fix isLoadedRundown the now rundown id is provided

* fix: issue where a count-to-end would lead to incorrect expected times

* fix: include add time in overtime when countToEnd

* fix: ui and server use same calculation for expected end

.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/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/modal/Modal.module.scss

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 .wide {
   top: 4vh;
   min-width: min(1280px, 96vw);
-  max-width: min(1600px, 96vw);
+  max-width: min(1800px, 98vw);
   height: 88vh;
   max-height: 88vh;
   display: flex;

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';
 
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ export default function MultiPartProgressBar(props: MultiPartProgressBar) {
     className = '',
   } = props;
 
-  const percentRemaining = 100 - getProgress(now, complete);
+  const percentRemaining = 100 - useAnimatedProgress(now, complete);
   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, useSavedViewParams } from '../../stores/savedViewParams';
 import { useViewParamsEditorStore } from '../view-params-editor/viewParamsEditor.store';
 import FloatingNavigation from './floating-navigation/FloatingNavigation';
 import NavigationMenu from './NavigationMenu';
@@ -17,6 +19,9 @@ export default memo(ViewNavigationMenu);
 function ViewNavigationMenu({ isNavigationLocked, suppressSettings }: ViewNavigationMenuProps) {
   const [isMenuOpen, menuHandler] = useDisclosure();
   const { open: showEditFormDrawer } = useViewParamsEditorStore();
+  const [searchParams] = useSearchParams();
+  const savedParams = useSavedViewParams((store) => store.params);
+  const hasSavedChanges = hasCustomParams(searchParams) || Object.keys(savedParams).length > 0;
 
   useHotkeys([
     [
@@ -46,6 +51,7 @@ 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 { MouseEvent, PropsWithChildren } from 'react';
-import { IoArrowUp } from 'react-icons/io5';
+import { IoArrowUp, IoCloseOutline } from 'react-icons/io5';
-import { useNavigate } from 'react-router';
+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
+      <ElectronNavigationItem current={current} to={to} postAction={postAction}>
-        active={current}
-        onClick={() => {
-          handleLinks(to);
-          postAction?.();
-        }}
-      >
         {children}
-        <IoArrowUp className={style.linkIcon} />
+      </ElectronNavigationItem>
-      </NavigationMenuItem>
     );
   }
 
   return (
-    <NavigationMenuItem
+    <BrowserNavigationItem current={current} to={to} postAction={postAction}>
-      active={current}
-      onClick={() => {
-        navigate(`/${to}`);
-        postAction?.();
-      }}
-    >
       {children}
+    </BrowserNavigationItem>
+  );
+}
+
+function ElectronNavigationItem({ current, to, postAction, children }: PropsWithChildren<ClientLinkProps>) {
+  const navigateToLink = () => {
+    handleLinks(to);
+    postAction?.();
+  };
+
+  return (
+    <NavigationMenuItem active={current} onClick={navigateToLink}>
+      {children}
+      <span className={style.trailing}>
+        <IoArrowUp className={style.linkIcon} />
+      </span>
+    </NavigationMenuItem>
+  );
+}
+
+function BrowserNavigationItem({ current, to, postAction, children }: PropsWithChildren<ClientLinkProps>) {
+  const navigate = useNavigate();
+  const location = useLocation();
+  const [searchParams, setSearchParams] = useSearchParams();
+  const { params: savedParams, save, clear } = useSavedViewParams();
+
+  /**
+   * Save the params of the view we are leaving and resolve the destination,
+   * restoring any params previously saved for the target view.
+   */
+  const resolveDestination = () => {
+    const currentView = location.pathname.replace(/^\//, '');
+    save(currentView, stripReservedParams(location.search));
+    const restored = savedParams[to];
+    return `${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
+        <div className={style.buttonWithIndicator}>
-          variant='subtle-white'
+          <IconButton
-          size='xlarge'
+            variant='subtle-white'
-          onClick={toggleMenu}
+            size='xlarge'
-          aria-label='toggle menu'
+            onClick={toggleMenu}
-          data-testid='navigation__toggle-menu'
+            aria-label='toggle menu'
-        >
+            data-testid='navigation__toggle-menu'
-          <IoApps />
+          >
-        </IconButton>
+            <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

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { MaybeNumber } from 'ontime-types';
 
-import { getProgress } from '../../utils/getProgress';
+import { useAnimatedProgress } from '../../hooks/useAnimatedProgress';
 
 import './ProgressBar.scss';
 
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ interface ProgressBarProps {
 
 export default function ProgressBar(props: ProgressBarProps) {
   const { current, duration, className } = props;
-  const progress = getProgress(current, duration);
+  const progress = useAnimatedProgress(current, duration);
 
   return (
     <div className={`progress-bar__bg ${className}`}>

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

@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@
   color: $white-10;
 
   .empty {
-    width: 100%;
+    display: block;
+    width: min(100%, 24rem);
+    margin-inline: auto;
     opacity: 0.8;
   }
 
@@ -13,6 +15,6 @@
     margin-inline: auto;
     font-weight: 600;
     font-size: 2em;
-    max-width: 600px;
+    max-width: min(100%, 600px);
   }
 }

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/context/EntryActionsContext.tsx

@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 import { PropsWithChildren, createContext, useContext } from 'react';
 
-import { useEntryActions } from '../hooks/useEntryAction';
+import { useEntryActions, useScopedEntryActions } from '../hooks/useEntryAction';
+import { useRundownSelectionContext } from './RundownSelectionContext';
 
 type EntryActionsContextValue = ReturnType<typeof useEntryActions>;
 const EntryActionsContext = createContext<EntryActionsContextValue | null>(null);
 
-interface EntryActionsProviderProps extends PropsWithChildren {
+export function EntryActionsProvider({ children }: PropsWithChildren) {
-  actions: EntryActionsContextValue;
+  const { effectiveRundownId } = useRundownSelectionContext();
-}
+  const actions = useScopedEntryActions(effectiveRundownId);
 
-export function EntryActionsProvider({ children, actions }: EntryActionsProviderProps) {
   return <EntryActionsContext.Provider value={actions}>{children}</EntryActionsContext.Provider>;
 }
 

apps/client/src/common/context/RundownSelectionContext.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+import { Maybe, ProjectRundown } from 'ontime-types';
+import { PropsWithChildren, createContext, startTransition, useCallback, useContext, useEffect, useMemo } from 'react';
+import { useSearchParams } from 'react-router';
+import { useNavigate } from 'react-router';
+
+import { useProjectRundowns } from '../hooks-query/useProjectRundowns';
+
+export type RundownScopeValue = {
+  loadedRundownId: string;
+  selectedRundownId: Maybe<string>;
+  isLoadedRundown: boolean;
+  effectiveRundownId: string;
+  selectRundownId: (val: Maybe<string>) => void;
+  rundowns: ProjectRundown[];
+};
+
+const RundownScopeContext = createContext<RundownScopeValue | null>(null);
+
+export function RundownSelectionContextProvider({ children }: PropsWithChildren) {
+  'use memo';
+  const { data } = useProjectRundowns();
+  const { loaded, rundowns } = data;
+
+  const [selectedRundownId, setSelectedRundownId] = useSelectRundownFromParams();
+
+  const selectRundownId = useCallback(
+    (rundownId: Maybe<string>) => {
+      startTransition(() => {
+        if (rundowns.find((entry) => entry.id === rundownId)) setSelectedRundownId(rundownId);
+        else setSelectedRundownId(null);
+      });
+    },
+    [rundowns, setSelectedRundownId],
+  );
+
+  const effectiveRundownId = selectedRundownId ? selectedRundownId : loaded;
+  const isLoadedRundown = effectiveRundownId === loaded;
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!rundowns.find((entry) => entry.id === effectiveRundownId)) setSelectedRundownId(null);
+  }, [rundowns, effectiveRundownId, setSelectedRundownId]);
+
+  const value = useMemo(
+    (): RundownScopeValue => ({
+      loadedRundownId: loaded,
+      isLoadedRundown,
+      selectedRundownId,
+      effectiveRundownId,
+      selectRundownId,
+      rundowns,
+    }),
+    [loaded, isLoadedRundown, selectedRundownId, effectiveRundownId, selectRundownId, rundowns],
+  );
+
+  return <RundownScopeContext.Provider value={value}>{children}</RundownScopeContext.Provider>;
+}
+
+export function useRundownSelectionContext() {
+  const context = useContext(RundownScopeContext);
+
+  if (!context) {
+    throw new Error('useRundownScopeSelection requires a RundownSelectionContextProvider');
+  }
+
+  return context;
+}
+
+const rundownParam = 'rundownId';
+
+export function useSelectRundownFromParams(): [Maybe<string>, (id: Maybe<string>) => void] {
+  'use memo';
+  const [searchParams, setSearchParams] = useSearchParams();
+
+  const selectedRundownId = searchParams.get(rundownParam);
+  const setSelectedRundownId = useCallback(
+    (id: Maybe<string>) => {
+      if (id === null) {
+        setSearchParams((searchParams) => {
+          searchParams.delete(rundownParam);
+          return searchParams;
+        });
+      } else {
+        setSearchParams((searchParams) => {
+          searchParams.set(rundownParam, id);
+          return searchParams;
+        });
+      }
+    },
+    [setSearchParams],
+  );
+
+  return [selectedRundownId, setSelectedRundownId];
+}
+
+/**
+ *
+ * mutates the provided `searchParams`
+ */
+export function setSelectRundownInParams(id: Maybe<string>, searchParams: URLSearchParams): void {
+  if (id === null) {
+    searchParams.delete(rundownParam);
+  } else {
+    searchParams.set(rundownParam, id);
+  }
+}
+
+export function useDirectLinkToBackgroundEdit() {
+  const navigate = useNavigate();
+  const [search] = useSearchParams();
+  return useCallback(
+    async (rundownId: string) => {
+      setSelectRundownInParams(rundownId, search);
+      navigate({
+        pathname: '/cuesheet',
+        search: search.toString(),
+      });
+    },
+    [navigate, search],
+  );
+}

