+  padding-top: 0.75rem;
+  border-top: 1px solid $white-10;
+  color: $gray-400;
+  font-size: calc(1rem - 2px);
+}
+
+.benefits {
+  display: grid;
+  grid-template-columns: repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr));
+  gap: 0.75rem 1rem;
+  margin-top: 1.5rem;
+  padding: 0;
+  list-style: none;
+
+  li {
+    display: flex;
+    align-items: flex-start;
+    gap: 0.5rem;
+    line-height: 1.4;
+  }
+
+  svg {
+    flex: 0 0 auto;
+    margin-top: 0.1rem;
+    color: $action-text-color;
+    font-size: 1.1rem;
+  }
+}
+
+.actions {
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  flex-wrap: wrap;
+  gap: 1rem;
+  margin-top: 1.5rem;
+}
+
+@media (max-width: $min-tablet) {
+  .benefits {
+    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
+  }
+}

apps/client/src/features/app-settings/panel/about-panel/CloudPanel.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+import { IoCheckmarkCircle } from 'react-icons/io5';
+
+import ExternalLink from '../../../../common/components/link/external-link/ExternalLink';
+import { isOntimeCloud, websiteUrl } from '../../../../externals';
+import * as Panel from '../../panel-utils/PanelUtils';
+
+import style from './CloudPanel.module.scss';
+
+export default function CloudPanel() {
+  if (isOntimeCloud) {
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <Panel.Section>
+      <Panel.Card className={style.card}>
+        <span className={style.eyebrow}>Ontime Cloud</span>
+        <h3 className={style.title}>Run Ontime online with zero setup</h3>
+        <p className={style.description}>
+          <span>
+            Ontime Cloud lets you run and share Ontime online with your team. Subscriptions support continued
+            development while Ontime remains fully open-source and self-hostable.
+          </span>
+          <span className={style.portability}>
+            Project files work locally and in Cloud, so your shows can move freely.
+          </span>
+        </p>
+        <ul className={style.benefits}>
+          <li>
+            <IoCheckmarkCircle />
+            Start in minutes, with no setup or maintenance
+          </li>
+          <li>
+            <IoCheckmarkCircle />
+            Coordinate multi-track rundowns with Overview views
+          </li>
+          <li>
+            <IoCheckmarkCircle />
+            Manage every instance from one dashboard
+          </li>
+          <li>
+            <IoCheckmarkCircle />
+            Share secure read-only views with collaborators
+          </li>
+        </ul>
+        <div className={style.actions}>
+          <ExternalLink href={websiteUrl}>Learn more about Ontime Cloud</ExternalLink>
+        </div>
+      </Panel.Card>
+    </Panel.Section>
+  );
+}

apps/client/src/features/app-settings/panel/about-panel/ExternalLinkRow.module.scss

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+.link {
+  width: calc(100% + (var(--panel-card-padding, 2rem) * 2));
+  margin: -0.75rem calc(var(--panel-card-padding, 2rem) * -1);
+  padding: 0.75rem var(--panel-card-padding, 2rem);
+
+  > :first-child {
+    flex: 1;
+    min-width: 0;
+  }
+}
+
+.action {
+  color: $action-text-color;
+  font-size: calc(1rem - 2px);
+}

apps/client/src/features/app-settings/panel/about-panel/ExternalLinkRow.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import ExternalLink from '../../../../common/components/link/external-link/ExternalLink';
+import * as Panel from '../../panel-utils/PanelUtils';
+
+import style from './ExternalLinkRow.module.scss';
+
+interface ExternalLinkRowProps {
+  href: string;
+  title: string;
+  description: string;
+}
+
+export default function ExternalLinkRow({ href, title, description }: ExternalLinkRowProps) {
+  return (
+    <Panel.ListItem interactive>
+      <ExternalLink href={href} className={style.link}>
+        <Panel.Field title={title} description={description} />
+        <span className={style.action}>Open</span>
+      </ExternalLink>
+    </Panel.ListItem>
+  );
+}

apps/client/src/features/app-settings/panel/automations-panel/AutomationForm.module.scss

@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 .outerColumn {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
   gap: 2rem;
-  margin-bottom: 2rem;
+  font-size: calc(1rem - 1px);
+  color: $ui-white;
+
+  // the shared modal body owns scrolling for this regular form modal
+  min-height: 100%;
+  padding-block: 0.5rem;
 
   h3 {
     font-size: 1rem;
@@ -19,61 +26,84 @@
   gap: 1rem;
 }
 
-.titleSection,
-.filterSection,
-.oscSection,
-.httpSection,
-.actionSection {
+.titleSection {
   display: grid;
+  grid-template-columns: 1fr;
   grid-gap: 0.5rem;
-
-  button {
-    align-self: flex-end;
-  }
 }
 
 .titleSection,
 .ruleSection,
-.filterSection,
-.oscSection,
-.httpSection,
-.actionSection {
-  label,
-  div {
-    // we use the div as non-interactive placeholder for button cells
-    // it needs to match the size of the label element
-    font-size: calc(1rem - 3px);
-  }
+.card {
   label {
+    display: block;
+    font-size: calc(1rem - 3px);
     color: $label-gray;
   }
 }
 
-.titleSection {
-  grid-template-columns: 1fr;
-}
-
-.filterSection {
-  grid-template-columns: 2fr 1fr 2fr auto;
-}
-
-.oscSection {
-  grid-template-columns: 9rem 5rem 3fr 4fr auto;
-}
-
-.httpSection {
-  grid-template-columns: 1fr auto;
-}
-
-.actionSection {
-  grid-template-columns: auto 1fr 1fr auto;
-
-  .test {
-    grid-column: -1;
-  }
-}
-
-.outputCard {
+/** shared shell for a single filter or output */
+.card {
+  border: 1px solid $white-10;
   border-left: 0.25rem solid $gray-1200;
-  padding-left: 0.5rem;
+  border-radius: $component-border-radius-md;
+  background-color: $black-10;
+}
+
+.cardHeader {
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 0.5rem;
+  padding: 0.5rem 0.75rem;
+  border-bottom: 1px solid $white-10;
+}
+
+/** pushes the actions to the end of the header, and absorbs any overflow */
+.cardSummary {
+  flex: 1;
+  min-width: 0;
+  overflow: hidden;
+  text-overflow: ellipsis;
+  white-space: nowrap;
+  font-size: $aux-text-size;
+  color: $secondary-text-gray;
+}
+
+.cardBody {
+  display: grid;
+  grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fit, minmax(11rem, 1fr));
+  gap: 0.5rem 0.75rem;
+  padding: 0.75rem;
+}
+
+/** for fields that read badly when narrow: OSC address and args, URLs, message text */
+.spanFull {
+  grid-column: 1 / -1;
+}
+
+.testOk {
+  display: inline-flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 0.25rem;
+  font-size: $aux-text-size;
+  color: $green-400;
+}
+
+.testError {
+  padding: 0 0.75rem 0.5rem;
+}
+
+.tagOsc {
+  background-color: $blue-1000;
+  color: $blue-300;
+}
+
+.tagHttp {
+  background-color: $green-1000;
+  color: $green-300;
+}
+
+.tagOntime {
+  background-color: $gray-1000;
+  color: $gray-200;
 }

apps/client/src/features/app-settings/panel/automations-panel/AutomationForm.tsx

@@ -1,51 +1,112 @@
 import {
   Automation,
   AutomationDTO,
+  AutomationFilter,
   HTTPOutput,
   OSCOutput,
   OntimeAction,
+  TimerLifeCycle,
+  Trigger,
   isHTTPOutput,
   isOSCOutput,
   isOntimeAction,
 } from 'ontime-types';
-import { useEffect, useMemo } from 'react';
+import { ReactNode, useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from 'react';
 import { useFieldArray, useForm } from 'react-hook-form';
-import { IoAdd, IoTrash } from 'react-icons/io5';
+import { IoAdd, IoCheckmark, IoTrash } from 'react-icons/io5';
 
-import { addAutomation, editAutomation, testOutput } from '../../../../common/api/automation';
+import {
+  addAutomation,
+  addTrigger,
+  deleteTrigger,
+  editAutomation,
+  testOutput,
+} from '../../../../common/api/automation';
 import { maybeAxiosError } from '../../../../common/api/utils';
 import Button from '../../../../common/components/buttons/Button';
 import IconButton from '../../../../common/components/buttons/IconButton';
+import { DropdownMenu } from '../../../../common/components/dropdown-menu/DropdownMenu';
 import Info from '../../../../common/components/info/Info';
 import Input from '../../../../common/components/input/input/Input';
 import ExternalLink from '../../../../common/components/link/external-link/ExternalLink';
+import Modal from '../../../../common/components/modal/Modal';
 import RadioGroup from '../../../../common/components/radio-group/RadioGroup';
 import Select from '../../../../common/components/select/Select';
 import Tag from '../../../../common/components/tag/Tag';
 import useAutomationSettings from '../../../../common/hooks-query/useAutomationSettings';
 import useCustomFields from '../../../../common/hooks-query/useCustomFields';
-import { preventEscape } from '../../../../common/utils/keyEvent';
 import { startsWithHttp } from '../../../../common/utils/regex';
 import * as Panel from '../../panel-utils/PanelUtils';
-import { isAutomation, makeFieldList } from './automationUtils';
+import { cycles, isAutomation, makeFieldList, operators } from './automationUtils';
 import OntimeActionForm from './OntimeActionForm';
 import TemplateInput from './template-input/TemplateInput';
 
 import style from './AutomationForm.module.scss';
 
 const integrationsDocsUrl = 'https://docs.getontime.no/api/automation/#using-variables-in-automation';
+const formId = 'automation-form';
+
+/** how long a successful test keeps its confirmation on screen */
+const testFeedbackDuration = 2000;
+
+type TestState = { status: 'sending' | 'ok' | 'error'; message?: string };
+
+/** lifecycles that fire continuously, and are worth a warning before a user picks one */
+const continuousCycles: TimerLifeCycle[] = [TimerLifeCycle.onClock, TimerLifeCycle.onUpdate];
 
 interface AutomationFormProps {
   automation: Automation | AutomationDTO;
+  /** global triggers, used to resolve which lifecycles this automation is currently bound to */
+  triggers: Trigger[];
   onClose: () => void;
 }
 
-export default function AutomationForm({ automation, onClose }: AutomationFormProps) {
+export default function AutomationForm({ automation, triggers, onClose }: AutomationFormProps) {
   const isEdit = isAutomation(automation);
   const { data } = useCustomFields();
   const { refetch } = useAutomationSettings();
   const fieldList = useMemo(() => makeFieldList(data), [data]);
 
+  /**
+   * Triggers are a separate entity, so they live outside the form state.
+   *
+   * We snapshot the automation's triggers when the form opens and reconcile against that
+   * snapshot, never against the live prop: settings are polled, so a trigger created
+   * elsewhere while this form is open must not be deleted by a save that never saw it.
+   */
+  const [initialTriggers] = useState<Trigger[]>(() =>
+    isAutomation(automation) ? triggers.filter((trigger) => trigger.automationId === automation.id) : [],
+  );
+  const initialCycles = useMemo(
+    () => Array.from(new Set(initialTriggers.map((trigger) => trigger.trigger))),
+    [initialTriggers],
+  );
+  const [selectedCycles, setSelectedCycles] = useState<TimerLifeCycle[]>(initialCycles);
+  /** set once a create succeeds, so a retry after a failed trigger sync edits instead of creating a duplicate */
+  const [createdId, setCreatedId] = useState<string | null>(null);
+
+  const cyclesAreDirty =
+    selectedCycles.length !== initialCycles.length ||
+    selectedCycles.some((cycle) => !initialCycles.includes(cycle)) ||
+    initialCycles.some((cycle) => !selectedCycles.includes(cycle));
+
+  const toggleCycle = (cycle: TimerLifeCycle) => {
+    setSelectedCycles((prev) => (prev.includes(cycle) ? prev.filter((c) => c !== cycle) : [...prev, cycle]));
+  };
+
+  /**
+   * A lifecycle can carry several differently named triggers, which the chips collapse into one.
+   * Unchecking it removes all of them, so say which ones rather than deleting them quietly.
+   */
+  const triggersToRemove = initialTriggers.filter((trigger) => !selectedCycles.includes(trigger.trigger));
+
+  /**
+   * Test results are keyed by the field array id rather than the index:
+   * removing an output shifts every index after it, which would leave feedback on the wrong row
+   */
+  const [testResults, setTestResults] = useState<Record<string, TestState>>({});
+  const feedbackTimers = useRef<Record<string, ReturnType<typeof setTimeout>>>({});
+
   const {
     control,
     handleSubmit,
@@ -92,6 +153,26 @@ export default function AutomationForm({ automation, onClose }: AutomationFormPr
     setFocus('title');
   }, [setFocus]);
 
+  // the timers outlive a fast close, clearing them avoids setting state on an unmounted form
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const timers = feedbackTimers.current;
+    return () => Object.values(timers).forEach(clearTimeout);
+  }, []);
+
+  const reportTest = (key: string, state: TestState) => {
+    setTestResults((prev) => ({ ...prev, [key]: state }));
+    clearTimeout(feedbackTimers.current[key]);
+
+    if (state.status === 'ok') {
+      feedbackTimers.current[key] = setTimeout(() => {
+        setTestResults((prev) => {
+          const { [key]: _discarded, ...rest } = prev;
+          return rest;
+        });
+      }, testFeedbackDuration);
+    }
+  };
+
   const handleAddNewFilter = () => {
     appendFilter({ field: '', operator: 'equals', value: '' });
   };
@@ -109,12 +190,15 @@ export default function AutomationForm({ automation, onClose }: AutomationFormPr
     appendOutput({ type: 'ontime', action: 'aux1-start' });
   };
 
-  const handleTestOSCOutput = async (index: number) => {
+  const handleTestOSCOutput = async (index: number, key: string) => {
+    const values = getValues(`outputs.${index}`) as OSCOutput;
+    if (!values.targetIP || !values.targetPort || !values.address) {
+      reportTest(key, { status: 'error', message: 'Fill in the target and address before testing' });
+      return;
+    }
+
+    reportTest(key, { status: 'sending' });
     try {
-      const values = getValues(`outputs.${index}`) as OSCOutput;
-      if (!values.targetIP || !values.targetPort || !values.address) {
-        return;
-      }
       await testOutput({
         type: 'osc',
         targetIP: values.targetIP,
@@ -122,347 +206,488 @@ export default function AutomationForm({ automation, onClose }: AutomationFormPr
         address: values.address,
         args: values.args,
       });
-    } catch (_error) {
-      /** we dont handle errors here, users should use the network tab */
+      // OSC is fire and forget over UDP, the most we can honestly claim is that we sent it
+      reportTest(key, { status: 'ok', message: 'Sent' });
+    } catch (error) {
+      reportTest(key, { status: 'error', message: maybeAxiosError(error) });
     }
   };
 
-  const handleTestHTTPOutput = async (index: number) => {
+  const handleTestHTTPOutput = async (index: number, key: string) => {
+    const values = getValues(`outputs.${index}`) as HTTPOutput;
+    if (!values.url) {
+      reportTest(key, { status: 'error', message: 'Add a target URL before testing' });
+      return;
+    }
+
+    reportTest(key, { status: 'sending' });
     try {
-      const values = getValues(`outputs.${index}`) as HTTPOutput;
-      if (!values.url) {
-        return;
-      }
-      await testOutput({
-        type: 'http',
-        url: values.url,
-      });
-    } catch (_error) {
-      /** we dont handle errors here, users should use the network tab */
+      await testOutput({ type: 'http', url: values.url });
+      reportTest(key, { status: 'ok', message: 'Sent' });
+    } catch (error) {
+      reportTest(key, { status: 'error', message: maybeAxiosError(error) });
     }
   };
 
-  const handleTestOntimeAction = async (index: number) => {
+  const handleTestOntimeAction = async (index: number, key: string) => {
+    const values = getValues(`outputs.${index}`) as OntimeAction;
+
+    reportTest(key, { status: 'sending' });
     try {
-      const values = getValues(`outputs.${index}`) as OntimeAction;
       // NOTE: there is no meaningful validation to do here, we let the server deal with the data
-      await testOutput({
-        ...values,
-        type: 'ontime',
-      });
-    } catch (_error) {
-      /** we dont handle errors here */
+      await testOutput({ ...values, type: 'ontime' });
+      reportTest(key, { status: 'ok', message: 'Done' });
+    } catch (error) {
+      reportTest(key, { status: 'error', message: maybeAxiosError(error) });
+    }
+  };
+
+  /**
+   * Reconciles the lifecycle selection against the global triggers.
+   * Runs after the automation itself is saved: a new automation has no id until then.
+   *
+   * Both sides are diffed against the mount-time snapshot, so this only ever removes
+   * triggers the user could actually see when they made the change.
+   */
+  const syncTriggers = async (automationId: string, title: string) => {
+    for (const trigger of triggersToRemove) {
+      await deleteTrigger(trigger.id);
+    }
+
+    const toAdd = selectedCycles.filter((cycle) => !initialCycles.includes(cycle));
+    for (const cycle of toAdd) {
+      const label = cycles.find(({ value }) => value === cycle)?.label ?? cycle;
+      await addTrigger({ title: `${title} — ${label}`, trigger: cycle, automationId });
     }
   };
 
   const onSubmit = async (values: AutomationDTO) => {
-    if (isAutomation(automation)) {
-      await handleEdit(automation.id, { id: automation.id, ...values });
-    } else {
-      await handleCreate(values);
+    // saving happens in two requests, so a retry after a partial failure must edit rather than create again
+    const existingId = isAutomation(automation) ? automation.id : createdId;
+    let automationId: string;
+
+    try {
+      if (existingId) {
+        await editAutomation(existingId, { id: existingId, ...values });
+        automationId = existingId;
+      } else {
+        const created = await addAutomation(values);
+        setCreatedId(created.id);
+        automationId = created.id;
+      }
+    } catch (error) {
+      setError('root', { message: maybeAxiosError(error) });
+      return;
     }
+
+    try {
+      await syncTriggers(automationId, values.title);
+    } catch (error) {
+      // the automation itself is saved, only its triggers failed. Keep the form open so the user can retry
+      refetch();
+      setError('root', { message: `Automation saved, but its triggers failed: ${maybeAxiosError(error)}` });
+      return;
+    }
+
     refetch();
-
-    async function handleEdit(id: string, values: Automation) {
-      try {
-        await editAutomation(id, values);
-        onClose();
-      } catch (error) {
-        setError('root', { message: maybeAxiosError(error) });
-      }
-    }
-
-    async function handleCreate(values: AutomationDTO) {
-      try {
-        await addAutomation(values);
-        onClose();
-      } catch (error) {
-        setError('root', { message: maybeAxiosError(error) });
-      }
-    }
+    onClose();
   };
 
-  const canSubmit = !isSubmitting && isDirty && isValid;
+  /** describes a filter in plain language so the user does not have to read the form back to themselves */
+  const describeFilter = (index: number): string | null => {
+    const field = watch(`filters.${index}.field`);
+    if (!field) {
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    const fieldLabel = fieldList.find((option) => option.value === field)?.label ?? field;
+    const operator = watch(`filters.${index}.operator`);
+    const operatorLabel = operators.find((option) => option.value === operator)?.label ?? operator;
+    const value = watch(`filters.${index}.value`);
+
+    return `${fieldLabel} ${operatorLabel} ${value ? `“${value}”` : 'nothing'}`;
+  };
+
+  const canSubmit = !isSubmitting && (isDirty || cyclesAreDirty) && isValid;
+  const hasContinuousCycle = selectedCycles.some((cycle) => continuousCycles.includes(cycle));
 
   return (
-    <Panel.Indent
-      as='form'
-      name='automation-form'
-      onSubmit={handleSubmit(onSubmit)}
-      className={style.outerColumn}
-      onKeyDown={(event) => preventEscape(event, onClose)}
-    >
-      <Panel.SubHeader>{isEdit ? 'Edit automation' : 'Create automation'}</Panel.SubHeader>
-      <div className={style.innerSection}>
-        <h3>Automation options</h3>
-        <div className={style.titleSection}>
-          <label>
-            Title
-            <Input
-              {...register('title', { required: { value: true, message: 'Required field' } })}
-              fluid
-              placeholder='Load preset'
-            />
-          </label>
-          <Panel.Error>{errors.title?.message}</Panel.Error>
-        </div>
-      </div>
+    <Modal
+      isOpen
+      onClose={onClose}
+      showBackdrop
+      showCloseButton
+      size='wide'
+      title={isEdit ? 'Edit automation' : 'Create automation'}
+      bodyElements={
+        <form id={formId} onSubmit={handleSubmit(onSubmit)} className={style.outerColumn}>
+          <div className={style.innerColumn}>
+            <h3>Automation options</h3>
+            <div className={style.titleSection}>
+              <label>
+                Title
+                <Input
+                  {...register('title', { required: { value: true, message: 'Required field' } })}
+                  fluid
+                  placeholder='Load preset'
+                />
+              </label>
+              <Panel.Error>{errors.title?.message}</Panel.Error>
+            </div>
 