apps/client/src/common/hooks-query/useContextRundown.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+import { isOntimeEvent, OntimeEvent } from 'ontime-types';
+import { useMemo } from 'react';
+
+import { useRundownSelectionContext } from '../context/RundownSelectionContext';
+import { useSelectedEventId } from '../hooks/useSocket';
+import { ExtendedEntry, getFlatRundownMetadata, getRundownMetadata } from '../utils/rundownMetadata';
+import { useFlatRundown, useRundown } from './useRundown';
+
+export function useContextRundownEditModal() {
+  'use memo';
+  const { effectiveRundownId } = useRundownSelectionContext();
+  const { data: rundown } = useRundown(effectiveRundownId);
+  return { rundown };
+}
+
+export function useContextRundownCueRenumberModal() {
+  'use memo';
+  const { effectiveRundownId } = useRundownSelectionContext();
+  const { data } = useRundown(effectiveRundownId);
+  const { flatOrder } = data;
+  return { flatOrder };
+}
+
+export function useContextRundownList() {
+  'use memo';
+  const { effectiveRundownId, isLoadedRundown } = useRundownSelectionContext();
+  const loadedEventId = useSelectedEventId();
+  const effectiveSelectedEventId = isLoadedRundown ? loadedEventId : null;
+  const { data: rundown, status } = useRundown(effectiveRundownId);
+  const rundownMetadata = useMemo(
+    () => getRundownMetadata(rundown, effectiveSelectedEventId),
+    [effectiveSelectedEventId, rundown],
+  );
+
+  return useMemo(
+    () => ({
+      rundown,
+      rundownMetadata,
+      status,
+      isLoadedRundown,
+    }),
+    [rundown, rundownMetadata, status, isLoadedRundown],
+  );
+}
+
+export function useContextRundownTitleList() {
+  'use memo';
+  const { effectiveRundownId, isLoadedRundown } = useRundownSelectionContext();
+  const loadedEventId = useSelectedEventId();
+  const effectiveSelectedEventId = isLoadedRundown ? loadedEventId : null;
+  const { data: rundown, status } = useRundown(effectiveRundownId);
+  const flatRundown = useMemo(() => {
+    const flatData = getFlatRundownMetadata(rundown, effectiveSelectedEventId);
+    return flatData.filter(isOntimeEvent) as ExtendedEntry<OntimeEvent>[];
+  }, [effectiveSelectedEventId, rundown]);
+
+  return useMemo(
+    () => ({
+      flatRundown,
+      status,
+      isLoadedRundown,
+    }),
+    [status, isLoadedRundown, flatRundown],
+  );
+}
+
+export function useContextRundownTable() {
+  'use memo';
+  const { effectiveRundownId, isLoadedRundown } = useRundownSelectionContext();
+  const loadedEventId = useSelectedEventId();
+  const effectiveSelectedEventId = isLoadedRundown ? loadedEventId : null;
+  const { data: rundown, status } = useRundown(effectiveRundownId);
+  const flatRundown = useMemo(
+    () => getFlatRundownMetadata(rundown, effectiveSelectedEventId),
+    [effectiveSelectedEventId, rundown],
+  );
+
+  return useMemo(
+    () => ({
+      flatRundown,
+      status,
+      loadedEventId,
+    }),
+    [flatRundown, status, loadedEventId],
+  );
+}
+
+export function useContextRundownFinder() {
+  'use memo';
+  const { effectiveRundownId } = useRundownSelectionContext();
+  const { data: rundown, status } = useFlatRundown(effectiveRundownId);
+
+  return useMemo(
+    () => ({
+      rundown,
+      rundownId: effectiveRundownId,
+      status,
+    }),
+    [rundown, status, effectiveRundownId],
+  );
+}

apps/client/src/common/hooks-query/useProjectList.ts

@@ -1,24 +1,18 @@
-import { useQuery } from '@tanstack/react-query';
+import { useSuspenseQuery } from '@tanstack/react-query';
-import { ProjectFile, ProjectFileList, ProjectFileListResponse } from 'ontime-types';
+import { ProjectFile, ProjectFileList } from 'ontime-types';
+import { MILLIS_PER_HOUR } from 'ontime-utils';
 import { useMemo } from 'react';
 
-import { queryRefetchIntervalSlow } from '../../ontimeConfig';
 import { PROJECT_LIST } from '../api/constants';
 import { getProjects } from '../api/db';
 
-const placeholderProjectList: ProjectFileListResponse = {
+export function useProjectList() {
-  files: [],
+  const { data, status, refetch } = useSuspenseQuery({
-  lastLoadedProject: '',
-};
-
-function useProjectList() {
-  const { data, status, refetch } = useQuery({
     queryKey: PROJECT_LIST,
     queryFn: ({ signal }) => getProjects({ signal }),
-    placeholderData: (previousData, _previousQuery) => previousData,
+    staleTime: MILLIS_PER_HOUR,
-    refetchInterval: queryRefetchIntervalSlow,
   });
-  return { data: data ?? placeholderProjectList, status, refetch };
+  return { data, status, refetch };
 }
 
 export type ProjectSortMode = 'alphabetical-asc' | 'alphabetical-desc' | 'modified-asc' | 'modified-desc';

apps/client/src/common/hooks-query/useProjectRundowns.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-import { useMutation, useQuery, useQueryClient } from '@tanstack/react-query';
+import { useMutation, useSuspenseQuery } from '@tanstack/react-query';
 import { ProjectRundownsList } from 'ontime-types';
+import { MILLIS_PER_HOUR } from 'ontime-utils';
 
-import { queryRefetchIntervalSlow } from '../../ontimeConfig';
 import { PROJECT_RUNDOWNS } from '../api/constants';
 import {
   createRundown,
@@ -11,24 +11,21 @@ import {
   loadRundown,
   renameRundown,
 } from '../api/rundown';
+import { ontimeQueryClient } from '../queryClient';
 
-//TODO: make suspends so we don't have to deal with no value all over
 /**
  * Project rundowns
  */
 export function useProjectRundowns() {
-  const { data, status, isError, refetch, isFetching } = useQuery<ProjectRundownsList>({
+  const { data, status, isError, refetch, isFetching } = useSuspenseQuery<ProjectRundownsList>({
     queryKey: PROJECT_RUNDOWNS,
     queryFn: ({ signal }) => fetchProjectRundownList({ signal }),
-    placeholderData: (previousData, _previousQuery) => previousData,
+    staleTime: MILLIS_PER_HOUR,
-    refetchInterval: queryRefetchIntervalSlow,
   });
-  return { data: data ?? { loaded: '', rundowns: [] }, status, isError, refetch, isFetching };
+  return { data, status, isError, refetch, isFetching };
 }
 
 export function useMutateProjectRundowns() {
-  const ontimeQueryClient = useQueryClient();
-
   const { mutateAsync: create } = useMutation({
     mutationFn: createRundown,
     onMutate: () => {

apps/client/src/common/hooks-query/useRundown.ts

@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-import { useQuery, useQueryClient } from '@tanstack/react-query';
+import { useQuery } from '@tanstack/react-query';
-import { EntryId, OntimeEntry, Rundown } from 'ontime-types';
+import { EntryId, Maybe, OntimeEntry, Rundown } from 'ontime-types';
-import { useEffect, useMemo } from 'react';
+import { useMemo } from 'react';
 
 import { queryRefetchIntervalSlow } from '../../ontimeConfig';
-import { CURRENT_RUNDOWN_QUERY_KEY, getRundownQueryKey } from '../api/constants';
+import { getRundownQueryKey } from '../api/constants';
-import { fetchCurrentRundown, fetchRundown } from '../api/rundown';
+import { fetchRundown } from '../api/rundown';
 import { useSelectedEventId } from '../hooks/useSocket';
 import { ExtendedEntry, getFlatRundownMetadata, getRundownMetadata } from '../utils/rundownMetadata';
 import { useProjectRundowns } from './useProjectRundowns';
@@ -20,43 +20,36 @@ const cachedRundownPlaceholder: Rundown = {
 };
 
 /**
- * Normalised rundown data for the currently loaded rundown.
+ * Provides access to a specific rundown by ID.
- *
+ * When rundownId is not provided the loaded rundown is provided
- * Bootstraps via the `/current` alias so the first paint is a single round-trip,
- * independent of the project rundown list. Once the loaded id is known, the
- * query key swaps to the id-keyed cache that is shared with `useRundownById`.
  */
-export default function useRundown() {
+export function useRundown(rundownId: Maybe<string>) {
-  const queryClient = useQueryClient();
+  'use memo';
+
   const {
     data: { loaded: loadedRundownId },
   } = useProjectRundowns();
 
+  const effectiveRundownId = rundownId !== null ? rundownId : loadedRundownId;
+  const isLoadedRundown = effectiveRundownId === loadedRundownId;
+
   const { data, status, isError, refetch, isFetching } = useQuery<Rundown>({
-    queryKey: loadedRundownId ? getRundownQueryKey(loadedRundownId) : CURRENT_RUNDOWN_QUERY_KEY,
+    queryKey: getRundownQueryKey(effectiveRundownId),
-    queryFn: ({ signal }) => fetchCurrentRundown({ signal }),
+    queryFn: ({ signal }) => fetchRundown(effectiveRundownId, { signal }),
+    placeholderData: (previousData, _previousQuery) => previousData,
     refetchInterval: queryRefetchIntervalSlow,
   });
 
-  // Seed the id-keyed cache when fetching via the bootstrap alias
+  return { data: data ?? cachedRundownPlaceholder, status, isError, refetch, isFetching, isLoadedRundown };
-  useEffect(() => {
-    if (!data || loadedRundownId) return;
-    queryClient.setQueryData(getRundownQueryKey(data.id), data);
-  }, [data, loadedRundownId, queryClient]);
-
-  // Once we have the ID, drop the temporary current cache
-  useEffect(() => {
-    if (!loadedRundownId) return;
-    queryClient.removeQueries({ queryKey: CURRENT_RUNDOWN_QUERY_KEY, exact: true });
-  }, [loadedRundownId, queryClient]);
-
-  return { data: data ?? cachedRundownPlaceholder, status, isError, refetch, isFetching };
 }
 
-export function useRundownWithMetadata() {
+export function useRundownWithMetadata(rundownId: Maybe<string>) {
-  const { data, status } = useRundown();
+  'use memo';
+
+  const { data, status, isLoadedRundown } = useRundown(rundownId);
   const selectedEventId = useSelectedEventId();
-  const rundownMetadata = useMemo(() => getRundownMetadata(data, selectedEventId), [data, selectedEventId]);
+  const effectiveSelectedEventId = isLoadedRundown ? selectedEventId : null;
+  const rundownMetadata = getRundownMetadata(data, effectiveSelectedEventId);
   return { data, status, rundownMetadata };
 }
 
@@ -64,8 +57,8 @@ export function useRundownWithMetadata() {
  * Provides access to a flat rundown
  * built from the order and rundown fields
  */
-export function useFlatRundown() {
+export function useFlatRundown(rundownId: Maybe<string>) {
-  const { data, status } = useRundown();
+  const { data, status } = useRundown(rundownId);
 
   const flatRundown = useMemo(() => {
     if (data.revision === -1) {
@@ -77,11 +70,13 @@ export function useFlatRundown() {
   return { data: flatRundown, rundownId: data.id, status };
 }
 
-export function useFlatRundownWithMetadata() {
+export function useFlatRundownWithMetadata(rundownId: Maybe<string>) {
-  const { data, status } = useRundown();
+  'use memo';
-  const selectedEventId = useSelectedEventId();
 
-  const rundownWithMetadata = useMemo(() => getFlatRundownMetadata(data, selectedEventId), [data, selectedEventId]);
+  const { data, status, isLoadedRundown } = useRundown(rundownId);
+  const selectedEventId = useSelectedEventId();
+  const effectiveSelectedEventId = isLoadedRundown ? selectedEventId : null;
+  const rundownWithMetadata = getFlatRundownMetadata(data, effectiveSelectedEventId);
   return { data: rundownWithMetadata, status };
 }
 
@@ -92,8 +87,8 @@ export function useFlatRundownWithMetadata() {
  * re-filtering on every render.
  *
  */
-export function usePartialRundown(cb: (event: ExtendedEntry<OntimeEntry>) => boolean) {
+export function usePartialRundown(rundownId: Maybe<string>, cb: (event: ExtendedEntry<OntimeEntry>) => boolean) {
-  const { data, status } = useFlatRundownWithMetadata();
+  const { data, status } = useFlatRundownWithMetadata(rundownId);
   const filteredData = useMemo(() => {
     return data.filter(cb);
   }, [data, cb]);
@@ -103,37 +98,20 @@ export function usePartialRundown(cb: (event: ExtendedEntry<OntimeEntry>) => boo
 
 /**
  * Hook to get a specific entry by ID from the rundown
+ * @deprecated
  */
-export function useEntry(entryId: EntryId | null): OntimeEntry | null {
+export function useEntry(rundownId: Maybe<string>, entryId: EntryId | null): OntimeEntry | null {
-  const { data: rundown } = useRundown();
+  const { data: rundown } = useRundown(rundownId);
 
   if (entryId === null) return null;
   return rundown.entries[entryId] ?? null;
 }
 
-export function useRundownAuxData() {
+export function useRundownAuxData(rundownId: Maybe<string>) {
-  const { data, status } = useRundown();
+  const { data, status } = useRundown(rundownId);
   const filteredData = useMemo(() => {
     const { title, id } = data;
     return { title, id };
   }, [data]);
   return { data: filteredData, status };
 }
-
-/**
- * Provides access to a specific rundown by ID.
- * When rundownId is null/undefined the query is disabled and returns the placeholder.
- */
-export function useRundownById(rundownId: string | null | undefined) {
-  const enabled = Boolean(rundownId);
-
-  const { data, status, isError, refetch, isFetching } = useQuery<Rundown>({
-    queryKey: getRundownQueryKey(rundownId ?? ''),
-    queryFn: ({ signal }) => fetchRundown(rundownId!, { signal }),
-    enabled,
-    placeholderData: (previousData, _previousQuery) => previousData,
-    refetchInterval: queryRefetchIntervalSlow,
-  });
-
-  return { data: data ?? cachedRundownPlaceholder, status, isError, refetch, isFetching };
-}

apps/client/src/common/hooks-query/useScopedRundown.ts

@@ -1,54 +0,0 @@
-import { EntryId, Rundown } from 'ontime-types';
-import { useMemo } from 'react';
-
-import { useSelectedEventId } from '../hooks/useSocket';
-import { getFlatRundownMetadata, type ExtendedEntry } from '../utils/rundownMetadata';
-import { useProjectRundowns } from './useProjectRundowns';
-import { useRundownById } from './useRundown';
-
-export type RundownSource = {
-  rundownId: string | null;
-  rundown: Rundown;
-  flatRundown: ExtendedEntry[];
-  status: string;
-  selectedEventId: EntryId | null;
-};
-
-/**
- * Explicitly scoped rundown data for views that may operate on a non-loaded rundown.
- */
-export function useScopedRundown(rundownId: string | null): RundownSource {
-  const { data: projectRundowns } = useProjectRundowns();
-  return useRundownSource(rundownId, projectRundowns.loaded || null);
-}
-
-/**
- * Loaded-rundown source for views that must follow the active runtime rundown.
- */
-export function useLoadedRundownSource(): RundownSource {
-  const { data: projectRundowns } = useProjectRundowns();
-  const loadedRundownId = projectRundowns.loaded || null;
-  return useRundownSource(loadedRundownId, loadedRundownId);
-}
-
-function useRundownSource(rundownId: string | null, loadedRundownId: string | null): RundownSource {
-  const isLoadedTarget = rundownId !== null && rundownId === loadedRundownId;
-  const runtimeSelectedEventId = useSelectedEventId();
-  const effectiveSelectedEventId = isLoadedTarget ? runtimeSelectedEventId : null;
-  const { data: rundown, status } = useRundownById(rundownId);
-  const flatRundown = useMemo(
-    () => getFlatRundownMetadata(rundown, effectiveSelectedEventId),
-    [effectiveSelectedEventId, rundown],
-  );
-
-  return useMemo(
-    () => ({
-      rundownId,
-      rundown,
-      flatRundown,
-      status,
-      selectedEventId: effectiveSelectedEventId,
-    }),
-    [effectiveSelectedEventId, flatRundown, rundown, rundownId, status],
-  );
-}

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

@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+import { MaybeNumber, Playback } from 'ontime-types';
+import { useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react';
+
+import { getProgress } from '../utils/getProgress';
+import { usePlayback } from './useSocket';
+
+/**
+ * Returns the live completion percentage (0–100) of a countdown, interpolated locally.
+ */
+export function useAnimatedProgress(current: MaybeNumber, duration: MaybeNumber): number {
+  const playback = usePlayback();
+  const isRunning = playback === Playback.Play || playback === Playback.Roll;
+
+  const baseline = useRef({ current, at: performance.now() });
+  const [, setTick] = useState(0);
+
+  // there is only something to animate while a running timer is counting down towards 0
+  const shouldAnimate = isRunning && current !== null && current > 0 && duration !== null;
+
+  // re-anchor to the authoritative value whenever the server pushes a new timer update
+  useEffect(() => {
+    baseline.current = { current, at: performance.now() };
+  }, [current, duration, playback]);
+
+  // 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; frozen to the anchor when not running
+  const anchored = baseline.current.current;
+  const value = isRunning && anchored !== null ? anchored - (performance.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,
 }));

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/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__/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__/rundownMetadata.test.ts

@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ describe('initRundownMetadata()', () => {
       eventIndex: 0,
       isPast: true,
       isNextDay: false,
+      isParentToLoaded: false,
       totalGap: 0,
       isLinkedToLoaded: false,
       isLoaded: false,
@@ -107,6 +108,7 @@ describe('initRundownMetadata()', () => {
       eventIndex: 1, // UI indexes are 1 based
       isPast: true,
       isNextDay: false,
+      isParentToLoaded: false,
       totalGap: 0,
       isLinkedToLoaded: false,
       isLoaded: false,
@@ -124,6 +126,7 @@ describe('initRundownMetadata()', () => {
       eventIndex: 1,
       isPast: true,
       isNextDay: false,
+      isParentToLoaded: true,
       totalGap: 0,
       isLinkedToLoaded: false,
       isLoaded: false,
@@ -140,6 +143,7 @@ describe('initRundownMetadata()', () => {
       eventIndex: 2,
       isPast: true,
       isNextDay: false,
+      isParentToLoaded: false,
       totalGap: 0,
       isLinkedToLoaded: false,
       isLoaded: false,
@@ -156,6 +160,7 @@ describe('initRundownMetadata()', () => {
       eventIndex: 2,
       isPast: true,
       isNextDay: false,
+      isParentToLoaded: false,
       totalGap: 0,
       isLinkedToLoaded: false,
       isLoaded: false,
@@ -172,6 +177,7 @@ describe('initRundownMetadata()', () => {
       eventIndex: 3,
       isPast: false,
       isNextDay: false,
+      isParentToLoaded: false,
       totalGap: 0,
       isLinkedToLoaded: true,
       isLoaded: true,
@@ -188,6 +194,7 @@ describe('initRundownMetadata()', () => {
       eventIndex: 4,
       isPast: false,
       isNextDay: false,
+      isParentToLoaded: false,
       totalGap: 0,
       isLinkedToLoaded: true,
       isLoaded: false,
@@ -204,6 +211,7 @@ describe('initRundownMetadata()', () => {
       eventIndex: 5,
       isPast: false,
       isNextDay: false,
+      isParentToLoaded: false,
       totalGap: 7,
       isLinkedToLoaded: false,
       isLoaded: false,
@@ -256,6 +264,7 @@ describe('initRundownMetadata()', () => {
       eventIndex: 0,
       isPast: false,
       isNextDay: false,
+      isParentToLoaded: false,
       totalGap: 0,
       isLinkedToLoaded: false,
       isLoaded: false,
@@ -273,6 +282,7 @@ describe('initRundownMetadata()', () => {
       eventIndex: 1,
       isPast: false,
       isNextDay: false,
+      isParentToLoaded: false,
       totalGap: 0,
       isLinkedToLoaded: false,
       isLoaded: false,
@@ -290,6 +300,7 @@ describe('initRundownMetadata()', () => {
       eventIndex: 2,
       isPast: false,
       isNextDay: false,
+      isParentToLoaded: false,
       totalGap: 0,
       isLinkedToLoaded: false,
       isLoaded: false,

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/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/rundownMetadata.ts

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ export type RundownMetadata = {
   groupColour: string | undefined;
   groupEntries: number | undefined;
   isFirstAfterGroup: boolean;
+  isParentToLoaded: boolean; // if the group contains the loaded event
 };
 
 export type ExtendedEntry<T extends OntimeEntry = OntimeEntry> = T & RundownMetadata;
@@ -94,6 +95,7 @@ export function initRundownMetadata(selectedEventId: MaybeString) {
     groupColour: undefined,
     groupEntries: undefined,
     isFirstAfterGroup: false,
+    isParentToLoaded: false,
   };
 
   function process(entry: OntimeEntry): Readonly<RundownMetadata> {
@@ -117,6 +119,7 @@ function processEntry(
   // initialise data to be overridden below
   processedData.isNextDay = false;
   processedData.isLoaded = false;
+  processedData.isParentToLoaded = false;
 
   processedData.previousEntryId = processedData.thisId; // thisId comes from the previous iteration
   processedData.thisId = entry.id; // we reassign thisId
@@ -132,6 +135,7 @@ function processEntry(
     processedData.groupId = entry.id;
     processedData.groupColour = entry.colour;
     processedData.groupEntries = entry.entries.length;
+    processedData.isParentToLoaded = selectedEventId ? entry.entries.includes(selectedEventId) : false;
   } else {
     // for delays and groups, we insert the group metadata
     if ((entry as OntimeEvent | OntimeDelay | OntimeMilestone).parent !== processedData.groupId) {

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

@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import {
   APP_SETTINGS,
   CLIENT_LIST,
   CSS_OVERRIDE,
-  CURRENT_RUNDOWN_QUERY_KEY,
   CUSTOM_FIELDS,
   PROJECT_DATA,
   REPORT,
@@ -25,6 +24,7 @@ import {
   VIEW_SETTINGS,
   getRundownQueryKey,
   PROJECT_RUNDOWNS,
+  PROJECT_LIST,
 } from '../api/constants';
 import { invalidateAllCaches } from '../api/utils';
 import { ontimeQueryClient } from '../queryClient';
@@ -216,6 +216,9 @@ export const connectSocket = () => {
             case RefetchKey.ProjectRundowns:
               ontimeQueryClient.invalidateQueries({ queryKey: PROJECT_RUNDOWNS });
               break;
+            case RefetchKey.ProjectFiles:
+              ontimeQueryClient.invalidateQueries({ queryKey: PROJECT_LIST });
+              break;
             default: {
               target satisfies never;
               break;
@@ -238,7 +241,6 @@ export function maybeInvalidateRundownCache(revision: MaybeNumber, rundownId?: s
   if (!rundownId) {
     // we omit rundownId to signify invalidate all rundowns
     ontimeQueryClient.invalidateQueries({ queryKey: RUNDOWN });
-    ontimeQueryClient.invalidateQueries({ queryKey: CURRENT_RUNDOWN_QUERY_KEY, exact: true });
     return;
   }
 
@@ -252,12 +254,6 @@ export function maybeInvalidateRundownCache(revision: MaybeNumber, rundownId?: s
   }
 
   ontimeQueryClient.invalidateQueries({ queryKey, exact: true });
-
-  // keep current alias in sync with the ID-based cache
-  const loadedRundownId = ontimeQueryClient.getQueryData<{ loaded: string }>(PROJECT_RUNDOWNS)?.loaded;
-  if (!loadedRundownId || loadedRundownId === rundownId) {
-    ontimeQueryClient.invalidateQueries({ queryKey: CURRENT_RUNDOWN_QUERY_KEY, exact: true });
-  }
 }
 
 export function sendSocket<T extends MessageTag | ApiActionTag>(

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
+    expectedEnd,
-      ? Math.max(expectedStart + event.duration, plannedEnd)
-      : expectedStart + event.duration,
     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/panel-utils/PanelUtils.module.scss

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ $inner-padding: 1rem;
 .section {
   position: relative;
   margin-top: 2rem;
-  max-width: 850px;
+  max-width: 1024px;
 }
 
 .indent {

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

@@ -293,8 +293,9 @@ export default function AutomationForm({ automation, onClose }: AutomationFormPr
         <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.
+          or to change properties of Ontime itself. <br /> <br />
-          <ExternalLink href={integrationsDocsUrl}>See the documentation for templates</ExternalLink>
+          Use Ontime runtime data in these fields with template strings. Type {'{{'} to see autocomplete, or{' '}
+          <ExternalLink href={integrationsDocsUrl}>read the docs</ExternalLink>
         </Info>
 