-      <div className={style.innerSection}>
-        <h3>Filters (optional)</h3>
-        <div className={style.ruleSection}>
-          <label>
-            Trigger outputs if
-            <RadioGroup
-              orientation='horizontal'
-              value={watch('filterRule')}
-              onValueChange={(value) => setValue('filterRule', value, { shouldDirty: true })}
-              items={[
-                { value: 'all', label: 'All filters pass' },
-                { value: 'any', label: 'Any filter passes' },
-              ]}
-            />
-          </label>
-          {fieldFilters.map((field, index) => {
-            const key = `filters.${index}.field.${field.id}`;
-            return (
-              <div key={key} className={style.filterSection}>
-                <label>
-                  Runtime data source
-                  <Select<string | null>
-                    // need to normalize '' to null for the Select to show the placeholder
-                    value={watch(`filters.${index}.field`) || null}
-                    onValueChange={(value) => {
-                      if (value === null) return;
-                      setValue(`filters.${index}.field`, value, { shouldDirty: true });
-                    }}
-                    options={fieldList.map(({ value, label }) => ({
-                      value,
-                      label,
-                      disabled: value === null,
-                    }))}
-                    aria-label='Event field'
-                  />
-                  <Panel.Error>{errors.filters?.[index]?.field?.message}</Panel.Error>
-                </label>
-                <label>
-                  Matching condition
-                  <Select
-                    value={watch(`filters.${index}.operator`)}
-                    onValueChange={(value: string | null) => {
-                      if (value === null) return;
-                      setValue(
-                        `filters.${index}.operator`,
-                        value as 'equals' | 'not_equals' | 'greater_than' | 'less_than' | 'contains' | 'not_contains',
-                        { shouldDirty: true },
-                      );
-                    }}
-                    options={[
-                      { value: 'equals', label: 'equals' },
-                      { value: 'not_equals', label: 'not equals' },
-                      { value: 'contains', label: 'contains' },
-                    ]}
-                    aria-label='Operator'
-                  />
-                  <Panel.Error>{errors.filters?.[index]?.operator?.message}</Panel.Error>
-                </label>
-                <label>
-                  Value to match
-                  <Input {...register(`filters.${index}.value`)} fluid placeholder='<empty / no value>' />
-                </label>
-                <div>
-                  <span>&nbsp;</span>
-                  <div>
-                    <IconButton aria-label='Delete' variant='ghosted-destructive' onClick={() => removeFilter(index)}>
-                      <IoTrash />
-                    </IconButton>
-                  </div>
-                </div>
-              </div>
-            );
-          })}
-          <div>
-            <Button onClick={handleAddNewFilter}>
-              Add filter <IoAdd />
-            </Button>
-          </div>
-        </div>
-      </div>
-
-      <div className={style.innerColumn}>
-        <h3>Outputs</h3>
-        <Info>
-          Automation outputs can be used to send data from Ontime to external software <br />
-          or to change properties of Ontime itself.
-          <ExternalLink href={integrationsDocsUrl}>See the documentation for templates</ExternalLink>
-        </Info>
-
-        {fieldOutputs.map((output, index) => {
-          if (isOSCOutput(output)) {
-            const rowErrors = errors.outputs?.[index] as
-              | {
-                  targetIP?: { message?: string };
-                  targetPort?: { message?: string };
-                  address?: { message?: string };
-                  args?: { message?: string };
-                }
-              | undefined;
-
-            return (
-              <div key={output.id} className={style.outputCard}>
-                <Tag>OSC</Tag>
-                <div className={style.oscSection}>
-                  <label>
-                    Target IP
-                    <Input
-                      {...register(`outputs.${index}.targetIP`, {
-                        required: { value: true, message: 'Required field' },
-                      })}
-                      fluid
-                      placeholder='127.0.0.1'
-                    />
-                    <Panel.Error>{rowErrors?.targetIP?.message}</Panel.Error>
-                  </label>
-                  <label>
-                    Target Port
-                    <Input
-                      {...register(`outputs.${index}.targetPort`, {
-                        required: { value: true, message: 'Required field' },
-                        setValueAs: (value) => (value === '' ? 0 : Number(value)),
-                        max: { value: 65535, message: 'Port must be within range 1024 - 65535' },
-                        min: { value: 1024, message: 'Port must be within range 1024 - 65535' },
-                      })}
-                      fluid
-                      type='number'
-                      maxLength={5}
-                      placeholder='8000'
-                    />
-                    <Panel.Error>{rowErrors?.targetPort?.message}</Panel.Error>
-                  </label>
-                  <label>
-                    Address
-                    <Input {...register(`outputs.${index}.address`)} fluid placeholder='/cue/start' />
-                    <Panel.Error>{rowErrors?.address?.message}</Panel.Error>
-                  </label>
-                  <label>
-                    Arguments
-                    <TemplateInput {...register(`outputs.${index}.args`)} value={output.args} placeholder='1' />
-                    <Panel.Error>{rowErrors?.args?.message}</Panel.Error>
-                  </label>
-                  <div>
-                    <span>&nbsp;</span>
-                    <Panel.InlineElements relation='inner'>
-                      <Button variant='ghosted-white' onClick={() => handleTestOSCOutput(index)}>
-                        Test
-                      </Button>
-                      <IconButton aria-label='Delete' variant='ghosted-destructive' onClick={() => removeOutput(index)}>
-                        <IoTrash />
-                      </IconButton>
-                    </Panel.InlineElements>
-                  </div>
-                </div>
-              </div>
-            );
-          }
-          if (isHTTPOutput(output)) {
-            const rowErrors = errors.outputs?.[index] as
-              | {
-                  url?: { message?: string };
-                }
-              | undefined;
-            return (
-              <div key={output.id} className={style.outputCard}>
-                <Tag>HTTP</Tag>
-                <div className={style.httpSection}>
-                  <label>
-                    Target URL
-                    <Input
-                      {...register(`outputs.${index}.url`, {
-                        required: { value: true, message: 'Required field' },
-                        pattern: {
-                          value: startsWithHttp,
-                          message: 'HTTP messages should target http:// or https://',
-                        },
-                      })}
-                      fluid
-                      placeholder='http://127.0.0.1/start/1'
-                    />
-                    <Panel.Error>{rowErrors?.url?.message}</Panel.Error>
-                  </label>
-                  <div>
-                    <span>&nbsp;</span>
-                    <Panel.InlineElements relation='inner'>
-                      <Button variant='ghosted-white' onClick={() => handleTestHTTPOutput(index)}>
-                        Test
-                      </Button>
-                      <IconButton aria-label='Delete' variant='ghosted-destructive' onClick={() => removeOutput(index)}>
-                        <IoTrash />
-                      </IconButton>
-                    </Panel.InlineElements>
-                  </div>
-                </div>
-              </div>
-            );
-          }
-
-          if (isOntimeAction(output)) {
-            const rowErrors = errors.outputs?.[index] as
-              | {
-                  action?: { message?: string };
-                  time?: { message?: string };
-                  text?: { message?: string };
-                  visible?: { message?: string };
-                  secondarySource?: { message?: string };
-                }
-              | undefined;
-            return (
-              <div key={output.id} className={style.outputCard}>
-                <Tag>Ontime action</Tag>
-                <OntimeActionForm
-                  value={output.action}
-                  index={index}
-                  register={register}
-                  rowErrors={rowErrors}
-                  setValue={setValue}
-                  watch={watch}
-                >
-                  <span>&nbsp;</span>
-                  <Panel.InlineElements relation='inner'>
-                    <Button variant='ghosted-white' onClick={() => handleTestOntimeAction(index)}>
-                      Test
+            <div className={style.titleSection}>
+              <label id='runs-on-label'>Runs on</label>
+              <Panel.Description>
+                Pick the moments in the timer lifecycle that should run this automation. You can also attach it to a
+                single event from the event editor.
+              </Panel.Description>
+              <Panel.InlineElements relation='inner' wrap='wrap' aria-labelledby='runs-on-label' role='group'>
+                {cycles.map(({ id, label, value }) => {
+                  const cycle = value as TimerLifeCycle;
+                  const isSelected = selectedCycles.includes(cycle);
+                  return (
+                    <Button
+                      key={id}
+                      size='small'
+                      variant={isSelected ? 'primary' : 'subtle'}
+                      aria-pressed={isSelected}
+                      onClick={() => toggleCycle(cycle)}
+                    >
+                      {label}
                     </Button>
-                    <IconButton aria-label='Delete' variant='ghosted-destructive' onClick={() => removeOutput(index)}>
-                      <IoTrash />
-                    </IconButton>
-                  </Panel.InlineElements>
-                </OntimeActionForm>
+                  );
+                })}
+              </Panel.InlineElements>
+              {hasContinuousCycle && (
+                <Panel.Description tone='warning'>
+                  Every second and On Timer Update fire continuously while the timer runs. Add a filter unless you mean
+                  to send on every tick.
+                </Panel.Description>
+              )}
+              {triggersToRemove.length > 0 && (
+                <Panel.Description tone='warning'>
+                  {`Saving removes ${triggersToRemove.length === 1 ? 'the trigger' : `${triggersToRemove.length} triggers`}: ${triggersToRemove
+                    .map((trigger) => trigger.title)
+                    .join(', ')}`}
+                </Panel.Description>
+              )}
+            </div>
+          </div>
+
+          <div className={style.innerColumn}>
+            <h3>Filters (optional)</h3>
+            <Panel.Description>
+              Without filters the outputs are sent every time the automation is triggered.
+            </Panel.Description>
+            <div className={style.ruleSection}>
+              {fieldFilters.length > 1 && (
+                <label>
+                  Trigger outputs if
+                  <RadioGroup
+                    orientation='horizontal'
+                    value={watch('filterRule')}
+                    onValueChange={(value) => setValue('filterRule', value, { shouldDirty: true })}
+                    items={[
+                      { value: 'all', label: 'All filters pass' },
+                      { value: 'any', label: 'Any filter passes' },
+                    ]}
+                  />
+                </label>
+              )}
+              {fieldFilters.map((field, index) => {
+                const description = describeFilter(index);
+                return (
+                  <div key={field.id} className={style.card}>
+                    <div className={style.cardHeader}>
+                      <Tag>Filter</Tag>
+                      <span className={style.cardSummary}>{description}</span>
+                      <IconButton
+                        aria-label='Delete filter'
+                        variant='ghosted-destructive'
+                        onClick={() => removeFilter(index)}
+                      >
+                        <IoTrash />
+                      </IconButton>
+                    </div>
+                    <div className={style.cardBody}>
+                      <label>
+                        Runtime data source
+                        <Select<string | null>
+                          // need to normalize '' to null for the Select to show the placeholder
+                          value={watch(`filters.${index}.field`) || null}
+                          onValueChange={(value) => {
+                            if (value === null) return;
+                            setValue(`filters.${index}.field`, value, { shouldDirty: true });
+                          }}
+                          options={fieldList.map(({ value, label }) => ({
+                            value,
+                            label,
+                            disabled: value === null,
+                          }))}
+                          aria-label='Event field'
+                        />
+                        <Panel.Error>{errors.filters?.[index]?.field?.message}</Panel.Error>
+                      </label>
+                      <label>
+                        Matching condition
+                        <Select
+                          value={watch(`filters.${index}.operator`)}
+                          onValueChange={(value: string | null) => {
+                            if (value === null) return;
+                            setValue(`filters.${index}.operator`, value as AutomationFilter['operator'], {
+                              shouldDirty: true,
+                            });
+                          }}
+                          options={operators}
+                          aria-label='Operator'
+                        />
+                        <Panel.Error>{errors.filters?.[index]?.operator?.message}</Panel.Error>
+                      </label>
+                      <label>
+                        Value to match
+                        <Input {...register(`filters.${index}.value`)} fluid placeholder='<empty / no value>' />
+                      </label>
+                    </div>
+                  </div>
+                );
+              })}
+              <div>
+                <Button onClick={handleAddNewFilter}>
+                  Add filter <IoAdd />
+                </Button>
               </div>
-            );
-          }
+            </div>
+          </div>
 
-          // there should be no other output types
-          return null;
-        })}
-        <Panel.InlineElements relation='inner'>
-          <Button onClick={handleAddNewOSCOutput}>
-            OSC <IoAdd />
-          </Button>
-          <Button onClick={handleAddNewHTTPOutput}>
-            HTTP <IoAdd />
-          </Button>
-          <Button onClick={handleAddnewOntimeAction}>
-            Ontime action <IoAdd />
-          </Button>
-        </Panel.InlineElements>
-      </div>
+          <div className={style.innerColumn}>
+            <h3>Outputs</h3>
+            <Info>
+              Automation outputs can be used to send data from Ontime to external software <br />
+              or to change properties of Ontime itself. <br /> <br />
+              Use Ontime runtime data in these fields with template strings. Type {'{{'} to see autocomplete, or{' '}
+              <ExternalLink href={integrationsDocsUrl}>read the docs</ExternalLink>
+            </Info>
 
-      <Panel.InlineElements align='end'>
-        {errors?.root && <Panel.Error>{errors.root.message}</Panel.Error>}
-        <Button onClick={onClose}>Cancel</Button>
-        <Button variant='primary' type='submit' disabled={!canSubmit} loading={isSubmitting}>
-          Save
-        </Button>
-      </Panel.InlineElements>
-    </Panel.Indent>
+            {fieldOutputs.length === 0 && (
+              <Panel.EmptyState
+                title='This automation does nothing yet'
+                description='An automation without outputs will be triggered, but it has nothing to send.'
+              />
+            )}
+
+            {fieldOutputs.map((output, index) => {
+              if (isOSCOutput(output)) {
+                const rowErrors = errors.outputs?.[index] as
+                  | {
+                      targetIP?: { message?: string };
+                      targetPort?: { message?: string };
+                      address?: { message?: string };
+                      args?: { message?: string };
+                    }
+                  | undefined;
+
+                return (
+                  <OutputCard
+                    key={output.id}
+                    label='OSC'
+                    kindClass={style.tagOsc}
+                    summary={watch(`outputs.${index}.address`)}
+                    testState={testResults[output.id]}
+                    onTest={() => handleTestOSCOutput(index, output.id)}
+                    onDelete={() => removeOutput(index)}
+                  >
+                    <label>
+                      Target IP
+                      <Input
+                        {...register(`outputs.${index}.targetIP`, {
+                          required: { value: true, message: 'Required field' },
+                        })}
+                        fluid
+                        placeholder='127.0.0.1'
+                      />
+                      <Panel.Error>{rowErrors?.targetIP?.message}</Panel.Error>
+                    </label>
+                    <label>
+                      Target Port
+                      <Input
+                        {...register(`outputs.${index}.targetPort`, {
+                          required: { value: true, message: 'Required field' },
+                          setValueAs: (value) => (value === '' ? 0 : Number(value)),
+                          max: { value: 65535, message: 'Port must be within range 1024 - 65535' },
+                          min: { value: 1024, message: 'Port must be within range 1024 - 65535' },
+                        })}
+                        fluid
+                        type='number'
+                        maxLength={5}
+                        placeholder='8000'
+                      />
+                      <Panel.Error>{rowErrors?.targetPort?.message}</Panel.Error>
+                    </label>
+                    <label className={style.spanFull}>
+                      Address
+                      <TemplateInput
+                        {...register(`outputs.${index}.address`)}
+                        value={output.address}
+                        fluid
+                        placeholder='/cue/start'
+                      />
+                      <Panel.Error>{rowErrors?.address?.message}</Panel.Error>
+                    </label>
+                    <label className={style.spanFull}>
+                      Arguments
+                      <TemplateInput {...register(`outputs.${index}.args`)} value={output.args} fluid placeholder='1' />
+                      <Panel.Error>{rowErrors?.args?.message}</Panel.Error>
+                    </label>
+                  </OutputCard>
+                );
+              }
+
+              if (isHTTPOutput(output)) {
+                const rowErrors = errors.outputs?.[index] as
+                  | {
+                      url?: { message?: string };
+                    }
+                  | undefined;
+                return (
+                  <OutputCard
+                    key={output.id}
+                    label='HTTP'
+                    kindClass={style.tagHttp}
+                    testState={testResults[output.id]}
+                    onTest={() => handleTestHTTPOutput(index, output.id)}
+                    onDelete={() => removeOutput(index)}
+                  >
+                    <label className={style.spanFull}>
+                      Target URL
+                      <TemplateInput
+                        {...register(`outputs.${index}.url`, {
+                          required: { value: true, message: 'Required field' },
+                          pattern: {
+                            value: startsWithHttp,
+                            message: 'HTTP messages should target http:// or https://',
+                          },
+                        })}
+                        value={output.url}
+                        fluid
+                        placeholder='http://127.0.0.1/start/1'
+                      />
+                      <Panel.Error>{rowErrors?.url?.message}</Panel.Error>
+                    </label>
+                  </OutputCard>
+                );
+              }
+
+              if (isOntimeAction(output)) {
+                const rowErrors = errors.outputs?.[index] as
+                  | {
+                      action?: { message?: string };
+                      time?: { message?: string };
+                      text?: { message?: string };
+                      visible?: { message?: string };
+                      secondarySource?: { message?: string };
+                    }
+                  | undefined;
+                return (
+                  <OutputCard
+                    key={output.id}
+                    label='Ontime action'
+                    kindClass={style.tagOntime}
+                    testState={testResults[output.id]}
+                    onTest={() => handleTestOntimeAction(index, output.id)}
+                    onDelete={() => removeOutput(index)}
+                  >
+                    <OntimeActionForm
+                      value={output.action}
+                      index={index}
+                      register={register}
+                      rowErrors={rowErrors}
+                      setValue={setValue}
+                      watch={watch}
+                    />
+                  </OutputCard>
+                );
+              }
+
+              return null;
+            })}
+            <div>
+              <DropdownMenu
+                render={<Button />}
+                items={[
+                  {
+                    type: 'item',
+                    label: 'OSC',
+                    description: 'Send an OSC message to a device on the network',
+                    onClick: handleAddNewOSCOutput,
+                  },
+                  {
+                    type: 'item',
+                    label: 'HTTP',
+                    description: 'Call a URL, for webhooks and REST APIs',
+                    onClick: handleAddNewHTTPOutput,
+                  },
+                  {
+                    type: 'item',
+                    label: 'Ontime action',
+                    description: 'Change something inside Ontime, like a message or an aux timer',
+                    onClick: handleAddnewOntimeAction,
+                  },
+                ]}
+              >
+                Add output <IoAdd />
+              </DropdownMenu>
+            </div>
+          </div>
+        </form>
+      }
+      footerElements={
+        <>
+          {errors?.root && <Panel.Error>{errors.root.message}</Panel.Error>}
+          <Button onClick={onClose}>Cancel</Button>
+          <Button variant='primary' type='submit' form={formId} disabled={!canSubmit} loading={isSubmitting}>
+            Save
+          </Button>
+        </>
+      }
+    />
+  );
+}
+
+interface OutputCardProps {
+  label: string;
+  kindClass?: string;
+  summary?: string;
+  testState?: TestState;
+  onTest: () => void;
+  onDelete: () => void;
+  children: ReactNode;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Shared chrome for every output kind: the type tag and the actions live in the header,
+ * so they stop competing with the form fields for grid columns
+ */
+function OutputCard({ label, kindClass, summary, testState, onTest, onDelete, children }: OutputCardProps) {
+  return (
+    <div className={style.card}>
+      <div className={style.cardHeader}>
+        <Tag className={kindClass}>{label}</Tag>
+        <span className={style.cardSummary}>{summary}</span>
+        {testState?.status === 'ok' && (
+          <span className={style.testOk}>
+            <IoCheckmark />
+            {testState.message}
+          </span>
+        )}
+        <Button variant='ghosted-white' onClick={onTest} loading={testState?.status === 'sending'}>
+          Test
+        </Button>
+        <IconButton aria-label='Delete output' variant='ghosted-destructive' onClick={onDelete}>
+          <IoTrash />
+        </IconButton>
+      </div>
+      {testState?.status === 'error' && <Panel.Error className={style.testError}>{testState.message}</Panel.Error>}
+      <div className={style.cardBody}>{children}</div>
+    </div>
   );
 }

apps/client/src/features/app-settings/panel/automations-panel/AutomationPanel.tsx