         {fieldOutputs.map((output, index) => {
@@ -341,12 +342,17 @@ export default function AutomationForm({ automation, onClose }: AutomationFormPr
                   </label>
                   <label>
                     Address
-                    <Input {...register(`outputs.${index}.address`)} fluid placeholder='/cue/start' />
+                    <TemplateInput
+                      {...register(`outputs.${index}.address`)}
+                      value={output.address}
+                      fluid
+                      placeholder='/cue/start'
+                    />
                     <Panel.Error>{rowErrors?.address?.message}</Panel.Error>
                   </label>
                   <label>
                     Arguments
-                    <TemplateInput {...register(`outputs.${index}.args`)} value={output.args} placeholder='1' />
+                    <TemplateInput {...register(`outputs.${index}.args`)} value={output.args} fluid placeholder='1' />
                     <Panel.Error>{rowErrors?.args?.message}</Panel.Error>
                   </label>
                   <div>
@@ -376,7 +382,7 @@ export default function AutomationForm({ automation, onClose }: AutomationFormPr
                 <div className={style.httpSection}>
                   <label>
                     Target URL
-                    <Input
+                    <TemplateInput
                       {...register(`outputs.${index}.url`, {
                         required: { value: true, message: 'Required field' },
                         pattern: {
@@ -384,6 +390,7 @@ export default function AutomationForm({ automation, onClose }: AutomationFormPr
                           message: 'HTTP messages should target http:// or https://',
                         },
                       })}
+                      value={output.url}
                       fluid
                       placeholder='http://127.0.0.1/start/1'
                     />

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

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ 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';
 
@@ -71,8 +72,8 @@ 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-set', label: 'Primary Message' },
-            { value: 'message-secondary', label: 'Secondary Message: source' },
+            { value: 'message-secondary', label: 'Secondary Message' },
           ]}
         />
         <Panel.Error>{rowErrors?.action?.message}</Panel.Error>
@@ -96,7 +97,12 @@ export default function OntimeActionForm({
         <>
           <label>
             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>
@@ -120,31 +126,48 @@ export default function OntimeActionForm({
       )}
 
       {selectedAction === 'message-secondary' && (
-        <label>
+        <>
-          Timer secondary source
+          <label>
-          <Select<SecondarySource | 'null' | null>
+            Text (leave empty for no change)
-            onValueChange={(value) => {
+            <TemplateInput
-              // null -> no selection
+              {...register(`outputs.${index}.text`)}
-              if (value === null) return;
+              value={watch(`outputs.${index}.text`) ?? ''}
-              // 'null' -> clear the secondary source
+              fluid
-              if (value === 'null') {
+              placeholder='eg: Next up: keynote'
-                setValue(`outputs.${index}.secondarySource`, null, { shouldDirty: true });
+            />
-                return;
+            <Panel.Error>{rowErrors?.text?.message}</Panel.Error>
-              }
+          </label>
-              setValue(`outputs.${index}.secondarySource`, value, { shouldDirty: true });
+          <label>
-            }}
+            Timer secondary source
-            value={watch(`outputs.${index}.secondarySource`)}
+            <Select<SecondarySource | 'no-change' | 'null' | null>
-            options={[
+              onValueChange={(value) => {
-              { value: null, label: 'Select secondary source' },
+                // null -> no selection
-              { value: 'aux1', label: 'Auxiliary timer 1' },
+                if (value === null) return;
-              { value: 'aux2', label: 'Auxiliary timer 2' },
+                // no-change -> leave the current secondary source untouched
-              { value: 'aux3', label: 'Auxiliary timer 3' },
+                if (value === 'no-change') {
-              { value: 'secondary', label: 'Secondary' },
+                  setValue(`outputs.${index}.secondarySource`, undefined, { shouldDirty: true });
-              { value: 'null', label: 'None' }, // allow the user to clear the secondary source
+                  return;
-            ]}
+                }
-          />
+                // 'null' -> clear the secondary source
-          <Panel.Error>{rowErrors?.secondarySource?.message}</Panel.Error>
+                if (value === 'null') {
-        </label>
+                  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>

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

@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ export default function TriggersList(props: TriggersListProps) {
           <tbody>
             {!showForm && triggers.length === 0 && (
               <Panel.TableEmpty
-                label='Create an automation to attach triggers to'
+                label='Create a trigger to run an automation'
                 handleClick={canAdd ? () => setShowForm(true) : undefined}
               />
             )}

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

@@ -1,29 +1,67 @@
-.wrapper {
+.inputShell {
   position: relative;
 }
 
-.suggestions {
+.fluid {
-  background: $gray-1250;
-  color: $ui-white;
-
-  position: absolute;
-  top: 100%;
-  left: 0;
   width: 100%;
-  margin: 0;
+}
-  z-index: $zindex-floating;
-  padding-block: 0.25rem;
 
-  max-height: 200px;
+.input {
-  overflow-y: auto;
+  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 {
+.list {
-    padding: 0.25rem;
+  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 { Autocomplete as BaseAutocomplete } from '@base-ui/react/autocomplete';
-import { forwardRef, useMemo, useState } from 'react';
+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) {
+interface TemplateEditorModalProps {
-  const { value, onChange, ...rest } = props;
+  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 updateInputValue = useCallback(
-  const [suggestions, setSuggestions] = useState<string[]>([]);
+    (nextValue: string) => {
-  const [showSuggestions, setShowSuggestions] = useState(false);
+      setInputValue(nextValue);
+      emitInputChange(rest.name, nextValue, onChange);
+    },
+    [onChange, rest.name],
+  );
 
-  const updateSuggestions = (value: string) => {
+  const autocomplete = useTemplateAutocomplete(inputValue, autocompleteList, inputRef, updateInputValue);
-    const template = selectFromLastTemplate(value);
+  const { setCursorForValue } = autocomplete;
-    return autocompleteList.filter((suggestion) => suggestion.startsWith(template));
+
+  // 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>) => {
+  const closeExpandedEditor = () => {
-    setInputValue(event.target.value);
+    setIsExpanded(false);
-
-    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 handleSuggestion = (value: string) => {
+  const saveExpandedEditor = (nextValue: string) => {
-    setInputValue((prev) => {
+    updateInputValue(nextValue);
-      const remaining = matchRemaining(prev as string, value);
+    autocomplete.setCursorForValue(nextValue, nextValue.length);
-      return prev + remaining;
+    setIsExpanded(false);
-    });
-    setShowSuggestions(false);
   };
 
   return (
-    <div className={style.wrapper} ref={mergeRefs(localRef, ref)}>
+    <>
-      <Input value={inputValue} {...rest} onChange={handleInputChange} fluid />
+      <TemplateAutocompleteRoot autocomplete={autocomplete} value={inputValue}>
-      {showSuggestions && suggestions.length > 0 && (
+        <div className={cx([style.inputShell, fluid && style.fluid])}>
-        <ul className={style.suggestions}>
+          <BaseAutocomplete.Input
-          {suggestions.map((suggestion) => (
+            ref={setInputRef}
-            <li key={suggestion} onClick={() => handleSuggestion(suggestion)}>
+            className={cx([
-              {suggestion}
+              inputStyle.input,
-            </li>
+              inputStyle[variant],
-          ))}
+              inputStyle[height],
-        </ul>
+              fluid && inputStyle.fluid,
-      )}
+              style.input,
-    </div>
+              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 '';
 }
 
-/**
+function getActiveTemplateRange(text: string, cursorIndex = text.length) {
- * Selects the last starting template in a string
+  const textBeforeCursor = text.slice(0, cursorIndex);
- */
+  const start = textBeforeCursor.lastIndexOf('{{');
-export function selectFromLastTemplate(text: string) {
+  if (start === -1) {
-  const lastBraceIndex = text.lastIndexOf('{{');
+    return null;
-  if (lastBraceIndex !== -1) {
-    return text.slice(lastBraceIndex);
   }
-  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

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { deleteAllReport } from '../../../../common/api/report';
 import { createBlob, downloadBlob } from '../../../../common/api/utils';
 import Button from '../../../../common/components/buttons/Button';
 import useReport from '../../../../common/hooks-query/useReport';
-import useRundown from '../../../../common/hooks-query/useRundown';
+import { useRundown } from '../../../../common/hooks-query/useRundown';
 import { cx } from '../../../../common/utils/styleUtils';
 import { formatTime } from '../../../../common/utils/time';
 import * as Panel from '../../panel-utils/PanelUtils';
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import style from './ReportSettings.module.scss';
 
 export default function ReportSettings() {
   const { data: reportData } = useReport();
-  const { data } = useRundown();
+  const { data } = useRundown(null);
 
   const clearReport = async () => await deleteAllReport();
   const downloadCSV = (combinedReport: CombinedReport[]) => {

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

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { useDisclosure } from '@mantine/hooks';
-import { useState } from 'react';
+import { Suspense, useState } from 'react';
 import {
   IoAdd,
   IoDocumentOutline,
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ import IconButton from '../../../../common/components/buttons/IconButton';
 import Dialog from '../../../../common/components/dialog/Dialog';
 import { DropdownMenu } from '../../../../common/components/dropdown-menu/DropdownMenu';
 import Tag from '../../../../common/components/tag/Tag';
+import { useDirectLinkToBackgroundEdit } from '../../../../common/context/RundownSelectionContext';
 import { useMutateProjectRundowns, useProjectRundowns } from '../../../../common/hooks-query/useProjectRundowns';
 import { cx } from '../../../../common/utils/styleUtils';
-import { useDirectLinkToBackgroundEdit } from '../../../../views/cuesheet/useCuesheetRundownSelection';
 import * as Panel from '../../panel-utils/PanelUtils';
 import RundownRenameForm from './composite/RundownRenameForm';
 import { ManageRundownForm } from './ManageRundownForm';
@@ -28,6 +28,20 @@ import { ManageRundownForm } from './ManageRundownForm';
 import style from './ManagePanel.module.scss';
 
 export default function ManageRundowns() {
+  return (
+    <Suspense
+      fallback={
+        <div className={style.empty}>
+          <Panel.Loader isLoading />
+        </div>
+      }
+    >
+      <ManageRundownsSuspense />
+    </Suspense>
+  );
+}
+
+function ManageRundownsSuspense() {
   const { data } = useProjectRundowns();
   const { duplicate, remove, load, rename } = useMutateProjectRundowns();
   const [isOpenDelete, deleteHandlers] = useDisclosure();

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

@@ -25,6 +25,13 @@
   margin-top: 1rem;
 }
 
+.finishActions {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-wrap: wrap;
+  justify-content: center;
+  gap: 0.5rem;
+}
+
 .sourceGrid {
   display: grid;
   grid-template-columns: repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr));

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

@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 import type {
+  ImportedFields,
+  RundownImportMode,
   SpreadsheetPreviewResponse,
   SpreadsheetWorksheetMetadata,
   SpreadsheetWorksheetOptions,
@@ -6,6 +8,7 @@ import type {
 import { getErrorMessage, ImportMap } from 'ontime-utils';
 import { ChangeEvent, useCallback, useRef, useState } from 'react';
 import { IoCloudOutline, IoDownloadOutline } from 'react-icons/io5';
+import { useNavigate } from 'react-router';
 
 import {
   getWorksheetMetadata as getExcelWorksheetMetadata,
@@ -21,8 +24,8 @@ 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 useRundown from '../../../../../common/hooks-query/useRundown';
+import { useRundown } from '../../../../../common/hooks-query/useRundown';
-import { validateExcelImport } from '../../../../../common/utils/uploadUtils';
+import { removeFileExtension, validateExcelImport } from '../../../../../common/utils/uploadUtils';
 import * as Panel from '../../../panel-utils/PanelUtils';
 import GSheetSetup from './GSheetSetup';
 import SheetImportEditor from './sheet-import/SheetImportEditor';
@@ -35,6 +38,7 @@ const googleSheetDocsUrl = 'https://docs.getontime.no/features/import-spreadshee
 type ActiveSource =
   | {
       kind: 'excel';
+      fileName: string;
       worksheetNames: string[];
       initialWorksheetMetadata: SpreadsheetWorksheetMetadata | null;
       closedByUser: boolean;
@@ -53,9 +57,11 @@ export default function SourcesPanel() {
   const [error, setError] = useState('');
   const [hasFile, setHasFile] = useState<'none' | 'loading' | 'done'>('none');
   const [activeSource, setActiveSource] = useState<ActiveSource | null>(null);
+  const [completedRundownTitle, setCompletedRundownTitle] = useState('');
 
-  const { data: currentRundown } = useRundown();
+  const { data: currentRundown } = useRundown(null);
-  const { importRundown } = useSpreadsheetImport();
+  const { applyImport } = useSpreadsheetImport();
+  const navigate = useNavigate();
 
   const fileInputRef = useRef<HTMLInputElement>(null);
 
@@ -74,6 +80,7 @@ export default function SourcesPanel() {
       const worksheetOptions = await uploadExcel(fileToUpload);
       setActiveSource({
         kind: 'excel',
+        fileName: fileToUpload.name,
         worksheetNames: worksheetOptions.worksheets,
         initialWorksheetMetadata: worksheetOptions.metadata,
         closedByUser: false,
@@ -97,6 +104,7 @@ export default function SourcesPanel() {
     setHasFile('none');
     setActiveSource(null);
     setError('');
+    setCompletedRundownTitle('');
   };
 
   const openGSheetFlow = () => {
@@ -119,29 +127,41 @@ export default function SourcesPanel() {
     }
   };
 
-  const handleFinished = () => {
+  const handleFinished = (rundownTitle: string) => {
     setImportFlow('finished');
     setHasFile('none');
     setActiveSource(null);
     setError('');
+    setCompletedRundownTitle(rundownTitle);
   };
 
-  const handleApplyImport = async (preview: SpreadsheetPreviewResponse) => {
+  const handleApplyImport = async (
+    preview: SpreadsheetPreviewResponse,
+    mode: RundownImportMode,
+    newRundownTitle: string,
+    providedFields: ImportedFields,
+  ) => {
+    if (mode === 'new') {
+      const title = newRundownTitle.trim() || preview.rundown.title;
+      await applyImport({ mode: 'new', rundown: { ...preview.rundown, title }, customFields: preview.customFields });
+      handleFinished(title);
+      return;
+    }
+
     if (!currentRundown) {
       throw new Error('No current rundown loaded');
     }
 
-    await importRundown(
+    // override or merge into the current rundown; merge uses providedFields to know which columns
-      {
+    // the sheet supplied so matched events keep the rest (e.g. automations)
-        [currentRundown.id]: {
+    await applyImport({
-          ...preview.rundown,
+      mode,
-          id: currentRundown.id,
+      targetRundownId: currentRundown.id,
-          title: currentRundown.title,
+      rundown: preview.rundown,
-        },
+      customFields: preview.customFields,
-      },
+      providedFields,
-      preview.customFields,
+    });
-    );
+    handleFinished(currentRundown.title);
-    handleFinished();
   };
 
   const loadWorksheetMetadata = useCallback(
@@ -208,6 +228,13 @@ export default function SourcesPanel() {
     if (activeSource.kind === 'excel') return 'excel';
     return `gsheet:${activeSource.sheetId}`;
   })();
+  // suggested name when importing into a new rundown: the spreadsheet file name (without extension)
+  // for Excel, or the document title for Google Sheets
+  const spreadsheetName = (() => {
+    if (!activeSource) return '';
+    if (activeSource.kind === 'excel') return removeFileExtension(activeSource.fileName);
+    return activeSource.title;
+  })();
 
   return (
     <Panel.Section>
@@ -267,11 +294,20 @@ export default function SourcesPanel() {
         {showCompleted && (
           <div className={style.finishSection}>
             <span className={style.finishBadge}>Import complete</span>
-            <div className={style.finishTitle}>Spreadsheet data applied.</div>
+            <div className={style.finishTitle}>
-            <div className={style.finishDescription}>You can close this flow or start another import.</div>
+              Spreadsheet data applied to {completedRundownTitle || 'your rundown'}.
-            <Button variant='subtle-white' onClick={resetFlow}>
+            </div>
-              Reset flow
+            <div className={style.finishDescription}>
-            </Button>
+              Review the imported rundown in the editor or start another import.
+            </div>
+            <div className={style.finishActions}>
+              <Button variant='primary' onClick={() => navigate('/editor')}>
+                Open editor
+              </Button>
+              <Button variant='subtle-white' onClick={resetFlow}>
+                Import another
+              </Button>
+            </div>
           </div>
         )}
         {isGSheetFlow && (
@@ -287,6 +323,7 @@ export default function SourcesPanel() {
           bodyElements={
             <SheetImportEditor
               sourceKey={sourceKey ?? 'spreadsheet'}
+              defaultRundownName={spreadsheetName}
               worksheetNames={activeSource?.worksheetNames ?? []}
               initialMetadata={activeSource?.initialWorksheetMetadata ?? null}
               loadMetadata={loadWorksheetMetadata}

apps/client/src/features/app-settings/panel/manage-panel/sources-panel/sheet-import/ApplyImportButton.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+import type { RundownImportMode, SpreadsheetPreviewResponse } from 'ontime-types';
+import { isOntimeEvent, isPlayableEvent, Playback } from 'ontime-types';
+import { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
+
+import Button from '../../../../../../common/components/buttons/Button';
+import { usePlayback, useSelectedEventId } from '../../../../../../common/hooks/useSocket';
+
+interface ApplyImportButtonProps {
+  preview: SpreadsheetPreviewResponse | null;
+  mode: RundownImportMode;
+  disabled: boolean;
+  loading: boolean;
+  onApply: () => void;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Apply action for the spreadsheet import.
+ * Subscribes to playback state on its own so playback updates do not re-render the whole editor.
+ * Requires a second click to confirm when applying would stop a running playback.
+ */
+export default function ApplyImportButton({ preview, mode, disabled, loading, onApply }: ApplyImportButtonProps) {
+  const playback = usePlayback();
+  const loadedEventId = useSelectedEventId();
+
+  // the loaded (playing) event loses its playback unless it still exists as a playable event after the import
+  const loadedEntry = loadedEventId ? preview?.rundown.entries[loadedEventId] : undefined;
+  const willLoadedEventBeOverriden = !(
+    loadedEntry !== undefined &&
+    isOntimeEvent(loadedEntry) &&
+    isPlayableEvent(loadedEntry)
+  );
+
+  // applying stops playback when creating a new rundown, or when the playing event does not survive
+  const willStopPlayback = playback !== Playback.Stop && (mode === 'new' || willLoadedEventBeOverriden);
+
+  // two-step confirmation before applying an import that stops playback
+  const [confirmStop, setConfirmStop] = useState(false);
+  useEffect(() => {
+    setConfirmStop(false);
+  }, [mode, preview]);
+
+  const handleClick = () => {
+    if (willStopPlayback && !confirmStop) {
+      setConfirmStop(true);
+      return;
+    }
+    onApply();
+  };
+
+  return (
+    <Button variant='primary' onClick={handleClick} disabled={disabled} loading={loading}>
+      {willStopPlayback && confirmStop ? 'Confirm — stop playback & apply import' : 'Apply import'}
+    </Button>
+  );
+}

apps/client/src/features/app-settings/panel/manage-panel/sources-panel/sheet-import/SheetImportEditor.module.scss

@@ -33,6 +33,11 @@
   white-space: nowrap;
 }
 
+.importModeTrigger {
+  min-width: 12rem;
+  justify-content: space-between;
+}
+
 .addColumnTrigger {
   justify-content: center;
   white-space: nowrap;
@@ -87,6 +92,10 @@
   font-weight: 600;
 }
 
+.toolbarWarning {
+  color: $orange-400;
+}
+
 .mappingPaneTitle {
   align-self: center;
 }

apps/client/src/features/app-settings/panel/manage-panel/sources-panel/sheet-import/SheetImportEditor.tsx

@@ -1,10 +1,20 @@
-import type { SpreadsheetPreviewResponse, SpreadsheetWorksheetMetadata } from 'ontime-types';
+import type {
+  ImportedFields,
+  RundownImportMode,
+  SpreadsheetPreviewResponse,
+  SpreadsheetWorksheetMetadata,
+} from 'ontime-types';
 import type { ImportMap } from 'ontime-utils';
-import { IoArrowUpOutline, IoEye } from 'react-icons/io5';
+import { useMemo } from 'react';
+import { IoArrowUpOutline, IoCheckmark, IoChevronDown, IoEye, IoWarningOutline } from 'react-icons/io5';
 
 import Button from '../../../../../../common/components/buttons/Button';
+import { DropdownMenu, DropdownMenuOption } from '../../../../../../common/components/dropdown-menu/DropdownMenu';
+import Input from '../../../../../../common/components/input/input/Input';
 import Select from '../../../../../../common/components/select/Select';
 import * as Panel from '../../../../panel-utils/PanelUtils';
+import ApplyImportButton from './ApplyImportButton';
+import { isIdColumnMapped } from './importMapUtils';
 import PreviewTable from './preview/PreviewTable';
 import SheetImportMappingPane from './SheetImportMappingPane';
 import { useSheetImportForm } from './useSheetImportForm';
@@ -13,17 +23,46 @@ import style from './SheetImportEditor.module.scss';
 
 interface SheetImportEditorProps {
   sourceKey: string;
+  defaultRundownName: string;
   worksheetNames: string[];
   initialMetadata: SpreadsheetWorksheetMetadata | null;
   loadMetadata: (worksheet: string) => Promise<SpreadsheetWorksheetMetadata>;
   previewImport: (importMap: ImportMap) => Promise<SpreadsheetPreviewResponse>;
-  onApply: (preview: SpreadsheetPreviewResponse) => Promise<void>;
+  onApply: (
+    preview: SpreadsheetPreviewResponse,
+    mode: RundownImportMode,
+    newRundownTitle: string,
+    providedFields: ImportedFields,
+  ) => Promise<void>;
   onCancel: () => void;
   onExport?: (importMap: ImportMap) => Promise<void>;
 }
 
+const importModeOptions: Array<{
+  value: RundownImportMode;
+  label: string;
+  description: string;
+}> = [
+  {
+    value: 'override',
+    label: 'Replace current rundown',
+    description: 'Spreadsheet data completely replaces current rundown',
+  },
+  {
+    value: 'merge',
+    label: 'Merge with current rundown',
+    description: 'Merge entries referencing their IDs, entries not present in spreadsheet rundown are deleted',
+  },
+  {
+    value: 'new',
+    label: 'New rundown',
+    description: 'Create a new rundown to import the data into. Loads the new rundown',
+  },
+];
+
 export default function SheetImportEditor({
   sourceKey,
+  defaultRundownName,
   worksheetNames,
   initialMetadata,
   loadMetadata,
@@ -49,11 +88,16 @@ export default function SheetImportEditor({
     isBusy,
     canPreview,
     displayError,
+    importMode,
+    setImportMode,
+    newRundownTitle,
+    setNewRundownTitle,
     handlePreviewSubmit,
     handleExportSubmit,
     handleApply,
   } = useSheetImportForm({
     sourceKey,
+    defaultRundownName,
     worksheetNames,
     initialMetadata,
     loadMetadata,
@@ -62,6 +106,19 @@ export default function SheetImportEditor({
     onExport,
   });
 