@@ -19,24 +19,32 @@ export default function AutomationPanel({ location }: PanelBaseProps) {
   return (
     <>
       <Panel.Header>Automation</Panel.Header>
-      <Panel.Section>
-        <Panel.Loader isLoading={isLoading} />
-        <div ref={settingsRef}>
-          <AutomationSettingsForm
-            enabledAutomations={data.enabledAutomations}
-            enabledOscIn={data.enabledOscIn}
-            oscPortIn={data.oscPortIn}
-            automationState={automationState}
-            oscInputState={oscInputState}
-          />
-        </div>
-        <div ref={automationsRef}>
-          <AutomationsList automations={data.automations} enabledAutomations={automationState} />
-        </div>
-        <div ref={triggersRef}>
-          <TriggersList triggers={data.triggers} automations={data.automations} enabledAutomations={automationState} />
-        </div>
-      </Panel.Section>
+      <div ref={settingsRef}>
+        <AutomationSettingsForm
+          enabledAutomations={data.enabledAutomations}
+          enabledOscIn={data.enabledOscIn}
+          oscPortIn={data.oscPortIn}
+          automationState={automationState}
+          oscInputState={oscInputState}
+          isLoading={isLoading}
+        />
+      </div>
+      <div ref={automationsRef}>
+        <AutomationsList
+          automations={data.automations}
+          triggers={data.triggers}
+          enabledAutomations={automationState}
+          isLoading={isLoading}
+        />
+      </div>
+      <div ref={triggersRef}>
+        <TriggersList
+          triggers={data.triggers}
+          automations={data.automations}
+          enabledAutomations={automationState}
+          isLoading={isLoading}
+        />
+      </div>
     </>
   );
 }

apps/client/src/features/app-settings/panel/automations-panel/AutomationSettingsForm.tsx

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import { preventEscape } from '../../../../common/utils/keyEvent';
 import { isOnlyNumbers } from '../../../../common/utils/regex';
 import { isOntimeCloud } from '../../../../externals';
 import * as Panel from '../../panel-utils/PanelUtils';
+import useAppSettingsNavigation from '../../useAppSettingsNavigation';
 
 const oscApiDocsUrl = 'https://docs.getontime.no/api/protocols/osc/';
 
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ interface AutomationSettingsProps {
   oscPortIn: number;
   automationState?: boolean;
   oscInputState?: boolean;
+  isLoading?: boolean;
 }
 
 export default function AutomationSettingsForm({
@@ -29,7 +31,9 @@ export default function AutomationSettingsForm({
   oscPortIn,
   automationState,
   oscInputState,
+  isLoading,
 }: AutomationSettingsProps) {
+  const { setLocation } = useAppSettingsNavigation();
   const {
     handleSubmit,
     reset,
@@ -65,126 +69,137 @@ export default function AutomationSettingsForm({
   const oscInputEnabled = watch('enabledOscIn');
 
   return (
-    <Panel.Card>
-      <Panel.SubHeader>
-        Automation settings
-        <Panel.InlineElements>
-          <Button variant='ghosted' onClick={onReset} disabled={!canSubmit}>
-            Revert to saved
-          </Button>
-          <Button
-            variant='primary'
-            type='submit'
-            form='automation-settings-form'
-            disabled={!canSubmit}
-            loading={isSubmitting}
-          >
-            Save
-          </Button>
-        </Panel.InlineElements>
-      </Panel.SubHeader>
-      {errors?.root && <Panel.Error>{errors.root.message}</Panel.Error>}
+    <Panel.Section>
+      <Panel.Card>
+        <Panel.Loader isLoading={Boolean(isLoading)} />
+        <Panel.SubHeader>
+          Automation settings
+          <Panel.InlineElements>
+            <Button variant='ghosted' onClick={onReset} disabled={!canSubmit}>
+              Revert to saved
+            </Button>
+            <Button
+              variant='primary'
+              type='submit'
+              form='automation-settings-form'
+              disabled={!canSubmit}
+              loading={isSubmitting}
+            >
+              Save
+            </Button>
+          </Panel.InlineElements>
+        </Panel.SubHeader>
+        {errors?.root && <Panel.Error>{errors.root.message}</Panel.Error>}
 
-      <Panel.Divider />
+        <Panel.Divider />
 
-      <Panel.Section>
-        <Info>
-          <span>Control Ontime and share its data with external systems in your workflow.</span>
-          <span>- Automations allow Ontime to send its data on lifecycle triggers.</span>
-          <span>- OSC Input tells Ontime to listen to messages on the specific port.</span>
-          <ExternalLink href={oscApiDocsUrl}>See the docs</ExternalLink>
-        </Info>
-      </Panel.Section>
+        <Panel.Section>
+          <Info>
+            <span>Control Ontime and share its data with external systems in your workflow.</span>
+            <span>- An automation is what to send: OSC and HTTP messages, or an action inside Ontime.</span>
+            <span>- A trigger is when to send it. Triggers for a single event live in the event editor.</span>
+            <span>- OSC Input tells Ontime to listen to messages on the specific port.</span>
+            <Info.Footer>
+              <Panel.InlineElements relation='inner'>
+                <ExternalLink href={oscApiDocsUrl}>See the docs</ExternalLink>
+                <Button variant='ghosted' size='small' onClick={() => setLocation('network__log')}>
+                  Automations report to the event log
+                </Button>
+              </Panel.InlineElements>
+            </Info.Footer>
+          </Info>
+        </Panel.Section>
 
-      <Panel.Section
-        as='form'
-        id='automation-settings-form'
-        onSubmit={handleSubmit(onSubmit)}
-        onKeyDown={(event) => preventEscape(event, onReset)}
-      >
-        <Panel.Loader isLoading={false} />
+        <Panel.Section
+          as='form'
+          id='automation-settings-form'
+          onSubmit={handleSubmit(onSubmit)}
+          onKeyDown={(event) => preventEscape(event, onReset)}
+        >
+          <Panel.Title>Automation</Panel.Title>
+          <Panel.ListGroup>
+            <Panel.ListItem>
+              <Panel.Field
+                title={
+                  <>
+                    <span>Enable automations</span>
+                    {automationState === false && <Tag variant='warning'>OFF</Tag>}
+                  </>
+                }
+                description={
+                  automationState === false
+                    ? 'Automations are OFF. Triggers stay configured, but Ontime will not send messages.'
+                    : 'Allow Ontime to send messages on lifecycle triggers'
+                }
+                descriptionTone={automationState === false ? 'warning' : 'default'}
+                error={errors.enabledAutomations?.message}
+              />
+              <Switch
+                size='large'
+                checked={automationsEnabled}
+                onCheckedChange={(value: boolean) =>
+                  setValue('enabledAutomations', value, { shouldDirty: true, shouldValidate: true })
+                }
+              />
+            </Panel.ListItem>
+          </Panel.ListGroup>
+          <Panel.Title>OSC Input</Panel.Title>
 
-        <Panel.Title>Automation</Panel.Title>
-        <Panel.ListGroup>
-          <Panel.ListItem>
-            <Panel.Field
-              title={
-                <>
-                  <span>Enable automations</span>
-                  {automationState === false && <Tag variant='warning'>OFF</Tag>}
-                </>
-              }
-              description={
-                automationState === false
-                  ? 'Automations are OFF. Triggers stay configured, but Ontime will not send messages.'
-                  : 'Allow Ontime to send messages on lifecycle triggers'
-              }
-              descriptionTone={automationState === false ? 'warning' : 'default'}
-              error={errors.enabledAutomations?.message}
-            />
-            <Switch
-              size='large'
-              checked={automationsEnabled}
-              onCheckedChange={(value: boolean) =>
-                setValue('enabledAutomations', value, { shouldDirty: true, shouldValidate: true })
-              }
-            />
-          </Panel.ListItem>
-        </Panel.ListGroup>
-        <Panel.Title>OSC Input</Panel.Title>
-
-        <Panel.ListGroup>
-          {isOntimeCloud && <Info>For security reasons OSC integrations are not available in the cloud service.</Info>}
-          <Panel.ListItem>
-            <Panel.Field
-              title={
-                <>
-                  <span>OSC input</span>
-                  {oscInputState === false && <Tag variant='warning'>OFF</Tag>}
-                </>
-              }
-              description={
-                oscInputState === false
-                  ? 'OSC input is OFF. Ontime will not listen for incoming OSC control messages.'
-                  : 'Allow control of Ontime through OSC'
-              }
-              descriptionTone={oscInputState === false ? 'warning' : 'default'}
-              error={errors.enabledOscIn?.message}
-            />
-            <Switch
-              size='large'
-              checked={oscInputEnabled}
-              onCheckedChange={(value: boolean) =>
-                setValue('enabledOscIn', value, { shouldDirty: true, shouldValidate: true })
-              }
-            />
-          </Panel.ListItem>
-          <Panel.ListItem>
-            <Panel.Field
-              title='Listen on port'
-              description='Port for incoming OSC. Default: 8888'
-              error={errors.oscPortIn?.message}
-            />
-            <Input
-              id='oscPortIn'
-              placeholder='8888'
-              maxLength={5}
-              style={{ textAlign: 'right', width: '5rem' }}
-              type='number'
-              fluid
-              {...register('oscPortIn', {
-                required: { value: true, message: 'Required field' },
-                max: { value: 65535, message: 'Port must be within range 1024 - 65535' },
-                min: { value: 1024, message: 'Port must be within range 1024 - 65535' },
-                pattern: {
-                  value: isOnlyNumbers,
-                  message: 'Value should be numeric',
-                },
-              })}
-            />
-          </Panel.ListItem>
-        </Panel.ListGroup>
-      </Panel.Section>
-    </Panel.Card>
+          <Panel.ListGroup>
+            {isOntimeCloud && (
+              <Info>For security reasons OSC integrations are not available in the cloud service.</Info>
+            )}
+            <Panel.ListItem>
+              <Panel.Field
+                title={
+                  <>
+                    <span>OSC input</span>
+                    {oscInputState === false && <Tag variant='warning'>OFF</Tag>}
+                  </>
+                }
+                description={
+                  oscInputState === false
+                    ? 'OSC input is OFF. Ontime will not listen for incoming OSC control messages.'
+                    : 'Allow control of Ontime through OSC'
+                }
+                descriptionTone={oscInputState === false ? 'warning' : 'default'}
+                error={errors.enabledOscIn?.message}
+              />
+              <Switch
+                size='large'
+                checked={oscInputEnabled}
+                onCheckedChange={(value: boolean) =>
+                  setValue('enabledOscIn', value, { shouldDirty: true, shouldValidate: true })
+                }
+              />
+            </Panel.ListItem>
+            <Panel.ListItem>
+              <Panel.Field
+                title='Listen on port'
+                description='Port for incoming OSC. Default: 8888'
+                error={errors.oscPortIn?.message}
+              />
+              <Input
+                id='oscPortIn'
+                placeholder='8888'
+                maxLength={5}
+                style={{ textAlign: 'right', width: '5rem' }}
+                type='number'
+                fluid
+                {...register('oscPortIn', {
+                  required: { value: true, message: 'Required field' },
+                  max: { value: 65535, message: 'Port must be within range 1024 - 65535' },
+                  min: { value: 1024, message: 'Port must be within range 1024 - 65535' },
+                  pattern: {
+                    value: isOnlyNumbers,
+                    message: 'Value should be numeric',
+                  },
+                })}
+              />
+            </Panel.ListItem>
+          </Panel.ListGroup>
+        </Panel.Section>
+      </Panel.Card>
+    </Panel.Section>
   );
 }

apps/client/src/features/app-settings/panel/automations-panel/AutomationsList.module.scss

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+.muted {
+  color: $muted-gray;
+}

apps/client/src/features/app-settings/panel/automations-panel/AutomationsList.tsx

@@ -1,16 +1,21 @@
-import { AutomationDTO, NormalisedAutomation } from 'ontime-types';
-import { Fragment, useState } from 'react';
-import { IoAdd, IoPencil, IoTrash } from 'react-icons/io5';
+import { Automation, AutomationDTO, NormalisedAutomation, Trigger } from 'ontime-types';
+import { Fragment, useMemo, useState } from 'react';
+import { IoAdd, IoPencil, IoSparklesOutline, IoTrash } from 'react-icons/io5';
 
-import { deleteAutomation } from '../../../../common/api/automation';
-import { maybeAxiosError } from '../../../../common/api/utils';
 import Button from '../../../../common/components/buttons/Button';
 import IconButton from '../../../../common/components/buttons/IconButton';
 import Info from '../../../../common/components/info/Info';
 import Tag from '../../../../common/components/tag/Tag';
+import { getLifecycleLabel } from '../../../../common/constants/timerLifecycle';
 import useAutomationSettings from '../../../../common/hooks-query/useAutomationSettings';
+import { summariseOutputs } from '../../../../common/utils/automationOutputs';
 import * as Panel from '../../panel-utils/PanelUtils';
 import AutomationForm from './AutomationForm';
+import { groupTriggersByAutomation, isAutomation } from './automationUtils';
+import DeleteAutomationDialog from './DeleteAutomationDialog';
+import RecipeLibraryModal from './recipes/RecipeLibraryModal';
+
+import style from './AutomationsList.module.scss';
 
 const automationPlaceholder: AutomationDTO = {
   title: '',
@@ -21,112 +26,177 @@ const automationPlaceholder: AutomationDTO = {
 
 interface AutomationsListProps {
   automations: NormalisedAutomation;
+  triggers: Trigger[];
   enabledAutomations?: boolean;
+  isLoading: boolean;
 }
 
-export default function AutomationsList(props: AutomationsListProps) {
-  const { automations, enabledAutomations } = props;
+export default function AutomationsList({
+  automations,
+  triggers,
+  enabledAutomations,
+  isLoading,
+}: AutomationsListProps) {
   const { refetch } = useAutomationSettings();
   const [automationFormData, setAutomationFormData] = useState<AutomationDTO | null>(null);
-  const [deleteError, setDeleteError] = useState<string | null>(null);
+  const [showRecipes, setShowRecipes] = useState(false);
+  const [deleteTarget, setDeleteTarget] = useState<Automation | null>(null);
 
-  const handleDelete = async (id: string) => {
-    try {
-      setDeleteError(null);
-      await deleteAutomation(id);
-    } catch (error) {
-      setDeleteError(maybeAxiosError(error));
-    } finally {
-      refetch();
-    }
+  /**
+   * A recipe lands in the editor rather than only in the list.
+   * Seeing it as an editable automation is the point, and recipes with an
+   * external target are unusable until the user changes it anyway.
+   */
+  const handleRecipeInstalled = async (created: Automation) => {
+    setShowRecipes(false);
+    await refetch();
+    setAutomationFormData(created);
   };
 
+  const handleDeleted = async () => {
+    setDeleteTarget(null);
+    await refetch();
+  };
+
+  const lifecyclesByAutomation = useMemo(() => groupTriggersByAutomation(triggers), [triggers]);
+
   const arrayAutomations = Object.keys(automations);
 
   return (
-    <Panel.Card>
-      <Panel.SubHeader>
-        Manage automations
-        <Button
-          type='submit'
-          disabled={Boolean(automationFormData)}
-          onClick={() => setAutomationFormData(automationPlaceholder)}
-        >
-          New <IoAdd />
-        </Button>
-      </Panel.SubHeader>
+    <Panel.Section>
+      <Panel.Card>
+        {automationFormData !== null && (
+          <AutomationForm
+            // the form snapshots the automation's lifecycles on mount, so it must never be
+            // reused across two different automations
+            key={isAutomation(automationFormData) ? automationFormData.id : 'new'}
+            automation={automationFormData}
+            triggers={triggers}
+            onClose={() => setAutomationFormData(null)}
+          />
+        )}
+        {showRecipes && (
+          <RecipeLibraryModal
+            onClose={() => setShowRecipes(false)}
+            onInstalled={(_recipe, created) => handleRecipeInstalled(created)}
+          />
+        )}
+        {deleteTarget !== null && (
+          <DeleteAutomationDialog
+            automation={deleteTarget}
+            blockingTriggers={triggers.filter((trigger) => trigger.automationId === deleteTarget.id)}
+            onCancel={() => setDeleteTarget(null)}
+            onDeleted={handleDeleted}
+          />
+        )}
+        <Panel.SubHeader>
+          Manage automations
+          <Panel.InlineElements relation='inner'>
+            <Button onClick={() => setShowRecipes(true)}>
+              Browse recipes <IoSparklesOutline />
+            </Button>
+            <Button onClick={() => setAutomationFormData(automationPlaceholder)}>
+              New <IoAdd />
+            </Button>
+          </Panel.InlineElements>
+        </Panel.SubHeader>
 
-      <Panel.Divider />
+        <Panel.Divider />
 
-      {enabledAutomations === false && (
-        <Info>
-          Automations are disabled. You can still manage automation definitions here, but they will not run until
-          enabled.
-        </Info>
-      )}
-
-      {automationFormData !== null && (
-        <AutomationForm automation={automationFormData} onClose={() => setAutomationFormData(null)} />
-      )}
-
-      <Panel.Table>
-        <thead>
-          <tr>
-            <th style={{ width: '45%' }}>Title</th>
-            <th style={{ width: '15%' }}>Trigger rule</th>
-            <th style={{ width: '15%' }}>Filters</th>
-            <th style={{ width: '15%' }}>Outputs</th>
-            <th />
-          </tr>
-        </thead>
-        <tbody>
-          {arrayAutomations.length === 0 && (
-            <Panel.TableEmpty
-              handleClick={!automationFormData ? () => setAutomationFormData(automationPlaceholder) : undefined}
-            />
+        <Panel.Section>
+          {enabledAutomations === false && (
+            <Info>
+              Automations are disabled. You can still manage automation definitions here, but they will not run until
+              enabled.
+            </Info>
           )}
-          {arrayAutomations.map((automationId) => {
-            if (!Object.hasOwn(automations, automationId)) {
-              return null;
-            }
-            return (
-              <Fragment key={automationId}>
-                <tr>
-                  <td>{automations[automationId].title}</td>
-                  <td>
-                    <Tag>{automations[automationId].filterRule}</Tag>
-                  </td>
-                  <td>{automations[automationId].filters.length}</td>
-                  <td>{automations[automationId].outputs.length}</td>
-                  <Panel.InlineElements align='end' relation='inner' as='td'>
-                    <IconButton
-                      variant='ghosted-white'
-                      aria-label='Edit entry'
-                      onClick={() => setAutomationFormData(automations[automationId])}
-                    >
-                      <IoPencil />
-                    </IconButton>
-                    <IconButton
-                      variant='ghosted-destructive'
-                      aria-label='Delete entry'
-                      onClick={() => handleDelete(automationId)}
-                    >
-                      <IoTrash />
-                    </IconButton>
-                  </Panel.InlineElements>
-                </tr>
-              </Fragment>
-            );
-          })}
-          {deleteError && (
-            <tr>
-              <td colSpan={5}>
-                <Panel.Error>{deleteError}</Panel.Error>
-              </td>
-            </tr>
-          )}
-        </tbody>
-      </Panel.Table>
-    </Panel.Card>
+
+          <Panel.Table>
+            <thead>
+              <tr>
+                <th style={{ width: '35%' }}>Title</th>
+                <th style={{ width: '25%' }}>Runs on</th>
+                <th style={{ width: '15%' }}>Filter rule</th>
+                <th style={{ width: '15%' }}>Sends</th>
+                <th />
+              </tr>
+            </thead>
+            <tbody>
+              {!isLoading && arrayAutomations.length === 0 && (
+                <Panel.TableEmpty
+                  title='No automations yet'
+                  description='An automation sends OSC or HTTP messages, or runs an Ontime action, whenever a trigger fires.'
+                  action={
+                    <Panel.InlineElements relation='inner'>
+                      <Button variant='primary' onClick={() => setShowRecipes(true)}>
+                        Browse recipes <IoSparklesOutline />
+                      </Button>
+                      <Button onClick={() => setAutomationFormData(automationPlaceholder)}>
+                        Create from scratch <IoAdd />
+                      </Button>
+                    </Panel.InlineElements>
+                  }
+                />
+              )}
+              {arrayAutomations.map((automationId) => {
+                if (!Object.hasOwn(automations, automationId)) {
+                  return null;
+                }
+                const automation = automations[automationId];
+                const lifecycles = lifecyclesByAutomation[automationId] ?? [];
+                const outputs = summariseOutputs(automation.outputs);
+
+                return (
+                  <Fragment key={automationId}>
+                    <tr>
+                      <td>{automation.title}</td>
+                      <Panel.InlineElements as='td' relation='inner' wrap='wrap'>
+                        {lifecycles.length === 0 ? (
+                          <Tag variant='warning'>Never runs</Tag>
+                        ) : (
+                          lifecycles.map((cycle) => <Tag key={cycle}>{getLifecycleLabel(cycle)}</Tag>)
+                        )}
+                      </Panel.InlineElements>
+                      <td>
+                        {automation.filters.length === 0 ? (
+                          <span className={style.muted}>—</span>
+                        ) : (
+                          <Tag>{automation.filterRule === 'all' ? 'All filters' : 'Any filter'}</Tag>
+                        )}
+                      </td>
+                      <Panel.InlineElements as='td' relation='inner' wrap='wrap'>
+                        {outputs.length === 0 ? (
+                          <Tag variant='warning'>No outputs</Tag>
+                        ) : (
+                          outputs.map(({ type, label, count }) => (
+                            <Tag key={type}>{count > 1 ? `${label} ×${count}` : label}</Tag>
+                          ))
+                        )}
+                      </Panel.InlineElements>
+                      <Panel.InlineElements align='end' relation='inner' as='td'>
+                        <IconButton
+                          variant='ghosted-white'
+                          aria-label='Edit entry'
+                          onClick={() => setAutomationFormData(automation)}
+                        >
+                          <IoPencil />
+                        </IconButton>
+                        <IconButton
+                          variant='ghosted-destructive'
+                          aria-label='Delete entry'
+                          onClick={() => setDeleteTarget(automation)}
+                        >
+                          <IoTrash />
+                        </IconButton>
+                      </Panel.InlineElements>
+                    </tr>
+                  </Fragment>
+                );
+              })}
+            </tbody>
+          </Panel.Table>
+        </Panel.Section>
+      </Panel.Card>
+    </Panel.Section>
   );
 }