+  const selectedImportMode = importModeOptions.find((option) => option.value === importMode) ?? importModeOptions[0];
+  const importModeItems = useMemo<DropdownMenuOption[]>(
+    () =>
+      importModeOptions.map((option) => ({
+        type: 'item',
+        label: option.label,
+        description: option.description,
+        icon: importMode === option.value ? IoCheckmark : undefined,
+        onClick: () => setImportMode(option.value),
+      })),
+    [importMode, setImportMode],
+  );
+
   return (
     <Panel.Section as='form' id='spreadsheet-import-workspace' className={style.editor} onSubmit={handlePreviewSubmit}>
       <Panel.InlineElements align='apart' wrap='wrap' className={style.editorToolbar}>
@@ -75,7 +132,16 @@ export default function SheetImportEditor({
             }
           />
         </label>
-        {toolbarStatus && <Panel.Description>{toolbarStatus}</Panel.Description>}
+        {toolbarStatus && (
+          <Panel.Description>
+            {toolbarStatus.entries === '–'
+              ? 'No import preview yet'
+              : `${toolbarStatus.entries} entries · ${toolbarStatus.groups} groups · ${toolbarStatus.milestones} milestones · ${toolbarStatus.start}–${toolbarStatus.end} · ${toolbarStatus.duration}`}
+            {toolbarStatus.warnings > 0 && (
+              <span className={style.toolbarWarning}> · {toolbarStatus.warnings} warnings</span>
+            )}
+          </Panel.Description>
+        )}
       </Panel.InlineElements>
 
       <div className={style.editorBody}>
@@ -93,13 +159,19 @@ export default function SheetImportEditor({
 
         <section className={style.previewPane}>
           <div className={style.previewPaneHeader}>
-            <span className={style.previewPaneTitle}>Import preview</span>
+            <div className={style.previewPaneHeading}>
+              <span className={style.previewPaneTitle}>Import preview</span>
+            </div>
           </div>
           <div className={style.tableShell}>
             <PreviewTable
               preview={state.preview}
               columnLabels={columnLabels}
+              canRefresh={canPreview}
               isLoadingMetadata={isLoadingMetadata}
+              isRefreshing={state.loading === 'preview'}
+              needsPreviewRefresh={state.needsPreviewRefresh}
+              onRefresh={handlePreviewSubmit}
               worksheetHeaders={worksheetHeaders}
             />
           </div>
@@ -107,33 +179,63 @@ export default function SheetImportEditor({
       </div>
 
       {displayError && <Panel.Error>{displayError}</Panel.Error>}
-      <Panel.InlineElements align='end' wrap='wrap' className={style.editorFooter}>
+      {importMode === 'merge' && !isIdColumnMapped(values) && (
-        <Button onClick={onCancel} disabled={isBusy}>
+        <Panel.Description tone='warning'>
-          Cancel
+          <IoWarningOutline /> No ID column mapped — merge matches entries by ID, so it will behave like Replace. Export
-        </Button>
+          your rundown to a spreadsheet first to keep its IDs.
-        {onExport && (
+        </Panel.Description>
-          <Button onClick={handleExportSubmit} disabled={!canPreview} loading={state.loading === 'export'}>
+      )}
-            <IoArrowUpOutline />
+      <Panel.InlineElements align='apart' wrap='wrap' className={style.editorFooter}>
-            Export
+        <Panel.InlineElements wrap='wrap'>
+          <label className={style.worksheetControl}>
+            <span className={style.worksheetLabel}>Import mode</span>
+            <DropdownMenu
+              render={<Button className={style.importModeTrigger} variant='subtle-white' />}
+              items={importModeItems}
+            >
+              {selectedImportMode.label}
+              <IoChevronDown />
+            </DropdownMenu>
+          </label>
+          {importMode === 'new' && (
+            <label className={style.worksheetControl}>
+              <span className={style.worksheetLabel}>New rundown name</span>
+              <Input
+                value={newRundownTitle}
+                onChange={(event) => setNewRundownTitle(event.target.value)}
+                placeholder={state.preview?.rundown.title || 'Imported rundown'}
+                aria-label='New rundown name'
+              />
+            </label>
+          )}
+        </Panel.InlineElements>
+        <Panel.InlineElements wrap='wrap'>
+          <Button onClick={onCancel} disabled={isBusy}>
+            Cancel
           </Button>
-        )}
+          {onExport && (
-        <Button
+            <Button onClick={handleExportSubmit} disabled={!canPreview} loading={state.loading === 'export'}>
-          variant={state.preview ? undefined : 'primary'}
+              <IoArrowUpOutline />
-          onClick={handlePreviewSubmit}
+              Export
-          disabled={!canPreview}
+            </Button>
-          loading={state.loading === 'preview'}
+          )}
-        >
+          <Button
-          <IoEye />
+            variant={state.preview ? undefined : 'primary'}
-          Preview import
+            onClick={handlePreviewSubmit}
-        </Button>
+            disabled={!canPreview}
-        <Button
+            loading={state.loading === 'preview'}
-          variant='primary'
+          >
-          onClick={handleApply}
+            <IoEye />
-          disabled={!state.preview || isBusy}
+            Preview import
-          loading={state.loading === 'apply'}
+          </Button>
-        >
+          <ApplyImportButton
-          Apply import
+            preview={state.preview}
-        </Button>
+            mode={importMode}
+            disabled={!state.preview || isBusy}
+            loading={state.loading === 'apply'}
+            onApply={handleApply}
+          />
+        </Panel.InlineElements>
       </Panel.InlineElements>
     </Panel.Section>
   );

apps/client/src/features/app-settings/panel/manage-panel/sources-panel/sheet-import/__tests__/importMapUtils.test.ts

@@ -1,15 +1,21 @@
-import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
 
 import {
   builtInFieldDefs,
   convertToImportMap,
   createDefaultFormValues,
+  defaultImportMode,
   getImportWarnings,
+  getPersistedImportMode,
+  getProvidedImportFields,
   getResolvedCustomFields,
+  isIdColumnMapped,
+  persistImportMode,
 } from '../importMapUtils';
 
 const cueIndex = builtInFieldDefs.findIndex((field) => field.label === 'Cue');
 const titleIndex = builtInFieldDefs.findIndex((field) => field.label === 'Title');
+const idIndex = builtInFieldDefs.findIndex((field) => field.importKey === 'id');
 
 describe('getImportWarnings()', () => {
   it('warns when two mappings target the same spreadsheet column', () => {
@@ -128,3 +134,64 @@ describe('convertToImportMap()', () => {
     });
   });
 });
+
+describe('getProvidedImportFields()', () => {
+  it('reports the mapped built-in and custom fields the sheet supplies', () => {
+    const values = createDefaultFormValues();
+    values.builtIn[titleIndex] = { header: 'title', enabled: true };
+    values.builtIn[cueIndex] = { header: '', enabled: false };
+    values.custom = [{ ontimeName: 'ignored', importName: 'FOH/Monitor' }];
+
+    const provided = getProvidedImportFields(convertToImportMap(values));
+
+    // enabled built-in mappings are reported as event fields, disabled ones are not
+    expect(provided.event).toContain('title');
+    expect(provided.event).not.toContain('cue');
+    // the id column is only used for matching, never overwritten
+    expect(provided.event).not.toContain('id');
+    // custom fields are reported symmetrically by their resolved Ontime name
+    expect(provided.custom).toStrictEqual(['FOH Monitor']);
+  });
+});
+
+describe('isIdColumnMapped()', () => {
+  it('is true when the ID field is enabled with a header', () => {
+    // the default form maps the ID column
+    expect(isIdColumnMapped(createDefaultFormValues())).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('is false when the ID field is disabled', () => {
+    const values = createDefaultFormValues();
+    values.builtIn[idIndex] = { header: 'id', enabled: false };
+    expect(isIdColumnMapped(values)).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it('is false when the ID field header is blank', () => {
+    const values = createDefaultFormValues();
+    values.builtIn[idIndex] = { header: '   ', enabled: true };
+    expect(isIdColumnMapped(values)).toBe(false);
+  });
+});
+
+describe('import mode persistence', () => {
+  const sourceKey = 'excel-test';
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    localStorage.clear();
+  });
+
+  it('defaults to override when nothing is persisted', () => {
+    expect(getPersistedImportMode(sourceKey)).toBe('override');
+    expect(defaultImportMode).toBe('override');
+  });
+
+  it('round-trips a persisted value', () => {
+    persistImportMode(sourceKey, 'merge');
+    expect(getPersistedImportMode(sourceKey)).toBe('merge');
+  });
+
+  it('falls back to the default when the persisted value is invalid', () => {
+    persistImportMode(sourceKey, 'nonsense' as never);
+    expect(getPersistedImportMode(sourceKey)).toBe('override');
+  });
+});

apps/client/src/features/app-settings/panel/manage-panel/sources-panel/sheet-import/importMapUtils.ts

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import type { ImportedFields, RundownImportMode } from 'ontime-types';
 import type { ImportMap } from 'ontime-utils';
 
 import { makeStageKey } from '../../../../../../common/utils/localStorage';
@@ -49,6 +50,16 @@ export function createDefaultFormValues(): ImportFormValues {
   };
 }
 
+/**
+ * Whether the mapping supplies an ID column. Merge matches entries by ID, so without one every
+ * imported entry gets a fresh id and nothing can reconcile with the current rundown.
+ */
+export function isIdColumnMapped(values: ImportFormValues): boolean {
+  const idIndex = builtInFieldDefs.findIndex((def) => def.importKey === 'id');
+  const field = values.builtIn[idIndex];
+  return Boolean(field?.enabled && field.header.trim());
+}
+
 function sanitiseOntimeCustomFieldLabel(importName: string): string {
   // Replace punctuation with spaces, then collapse repeated whitespace into single spaces.
   const sanitised = importName
@@ -81,6 +92,24 @@ export function getResolvedCustomFields(customFields: ImportFormValues['custom']
   });
 }
 
+/**
+ * Returns the fields the import map supplies — the complete description of what the incoming data
+ * provides, for both built-in and custom fields. A merge uses this to patch exactly these fields
+ * onto a matched event and keep everything else (e.g. automations) untouched.
+ * Import-map keys are OntimeEvent field names; `worksheet`/`custom` are meta and `id` is only used
+ * for matching, not overwritten.
+ */
+export function getProvidedImportFields(importMap: ImportMap): ImportedFields {
+  const event: string[] = [];
+  for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(importMap)) {
+    if (key === 'worksheet' || key === 'custom' || key === 'id') continue;
+    if (typeof value === 'string' && value.trim() !== '') {
+      event.push(key);
+    }
+  }
+  return { event, custom: Object.keys(importMap.custom) };
+}
+
 export function convertToImportMap(values: ImportFormValues): ImportMap {
   const custom = getResolvedCustomFields(values.custom).reduce<Record<string, string>>(
     (accumulator, { ontimeName, importName }) => {
@@ -130,12 +159,12 @@ function isPersistedFormValues(obj: unknown): obj is ImportFormValues {
 export function getPersistedImportState(sourceKey: string): { values: ImportFormValues; isPersisted: boolean } {
   const storageKey = getImportMapKey(sourceKey);
   try {
-    const raw = localStorage.getItem(storageKey);
+    const persistedData = localStorage.getItem(storageKey);
-    if (!raw) {
+    if (!persistedData) {
       return { values: createDefaultFormValues(), isPersisted: false };
     }
 
-    const parsed: unknown = JSON.parse(raw);
+    const parsed: unknown = JSON.parse(persistedData);
     if (isPersistedFormValues(parsed)) {
       return { values: parsed, isPersisted: true };
     }
@@ -150,6 +179,32 @@ export function getPersistedImportState(sourceKey: string): { values: ImportForm
   }
 }
 