apps/client/src/features/app-settings/panel/automations-panel/DeleteAutomationDialog.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+import type { Automation, Trigger } from 'ontime-types';
+import { useState } from 'react';
+
+import { deleteAutomation } from '../../../../common/api/automation';
+import { maybeAxiosError } from '../../../../common/api/utils';
+import Button from '../../../../common/components/buttons/Button';
+import Dialog from '../../../../common/components/dialog/Dialog';
+import Info from '../../../../common/components/info/Info';
+import { getLifecycleLabel } from '../../../../common/constants/timerLifecycle';
+import * as Panel from '../../panel-utils/PanelUtils';
+
+interface DeleteAutomationDialogProps {
+  automation: Automation;
+  /** global triggers pointing at this automation, they block the delete server side */
+  blockingTriggers: Trigger[];
+  onCancel: () => void;
+  onDeleted: () => void;
+}
+
+/**
+ * The server refuses to delete an automation that is still referenced, and the panel used to
+ * dump that refusal into a stray row under the table. This dialog confirms first and, on a
+ * refusal, names what is blocking it: global triggers to remove from the Global Triggers list,
+ * or an event reference to remove from the event editor. It does not delete those triggers for
+ * the user — a single extra step there is safer than a delete-then-restore sequence here.
+ */
+export default function DeleteAutomationDialog({
+  automation,
+  blockingTriggers,
+  onCancel,
+  onDeleted,
+}: DeleteAutomationDialogProps) {
+  const [error, setError] = useState<string | null>(null);
+  const [isDeleting, setIsDeleting] = useState(false);
+
+  const handleDelete = async () => {
+    setError(null);
+    setIsDeleting(true);
+    try {
+      await deleteAutomation(automation.id);
+      onDeleted();
+    } catch (error) {
+      setError(maybeAxiosError(error));
+    } finally {
+      setIsDeleting(false);
+    }
+  };
+
+  return (
+    <Dialog
+      isOpen
+      onClose={onCancel}
+      showBackdrop
+      showCloseButton
+      title='Delete automation'
+      bodyElements={
+        <Panel.Section>
+          <Panel.Paragraph>
+            Delete <strong>{automation.title}</strong>? This cannot be undone.
+          </Panel.Paragraph>
+
+          {blockingTriggers.length > 0 && (
+            <Info type='warning'>
+              <Info.Title>
+                {blockingTriggers.length === 1
+                  ? 'One trigger points at this automation'
+                  : `${blockingTriggers.length} triggers point at this automation`}
+              </Info.Title>
+              <Info.Body>
+                {blockingTriggers
+                  .map((trigger) => `${trigger.title} (${getLifecycleLabel(trigger.trigger)})`)
+                  .join(', ')}
+              </Info.Body>
+              <Info.Footer>Remove them from Global Triggers first, then delete the automation.</Info.Footer>
+            </Info>
+          )}
+
+          {error && (
+            <Info type='error'>
+              <Info.Title>Could not delete this automation</Info.Title>
+              <Info.Body>{error}</Info.Body>
+              <Info.Footer>
+                Automations attached to a single event have to be removed from that event first, in the event editor.
+              </Info.Footer>
+            </Info>
+          )}
+        </Panel.Section>
+      }
+      footerElements={
+        <>
+          <Button onClick={onCancel} disabled={isDeleting}>
+            Cancel
+          </Button>
+          <Button variant='destructive' onClick={handleDelete} loading={isDeleting}>
+            Delete
+          </Button>
+        </>
+      }
+    />
+  );
+}

apps/client/src/features/app-settings/panel/automations-panel/OntimeActionForm.tsx

@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 import { AutomationDTO, OntimeAction, OntimeActionKey, SecondarySource } from 'ontime-types';
-import { PropsWithChildren, useState } from 'react';
+import { useState } from 'react';
 import { UseFormRegister, UseFormSetValue, UseFormWatch } from 'react-hook-form';
 
 import Input from '../../../../common/components/input/input/Input';
 import Select from '../../../../common/components/select/Select';
 import * as Panel from '../../panel-utils/PanelUtils';
+import TemplateInput from './template-input/TemplateInput';
 
 import style from './AutomationForm.module.scss';
 
@@ -29,9 +30,8 @@ export default function OntimeActionForm({
   setValue,
   rowErrors,
   value,
-  children,
   watch,
-}: PropsWithChildren<OntimeActionFormProps>) {
+}: OntimeActionFormProps) {
   const [selectedAction, setSelectedAction] = useState<string>(value);
 
   const handleSetAction = (value: OntimeActionKey) => {
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ export default function OntimeActionForm({
   };
 
   return (
-    <div className={style.actionSection}>
+    <>
       <label>
         Action
         <Select
@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ export default function OntimeActionForm({
             { value: 'playback-pause', label: 'Playback: pause' },
             { value: 'playback-roll', label: 'Playback: roll' },
 
-            { value: 'message-set', label: 'Primary Message: set' },
-            { value: 'message-secondary', label: 'Secondary Message: source' },
+            { value: 'message-set', label: 'Primary Message' },
+            { value: 'message-secondary', label: 'Secondary Message' },
           ]}
         />
         <Panel.Error>{rowErrors?.action?.message}</Panel.Error>
@@ -94,9 +94,14 @@ export default function OntimeActionForm({
 
       {selectedAction === 'message-set' && (
         <>
-          <label>
+          <label className={style.spanFull}>
             Text (leave empty for no change)
-            <Input {...register(`outputs.${index}.text`)} fluid placeholder='eg: Timer is finished' />
+            <TemplateInput
+              {...register(`outputs.${index}.text`)}
+              value={watch(`outputs.${index}.text`) ?? ''}
+              fluid
+              placeholder='eg: Timer is finished'
+            />
             <Panel.Error>{rowErrors?.text?.message}</Panel.Error>
           </label>
           <label>
@@ -120,34 +125,49 @@ export default function OntimeActionForm({
       )}
 
       {selectedAction === 'message-secondary' && (
-        <label>
-          Timer secondary source
-          <Select<SecondarySource | 'null' | null>
-            onValueChange={(value) => {
-              // null -> no selection
-              if (value === null) return;
-              // 'null' -> clear the secondary source
-              if (value === 'null') {
-                setValue(`outputs.${index}.secondarySource`, null, { shouldDirty: true });
-                return;
-              }
-              setValue(`outputs.${index}.secondarySource`, value, { shouldDirty: true });
-            }}
-            value={watch(`outputs.${index}.secondarySource`)}
-            options={[
-              { value: null, label: 'Select secondary source' },
-              { value: 'aux1', label: 'Auxiliary timer 1' },
-              { value: 'aux2', label: 'Auxiliary timer 2' },
-              { value: 'aux3', label: 'Auxiliary timer 3' },
-              { value: 'secondary', label: 'Secondary' },
-              { value: 'null', label: 'None' }, // allow the user to clear the secondary source
-            ]}
-          />
-          <Panel.Error>{rowErrors?.secondarySource?.message}</Panel.Error>
-        </label>
+        <>
+          <label className={style.spanFull}>
+            Text (leave empty for no change)
+            <TemplateInput
+              {...register(`outputs.${index}.text`)}
+              value={watch(`outputs.${index}.text`) ?? ''}
+              fluid
+              placeholder='eg: Next up: keynote'
+            />
+            <Panel.Error>{rowErrors?.text?.message}</Panel.Error>
+          </label>
+          <label>
+            Timer secondary source
+            <Select<SecondarySource | 'no-change' | 'null' | null>
+              onValueChange={(value) => {
+                // null -> no selection
+                if (value === null) return;
+                // no-change -> leave the current secondary source untouched
+                if (value === 'no-change') {
+                  setValue(`outputs.${index}.secondarySource`, undefined, { shouldDirty: true });
+                  return;
+                }
+                // 'null' -> clear the secondary source
+                if (value === 'null') {
+                  setValue(`outputs.${index}.secondarySource`, null, { shouldDirty: true });
+                  return;
+                }
+                setValue(`outputs.${index}.secondarySource`, value, { shouldDirty: true });
+              }}
+              value={watch(`outputs.${index}.secondarySource`) ?? 'no-change'}
+              options={[
+                { value: 'no-change', label: 'No change' },
+                { value: 'aux1', label: 'Auxiliary timer 1' },
+                { value: 'aux2', label: 'Auxiliary timer 2' },
+                { value: 'aux3', label: 'Auxiliary timer 3' },
+                { value: 'secondary', label: 'Secondary' },
+                { value: 'null', label: 'None' }, // allow the user to clear the secondary source
+              ]}
+            />
+            <Panel.Error>{rowErrors?.secondarySource?.message}</Panel.Error>
+          </label>
+        </>
       )}
-
-      <div className={style.test}>{children}</div>
-    </div>
+    </>
   );
 }

apps/client/src/features/app-settings/panel/automations-panel/TriggerForm.tsx

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { NormalisedAutomation, TimerLifeCycle, TriggerDTO } from 'ontime-types';
+import { NormalisedAutomation, TimerLifeCycle, Trigger, TriggerDTO } from 'ontime-types';
 import { useEffect } from 'react';
 import { useForm } from 'react-hook-form';
 
@@ -6,30 +6,21 @@ import { addTrigger, editTrigger } from '../../../../common/api/automation';
 import { maybeAxiosError } from '../../../../common/api/utils';
 import Button from '../../../../common/components/buttons/Button';
 import Input from '../../../../common/components/input/input/Input';
+import Modal from '../../../../common/components/modal/Modal';
 import Select from '../../../../common/components/select/Select';
-import { preventEscape } from '../../../../common/utils/keyEvent';
 import * as Panel from '../../panel-utils/PanelUtils';
 import { cycles } from './automationUtils';
 
+const formId = 'trigger-form';
+
 interface TriggerFormProps {
   automations: NormalisedAutomation;
-  initialId?: string;
-  initialTitle?: string;
-  initialAutomationId?: string;
-  initialTrigger?: TimerLifeCycle;
+  trigger: Trigger | null;
   onCancel: () => void;
   postSubmit: () => void;
 }
 
-export default function TriggerForm({
-  automations,
-  initialId,
-  initialTitle,
-  initialAutomationId,
-  initialTrigger,
-  onCancel,
-  postSubmit,
-}: TriggerFormProps) {
+export default function TriggerForm({ automations, trigger, onCancel, postSubmit }: TriggerFormProps) {
   const {
     handleSubmit,
     register,
@@ -40,9 +31,9 @@ export default function TriggerForm({
     formState: { errors, isSubmitting, isValid, isDirty },
   } = useForm<TriggerDTO>({
     defaultValues: {
-      title: initialTitle,
-      trigger: initialTrigger ?? (cycles[0].value as TimerLifeCycle | undefined),
-      automationId: initialAutomationId ?? automations?.[Object.keys(automations)[0]]?.id,
+      title: trigger?.title,
+      trigger: trigger?.trigger ?? (cycles[0].value as TimerLifeCycle | undefined),
+      automationId: trigger?.automationId ?? automations?.[Object.keys(automations)[0]]?.id,
     },
     resetOptions: {
       keepDirtyValues: true,
@@ -55,10 +46,9 @@ export default function TriggerForm({
   }, [setFocus]);
 
   const onSubmit = async (values: TriggerDTO) => {
-    // if we were passed an ID we are editing a Trigger
-    if (initialId) {
+    if (trigger) {
       try {
-        await editTrigger(initialId, { id: initialId, ...values });
+        await editTrigger(trigger.id, { id: trigger.id, ...values });
         postSubmit();
       } catch (error) {
         setError('root', { message: `Failed to save changes to trigger ${maybeAxiosError(error)}` });
@@ -85,56 +75,63 @@ export default function TriggerForm({
   const canSubmit = isDirty && isValid;
 
   return (
-    <Panel.Indent
-      as='form'
-      name='trigger-form'
-      onSubmit={handleSubmit(onSubmit)}
-      onKeyDown={(event) => preventEscape(event, onCancel)}
-    >
-      <Panel.SubHeader>{initialId ? 'Edit trigger' : 'Create trigger'}</Panel.SubHeader>
-      <label>
-        Title
-        <Input
-          {...register('title', { required: { value: true, message: 'Required field' } })}
-          fluid
-          defaultValue={initialTitle}
-        />
-        <Panel.Error>{errors.title?.message}</Panel.Error>
-      </label>
-      <label>
-        Lifecycle trigger
-        <Select
-          value={watch('trigger')}
-          onValueChange={(value) => {
-            if (value === null) return;
-            setValue('trigger', value as TimerLifeCycle, { shouldDirty: true });
-          }}
-          options={cycles.map((cycle) => ({ value: cycle.value, label: cycle.label }))}
-          aria-label='Lifecycle trigger'
-        />
-        <Panel.Error>{errors.trigger?.message}</Panel.Error>
-      </label>
-      <label>
-        Automation title
-        <Select
-          value={watch('automationId')}
-          onValueChange={(value: string | null) => {
-            if (value === null) return;
-            setValue('automationId', value, { shouldDirty: true });
-          }}
-          options={automationSelect}
-          aria-label='Automation title'
-        />
-        <Panel.Error>{errors.automationId?.message}</Panel.Error>
-      </label>
-      <Panel.InlineElements align='end'>
-        <Button disabled={isSubmitting} onClick={onCancel}>
-          Cancel
-        </Button>
-        <Button type='submit' variant='primary' disabled={!canSubmit} loading={isSubmitting}>
-          Save
-        </Button>
-      </Panel.InlineElements>
-    </Panel.Indent>
+    <Modal
+      isOpen
+      onClose={onCancel}
+      showBackdrop
+      showCloseButton
+      size='compact'
+      title={trigger ? 'Edit trigger' : 'Create trigger'}
+      bodyElements={
+        <form id={formId} onSubmit={handleSubmit(onSubmit)}>
+          <label>
+            Title
+            <Input
+              {...register('title', { required: { value: true, message: 'Required field' } })}
+              fluid
+              defaultValue={trigger?.title}
+            />
+            <Panel.Error>{errors.title?.message}</Panel.Error>
+          </label>
+          <label>
+            Lifecycle trigger
+            <Select
+              value={watch('trigger')}
+              onValueChange={(value) => {
+                if (value === null) return;
+                setValue('trigger', value as TimerLifeCycle, { shouldDirty: true });
+              }}
+              options={cycles.map((cycle) => ({ value: cycle.value, label: cycle.label }))}
+              aria-label='Lifecycle trigger'
+            />
+            <Panel.Error>{errors.trigger?.message}</Panel.Error>
+          </label>
+          <label>
+            Automation title
+            <Select
+              value={watch('automationId')}
+              onValueChange={(value: string | null) => {
+                if (value === null) return;
+                setValue('automationId', value, { shouldDirty: true });
+              }}
+              options={automationSelect}
+              aria-label='Automation title'
+            />
+            <Panel.Error>{errors.automationId?.message}</Panel.Error>
+          </label>
+        </form>
+      }
+      footerElements={
+        <>
+          {errors.root && <Panel.Error>{errors.root.message}</Panel.Error>}
+          <Button disabled={isSubmitting} onClick={onCancel}>
+            Cancel
+          </Button>
+          <Button type='submit' form={formId} variant='primary' disabled={!canSubmit} loading={isSubmitting}>
+            Save
+          </Button>
+        </>
+      }
+    />
   );
 }

apps/client/src/features/app-settings/panel/automations-panel/TriggersList.tsx

@@ -8,24 +8,36 @@ import Button from '../../../../common/components/buttons/Button';
 import Info from '../../../../common/components/info/Info';
 import useAutomationSettings from '../../../../common/hooks-query/useAutomationSettings';
 import * as Panel from '../../panel-utils/PanelUtils';
+import useAppSettingsNavigation from '../../useAppSettingsNavigation';
 import { checkDuplicates } from './automationUtils';
-import AutomationForm from './TriggerForm';
+import TriggerForm from './TriggerForm';
 import TriggersListItem from './TriggersListItem';
 
+type FormState = {
+  isOpen: boolean;
+  trigger?: Trigger;
+};
+
 interface TriggersListProps {
   triggers: Trigger[];
   automations: NormalisedAutomation;
   enabledAutomations?: boolean;
+  isLoading: boolean;
 }
 
-export default function TriggersList(props: TriggersListProps) {
-  const { triggers, automations, enabledAutomations } = props;
-  const [showForm, setShowForm] = useState(false);
+export default function TriggersList({ triggers, automations, enabledAutomations, isLoading }: TriggersListProps) {
+  const [formState, setFormState] = useState<FormState>({ isOpen: false, trigger: undefined });
   const { refetch } = useAutomationSettings();
+  const { setLocation } = useAppSettingsNavigation();
   const [deleteError, setDeleteError] = useState<string | null>(null);
 
+  const openNewForm = () => setFormState({ isOpen: true });
+  const openEditForm = (trigger: Trigger) => setFormState({ isOpen: true, trigger });
+  const closeForm = () => setFormState({ isOpen: false, trigger: undefined });
+
   const handleDelete = async (id: string) => {
     try {
+      setDeleteError(null);
       await deleteTrigger(id);
     } catch (error) {
       setDeleteError(maybeAxiosError(error));
@@ -35,80 +47,115 @@ export default function TriggersList(props: TriggersListProps) {
   };
 
   const postSubmit = () => {
-    setShowForm(false);
+    closeForm();
     refetch();
   };
 
   const duplicates = useMemo(() => checkDuplicates(triggers), [triggers]);
+  const orphans = useMemo(
+    () => triggers.filter((trigger) => !Object.hasOwn(automations, trigger.automationId)).length,
+    [triggers, automations],
+  );
 
   // there is no point letting user creating a trigger if there are no automations
   const canAdd = Object.keys(automations).length > 0;
 
   return (
-    <Panel.Card>
-      <Panel.SubHeader>
-        Manage triggers
-        <Button type='submit' form='trigger-form' disabled={!canAdd} loading={false} onClick={() => setShowForm(true)}>
-          New <IoAdd />
-        </Button>
-      </Panel.SubHeader>
-      <Panel.Divider />
-      <Panel.Section>
-        {enabledAutomations === false && (
-          <Info>
-            Automations are disabled. You can still manage triggers here, but they will not run until enabled.
-          </Info>
+    <Panel.Section>
+      <Panel.Card>
+        {formState.isOpen && (
+          <TriggerForm
+            automations={automations}
+            trigger={formState.trigger ?? null}
+            onCancel={closeForm}
+            postSubmit={postSubmit}
+          />
         )}
-        {duplicates && (
-          <Panel.Error>
-            You have created multiple links between the same trigger and automation which can performance issues.
-          </Panel.Error>
-        )}
-        {showForm && (
-          <AutomationForm automations={automations} onCancel={() => setShowForm(false)} postSubmit={postSubmit} />
-        )}
-        <Panel.Table>
-          <thead>
-            <tr>
-              <th style={{ width: '35%' }}>Title</th>
-              <th style={{ width: '25%' }}>Lifecycle trigger</th>
-              <th style={{ width: '25%' }}>Automation</th>
-              <th />
-            </tr>
-          </thead>
-          <tbody>
-            {!showForm && triggers.length === 0 && (
-              <Panel.TableEmpty
-                label='Create an automation to attach triggers to'
-                handleClick={canAdd ? () => setShowForm(true) : undefined}
-              />
-            )}
-            {triggers.map((trigger, index) => {
-              return (
-                <Fragment key={trigger.id}>
-                  <TriggersListItem
-                    automations={automations}
-                    id={trigger.id}
-                    title={trigger.title}
-                    trigger={trigger.trigger}
-                    automationId={trigger.automationId}
-                    duplicate={duplicates?.includes(index)}
-                    handleDelete={() => handleDelete(trigger.id)}
-                    postSubmit={postSubmit}
-                  />
-                  {deleteError && (
-                    <tr>
-                      <td colSpan={5}>
-                        <Panel.Error>{deleteError}</Panel.Error>
-                      </td>
-                    </tr>
-                  )}
-                </Fragment>
-              );
-            })}
-          </tbody>
-        </Panel.Table>
-      </Panel.Section>
-    </Panel.Card>
+        <Panel.SubHeader>
+          Global triggers
+          <Button disabled={!canAdd} onClick={openNewForm}>
+            New <IoAdd />
+          </Button>
+        </Panel.SubHeader>
+        <Panel.Divider />
+        <Panel.Section>
+          <Panel.Description>
+            Triggers are managed from the automation itself. This list is for naming them, or for pointing several
+            differently named triggers at the same automation.
+          </Panel.Description>
+          {enabledAutomations === false && (
+            <Info>
+              Automations are disabled. You can still manage triggers here, but they will not run until enabled.
+            </Info>
+          )}
+          {duplicates && (
+            <Panel.Error>
+              You have created multiple links between the same trigger and automation. Duplicate combinations will only
+              fire once per lifecycle event.
+            </Panel.Error>
+          )}
+          {orphans > 0 && (
+            <Panel.Error>
+              {orphans === 1
+                ? '1 trigger points at an automation that no longer exists and will never run.'
+                : `${orphans} triggers point at automations that no longer exist and will never run.`}
+            </Panel.Error>
+          )}
+          <Panel.Table>
+            <thead>
+              <tr>
+                <th style={{ width: '35%' }}>Title</th>
+                <th style={{ width: '25%' }}>Lifecycle trigger</th>
+                <th style={{ width: '25%' }}>Automation</th>
+                <th />
+              </tr>
+            </thead>
+            <tbody>
+              {!isLoading && triggers.length === 0 && (
+                <Panel.TableEmpty
+                  title='No triggers yet'
+                  description={
+                    canAdd
+                      ? 'Triggers run an automation at a given point of the timer lifecycle. The usual way to create one is to pick the lifecycles in the automation itself.'
+                      : 'Create an automation first, then pick the lifecycles it should run on.'
+                  }
+                  action={
+                    canAdd ? (
+                      <Button variant='primary' onClick={openNewForm}>
+                        Create trigger <IoAdd />
+                      </Button>
+                    ) : (
+                      <Button variant='primary' onClick={() => setLocation('automation__automations')}>
+                        Go to automations
+                      </Button>
+                    )
+                  }
+                />
+              )}
+              {triggers.map((trigger, index) => {
+                return (
+                  <Fragment key={trigger.id}>
+                    <TriggersListItem
+                      automations={automations}
+                      trigger={trigger}
+                      duplicate={duplicates?.includes(index)}
+                      handleEdit={() => openEditForm(trigger)}
+                      handleDelete={() => handleDelete(trigger.id)}
+                    />
+                  </Fragment>
+                );
+              })}
+              {deleteError && (
+                <tr>
+                  <td colSpan={5}>
+                    <Panel.Error>{deleteError}</Panel.Error>
+                  </td>
+                </tr>
+              )}
+            </tbody>
+          </Panel.Table>
+        </Panel.Section>
+      </Panel.Card>
+    </Panel.Section>
   );
 }

apps/client/src/features/app-settings/panel/automations-panel/TriggersListItem.tsx

@@ -1,48 +1,21 @@
-import { NormalisedAutomation, TimerLifeCycle } from 'ontime-types';
-import { useState } from 'react';
+import { NormalisedAutomation, Trigger } from 'ontime-types';
 import { IoPencil, IoTrash, IoWarningOutline } from 'react-icons/io5';
 
 import IconButton from '../../../../common/components/buttons/IconButton';
 import Tag from '../../../../common/components/tag/Tag';
 import * as Panel from '../../panel-utils/PanelUtils';
 import { cycles } from './automationUtils';
-import AutomationForm from './TriggerForm';
 
 interface TriggersListItemProps {
   automations: NormalisedAutomation;
-  id: string;
-  title: string;
-  trigger: TimerLifeCycle;
-  automationId: string;
+  trigger: Trigger;
   duplicate?: boolean;
+  handleEdit: () => void;
   handleDelete: () => void;
-  postSubmit: () => void;
 }
 
 export default function TriggersListItem(props: TriggersListItemProps) {
-  const { automations, id, title, trigger, automationId, duplicate, handleDelete, postSubmit } = props;
-  const [isEditing, setIsEditing] = useState(false);
-
-  if (isEditing) {
-    return (
-      <tr>
-        <td colSpan={99}>
-          <AutomationForm
-            automations={automations}
-            initialId={id}
-            initialTitle={title}
-            initialTrigger={trigger}
-            initialAutomationId={automationId}
-            onCancel={() => setIsEditing(false)}
-            postSubmit={() => {
-              setIsEditing(false);
-              postSubmit();
-            }}
-          />
-        </td>
-      </tr>
-    );
-  }
+  const { automations, trigger, duplicate, handleEdit, handleDelete } = props;
 
   return (
     <tr data-warn={duplicate}>
@@ -52,16 +25,21 @@ export default function TriggersListItem(props: TriggersListItemProps) {
             color='#FFBC56' // $orange-500
           />
         )}
-        {title}
+        {trigger.title}
       </Panel.InlineElements>
       <td>
-        <Tag>{cycles.find((cycle) => cycle.value === trigger)?.label}</Tag>
+        <Tag>{cycles.find((cycle) => cycle.value === trigger.trigger)?.label}</Tag>
       </td>
       <td>
-        <Tag>{automations?.[automationId]?.title}</Tag>
+        {/* a trigger can outlive the automation it points at, say after a partial project import */}
+        {automations?.[trigger.automationId] ? (
+          <Tag>{automations[trigger.automationId].title}</Tag>
+        ) : (
+          <Tag variant='warning'>Missing automation</Tag>
+        )}
       </td>
       <Panel.InlineElements align='end' relation='inner' as='td'>
-        <IconButton variant='ghosted-white' aria-label='Edit entry' onClick={() => setIsEditing(true)}>
+        <IconButton variant='ghosted-white' aria-label='Edit entry' onClick={handleEdit}>
           <IoPencil />
         </IconButton>
         <IconButton variant='ghosted-destructive' aria-label='Delete entry' onClick={handleDelete}>

apps/client/src/features/app-settings/panel/automations-panel/__tests__/automationUtils.test.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { TimerLifeCycle, Trigger } from 'ontime-types';
 
-import { checkDuplicates } from '../automationUtils';
+import { checkDuplicates, cycles, groupTriggersByAutomation, operators } from '../automationUtils';
 
 describe('checkDuplicates', () => {
   it('should return undefined if there are no duplicates', () => {
@@ -22,3 +22,43 @@ describe('checkDuplicates', () => {
     expect(checkDuplicates(triggers)).toStrictEqual([2]);
   });
 });
+
+describe('groupTriggersByAutomation', () => {
+  it('returns an empty object when there are no triggers', () => {
+    expect(groupTriggersByAutomation([])).toEqual({});
+  });
+
+  it('collects the lifecycles each automation is bound to', () => {
+    const triggers: Trigger[] = [
+      { id: '1', title: 'First', trigger: TimerLifeCycle.onStart, automationId: 'a' },
+      { id: '2', title: 'Second', trigger: TimerLifeCycle.onFinish, automationId: 'a' },
+      { id: '3', title: 'Third', trigger: TimerLifeCycle.onLoad, automationId: 'b' },
+    ];
+
+    expect(groupTriggersByAutomation(triggers)).toEqual({
+      a: [TimerLifeCycle.onStart, TimerLifeCycle.onFinish],
+      b: [TimerLifeCycle.onLoad],
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('collapses duplicates, the runtime only fires an automation once per lifecycle', () => {
+    const triggers: Trigger[] = [
+      { id: '1', title: 'First', trigger: TimerLifeCycle.onStart, automationId: 'a' },
+      { id: '2', title: 'Second', trigger: TimerLifeCycle.onStart, automationId: 'a' },
+    ];
+
+    expect(groupTriggersByAutomation(triggers)).toEqual({ a: [TimerLifeCycle.onStart] });
+  });
+});
+
+describe('operators', () => {
+  it('does not offer not_contains, which the server validation rejects', () => {
+    expect(operators.map(({ value }) => value)).not.toContain('not_contains');
+  });
+});
+
+describe('cycles', () => {
+  it('uses the shared user facing labels', () => {
+    expect(cycles.find(({ value }) => value === 'onStart')?.label).toBe('On Start');
+  });
+});

apps/client/src/features/app-settings/panel/automations-panel/automationUtils.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-import { Automation, AutomationDTO, CustomFields, TimerLifeCycle, Trigger } from 'ontime-types';
+import { Automation, AutomationDTO, AutomationFilter, CustomFields, TimerLifeCycle, Trigger } from 'ontime-types';
+
+import { lifecycleLabels } from '../../../../common/constants/timerLifecycle';
 
 type CycleLabel = {
   id: number;
@@ -7,15 +9,29 @@ type CycleLabel = {
 };
 
 export const cycles: CycleLabel[] = [
-  { id: 1, label: 'On Load', value: 'onLoad' },
-  { id: 2, label: 'On Start', value: 'onStart' },
-  { id: 3, label: 'On Pause', value: 'onPause' },
-  { id: 4, label: 'On Stop', value: 'onStop' },
-  { id: 5, label: 'Every second', value: 'onClock' },
-  { id: 6, label: 'On Timer Update', value: 'onUpdate' },
-  { id: 7, label: 'On Finish', value: 'onFinish' },
-  { id: 8, label: 'On Warning', value: 'onWarning' },
-  { id: 9, label: 'On Danger', value: 'onDanger' },
+  { id: 1, label: lifecycleLabels.onLoad, value: 'onLoad' },
+  { id: 2, label: lifecycleLabels.onStart, value: 'onStart' },
+  { id: 3, label: lifecycleLabels.onPause, value: 'onPause' },
+  { id: 4, label: lifecycleLabels.onStop, value: 'onStop' },
+  { id: 5, label: lifecycleLabels.onClock, value: 'onClock' },
+  { id: 6, label: lifecycleLabels.onUpdate, value: 'onUpdate' },
+  { id: 7, label: lifecycleLabels.onFinish, value: 'onFinish' },
+  { id: 8, label: lifecycleLabels.onWarning, value: 'onWarning' },
+  { id: 9, label: lifecycleLabels.onDanger, value: 'onDanger' },
+];
+
+/**
+ * Filter operators offered in the automation form
+ * NOTE: not_contains is supported by the type and by the runtime, but the server
+ * validation list omits it, so an automation using it cannot be saved.
+ * It stays out of the UI until the server accepts it.
+ */
+export const operators: Array<{ value: AutomationFilter['operator']; label: string }> = [
+  { value: 'equals', label: 'equals' },
+  { value: 'not_equals', label: 'does not equal' },
+  { value: 'contains', label: 'contains' },
+  { value: 'greater_than', label: 'is greater than' },
+  { value: 'less_than', label: 'is less than' },
 ];
 
 /**
@@ -83,3 +99,23 @@ export function checkDuplicates(triggers: Trigger[]) {
   }
   return duplicates.length > 0 ? duplicates : undefined;
 }
+
+/**
+ * Groups the lifecycles each automation is bound to
+ * Used to show when an automation runs, and to highlight the ones that never will
+ */
+export function groupTriggersByAutomation(triggers: Trigger[]): Record<string, TimerLifeCycle[]> {
+  const grouped: Record<string, TimerLifeCycle[]> = {};
+
+  for (const trigger of triggers) {
+    if (!Object.hasOwn(grouped, trigger.automationId)) {
+      grouped[trigger.automationId] = [];
+    }
+    // the runtime fires an automation once per lifecycle, duplicates would be noise here
+    if (!grouped[trigger.automationId].includes(trigger.trigger)) {
+      grouped[trigger.automationId].push(trigger.trigger);
+    }
+  }
+
+  return grouped;
+}

apps/client/src/features/app-settings/panel/automations-panel/recipes/RecipeLibraryModal.module.scss

@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+.library {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  gap: 1.5rem;
+  color: $ui-white;
+  font-size: calc(1rem - 1px);
+  padding-block: 0.5rem;
+}
+
+.category {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  gap: 0.5rem;
+}
+
+.recipeGrid {
+  display: grid;
+  grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fit, minmax(18rem, 1fr));
+  gap: 0.75rem;
+}
+
+.recipe {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  gap: 0.5rem;
+  padding: 0.75rem;
+  border: 1px solid $white-10;
+  border-radius: $component-border-radius-md;
+  background-color: $black-10;
+}
+
+.recipeTitle {
+  font-weight: 600;
+}
+
+.recipeDescription {
+  flex: 1;
+  font-size: $aux-text-size;
+  color: $secondary-text-gray;
+}
+
+.recipeActions {
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  justify-content: flex-end;
+  gap: 0.75rem;
+}

apps/client/src/features/app-settings/panel/automations-panel/recipes/RecipeLibraryModal.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+import type { Automation } from 'ontime-types';
+import { useState } from 'react';
+
+import { maybeAxiosError } from '../../../../../common/api/utils';
+import Button from '../../../../../common/components/buttons/Button';
+import Info from '../../../../../common/components/info/Info';
+import ExternalLink from '../../../../../common/components/link/external-link/ExternalLink';
+import Modal from '../../../../../common/components/modal/Modal';
+import Tag from '../../../../../common/components/tag/Tag';
+import { getLifecycleLabel } from '../../../../../common/constants/timerLifecycle';
+import { summariseOutputs } from '../../../../../common/utils/automationOutputs';
+import { isOntimeCloud } from '../../../../../externals';
+import * as Panel from '../../../panel-utils/PanelUtils';
+import {
+  automationRecipes,
+  recipeCategoryLabels,
+  recipeCategoryOrder,
+  type AutomationRecipe,
+} from './automationRecipes';
+import { installRecipe } from './recipeUtils';
+
+import style from './RecipeLibraryModal.module.scss';
+
+interface RecipeLibraryModalProps {
+  onClose: () => void;
+  /** called with the installed automation so the caller can open it for editing */
+  onInstalled: (automation: AutomationRecipe, created: Automation) => void;
+}
+
+export default function RecipeLibraryModal({ onClose, onInstalled }: RecipeLibraryModalProps) {
+  const [installing, setInstalling] = useState<string | null>(null);
+  const [error, setError] = useState<string | null>(null);
+
+  // OSC is not available in the cloud service, offering those recipes there would be a lie
+  const available = isOntimeCloud
+    ? automationRecipes.filter((recipe) => !recipe.automation.outputs.some((output) => output.type === 'osc'))
+    : automationRecipes;
+
+  const handleInstall = async (recipe: AutomationRecipe) => {
+    setError(null);
+    setInstalling(recipe.id);
+    try {
+      const created = await installRecipe(recipe);
+      onInstalled(recipe, created);
+    } catch (error) {
+      setError(maybeAxiosError(error));
+    } finally {
+      setInstalling(null);
+    }
+  };
+
+  return (
+    <Modal
+      isOpen
+      onClose={onClose}
+      showBackdrop
+      showCloseButton
+      size='wide'
+      title='Automation recipes'
+      bodyElements={
+        <div className={style.library}>
+          <Info>
+            <Info.Body>
+              Recipes are a starting point, not a black box. Each one is added as a normal automation that you can edit,
+              test or delete. Recipes that reach external software are set to this machine, so point them at the right
+              device before you rely on them.
+            </Info.Body>
+          </Info>
+
+          {recipeCategoryOrder.map((category) => {
+            const recipes = available.filter((recipe) => recipe.category === category);
+            if (recipes.length === 0) {
+              return null;
+            }
+
+            return (
+              <section key={category} className={style.category}>
+                <Panel.Title>{recipeCategoryLabels[category]}</Panel.Title>
+                <div className={style.recipeGrid}>
+                  {recipes.map((recipe) => (
+                    <article key={recipe.id} className={style.recipe}>
+                      <div className={style.recipeTitle}>{recipe.title}</div>
+                      <div className={style.recipeDescription}>{recipe.description}</div>
+                      <Panel.InlineElements relation='inner' wrap='wrap'>
+                        {recipe.triggers.map((cycle) => (
+                          <Tag key={cycle}>{getLifecycleLabel(cycle)}</Tag>
+                        ))}
+                        {summariseOutputs(recipe.automation.outputs).map(({ type, label, count }) => (
+                          <Tag key={type}>{count > 1 ? `${label} ×${count}` : label}</Tag>
+                        ))}
+                        {recipe.needsSetup && <Tag variant='warning'>Needs a target</Tag>}
+                      </Panel.InlineElements>
+                      <div className={style.recipeActions}>
+                        {recipe.docsUrl && <ExternalLink href={recipe.docsUrl}>Docs</ExternalLink>}
+                        <Button
+                          variant='primary'
+                          size='small'
+                          loading={installing === recipe.id}
+                          disabled={installing !== null}
+                          onClick={() => handleInstall(recipe)}
+                        >
+                          {recipe.needsSetup ? 'Add and configure' : 'Add'}
+                        </Button>
+                      </div>
+                    </article>
+                  ))}
+                </div>
+              </section>
+            );
+          })}
+        </div>
+      }
+      footerElements={
+        <>
+          {error && <Panel.Error>{error}</Panel.Error>}
+          <Button onClick={onClose}>Close</Button>
+        </>
+      }
+    />
+  );
+}

apps/client/src/features/app-settings/panel/automations-panel/recipes/__tests__/automationRecipes.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+import { isHTTPOutput, isOSCOutput, isOntimeAction, timerLifecycleValues } from 'ontime-types';
+
+import { operators } from '../../automationUtils';
+import { automationRecipes, recipeCategoryOrder } from '../automationRecipes';
+
+/**
+ * Recipes are shipped as constants but installed through the same endpoints as a
+ * hand written automation. These assertions stand in for the server side validation,
+ * so a recipe cannot silently rot into something that 400s on install.
+ */
+describe('automationRecipes', () => {
+  it('ships recipes', () => {
+    expect(automationRecipes.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+  });
+
+  it('has unique ids', () => {
+    const ids = automationRecipes.map(({ id }) => id);
+    expect(new Set(ids).size).toBe(ids.length);
+  });
+
+  it('only uses categories the library knows how to render', () => {
+    for (const recipe of automationRecipes) {
+      expect(recipeCategoryOrder).toContain(recipe.category);
+    }
+  });
+
+  it('binds every recipe to at least one valid lifecycle', () => {
+    for (const recipe of automationRecipes) {
+      expect(recipe.triggers.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+      for (const cycle of recipe.triggers) {
+        expect(timerLifecycleValues).toContain(cycle);
+      }
+    }
+  });
+
+  it('gives every recipe something to send', () => {
+    for (const recipe of automationRecipes) {
+      expect(recipe.automation.outputs.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+      expect(recipe.automation.title).not.toBe('');
+
+      for (const output of recipe.automation.outputs) {
+        expect(isOSCOutput(output) || isHTTPOutput(output) || isOntimeAction(output)).toBe(true);
+      }
+    }
+  });
+
+  it('only uses filter operators the server accepts', () => {
+    const allowed = operators.map(({ value }) => value);
+    for (const recipe of automationRecipes) {
+      for (const filter of recipe.automation.filters) {
+        expect(allowed).toContain(filter.operator);
+      }
+    }
+  });
+
+  it('defaults every external target to this machine', () => {
+    for (const recipe of automationRecipes) {
+      for (const output of recipe.automation.outputs) {
+        if (isOSCOutput(output)) {
+          expect(output.targetIP).toBe('127.0.0.1');
+        }
+        if (isHTTPOutput(output)) {
+          expect(output.url.startsWith('http://127.0.0.1')).toBe(true);
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  });
+
+  it('marks recipes that reach outside Ontime as needing a target', () => {
+    for (const recipe of automationRecipes) {
+      const reachesOut = recipe.automation.outputs.some((output) => isOSCOutput(output) || isHTTPOutput(output));
+      expect(recipe.needsSetup).toBe(reachesOut);
+    }
+  });
+});