+/**
+ * The import mode (new / merge / override) is persisted separately from the field mapping
+ * so the mapping schema guard stays untouched.
+ */
+
+/** Default import mode: replace matched elements in the current rundown */
+export const defaultImportMode: RundownImportMode = 'override';
+
+function getImportModeKey(sourceKey: string) {
+  return makeStageKey(`import-mode:${sourceKey}`);
+}
+
+/** Persists the import mode for a given source */
+export function persistImportMode(sourceKey: string, mode: RundownImportMode) {
+  localStorage.setItem(getImportModeKey(sourceKey), mode);
+}
+
+/** Reads the persisted import mode for a source, falling back to the default when absent or invalid */
+export function getPersistedImportMode(sourceKey: string): RundownImportMode {
+  const persisted = localStorage.getItem(getImportModeKey(sourceKey));
+  if (persisted === 'new' || persisted === 'merge' || persisted === 'override') {
+    return persisted;
+  }
+  return defaultImportMode;
+}
+
 /**
  * Validates import mappings and generates warnings for duplicate or missing spreadsheet columns.
  */

apps/client/src/features/app-settings/panel/manage-panel/sources-panel/sheet-import/preview/PreviewTable.module.scss

@@ -1,27 +1,35 @@
 .emptyState {
-  height: 100%;
+  padding: 3rem 1.5rem;
-  min-height: 16rem;
-  display: grid;
-  place-content: center;
-  gap: 0.35rem;
-  padding: 1.5rem;
   text-align: center;
 }
 
+.emptyMessage {
+  width: min(30rem, 100%);
+  margin-inline: auto;
+}
+
 .emptyTitle {
-  color: $ui-white;
+  margin-bottom: 0.25rem;
-  font-size: 1rem;
+  color: rgba($gray-200, 0.72);
-  font-weight: 600;
+  font-size: calc(1rem + 2px);
+  font-weight: 400;
 }
 
 .emptyBody {
-  color: $gray-400;
+  color: rgba($gray-200, 0.55);
-  font-size: 0.95rem;
+  font-size: calc(1rem - 3px);
+  line-height: 1.5;
+}
+
+.emptyAction {
+  margin: 1rem auto 0;
 }
 
 .table {
   width: 100%;
-  border-collapse: collapse;
+  border-collapse: separate;
+  border-spacing: 0;
+  color: $ui-white;
   font-size: calc(1rem - 2px);
   text-align: left;
   table-layout: auto;
@@ -34,31 +42,101 @@
   }
 
   th {
-    font-weight: 400;
+    color: $gray-300;
-    color: $gray-400;
+    font-size: 0.8rem;
-    text-transform: capitalize;
+    font-weight: 600;
-    vertical-align: top;
+    letter-spacing: 0.02em;
+    text-transform: uppercase;
+    vertical-align: bottom;
     white-space: normal;
   }
 
   th,
   td {
-    padding: 0.5rem;
+    box-sizing: border-box;
     min-width: 8rem;
-    vertical-align: top;
+    max-width: 20rem;
+    padding: 0.55rem 0.65rem;
+    border-bottom: 1px solid $white-10;
+    overflow: hidden;
+    text-overflow: ellipsis;
+    vertical-align: middle;
+    white-space: nowrap;
   }
 
-  tr:nth-child(even) {
+  tbody tr {
-    background-color: $white-1;
+    --entry-colour: transparent;
+    background-color: color-mix(in srgb, $gray-1300 96%, var(--entry-colour) 4%);
+    box-shadow: inset 3px 0 var(--entry-colour);
   }
+
+  td[data-empty='true'] {
+    color: $gray-600;
+  }
+}
+
+.rowNumber,
+.rowType {
+  position: sticky;
+  z-index: 1;
+  background-color: inherit;
 }
 
 .rowNumber {
-  width: 4.5rem;
+  left: 0;
-  min-width: 4.5rem;
+  width: 3.25rem;
+  min-width: 3.25rem !important;
+  color: $gray-400;
+  text-align: right;
 }
 
 .rowType {
-  width: 7rem;
+  left: 3.25rem;
-  min-width: 7rem;
+  width: 6.25rem;
+  min-width: 6.25rem !important;
+  color: $gray-400;
+  font-size: 0.8rem;
+  box-shadow: 1px 0 $white-10;
+}
+
+thead .rowNumber,
+thead .rowType {
+  z-index: 2;
+  background-color: $gray-1350;
+}
+
+.numericCell {
+  font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums;
+  text-align: right;
+}
+
+.multilineCell {
+  max-width: 30rem !important;
+  overflow-wrap: anywhere;
+  text-overflow: clip !important;
+  white-space: pre-wrap !important;
+}
+
+.eventRow {
+  .rowNumber {
+    font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums;
+  }
+}
+
+.groupRow {
+  background-color: color-mix(in srgb, $gray-1300 88%, var(--entry-colour) 12%) !important;
+  box-shadow: inset 4px 0 var(--entry-colour) !important;
+  font-weight: 600;
+
+  td {
+    min-height: 3.25rem;
+    border-top: 0.75rem solid $gray-1350;
+  }
+}
+
+.milestoneRow {
+  background-color: color-mix(in srgb, $gray-1300 93%, var(--entry-colour) 7%) !important;
+  box-shadow: inset 3px 0 var(--entry-colour) !important;
+  color: $gray-300;
+  font-style: italic;
 }

apps/client/src/features/app-settings/panel/manage-panel/sources-panel/sheet-import/preview/PreviewTable.tsx

@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 import type { CustomField, CustomFieldKey, SpreadsheetPreviewResponse } from 'ontime-types';
-import { isOntimeEvent, isOntimeGroup, isOntimeMilestone } from 'ontime-types';
+import { isOntimeDelay, isOntimeEvent, isOntimeGroup, isOntimeMilestone } from 'ontime-types';
+import type { CSSProperties } from 'react';
 import { useMemo } from 'react';
 
+import Button from '../../../../../../../common/components/buttons/Button';
+import Tag from '../../../../../../../common/components/tag/Tag';
+import { getRundownMetadata } from '../../../../../../../common/utils/rundownMetadata';
 import { getCellValue } from './previewTableUtils';
 
 import style from './PreviewTable.module.scss';
@@ -9,14 +13,85 @@ import style from './PreviewTable.module.scss';
 interface PreviewTableProps {
   preview: SpreadsheetPreviewResponse | null;
   columnLabels: string[];
+  canRefresh: boolean;
   isLoadingMetadata: boolean;
+  isRefreshing: boolean;
+  needsPreviewRefresh: boolean;
+  onRefresh: () => void;
   worksheetHeaders: string[];
 }
 
+const priorityColumns = ['Title', 'Cue', 'Start', 'End', 'Duration'];
+const numericColumns = new Set(['Start', 'End', 'Duration', 'Time warning', 'Time danger']);
+const transparentColour = 'transparent';
+
+type PreviewEntry = SpreadsheetPreviewResponse['rundown']['entries'][string];
+
+function getEntryDisplay(entry: PreviewEntry, groupColour?: string) {
+  if (isOntimeGroup(entry)) {
+    return {
+      rowClassName: style.groupRow,
+      entryColour: entry.colour,
+      entryType: 'Group',
+    };
+  }
+
+  const entryColour = groupColour ?? transparentColour;
+
+  if (isOntimeMilestone(entry)) {
+    return {
+      rowClassName: style.milestoneRow,
+      entryColour,
+      entryType: 'Milestone',
+    };
+  }
+
+  if (isOntimeDelay(entry)) {
+    return {
+      rowClassName: style.eventRow,
+      entryColour,
+      entryType: 'Delay',
+    };
+  }
+
+  return {
+    rowClassName: style.eventRow,
+    entryColour,
+    entryType: 'Event',
+  };
+}
+
+function getCellClassName(label: string, value: string) {
+  if (value.includes('\n')) {
+    return style.multilineCell;
+  }
+
+  if (numericColumns.has(label)) {
+    return style.numericCell;
+  }
+
+  return undefined;
+}
+
+function getDisplayColumns(columnLabels: string[]) {
+  return [...columnLabels].sort((left, right) => {
+    const leftPriority = priorityColumns.indexOf(left);
+    const rightPriority = priorityColumns.indexOf(right);
+    return (
+      (leftPriority === -1 ? priorityColumns.length : leftPriority) -
+      (rightPriority === -1 ? priorityColumns.length : rightPriority)
+    );
+  });
+}
+
 export default function PreviewTable({
   preview,
   columnLabels,
+  canRefresh,
   isLoadingMetadata,
+  isRefreshing,
+  needsPreviewRefresh,
+  onRefresh,
   worksheetHeaders,
 }: PreviewTableProps) {
   const customFieldKeyByLabel = useMemo(() => {
@@ -24,33 +99,57 @@ export default function PreviewTable({
     return new Map(Object.entries(preview.customFields).map(([fieldId, field]) => [field.label, fieldId]));
   }, [preview]);
 
+  const displayColumns = useMemo(() => getDisplayColumns(columnLabels), [columnLabels]);
+
+  const previewMetadata = useMemo(() => {
+    if (!preview) return null;
+    return getRundownMetadata(preview.rundown, null);
+  }, [preview]);
+
   if (!preview) {
+    let emptyTitle = 'Preview not generated';
     let emptyContent = 'Select the fields you want to import, then click Preview import.';
 
     if (isLoadingMetadata) {
+      emptyTitle = 'Loading worksheet';
       emptyContent = 'Loading worksheet metadata...';
     } else if (worksheetHeaders.length === 0) {
+      emptyTitle = 'No headers found';
       emptyContent =
         'No column headers detected in this worksheet. Try a different worksheet or ensure the first row contains column headers.';
+    } else if (needsPreviewRefresh) {
+      emptyTitle = 'Preview needs updating';
+      emptyContent = 'Your column mapping changed. Preview the import again to update this table.';
     }
 
     return (
       <div className={style.emptyState}>
-        <div className={style.emptyTitle}>Preview not generated</div>
+        <div className={style.emptyMessage}>
-        <div className={style.emptyBody}>{emptyContent}</div>
+          <div className={style.emptyTitle}>{emptyTitle}</div>
+          <div className={style.emptyBody}>{emptyContent}</div>
+          {needsPreviewRefresh && (
+            <Button
+              className={style.emptyAction}
+              variant='primary'
+              onClick={onRefresh}
+              disabled={!canRefresh}
+              loading={isRefreshing}
+            >
+              Refresh preview
+            </Button>
+          )}
+        </div>
       </div>
     );
   }
 