apps/client/src/features/app-settings/panel/automations-panel/recipes/automationRecipes.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,159 @@
+import type { AutomationDTO, TimerLifeCycle } from 'ontime-types';
+import { TimerLifeCycle as Cycle } from 'ontime-types';
+
+export type RecipeCategory = 'video' | 'audio' | 'playback' | 'messaging' | 'ontime';
+
+export type AutomationRecipe = {
+  /** stable, client only. Never persisted */
+  id: string;
+  title: string;
+  /** one line, plain language: what this does for the user */
+  description: string;
+  category: RecipeCategory;
+  docsUrl?: string;
+  /** true when the recipe points at external software the user has to locate */
+  needsSetup: boolean;
+  /** typed so the compiler catches drift against the automation schema */
+  automation: AutomationDTO;
+  triggers: TimerLifeCycle[];
+};
+
+export const recipeCategoryLabels: Record<RecipeCategory, string> = {
+  ontime: 'Works out of the box',
+  playback: 'Playback and cue systems',
+  video: 'Video and streaming',
+  audio: 'Audio',
+  messaging: 'Webhooks and messaging',
+};
+
+/** presentation order for the library */
+export const recipeCategoryOrder: RecipeCategory[] = ['ontime', 'video', 'playback', 'audio', 'messaging'];
+
+/**
+ * Every recipe targets loopback by default.
+ * A recipe added by mistake must not put traffic on a venue network, so the user
+ * has to point it somewhere real before it can reach anything.
+ */
+export const automationRecipes: AutomationRecipe[] = [
+  {
+    id: 'ontime-aux-timer',
+    title: 'Start Aux Timer 1 with the event',
+    description: 'Sets aux timer 1 to five minutes and starts it whenever an event starts.',
+    category: 'ontime',
+    needsSetup: false,
+    automation: {
+      title: 'Start Aux Timer 1 with the event',
+      filterRule: 'all',
+      filters: [],
+      outputs: [
+        { type: 'ontime', action: 'aux1-set', time: '00:05:00' },
+        { type: 'ontime', action: 'aux1-start' },
+      ],
+    },
+    triggers: [Cycle.onStart],
+  },
+  {
+    id: 'ontime-warn-stage',
+    title: 'Warn the stage when the timer hits danger',
+    description: 'Shows a message on the stage timer as soon as the running event enters its danger window.',
+    category: 'ontime',
+    needsSetup: false,
+    automation: {
+      title: 'Warn the stage at danger',
+      filterRule: 'all',
+      filters: [],
+      outputs: [{ type: 'ontime', action: 'message-set', text: 'Please wrap up', visible: true }],
+    },
+    triggers: [Cycle.onDanger],
+  },
+  {
+    id: 'ontime-clear-message',
+    title: 'Hide the stage message on finish',
+    description: 'Hides the stage message once the event finishes. Pairs with the danger warning above.',
+    category: 'ontime',
+    needsSetup: false,
+    automation: {
+      title: 'Hide the stage message on finish',
+      filterRule: 'all',
+      filters: [],
+      outputs: [{ type: 'ontime', action: 'message-set', text: '', visible: false }],
+    },
+    triggers: [Cycle.onFinish],
+  },
+  {
+    id: 'obs-record',
+    title: 'OBS — start recording when the show starts',
+    description:
+      'Presses a Companion button bound to OBS. obs-websocket speaks WebSocket rather than HTTP, so Ontime reaches OBS through Companion or a similar bridge.',
+    category: 'video',
+    docsUrl: 'https://docs.getontime.no/api/automation/',
+    needsSetup: true,
+    automation: {
+      title: 'OBS start recording',
+      filterRule: 'all',
+      filters: [],
+      // Companion HTTP API: /api/location/<page>/<row>/<column>/press
+      outputs: [{ type: 'http', url: 'http://127.0.0.1:8888/api/location/1/0/1/press' }],
+    },
+    triggers: [Cycle.onLoad],
+  },
+  {
+    id: 'vmix-overlay-warning',
+    title: 'vMix — show an overlay on timer warning',
+    description: 'Triggers a vMix overlay through the web controller when the timer enters its warning window.',
+    category: 'video',
+    needsSetup: true,
+    automation: {
+      title: 'vMix overlay on warning',
+      filterRule: 'all',
+      filters: [],
+      outputs: [{ type: 'http', url: 'http://127.0.0.1:8088/api/?Function=OverlayInput1In' }],
+    },
+    triggers: [Cycle.onWarning],
+  },
+  {
+    id: 'qlab-go',
+    title: 'QLab — fire the matching cue on event start',
+    description: "Sends OSC to QLab to start the cue whose number matches the Ontime event's cue.",
+    category: 'playback',
+    needsSetup: true,
+    automation: {
+      title: 'QLab GO on event start',
+      filterRule: 'all',
+      filters: [],
+      outputs: [
+        { type: 'osc', targetIP: '127.0.0.1', targetPort: 53000, address: '/cue/{{eventNow.cue}}/start', args: '' },
+      ],
+    },
+    triggers: [Cycle.onStart],
+  },
+  {
+    id: 'companion-press',
+    title: 'Companion — press a button on event start',
+    description: 'Presses page 1 button 1 on a Stream Deck through the Companion HTTP API.',
+    category: 'playback',
+    needsSetup: true,
+    automation: {
+      title: 'Companion button press',
+      filterRule: 'all',
+      filters: [],
+      outputs: [{ type: 'http', url: 'http://127.0.0.1:8888/api/location/1/0/0/press' }],
+    },
+    triggers: [Cycle.onStart],
+  },
+  {
+    id: 'webhook-event-title',
+    title: 'Webhook — send the current event title',
+    description: 'Posts the running event title to any URL. A good place to see template strings at work.',
+    category: 'messaging',
+    docsUrl: 'https://docs.getontime.no/api/automation/#using-variables-in-automation',
+    needsSetup: true,
+    automation: {
+      title: 'Webhook with the current event',
+      filterRule: 'all',
+      filters: [],
+      outputs: [{ type: 'http', url: 'http://127.0.0.1:3000/now?title={{eventNow.title}}' }],
+    },
+    triggers: [Cycle.onStart],
+  },
+];

apps/client/src/features/app-settings/panel/automations-panel/recipes/recipeUtils.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+import type { Automation } from 'ontime-types';
+
+import { addAutomation, addTrigger, deleteAutomation, deleteTrigger } from '../../../../../common/api/automation';
+import { cycles } from '../automationUtils';
+import type { AutomationRecipe } from './automationRecipes';
+
+/**
+ * Installs a recipe as an ordinary automation, using the same endpoints as the form.
+ * There is nothing special about the result: the user owns it and can edit or delete it.
+ *
+ * The server generates the ids, so the automation has to exist before its triggers can
+ * point at it. If a trigger fails half way we undo the whole thing, triggers first:
+ * the server refuses to delete an automation that is still referenced.
+ */
+export async function installRecipe(recipe: AutomationRecipe): Promise<Automation> {
+  const created = await addAutomation(recipe.automation);
+  const createdTriggerIds: string[] = [];
+
+  try {
+    for (const cycle of recipe.triggers) {
+      const label = cycles.find(({ value }) => value === cycle)?.label ?? cycle;
+      const trigger = await addTrigger({
+        title: `${recipe.automation.title} — ${label}`,
+        trigger: cycle,
+        automationId: created.id,
+      });
+      createdTriggerIds.push(trigger.id);
+    }
+  } catch (error) {
+    await rollback(created.id, createdTriggerIds);
+    throw error;
+  }
+
+  return created;
+}
+
+async function rollback(automationId: string, triggerIds: string[]) {
+  try {
+    for (const id of triggerIds) {
+      await deleteTrigger(id);
+    }
+    await deleteAutomation(automationId);
+  } catch (_error) {
+    // the install already failed and we are reporting that. A failed cleanup leaves an
+    // editable automation behind, which is recoverable, so it should not mask the original error
+  }
+}

apps/client/src/features/app-settings/panel/automations-panel/template-input/TemplateInput.module.scss

@@ -1,29 +1,67 @@
-.wrapper {
+.inputShell {
   position: relative;
 }
 
-.suggestions {
-  background: $gray-1250;
-  color: $ui-white;
-
-  position: absolute;
-  top: 100%;
-  left: 0;
+.fluid {
   width: 100%;
-  margin: 0;
-  z-index: $zindex-floating;
-  padding-block: 0.25rem;
+}
 
-  max-height: 200px;
-  overflow-y: auto;
+.input {
+  padding-right: 2rem;
+}
+
+.expandButton {
+  position: absolute;
+  top: 50%;
+  right: 0.25rem;
+  transform: translateY(-50%);
+}
+
+.positioner {
+  outline: 0;
+}
+
+.popup {
+  box-sizing: border-box;
+  min-width: var(--anchor-width);
+  max-width: var(--available-width);
+  border: 1px solid $gray-1000;
+  border-radius: $component-border-radius-md;
+  background: $gray-1250;
   color: $label-gray;
+}
 
-  li {
-    padding: 0.25rem;
-  }
+.list {
+  box-sizing: border-box;
+  max-height: min(20rem, var(--available-height));
+  overflow-y: auto;
+  overscroll-behavior: contain;
+  padding-block: 0.25rem;
+  outline: 0;
+}
 
-  li:hover {
+.item {
+  box-sizing: border-box;
+  padding: 0.25rem 0.5rem;
+  outline: 0;
+  cursor: default;
+  user-select: none;
+  overflow-wrap: anywhere;
+
+  &[data-highlighted] {
     color: $ui-white;
     background: $blue-700;
   }
 }
+
+.expandedEditor {
+  min-height: min(18rem, 45vh);
+  font-family: monospace;
+  line-height: 1.4;
+}
+
+.footerHint {
+  margin-right: auto;
+  color: $label-gray;
+  font-size: calc(1rem - 2px);
+}

apps/client/src/features/app-settings/panel/automations-panel/template-input/TemplateInput.tsx

@@ -1,69 +1,258 @@
-import { mergeRefs, useClickOutside } from '@mantine/hooks';
-import { forwardRef, useMemo, useState } from 'react';
+import { Autocomplete as BaseAutocomplete } from '@base-ui/react/autocomplete';
+import type { ChangeEvent, ReactNode, Ref } from 'react';
+import { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from 'react';
+import { IoExpandOutline } from 'react-icons/io5';
 
-import Input, { type InputProps } from '../../../../../common/components/input/input/Input';
+import Button from '../../../../../common/components/buttons/Button';
+import IconButton from '../../../../../common/components/buttons/IconButton';
+import { type InputProps } from '../../../../../common/components/input/input/Input';
+import Textarea from '../../../../../common/components/input/textarea/Textarea';
+import Modal from '../../../../../common/components/modal/Modal';
 import useCustomFields from '../../../../../common/hooks-query/useCustomFields';
-import { makeAutoCompleteList, matchRemaining, selectFromLastTemplate } from './templateInput.utils';
+import { cx } from '../../../../../common/utils/styleUtils';
+import { makeAutoCompleteList } from './templateInput.utils';
+import { useTemplateAutocomplete } from './useTemplateAutocomplete';
 
+import inputStyle from '../../../../../common/components/input/input/Input.module.scss';
 import style from './TemplateInput.module.scss';
 
-interface TemplateInputProps extends InputProps {}
+interface TemplateInputProps extends Omit<InputProps, 'value'> {
+  ref?: Ref<HTMLInputElement>;
+  value?: string;
+}
 
-const TemplateInput = forwardRef(function TemplateInput(props: TemplateInputProps, ref) {
-  const { value, onChange, ...rest } = props;
+interface TemplateEditorModalProps {
+  autocompleteList: string[];
+  isOpen: boolean;
+  onClose: () => void;
+  onSave: (value: string) => void;
+  value: string;
+}
+
+type TemplateAutocompleteState = ReturnType<typeof useTemplateAutocomplete<HTMLInputElement>>;
+
+interface TemplateAutocompleteRootProps {
+  autocomplete: TemplateAutocompleteState;
+  children: ReactNode;
+  value: string;
+}
+
+function assignRef<T>(ref: Ref<T> | undefined, value: T | null) {
+  if (typeof ref === 'function') {
+    ref(value);
+  } else if (ref) {
+    ref.current = value;
+  }
+}
+
+function emitInputChange(name: string | undefined, value: string, onChange: InputProps['onChange']) {
+  onChange?.({
+    target: { name, value },
+    currentTarget: { name, value },
+  } as ChangeEvent<HTMLInputElement>);
+}
+
+export default function TemplateInput({
+  className,
+  disabled,
+  fluid,
+  height = 'medium',
+  onChange,
+  readOnly,
+  ref,
+  value,
+  variant = 'subtle',
+  ...rest
+}: TemplateInputProps) {
   const { data } = useCustomFields();
-  const localRef = useClickOutside(() => setShowSuggestions(false));
+  const inputRef = useRef<HTMLInputElement | null>(null);
+  const [inputValue, setInputValue] = useState(value || '');
+  const [isExpanded, setIsExpanded] = useState(false);
 
   const autocompleteList = useMemo(() => {
     return makeAutoCompleteList(data);
   }, [data]);
 
-  const [inputValue, setInputValue] = useState(value || '');
-  const [suggestions, setSuggestions] = useState<string[]>([]);
-  const [showSuggestions, setShowSuggestions] = useState(false);
+  const updateInputValue = useCallback(
+    (nextValue: string) => {
+      setInputValue(nextValue);
+      emitInputChange(rest.name, nextValue, onChange);
+    },
+    [onChange, rest.name],
+  );
 
-  const updateSuggestions = (value: string) => {
-    const template = selectFromLastTemplate(value);
-    return autocompleteList.filter((suggestion) => suggestion.startsWith(template));
+  const autocomplete = useTemplateAutocomplete(inputValue, autocompleteList, inputRef, updateInputValue);
+  const { setCursorForValue } = autocomplete;
+
+  // Keep the local autocomplete input in sync when react-hook-form resets or swaps field-array values.
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const nextValue = value || '';
+    setInputValue(nextValue);
+    setCursorForValue(nextValue, nextValue.length);
+  }, [setCursorForValue, value]);
+
+  const setInputRef = useCallback(
+    (element: HTMLInputElement | null) => {
+      inputRef.current = element;
+      assignRef(ref, element);
+    },
+    [ref],
+  );
+
+  const openExpandedEditor = () => {
+    autocomplete.setShowSuggestions(false);
+    setIsExpanded(true);
   };
 
-  const handleInputChange = (event: React.ChangeEvent<HTMLInputElement>) => {
-    setInputValue(event.target.value);
-
-    if (event.target.value.endsWith('{')) {
-      setShowSuggestions(true);
-      setSuggestions(updateSuggestions(event.target.value));
-    } else if (event.target.value === '' || event.target.value.endsWith('}}')) {
-      setShowSuggestions(false);
-    } else if (showSuggestions) {
-      setSuggestions(updateSuggestions(event.target.value));
-    }
-
-    onChange?.(event);
+  const closeExpandedEditor = () => {
+    setIsExpanded(false);
   };
 
-  const handleSuggestion = (value: string) => {
-    setInputValue((prev) => {
-      const remaining = matchRemaining(prev as string, value);
-      return prev + remaining;
-    });
-    setShowSuggestions(false);
+  const saveExpandedEditor = (nextValue: string) => {
+    updateInputValue(nextValue);
+    autocomplete.setCursorForValue(nextValue, nextValue.length);
+    setIsExpanded(false);
   };
 
   return (
-    <div className={style.wrapper} ref={mergeRefs(localRef, ref)}>
-      <Input value={inputValue} {...rest} onChange={handleInputChange} fluid />
-      {showSuggestions && suggestions.length > 0 && (
-        <ul className={style.suggestions}>
-          {suggestions.map((suggestion) => (
-            <li key={suggestion} onClick={() => handleSuggestion(suggestion)}>
-              {suggestion}
-            </li>
-          ))}
-        </ul>
-      )}
-    </div>
+    <>
+      <TemplateAutocompleteRoot autocomplete={autocomplete} value={inputValue}>
+        <div className={cx([style.inputShell, fluid && style.fluid])}>
+          <BaseAutocomplete.Input
+            ref={setInputRef}
+            className={cx([
+              inputStyle.input,
+              inputStyle[variant],
+              inputStyle[height],
+              fluid && inputStyle.fluid,
+              style.input,
+              className,
+            ])}
+            {...rest}
+            disabled={disabled}
+            onClick={autocomplete.updateCursor}
+            onFocus={autocomplete.updateCursor}
+            onKeyUp={autocomplete.updateCursor}
+            onSelect={autocomplete.updateCursor}
+            readOnly={readOnly}
+          />
+          <IconButton
+            aria-label='Expand template editor'
+            className={style.expandButton}
+            disabled={disabled || readOnly}
+            onClick={openExpandedEditor}
+            size='small'
+            title='Expand template editor'
+            variant='ghosted-white'
+          >
+            <IoExpandOutline />
+          </IconButton>
+        </div>
+      </TemplateAutocompleteRoot>
+      <TemplateEditorModal
+        autocompleteList={autocompleteList}
+        isOpen={isExpanded}
+        onClose={closeExpandedEditor}
+        onSave={saveExpandedEditor}
+        value={inputValue}
+      />
+    </>
   );
-});
+}
 
-export default TemplateInput;
+function TemplateAutocompleteRoot({ autocomplete, children, value }: TemplateAutocompleteRootProps) {
+  return (
+    <BaseAutocomplete.Root
+      items={autocomplete.suggestions}
+      autoHighlight
+      highlightItemOnHover
+      mode='none'
+      open={autocomplete.open}
+      value={value}
+      onOpenChange={autocomplete.setShowSuggestions}
+      onValueChange={autocomplete.handleValueChange}
+    >
+      {children}
+      <TemplateSuggestionPopup />
+    </BaseAutocomplete.Root>
+  );
+}
+
+function TemplateEditorModal({ autocompleteList, isOpen, onClose, onSave, value }: TemplateEditorModalProps) {
+  const expandedInputRef = useRef<HTMLTextAreaElement | null>(null);
+  const [draftValue, setDraftValue] = useState(value);
+  const autocomplete = useTemplateAutocomplete(draftValue, autocompleteList, expandedInputRef, setDraftValue);
+  const { setShowSuggestions } = autocomplete;
+
+  // Reset the draft whenever the modal opens so cancel never leaks unsaved changes.
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!isOpen) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    setDraftValue(value);
+    setShowSuggestions(false);
+  }, [isOpen, setShowSuggestions, value]);
+
+  const handleClose = () => {
+    setShowSuggestions(false);
+    onClose();
+  };
+
+  const handleSave = () => {
+    setShowSuggestions(false);
+    onSave(draftValue);
+  };
+
+  return (
+    <Modal
+      isOpen={isOpen}
+      onClose={handleClose}
+      showBackdrop
+      showCloseButton
+      title='Edit template'
+      bodyElements={
+        <TemplateAutocompleteRoot autocomplete={autocomplete} value={draftValue}>
+          <BaseAutocomplete.Input
+            autoFocus
+            className={style.expandedEditor}
+            onClick={autocomplete.updateCursor}
+            onFocus={autocomplete.updateCursor}
+            onKeyUp={autocomplete.updateCursor}
+            onSelect={autocomplete.updateCursor}
+            render={<Textarea ref={expandedInputRef} fluid resize='none' rows={8} />}
+          />
+        </TemplateAutocompleteRoot>
+      }
+      footerElements={
+        <>
+          <span className={style.footerHint}>Start a template with {'{{'} to see autocomplete.</span>
+          <Button onClick={handleClose}>Cancel</Button>
+          <Button onClick={handleSave} variant='primary'>
+            Save
+          </Button>
+        </>
+      }
+    />
+  );
+}
+
+function TemplateSuggestionPopup() {
+  return (
+    <BaseAutocomplete.Portal>
+      <BaseAutocomplete.Positioner side='bottom' align='start' className={style.positioner}>
+        <BaseAutocomplete.Popup className={style.popup}>
+          <BaseAutocomplete.List className={style.list}>
+            <BaseAutocomplete.Collection>
+              {(suggestion: string) => (
+                <BaseAutocomplete.Item key={suggestion} value={suggestion} className={style.item}>
+                  {suggestion}
+                </BaseAutocomplete.Item>
+              )}
+            </BaseAutocomplete.Collection>
+          </BaseAutocomplete.List>
+        </BaseAutocomplete.Popup>
+      </BaseAutocomplete.Positioner>
+    </BaseAutocomplete.Portal>
+  );
+}

apps/client/src/features/app-settings/panel/automations-panel/template-input/__tests__/templateInput.utils.test.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { matchRemaining } from '../templateInput.utils';
+import { completeTemplateAtCursor, matchRemaining, selectActiveTemplate } from '../templateInput.utils';
 
 describe('matchRemaining()', () => {
   it('should return a partial string needed for autocomplete', () => {
@@ -15,3 +15,54 @@ describe('matchRemaining()', () => {
     expect(matchRemaining('test', 'test')).toBe('');
   });
 });
+
+describe('selectActiveTemplate()', () => {
+  it('returns the last unclosed template fragment', () => {
+    expect(selectActiveTemplate('send {{event')).toBe('{{event');
+    expect(selectActiveTemplate('send {{eventNow.title}} and {{event')).toBe('{{event');
+  });
+
+  it('ignores single braces and closed templates', () => {
+    expect(selectActiveTemplate('send {')).toBe('');
+    expect(selectActiveTemplate('send {{eventNow.title}}')).toBe('');
+  });
+
+  it('only considers templates before the cursor', () => {
+    expect(selectActiveTemplate('send {{event}} then {{timer', 14)).toBe('');
+    expect(selectActiveTemplate('send {{event}} then {{timer', 27)).toBe('{{timer');
+  });
+
+  it('selects a partial template when the cursor is inside a completed template', () => {
+    expect(selectActiveTemplate('send {{timer.current}} after', 12)).toBe('{{timer');
+  });
+});
+
+describe('completeTemplateAtCursor()', () => {
+  it('completes the active template before the cursor', () => {
+    expect(completeTemplateAtCursor('send {{timer after', '{{timer.current}}', 12)).toEqual({
+      value: 'send {{timer.current}} after',
+      cursorIndex: 22,
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('preserves text before and after the cursor', () => {
+    expect(completeTemplateAtCursor('before {{event after', '{{eventNow.title}}', 14)).toEqual({
+      value: 'before {{eventNow.title}} after',
+      cursorIndex: 25,
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('preserves a following template when completing between templates', () => {
+    expect(completeTemplateAtCursor('{{clock}} and {{timer then {{eventNow.title}}', '{{timer.current}}', 21)).toEqual({
+      value: '{{clock}} and {{timer.current}} then {{eventNow.title}}',
+      cursorIndex: 31,
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('replaces the whole template when the cursor is inside a completed template', () => {
+    expect(completeTemplateAtCursor('before {{timer.current}} after', '{{timer.duration}}', 15)).toEqual({
+      value: 'before {{timer.duration}} after',
+      cursorIndex: 25,
+    });
+  });
+});

apps/client/src/features/app-settings/panel/automations-panel/template-input/templateInput.utils.ts

@@ -54,6 +54,16 @@ const eventStaticPropertiesNext = [
   '{{eventNext.delay}}',
 ];
 
+const groupStaticPropertiesNow = [
+  '{{groupNow.id}}',
+  '{{groupNow.title}}',
+  '{{groupNow.note}}',
+  '{{groupNow.colour}}',
+  '{{groupNow.timeStart}}',
+  '{{groupNow.timeEnd}}',
+  '{{groupNow.duration}}',
+];
+
 const staticAuxProperties = (index: 1 | 2 | 3) => [
   `{{auxtimer${index}.current}}`,
   `{{auxtimer${index}.duration}}`,
@@ -75,12 +85,19 @@ export function makeAutoCompleteList(customFields: CustomFields): string[] {
     ...Object.entries(customFields).map(([key]) => `{{eventNow.custom.${key}}}`),
     ...eventStaticPropertiesNext,
     ...Object.entries(customFields).map(([key]) => `{{eventNext.custom.${key}}}`),
+    ...groupStaticPropertiesNow,
+    ...Object.entries(customFields).map(([key]) => `{{groupNow.custom.${key}}}`),
     ...staticAuxProperties(1),
     ...staticAuxProperties(2),
     ...staticAuxProperties(3),
   ];
 }
 
+interface TemplateCompletion {
+  cursorIndex: number;
+  value: string;
+}
+
 /**
  * Returns the partial string b needed to autocomplete string a
  * @example matchRemaining('te', 'test') -> 'st'
@@ -111,13 +128,54 @@ export function matchRemaining(a: string, b: string) {
   return '';
 }
 
-/**
- * Selects the last starting template in a string
- */
-export function selectFromLastTemplate(text: string) {
-  const lastBraceIndex = text.lastIndexOf('{{');
-  if (lastBraceIndex !== -1) {
-    return text.slice(lastBraceIndex);
+function getActiveTemplateRange(text: string, cursorIndex = text.length) {
+  const textBeforeCursor = text.slice(0, cursorIndex);
+  const start = textBeforeCursor.lastIndexOf('{{');
+  if (start === -1) {
+    return null;
   }
-  return '';
+
+  const closeBeforeCursor = textBeforeCursor.lastIndexOf('}}');
+  if (closeBeforeCursor > start) {
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  const closeAfterStart = text.indexOf('}}', start);
+  const nextStartAfterCursor = text.indexOf('{{', cursorIndex);
+  const closesBeforeNextTemplate = nextStartAfterCursor === -1 || closeAfterStart < nextStartAfterCursor;
+  const end = closeAfterStart !== -1 && closesBeforeNextTemplate ? closeAfterStart + 2 : cursorIndex;
+
+  return {
+    end,
+    start,
+    template: text.slice(start, cursorIndex),
+  };
+}
+
+/**
+ * Selects the last unclosed starting template before the cursor.
+ */
+export function selectActiveTemplate(text: string, cursorIndex = text.length) {
+  return getActiveTemplateRange(text, cursorIndex)?.template ?? '';
+}
+
+/**
+ * Replaces the active template fragment before the cursor with the selected suggestion.
+ */
+export function completeTemplateAtCursor(
+  text: string,
+  suggestion: string,
+  cursorIndex = text.length,
+): TemplateCompletion {
+  const activeTemplateRange = getActiveTemplateRange(text, cursorIndex);
+  if (!activeTemplateRange) {
+    const value = text + matchRemaining(text, suggestion);
+    return { value, cursorIndex: value.length };
+  }
+
+  const value = `${text.slice(0, activeTemplateRange.start)}${suggestion}${text.slice(activeTemplateRange.end)}`;
+  return {
+    value,
+    cursorIndex: activeTemplateRange.start + suggestion.length,
+  };
 }

apps/client/src/features/app-settings/panel/automations-panel/template-input/useTemplateAutocomplete.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+import { Autocomplete as BaseAutocomplete } from '@base-ui/react/autocomplete';
+import { useCallback, useMemo, useState, type RefObject } from 'react';
+
+import { completeTemplateAtCursor, selectActiveTemplate } from './templateInput.utils';
+
+type TemplateElement = HTMLInputElement | HTMLTextAreaElement;
+
+function getCursorIndex(element: TemplateElement | null, fallback: string) {
+  return element?.selectionStart ?? fallback.length;
+}
+
+function focusCursor(element: TemplateElement | null, cursorIndex: number) {
+  requestAnimationFrame(() => {
+    element?.focus();
+    element?.setSelectionRange(cursorIndex, cursorIndex);
+  });
+}
+
+export function useTemplateAutocomplete<T extends TemplateElement>(
+  value: string,
+  autocompleteList: string[],
+  elementRef: RefObject<T | null>,
+  onValueChange: (value: string) => void,
+) {
+  const [showSuggestions, setShowSuggestions] = useState(false);
+  const [cursor, setCursor] = useState(value.length);
+
+  const activeTemplate = selectActiveTemplate(value, cursor);
+  const suggestions = useMemo(() => {
+    if (!activeTemplate) {
+      return [];
+    }
+    return autocompleteList.filter((suggestion) => suggestion.startsWith(activeTemplate));
+  }, [activeTemplate, autocompleteList]);
+
+  const setCursorForValue = useCallback((nextValue: string, cursorIndex: number) => {
+    setCursor(cursorIndex);
+    setShowSuggestions(Boolean(selectActiveTemplate(nextValue, cursorIndex)));
+  }, []);
+
+  const updateCursor = useCallback(() => {
+    const cursorIndex = getCursorIndex(elementRef.current, value);
+    setCursorForValue(value, cursorIndex);
+  }, [elementRef, setCursorForValue, value]);
+
+  const handleValueChange = useCallback(
+    (nextValue: string, eventDetails: BaseAutocomplete.Root.ChangeEventDetails) => {
+      if (eventDetails.reason === 'item-press') {
+        eventDetails.cancel();
+        const completed = completeTemplateAtCursor(value, nextValue, cursor);
+        setCursorForValue(completed.value, completed.cursorIndex);
+        onValueChange(completed.value);
+        focusCursor(elementRef.current, completed.cursorIndex);
+        return;
+      }
+
+      const cursorIndex = getCursorIndex(elementRef.current, nextValue);
+      setCursorForValue(nextValue, cursorIndex);
+      onValueChange(nextValue);
+    },
+    [cursor, elementRef, onValueChange, setCursorForValue, value],
+  );
+
+  return {
+    handleValueChange,
+    open: showSuggestions && suggestions.length > 0,
+    setCursorForValue,
+    setShowSuggestions,
+    suggestions,
+    updateCursor,
+  };
+}

apps/client/src/features/app-settings/panel/feature-panel/ReportSettings.tsx

@@ -66,7 +66,10 @@ export default function ReportSettings() {
             </thead>
             <tbody>
               {combinedReport.length === 0 && (
-                <Panel.TableEmpty label='Reports are generated when running through the show.' />
+                <Panel.TableEmpty
+                  title='No report data yet'
+                  description='Reports are generated as you run through the show, comparing scheduled times against what actually happened.'
+                />
               )}
 
               {combinedReport.map((entry) => {

apps/client/src/features/app-settings/panel/feature-panel/URLPresets.tsx

@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ export default function URLPresets() {
   return (
     <Panel.Section>
       <Panel.Card>
+        {formState.isOpen && <URLPresetForm urlPreset={formState.preset} onClose={closeForm} />}
         <Panel.SubHeader>
           URL presets
           <Button onClick={openNewForm}>
@@ -63,7 +64,6 @@ export default function URLPresets() {
         </Panel.Section>
         <Panel.Section>
           <Panel.Loader isLoading={status === 'pending'} />
-          {formState.isOpen && <URLPresetForm urlPreset={formState.preset} onClose={closeForm} />}
           {actionError && <Panel.Error>{actionError}</Panel.Error>}
           <Panel.Table>
             <thead>
@@ -76,7 +76,17 @@ export default function URLPresets() {
               </tr>
             </thead>
             <tbody>
-              {data.length === 0 && <Panel.TableEmpty handleClick={openNewForm} />}
+              {data.length === 0 && (
+                <Panel.TableEmpty
+                  title='No URL presets yet'
+                  description='A preset gives one of your views a short, memorable address, with all of its options baked in.'
+                  action={
+                    <Button variant='primary' onClick={openNewForm}>
+                      Create preset <IoAdd />
+                    </Button>
+                  }
+                />
+              )}
               {data.map((preset, index) => {
                 const isCuesheet = preset.target === OntimeView.Cuesheet;
                 return (

apps/client/src/features/app-settings/panel/feature-panel/composite/URLPresetForm.tsx

@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ import { maybeAxiosError, unwrapError } from '../../../../../common/api/utils';
 import Button from '../../../../../common/components/buttons/Button';
 import Input from '../../../../../common/components/input/input/Input';
 import Textarea from '../../../../../common/components/input/textarea/Textarea';
+import Modal from '../../../../../common/components/modal/Modal';
 import Select, { SelectOption } from '../../../../../common/components/select/Select';
 import { useUpdateUrlPreset } from '../../../../../common/hooks-query/useUrlPresets';
-import { preventEscape } from '../../../../../common/utils/keyEvent';
 import { isUrlSafe } from '../../../../../common/utils/regex';
 import { enDash } from '../../../../../common/utils/styleUtils';
 import { generateUrlPresetOptions } from '../../../../../common/utils/urlPresets';
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ const targetOptions: SelectOption<OntimeViewPresettable>[] = [
   { value: OntimeView.ProjectInfo, label: 'Project Info' },
 ];
 
+const formId = 'url-preset-form';
+
 const defaultValues: URLPreset = {
   alias: '',
   target: OntimeView.Timer,
@@ -134,95 +136,101 @@ export default function URLPresetForm({ urlPreset, onClose }: URLPresetFormProps
   };
 
   return (
-    <Panel.Indent
-      as='form'
-      onSubmit={handleSubmit(setupSubmit)}
-      onKeyDown={(event) => preventEscape(event, onClose)}
-      className={style.column}
-    >
-      <input hidden name='enabled' value='true' />
+    <Modal
+      isOpen
+      onClose={onClose}
+      showBackdrop
+      showCloseButton
+      size='compact'
+      title={urlPreset ? 'Edit URL preset' : 'Create URL preset'}
+      bodyElements={
+        <form id={formId} onSubmit={handleSubmit(setupSubmit)} className={style.column}>
+          <input hidden name='enabled' value='true' />
 
-      <div>1. Enter URL and let Ontime generate the preset options</div>
-      <Panel.InlineElements>
-        <div>
-          <Panel.Description>Alias</Panel.Description>
-          <Input
-            {...register('alias', {
-              required: 'Alias is required',
-              pattern: {
-                value: isUrlSafe,
-                message: 'Field can only contain URL safe characters (a-z, 0-9, _ and -)',
-              },
-            })}
-          />
-        </div>
-        <div className={style.expand}>
-          <Panel.Description>Generate options (paste URL to generate options)</Panel.Description>
+          <div>1. Enter URL and let Ontime generate the preset options</div>
           <Panel.InlineElements>
-            <Input placeholder='Paste URL' fluid ref={urlRef} disabled={isEditingCuesheet} />
-            <Button onClick={generateOptions} disabled={isEditingCuesheet}>
-              Generate
-            </Button>
+            <div>
+              <Panel.Description>Alias</Panel.Description>
+              <Input
+                {...register('alias', {
+                  required: 'Alias is required',
+                  pattern: {
+                    value: isUrlSafe,
+                    message: 'Field can only contain URL safe characters (a-z, 0-9, _ and -)',
+                  },
+                })}
+              />
+            </div>
+            <div className={style.expand}>
+              <Panel.Description>Generate options (paste URL to generate options)</Panel.Description>
+              <Panel.InlineElements>
+                <Input placeholder='Paste URL' fluid ref={urlRef} disabled={isEditingCuesheet} />
+                <Button onClick={generateOptions} disabled={isEditingCuesheet}>
+                  Generate
+                </Button>
+              </Panel.InlineElements>
+            </div>
           </Panel.InlineElements>
-        </div>
-      </Panel.InlineElements>
-      {errors.alias?.message && <Panel.Error>{errors.alias.message}</Panel.Error>}
-      {!isEditingCuesheet && (
-        <>
-          <div>
-            {enDash} or {enDash}
-          </div>
-          <div>2. Choose a view and its parameters</div>
-          <div>
-            <Panel.Description>Target</Panel.Description>
-            <Select
-              options={targetOptions}
-              {...register('target', { required: 'Target is required' })}
-              value={watch('target')}
-              onValueChange={(value: OntimeViewPresettable | null) => {
-                if (value === null) return;
-                setValue('target', value, { shouldDirty: true });
-              }}
-            />
-          </div>
-          <div>
-            <Panel.Description>Parameters</Panel.Description>
-            <Textarea
-              fluid
-              rows={3}
-              {...register('search', {
-                validate: validateParams,
-              })}
-            />
-            <Panel.Error>{errors.search?.message}</Panel.Error>
-          </div>
-        </>
-      )}
+          {errors.alias?.message && <Panel.Error>{errors.alias.message}</Panel.Error>}
+          {!isEditingCuesheet && (
+            <>
+              <div>
+                {enDash} or {enDash}
+              </div>
+              <div>2. Choose a view and its parameters</div>
+              <div>
+                <Panel.Description>Target</Panel.Description>
+                <Select
+                  options={targetOptions}
+                  {...register('target', { required: 'Target is required' })}
+                  value={watch('target')}
+                  onValueChange={(value: OntimeViewPresettable | null) => {
+                    if (value === null) return;
+                    setValue('target', value, { shouldDirty: true });
+                  }}
+                />
+              </div>
+              <div>
+                <Panel.Description>Parameters</Panel.Description>
+                <Textarea
+                  fluid
+                  rows={3}
+                  {...register('search', {
+                    validate: validateParams,
+                  })}
+                />
+                <Panel.Error>{errors.search?.message}</Panel.Error>
+              </div>
+            </>
+          )}
 
-      {isCuesheet && (
-        <div>
-          <Panel.Description>Permissions</Panel.Description>
-          <CuesheetLinkOptions
-            initialRead={initialPermissions.current.read}
-            initialWrite={initialPermissions.current.write}
-            onChange={setCuesheetPermissions}
-          />
-        </div>
-      )}
-      <div>
-        <Panel.Error>{errors.root?.message}</Panel.Error>
-        <Panel.InlineElements align='end'>
+          {isCuesheet && (
+            <div>
+              <Panel.Description>Permissions</Panel.Description>
+              <CuesheetLinkOptions
+                initialRead={initialPermissions.current.read}
+                initialWrite={initialPermissions.current.write}
+                onChange={setCuesheetPermissions}
+              />
+            </div>
+          )}
+        </form>
+      }
+      footerElements={
+        <>
+          <Panel.Error>{errors.root?.message}</Panel.Error>
           <Button onClick={onClose}>Cancel</Button>
           <Button
             variant='primary'
             type='submit'
+            form={formId}
             disabled={!isValid || (!isDirty && !permissionsDirty) || noReadAccess}
             loading={isSubmitting || isMutating}
           >
             Save
           </Button>
-        </Panel.InlineElements>
-      </div>
-    </Panel.Indent>
+        </>
+      }
+    />
   );
 }

apps/client/src/features/app-settings/panel/manage-panel/CustomFields.tsx

@@ -13,27 +13,30 @@ import * as Panel from '../../panel-utils/PanelUtils';
 import CustomFieldEntry from './composite/CustomFieldEntry';
 import CustomFieldForm from './composite/CustomFieldForm';
 
+type CustomFieldEntity = CustomField & { key: CustomFieldKey };
+
+type FormState = {
+  isOpen: boolean;
+  field?: CustomFieldEntity;
+};
+
 export default function CustomFieldSettings() {
   const { data, refetch } = useCustomFields();
-  const [isAdding, setIsAdding] = useState(false);
+  const [formState, setFormState] = useState<FormState>({ isOpen: false, field: undefined });
 
-  const handleInitiateCreate = () => {
-    setIsAdding(true);
-  };
+  const openNewForm = () => setFormState({ isOpen: true });
+  const openEditForm = (field: CustomFieldEntity) => setFormState({ isOpen: true, field });
+  const closeForm = () => setFormState({ isOpen: false, field: undefined });
 
-  const handleCancel = () => {
-    setIsAdding(false);
-  };
-
-  const handleCreate = async (customField: CustomField) => {
-    await postCustomField(customField);
-    refetch();
-    setIsAdding(false);
-  };
-
-  const handleEditField = async (key: CustomFieldKey, customField: CustomField) => {
-    await editCustomField(key, customField);
+  const handleSubmit = async (customField: CustomField) => {
+    const editing = formState.field;
+    if (editing) {
+      await editCustomField(editing.key, customField);
+    } else {
+      await postCustomField(customField);
+    }
     refetch();
+    closeForm();
   };
 
   const handleDelete = async (key: CustomFieldKey) => {
@@ -45,12 +48,24 @@ export default function CustomFieldSettings() {
     }
   };
 
+  const entries = Object.entries(data);
+
   return (
     <Panel.Section>
       <Panel.Card>
+        {formState.isOpen && (
+          <CustomFieldForm
+            onSubmit={handleSubmit}
+            onCancel={closeForm}
+            initialColour={formState.field?.colour}
+            initialLabel={formState.field?.label}
+            initialKey={formState.field?.key}
+            initialType={formState.field?.type}
+          />
+        )}
         <Panel.SubHeader>
           Custom fields
-          <Button onClick={handleInitiateCreate}>
+          <Button onClick={openNewForm}>
             New <IoAdd />
           </Button>
         </Panel.SubHeader>
@@ -66,7 +81,6 @@ export default function CustomFieldSettings() {
           </Info>
         </Panel.Section>
         <Panel.Section>
-          {isAdding && <CustomFieldForm onSubmit={handleCreate} onCancel={handleCancel} />}
           <Panel.Table>
             <thead>
               <tr>
@@ -78,7 +92,18 @@ export default function CustomFieldSettings() {
               </tr>
             </thead>
             <tbody>
-              {Object.entries(data).map(([key, { colour, label, type }]) => {
+              {entries.length === 0 && (
+                <Panel.TableEmpty
+                  title='No custom fields yet'
+                  description='Custom fields add your own columns to the rundown, and can be shown in views or used in automations.'
+                  action={
+                    <Button variant='primary' onClick={openNewForm}>
+                      Create custom field <IoAdd />
+                    </Button>
+                  }
+                />
+              )}
+              {entries.map(([key, { colour, label, type }]) => {
                 return (
                   <CustomFieldEntry
                     key={key}
@@ -86,7 +111,7 @@ export default function CustomFieldSettings() {
                     colour={colour}
                     label={label}
                     type={type}
-                    onEdit={handleEditField}
+                    onEdit={() => openEditForm({ key, colour, label, type })}
                     onDelete={handleDelete}
                   />
                 );

apps/client/src/features/app-settings/panel/manage-panel/CustomViewForm.tsx

@@ -5,11 +5,14 @@ import { uploadCustomView } from '../../../../common/api/customViews';
 import { maybeAxiosError } from '../../../../common/api/utils';
 import Button from '../../../../common/components/buttons/Button';
 import Input from '../../../../common/components/input/input/Input';
+import Modal from '../../../../common/components/modal/Modal';
 import * as Panel from '../../panel-utils/PanelUtils';
 import { getFileError, getSlugError, getViewUrl, maxUploadLabel } from './customViews.utils';
 
 import style from './CustomViews.module.scss';
 
+const formId = 'custom-view-form';
+
 interface CustomViewFormProps {
   onComplete: () => void;
   onClose: () => void;
@@ -53,62 +56,72 @@ export default function CustomViewForm({ onComplete, onClose }: CustomViewFormPr
   };
 
   return (
-    <Panel.Indent as='form' onSubmit={handleUpload} className={style.uploadForm}>
-      <input
-        ref={fileInputRef}
-        style={{ display: 'none' }}
-        type='file'
-        onChange={handleSelectFile}
-        accept='.html,text/html'
-      />
+    <Modal
+      isOpen
+      onClose={onClose}
+      showBackdrop
+      showCloseButton
+      size='compact'
+      title='Upload custom view'
+      bodyElements={
+        <form id={formId} onSubmit={handleUpload} className={style.uploadForm}>
+          <input
+            ref={fileInputRef}
+            style={{ display: 'none' }}
+            type='file'
+            onChange={handleSelectFile}
+            accept='.html,text/html'
+          />
 
-      <div className={style.step}>
-        <div className={style.stepTitle}>1. Choose a name</div>
-        <Panel.Description>Name</Panel.Description>
-        <Input
-          value={slug}
-          onChange={(event) => {
-            setSlug(event.target.value);
-            setSlugDirty(true);
-          }}
-          placeholder='my-view'
-          aria-label='Custom view name'
-          autoCapitalize='off'
-          autoComplete='off'
-          fluid
-        />
-        <Panel.Description>
-          Use lowercase letters, numbers, and dashes. Example: <Panel.Highlight>my-view</Panel.Highlight>
-        </Panel.Description>
-        <Panel.Description>
-          Preview URL: <Panel.Highlight>{previewUrl}</Panel.Highlight>
-        </Panel.Description>
-        {slugDirty && slugError && <Panel.Error>{slugError}</Panel.Error>}
-      </div>
+          <div className={style.step}>
+            <div className={style.stepTitle}>1. Choose a name</div>
+            <Panel.Description>Name</Panel.Description>
+            <Input
+              value={slug}
+              onChange={(event) => {
+                setSlug(event.target.value);
+                setSlugDirty(true);
+              }}
+              placeholder='my-view'
+              aria-label='Custom view name'
+              autoCapitalize='off'
+              autoComplete='off'
+              fluid
+            />
+            <Panel.Description>
+              Use lowercase letters, numbers, and dashes. Example: <Panel.Highlight>my-view</Panel.Highlight>
+            </Panel.Description>
+            <Panel.Description>
+              Preview URL: <Panel.Highlight>{previewUrl}</Panel.Highlight>
+            </Panel.Description>
+            {slugDirty && slugError && <Panel.Error>{slugError}</Panel.Error>}
+          </div>
 
-      <div className={style.step}>
-        <div className={style.stepTitle}>2. Select index.html</div>
-        <Panel.Description>Upload file</Panel.Description>
-        <Panel.InlineElements wrap='wrap' className={style.filePicker}>
-          <Button onClick={() => fileInputRef.current?.click()}>
-            {selectedFile ? 'Replace index.html' : 'Choose index.html'}
+          <div className={style.step}>
+            <div className={style.stepTitle}>2. Select index.html</div>
+            <Panel.Description>Upload file</Panel.Description>
+            <Panel.InlineElements wrap='wrap' className={style.filePicker}>
+              <Button onClick={() => fileInputRef.current?.click()}>
+                {selectedFile ? 'Replace index.html' : 'Choose index.html'}
+              </Button>
+              <span className={style.fileName}>
+                {selectedFile ? `${selectedFile.name} (${Math.ceil(selectedFile.size / 1024)} KB)` : 'No file selected'}
+              </span>
+            </Panel.InlineElements>
+            <Panel.Description>Accepted: index.html only, maximum {maxUploadLabel}.</Panel.Description>
+            {fileDirty && fileError && <Panel.Error>{fileError}</Panel.Error>}
+          </div>
+        </form>
+      }
+      footerElements={
+        <>
+          {error && <Panel.Error>{error}</Panel.Error>}
+          <Button onClick={onClose}>Cancel</Button>
+          <Button variant='primary' type='submit' form={formId} loading={isUploading} disabled={!canUpload}>
+            Upload view <IoCloudUploadOutline />
           </Button>
-          <span className={style.fileName}>
-            {selectedFile ? `${selectedFile.name} (${Math.ceil(selectedFile.size / 1024)} KB)` : 'No file selected'}
-          </span>
-        </Panel.InlineElements>
-        <Panel.Description>Accepted: index.html only, maximum {maxUploadLabel}.</Panel.Description>
-        {fileDirty && fileError && <Panel.Error>{fileError}</Panel.Error>}
-      </div>
-
-      {error && <Panel.Error>{error}</Panel.Error>}
-
-      <Panel.InlineElements align='end'>
-        <Button onClick={onClose}>Cancel</Button>
-        <Button variant='primary' type='submit' loading={isUploading} disabled={!canUpload}>
-          Upload view <IoCloudUploadOutline />
-        </Button>
-      </Panel.InlineElements>
-    </Panel.Indent>
+        </>
+      }
+    />
   );
 }

apps/client/src/features/app-settings/panel/manage-panel/CustomViews.tsx

@@ -37,13 +37,14 @@ export default function CustomViews() {
   return (
     <Panel.Section>
       <Panel.Card>
+        {isUploadOpen && <CustomViewForm onComplete={handleUploadComplete} onClose={() => setIsUploadOpen(false)} />}
         <Panel.SubHeader>
           Custom views
           <Panel.InlineElements>
             <Button variant='ghosted' onClick={handleRestoreDemo} disabled={hasDemoView}>
               Restore demo
             </Button>
-            <Button onClick={() => setIsUploadOpen(true)} disabled={isUploadOpen}>
+            <Button onClick={() => setIsUploadOpen(true)}>
               New <IoAdd />
             </Button>
           </Panel.InlineElements>
@@ -63,8 +64,6 @@ export default function CustomViews() {
         <Panel.Section>
           <Panel.Loader isLoading={status === 'pending'} />
 
-          {isUploadOpen && <CustomViewForm onComplete={handleUploadComplete} onClose={() => setIsUploadOpen(false)} />}
-
           {actionError && <Panel.Error>{actionError}</Panel.Error>}
 
           <CustomViewsList

apps/client/src/features/app-settings/panel/manage-panel/CustomViewsList.tsx

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { CustomViewSummary } from 'ontime-types';
 import { useState } from 'react';
+import { IoCloudUploadOutline } from 'react-icons/io5';
 
 import { deleteCustomView } from '../../../../common/api/customViews';
 import { maybeAxiosError } from '../../../../common/api/utils';
@@ -53,7 +54,17 @@ export default function CustomViewsList({ views, onOpenUpload, onMutate, onError
           </tr>
         </thead>
         <tbody>
-          {views.length === 0 && <Panel.TableEmpty handleClick={onOpenUpload} label='No custom views yet' />}
+          {views.length === 0 && (
+            <Panel.TableEmpty
+              title='No custom views yet'
+              description='Upload a self-contained index.html to serve your own view alongside the built-in ones.'
+              action={
+                <Button variant='primary' onClick={onOpenUpload}>
+                  Upload view <IoCloudUploadOutline />
+                </Button>
+              }
+            />
+          )}
           {views.map((view, index) => (
             <CustomViewsListItem
               key={view.slug}

apps/client/src/features/app-settings/panel/manage-panel/ManagePanel.module.scss

@@ -12,6 +12,13 @@
   gap: 1rem;
 }
 
-.current {
-  background-color: $blue-1100 !important; // fighting zebra styles
+.formColumn {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  gap: 1rem;
+}
+
+.current {
+  // marker consumed by the shared Panel.Table active-row treatment
+  background-color: inherit;
 }

apps/client/src/features/app-settings/panel/manage-panel/ManageRundownForm.tsx

@@ -3,9 +3,12 @@ import { useForm } from 'react-hook-form';
 
 import Button from '../../../../common/components/buttons/Button';
 import Input from '../../../../common/components/input/input/Input';
+import Modal from '../../../../common/components/modal/Modal';
 import { useMutateProjectRundowns } from '../../../../common/hooks-query/useProjectRundowns';
 import * as Panel from '../../panel-utils/PanelUtils';
 
+const formId = 'new-rundown-form';
+
 type NewRundownFormState = {
   title: string;
 };
@@ -42,22 +45,32 @@ export function ManageRundownForm({ onClose }: ManageRundownForm) {
   }, [setFocus]);
 
   return (
-    <Panel.Indent as='form' onSubmit={handleSubmit(createRundown)}>
-      <Panel.Section>
-        <label>
-          <Panel.Description>Rundown title</Panel.Description>
-          <Input {...register('title')} fluid placeholder='Your rundown name' />
-        </label>
-      </Panel.Section>
-      <Panel.InlineElements relation='inner' align='end'>
-        <Button variant='ghosted' disabled={isSubmitting} onClick={onClose}>
-          Cancel
-        </Button>
-        <Button type='submit' variant='primary' disabled={isSubmitting}>
-          Create rundown
-        </Button>
-      </Panel.InlineElements>
-      {errors.root && <Panel.Error>{errors.root.message}</Panel.Error>}
-    </Panel.Indent>
+    <Modal
+      isOpen
+      onClose={onClose}
+      showBackdrop
+      showCloseButton
+      size='small'
+      title='Create rundown'
+      bodyElements={
+        <form id={formId} onSubmit={handleSubmit(createRundown)}>
+          <label>
+            <Panel.Description>Rundown title</Panel.Description>
+            <Input {...register('title')} fluid placeholder='Your rundown name' maxLength={64} />
+          </label>
+        </form>
+      }
+      footerElements={
+        <>
+          {errors.root && <Panel.Error>{errors.root.message}</Panel.Error>}
+          <Button variant='ghosted' disabled={isSubmitting} onClick={onClose}>
+            Cancel
+          </Button>
+          <Button type='submit' form={formId} variant='primary' disabled={isSubmitting}>
+            Create rundown
+          </Button>
+        </>
+      }
+    />
   );
 }

apps/client/src/features/app-settings/panel/manage-panel/ManageRundowns.tsx

@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ export default function ManageRundowns() {
                     <tr key={id} className={cx([isLoaded && style.current])}>
                       <td>{numEntries}</td>
                       <td>
-                        {title} {isLoaded && <Tag>Loaded</Tag>}
+                        {title} {isLoaded && <Tag variant='active'>Loaded</Tag>}
                       </td>
                       <td>
                         <DropdownMenu

apps/client/src/features/app-settings/panel/manage-panel/composite/CustomFieldEntry.tsx

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import { CustomField, CustomFieldKey } from 'ontime-types';
-import { useState } from 'react';
 import { IoPencil, IoTrash } from 'react-icons/io5';
 
 import IconButton from '../../../../../common/components/buttons/IconButton';
@@ -7,7 +6,6 @@ import CopyTag from '../../../../../common/components/copy-tag/CopyTag';
 import Swatch from '../../../../../common/components/input/colour-input/Swatch';
 import Tag from '../../../../../common/components/tag/Tag';
 import * as Panel from '../../../panel-utils/PanelUtils';
-import CustomFieldForm from './CustomFieldForm';
 
 import style from '../ManagePanel.module.scss';
 
@@ -16,35 +14,12 @@ interface CustomFieldEntryProps {
   label: string;
   fieldKey: string;
   type: CustomField['type'];
-  onEdit: (key: CustomFieldKey, patch: CustomField) => Promise<void>;
+  onEdit: () => void;
   onDelete: (key: CustomFieldKey) => Promise<void>;
 }
 
 export default function CustomFieldEntry(props: CustomFieldEntryProps) {
   const { colour, label, fieldKey, type, onEdit, onDelete } = props;
-  const [isEditing, setIsEditing] = useState(false);
-
-  const handleEdit = async (patch: CustomField) => {
-    await onEdit(fieldKey, patch);
-    setIsEditing(false);
-  };
-
-  if (isEditing) {
-    return (
-      <tr>
-        <td colSpan={99}>
-          <CustomFieldForm
-            onCancel={() => setIsEditing(false)}
-            onSubmit={handleEdit}
-            initialColour={colour}
-            initialLabel={label}
-            initialKey={fieldKey}
-            initialType={type}
-          />
-        </td>
-      </tr>
-    );
-  }
 
   return (
     <tr>
@@ -61,7 +36,7 @@ export default function CustomFieldEntry(props: CustomFieldEntryProps) {
         </CopyTag>
       </td>
       <Panel.InlineElements relation='inner' as='td'>
-        <IconButton variant='ghosted-white' aria-label='Edit entry' onClick={() => setIsEditing(true)}>
+        <IconButton variant='ghosted-white' aria-label='Edit entry' onClick={onEdit}>
           <IoPencil />
         </IconButton>
         <IconButton variant='ghosted-destructive' aria-label='Delete entry' onClick={() => onDelete(fieldKey)}>

apps/client/src/features/app-settings/panel/manage-panel/composite/CustomFieldForm.tsx

@@ -8,13 +8,15 @@ import Button from '../../../../../common/components/buttons/Button';
 import Info from '../../../../../common/components/info/Info';
 import SwatchSelect from '../../../../../common/components/input/colour-input/SwatchSelect';
 import Input from '../../../../../common/components/input/input/Input';
+import Modal from '../../../../../common/components/modal/Modal';
 import RadioGroup from '../../../../../common/components/radio-group/RadioGroup';
 import useCustomFields from '../../../../../common/hooks-query/useCustomFields';
-import { preventEscape } from '../../../../../common/utils/keyEvent';
 import * as Panel from '../../../panel-utils/PanelUtils';
 
 import style from '../ManagePanel.module.scss';
 
+const formId = 'custom-field-form';
+
 interface CustomFieldsFormProps {
   onSubmit: (field: CustomField) => Promise<void>;
   onCancel: () => void;
@@ -85,65 +87,77 @@ export default function CustomFieldForm({
   const isEditMode = initialKey !== undefined;
 
   return (
-    <Panel.Indent as='form' onSubmit={handleSubmit(setupSubmit)} onKeyDown={(event) => preventEscape(event, onCancel)}>
-      <Info>
-        Please note that images can quickly deteriorate your app&apos;s performance.
-        <br />
-        Prefer using small, and compressed images.
-      </Info>
-      <div>
-        <Panel.Description>Type</Panel.Description>
-        <RadioGroup
-          orientation='horizontal'
-          disabled={isEditMode}
-          onValueChange={(value) => setValue('type', value, { shouldDirty: true })}
-          value={watch('type')}
-          items={[
-            { value: 'text', label: 'Text' },
-            { value: 'image', label: 'Image' },
-          ]}
-        />
-      </div>
-      <div className={style.twoCols}>
-        <label>
-          <Panel.Description>Label (only alphanumeric characters are allowed)</Panel.Description>
-          {errors.label && <Panel.Error>{errors.label.message}</Panel.Error>}
-          <Input
-            {...register('label', {
-              required: { value: true, message: 'Required field' },
-              onChange: () => setValue('key', customFieldLabelToKey(getValues('label')) ?? 'N/A'),
-              validate: (value) => {
-                if (value.trim().length === 0) return 'Required field';
-                if (!checkRegex.isAlphanumericWithSpace(value))
-                  return 'Only alphanumeric characters and space are allowed';
-                if (!isEditMode) {
-                  if (isEditMode && Object.keys(data).includes(value)) return 'Custom fields must be unique';
-                }
-                return true;
-              },
-            })}
-            fluid
-          />
-        </label>
+    <Modal
+      isOpen
+      onClose={onCancel}
+      showBackdrop
+      showCloseButton
+      size='compact'
+      title={isEditMode ? 'Edit custom field' : 'Create custom field'}
+      bodyElements={
+        <form id={formId} onSubmit={handleSubmit(setupSubmit)} className={style.formColumn}>
+          <Info>
+            Please note that images can quickly deteriorate your app&apos;s performance.
+            <br />
+            Prefer using small, and compressed images.
+          </Info>
+          <div>
+            <Panel.Description>Type</Panel.Description>
+            <RadioGroup
+              orientation='horizontal'
+              disabled={isEditMode}
+              onValueChange={(value) => setValue('type', value, { shouldDirty: true })}
+              value={watch('type')}
+              items={[
+                { value: 'text', label: 'Text' },
+                { value: 'image', label: 'Image' },
+              ]}
+            />
+          </div>
+          <div className={style.twoCols}>
+            <label>
+              <Panel.Description>Label (only alphanumeric characters are allowed)</Panel.Description>
+              {errors.label && <Panel.Error>{errors.label.message}</Panel.Error>}
+              <Input
+                {...register('label', {
+                  required: { value: true, message: 'Required field' },
+                  onChange: () => setValue('key', customFieldLabelToKey(getValues('label')) ?? 'N/A'),
+                  validate: (value) => {
+                    if (value.trim().length === 0) return 'Required field';
+                    if (!checkRegex.isAlphanumericWithSpace(value))
+                      return 'Only alphanumeric characters and space are allowed';
+                    if (!isEditMode && Object.hasOwn(data, customFieldLabelToKey(value) ?? '')) {
+                      return 'Custom fields must be unique';
+                    }
+                    return true;
+                  },
+                })}
+                fluid
+              />
+            </label>
 
-        <label>
-          <Panel.Description>Key (use in Integrations and API)</Panel.Description>
-          <Input {...register('key')} variant='ghosted' readOnly fluid />
-        </label>
-      </div>
-      <label>
-        <Panel.Description>Colour</Panel.Description>
-        <SwatchSelect name='colour' value={colour} handleChange={(_field, value) => handleSelectColour(value)} />
-      </label>
-      {errors.root && <Panel.Error>{errors.root.message}</Panel.Error>}
-      <Panel.InlineElements relation='inner' align='end'>
-        <Button variant='ghosted' onClick={onCancel}>
-          Cancel
-        </Button>
-        <Button type='submit' variant='primary' disabled={!canSubmit} loading={isSubmitting}>
-          Save
-        </Button>
-      </Panel.InlineElements>
-    </Panel.Indent>
+            <label>
+              <Panel.Description>Key (use in Integrations and API)</Panel.Description>
+              <Input {...register('key')} variant='ghosted' readOnly fluid />
+            </label>
+          </div>
+          <label>
+            <Panel.Description>Colour</Panel.Description>
+            <SwatchSelect name='colour' value={colour} handleChange={(_field, value) => handleSelectColour(value)} />
+          </label>
+        </form>
+      }
+      footerElements={
+        <>
+          {errors.root && <Panel.Error>{errors.root.message}</Panel.Error>}
+          <Button variant='ghosted' onClick={onCancel}>
+            Cancel
+          </Button>
+          <Button type='submit' form={formId} variant='primary' disabled={!canSubmit} loading={isSubmitting}>
+            Save
+          </Button>
+        </>
+      }
+    />
   );
 }

apps/client/src/features/app-settings/panel/manage-panel/composite/RundownRenameForm.tsx

@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ export default function RundownRenameForm({ onSubmit, onCancel, initialTitle }:
               return true;
             },
           })}
+          maxLength={64}
           fluid
         />
         {errors.title && <Panel.Error>{errors.title.message}</Panel.Error>}