-  let eventIndex = 0;
-
   return (
     <table className={style.table}>
       <thead>
         <tr>
           <th className={style.rowNumber}>#</th>
           <th className={style.rowType}>Type</th>
-          {columnLabels.map((label, index) => (
+          {displayColumns.map((label, index) => (
             <th key={`${label}-${index}`}>{label}</th>
           ))}
         </tr>
@@ -59,16 +158,29 @@ export default function PreviewTable({
         {preview.rundown.flatOrder.map((entryId) => {
           const entry = preview.rundown.entries[entryId];
           const isEvent = isOntimeEvent(entry);
-          if (isEvent) eventIndex++;
+          const entryMetadata = previewMetadata?.[entryId];
-          const hasType = isEvent || isOntimeGroup(entry) || isOntimeMilestone(entry);
+          const { rowClassName, entryColour, entryType } = getEntryDisplay(entry, entryMetadata?.groupColour);
 
           return (
-            <tr key={entryId}>
+            <tr key={entryId} className={rowClassName} style={{ '--entry-colour': entryColour } as CSSProperties}>
-              <td className={style.rowNumber}>{isEvent ? eventIndex : ''}</td>
+              <td className={style.rowNumber}>{isEvent ? entryMetadata?.eventIndex : ''}</td>
-              <td className={style.rowType}>{hasType ? entry.type : ''}</td>
+              <td className={style.rowType}>
-              {columnLabels.map((label, colIndex) => (
+                <Tag>{entryType}</Tag>
-                <td key={`${entryId}-${colIndex}`}>{getCellValue(label, entry, customFieldKeyByLabel)}</td>
+              </td>
-              ))}
+              {displayColumns.map((label, colIndex) => {
+                const value = getCellValue(label, entry, customFieldKeyByLabel);
+                const cellClassName = getCellClassName(label, value);
+                return (
+                  <td
+                    key={`${entryId}-${colIndex}`}
+                    className={cellClassName}
+                    data-empty={value === ''}
+                    title={value || undefined}
+                  >
+                    {value}
+                  </td>
+                );
+              })}
             </tr>
           );
         })}

apps/client/src/features/app-settings/panel/manage-panel/sources-panel/sheet-import/useSheetImportForm.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,13 @@
 import { useQuery, useQueryClient } from '@tanstack/react-query';
-import type { SpreadsheetPreviewResponse, SpreadsheetWorksheetMetadata } from 'ontime-types';
+import type {
-import { millisToString } from 'ontime-utils';
+  ImportedFields,
-import { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useReducer, useRef } from 'react';
+  RundownImportMode,
+  SpreadsheetPreviewResponse,
+  SpreadsheetWorksheetMetadata,
+} from 'ontime-types';
+import { isOntimeGroup, isOntimeMilestone } from 'ontime-types';
+import { millisToString, removeTrailingZero } from 'ontime-utils';
+import { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useReducer, useRef, useState } from 'react';
 import { useFieldArray, useForm } from 'react-hook-form';
 
 import { maybeAxiosError } from '../../../../../../common/api/utils';
@@ -11,8 +17,11 @@ import {
   builtInFieldDefs,
   convertToImportMap,
   getImportWarnings,
+  getPersistedImportMode,
   getPersistedImportState,
+  getProvidedImportFields,
   getResolvedCustomFields,
+  persistImportMode,
   persistImportState,
 } from './importMapUtils';
 import { deriveHeaderOptionsState } from './spreadsheetImportUtils';
@@ -24,7 +33,7 @@ type ImportAction =
   | { type: 'previewSuccess'; preview: SpreadsheetPreviewResponse }
   | { type: 'applySuccess' }
   | { type: 'exportSuccess' }
-  | { type: 'clearPreview'; error?: string }
+  | { type: 'clearPreview'; error?: string; needsRefresh?: boolean }
   | { type: 'failure'; error: string }
   | { type: 'reset' };
 
@@ -32,12 +41,14 @@ type ImportState = {
   loading: '' | 'preview' | 'apply' | 'export';
   error: string;
   preview: SpreadsheetPreviewResponse | null;
+  needsPreviewRefresh: boolean;
 };
 
 const initialImportState: ImportState = {
   loading: '',
   error: '',
   preview: null,
+  needsPreviewRefresh: false,
 };
 
 function importReducer(state: ImportState, action: ImportAction): ImportState {
@@ -49,15 +60,15 @@ function importReducer(state: ImportState, action: ImportAction): ImportState {
     case 'startExport':
       return { ...state, loading: 'export', error: '' };
     case 'previewSuccess':
-      return { loading: '', error: '', preview: action.preview };
+      return { loading: '', error: '', preview: action.preview, needsPreviewRefresh: false };
     case 'applySuccess':
     case 'exportSuccess':
       return { ...state, loading: '' };
     case 'clearPreview':
-      return { ...state, error: action.error ?? '', preview: null };
+      return { ...state, error: action.error ?? '', preview: null, needsPreviewRefresh: action.needsRefresh ?? false };
     case 'failure': {
       if (state.loading === 'preview') {
-        return { loading: '', error: action.error, preview: null };
+        return { loading: '', error: action.error, preview: null, needsPreviewRefresh: false };
       }
       return { ...state, loading: '', error: action.error };
     }
@@ -100,16 +111,23 @@ function buildColumnLabels(values: ImportFormValues): string[] {
 
 interface UseSheetImportFormProps {
   sourceKey: string;
+  defaultRundownName: string;
   worksheetNames: string[];
   initialMetadata: SpreadsheetWorksheetMetadata | null;
   loadMetadata: (worksheet: string) => Promise<SpreadsheetWorksheetMetadata>;
   previewImport: (importMap: ReturnType<typeof convertToImportMap>) => Promise<SpreadsheetPreviewResponse>;
-  onApply: (preview: SpreadsheetPreviewResponse) => Promise<void>;
+  onApply: (
+    preview: SpreadsheetPreviewResponse,
+    mode: RundownImportMode,
+    newRundownTitle: string,
+    providedFields: ImportedFields,
+  ) => Promise<void>;
   onExport?: (importMap: ReturnType<typeof convertToImportMap>) => Promise<void>;
 }
 
 export function useSheetImportForm({
   sourceKey,
+  defaultRundownName,
   worksheetNames,
   initialMetadata,
   loadMetadata,
@@ -170,6 +188,8 @@ export function useSheetImportForm({
   const columnLabels = buildColumnLabels(values);
 
   const [state, dispatch] = useReducer(importReducer, initialImportState);
+  const [importMode, setImportMode] = useState<RundownImportMode>(() => getPersistedImportMode(sourceKey));
+  const [newRundownTitle, setNewRundownTitle] = useState(defaultRundownName);
   const warnings = getImportWarnings(values, headers);
   const warningCount = Object.values(warnings).filter(Boolean).length;
   const previewRef = useRef<SpreadsheetPreviewResponse | null>(null);
@@ -182,6 +202,12 @@ export function useSheetImportForm({
     dispatch({ type: 'reset' });
   }, [initialFormValues, reset]);
 
+  // Update import mode and rundown name if the source changes
+  useEffect(() => {
+    setImportMode(getPersistedImportMode(sourceKey));
+    setNewRundownTitle(defaultRundownName);
+  }, [sourceKey, defaultRundownName]);
+
   // Keep the worksheet selection valid if the available worksheets change underneath the form.
   useEffect(() => {
     if (worksheetNames.length === 0) return;
@@ -198,7 +224,7 @@ export function useSheetImportForm({
     const sub = watch(() => {
       if (!previewRef.current) return;
       previewRef.current = null;
-      dispatch({ type: 'clearPreview' });
+      dispatch({ type: 'clearPreview', needsRefresh: true });
     });
     return () => sub.unsubscribe();
   }, [watch]);
@@ -241,13 +267,15 @@ export function useSheetImportForm({
 
     try {
       dispatch({ type: 'startApply' });
-      await onApply(state.preview);
+      const providedFields = getProvidedImportFields(convertToImportMap(getValues()));
+      await onApply(state.preview, importMode, newRundownTitle, providedFields);
       persistImportState(sourceKey, getValues());
+      persistImportMode(sourceKey, importMode);
       dispatch({ type: 'applySuccess' });
     } catch (error) {
       dispatch({ type: 'failure', error: maybeAxiosError(error) });
     }
-  }, [getValues, onApply, sourceKey, state.preview]);
+  }, [getValues, importMode, newRundownTitle, onApply, sourceKey, state.preview]);
 
   const handleExport = useCallback(
     async (formValues: ImportFormValues) => {
@@ -272,15 +300,37 @@ export function useSheetImportForm({
   }, [append]);
 
   const toolbarStatus = (() => {
-    const warningText = warningCount > 0 ? ` | warnings: ${warningCount}` : '';
-
     if (!state.preview) {
-      return `entries: – | start: – | end: – | duration: –${warningText}`;
+      return {
+        entries: '–',
+        groups: '–',
+        milestones: '–',
+        start: '–',
+        end: '–',
+        duration: '–',
+        warnings: warningCount,
+      };
     }
 
-    const { flatOrder } = state.preview.rundown;
+    const { entries, flatOrder } = state.preview.rundown;
     const { start, end, duration } = state.preview.summary;
-    return `entries: ${flatOrder.length} | start: ${millisToString(start)} | end: ${millisToString(end)} | duration: ${formatDuration(duration)}${warningText}`;
+    let groups = 0;
+    let milestones = 0;
+    for (const entryId of flatOrder) {
+      const entry = entries[entryId];
+      if (isOntimeGroup(entry)) groups++;
+      else if (isOntimeMilestone(entry)) milestones++;
+    }
+
+    return {
+      entries: flatOrder.length,
+      groups,
+      milestones,
+      start: removeTrailingZero(millisToString(start)),
+      end: removeTrailingZero(millisToString(end)),
+      duration: formatDuration(duration),
+      warnings: warningCount,
+    };
   })();
 
   return {
@@ -300,6 +350,10 @@ export function useSheetImportForm({
     isBusy,
     canPreview,
     displayError,
+    importMode,
+    setImportMode,
+    newRundownTitle,
+    setNewRundownTitle,
     handlePreviewSubmit: handleSubmit(handlePreview),
     handleExportSubmit: handleSubmit(handleExport),
     handleApply,

apps/client/src/features/app-settings/panel/manage-panel/sources-panel/useSpreadsheetImport.ts

@@ -1,30 +1,17 @@
-import { useQueryClient } from '@tanstack/react-query';
+import { RundownImportPayload } from 'ontime-types';
-import { CustomFields, ProjectRundowns } from 'ontime-types';
 import { useCallback } from 'react';
 
-import { CUSTOM_FIELDS, RUNDOWN } from '../../../../../common/api/constants';
+import { importRundownWithOptions } from '../../../../../common/api/rundown';
-import { patchData } from '../../../../../common/api/db';
 
 export default function useSpreadsheetImport() {
-  const queryClient = useQueryClient();
+  /** applies a spreadsheet import: override or merge into the current rundown, or create a new one */
-
+  const applyImport = useCallback(async (payload: RundownImportPayload) => {
-  /** applies rundown and customFields to current project */
+    // the backend broadcasts a refetch once the rundown is parsed and applied, so the caches update
-  const importRundown = useCallback(
+    // through that single path rather than racing it with an optimistic write from here
-    async (rundowns: ProjectRundowns, customFields: CustomFields) => {
+    await importRundownWithOptions(payload);
-      await patchData({ rundowns, customFields });
+  }, []);
-      // we are unable to optimistically set the rundown since we need
-      // it to be normalised
-      await queryClient.invalidateQueries({
-        queryKey: RUNDOWN,
-      });
-      await queryClient.invalidateQueries({
-        queryKey: CUSTOM_FIELDS,
-      });
-    },
-    [queryClient],
-  );
 
   return {
-    importRundown,
+    applyImport,
   };
 }

apps/client/src/features/app-settings/panel/project-panel/ProjectList.tsx

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { useState } from 'react';
+import { Suspense, useState } from 'react';
 import { IoArrowDown, IoArrowUp } from 'react-icons/io5';
 
 import Info from '../../../../common/components/info/Info';
@@ -11,11 +11,25 @@ import style from './ProjectPanel.module.scss';
 type SortParameter = 'alphabetical' | 'modified';
 
 export default function ProjectList() {
+  return (
+    <Suspense
+      fallback={
+        <div className={style.empty}>
+          <Panel.Loader isLoading />
+        </div>
+      }
+    >
+      <ProjectListSuspend />
+    </Suspense>
+  );
+}
+
+function ProjectListSuspend() {
   const [editingMode, setEditingMode] = useState<EditMode | null>(null);
   const [editingFilename, setEditingFilename] = useState<string | null>(null);
   const [sortMode, setSortMode] = useState<ProjectSortMode>('modified-desc');
 
-  const { data, refetch, status } = useOrderedProjectList(sortMode);
+  const { data, refetch } = useOrderedProjectList(sortMode);
 
   const handleToggleEditMode = (editMode: EditMode, filename: string | null) => {
     setEditingMode((prev) => (prev === editMode && filename === editingFilename ? null : editMode));
@@ -38,14 +52,6 @@ export default function ProjectList() {
     });
   };
 
-  if (status === 'pending') {
-    return (
-      <div className={style.empty}>
-        <Panel.Loader isLoading />
-      </div>
-    );
-  }
-
   const numProjects = data.reorderedProjectFiles.length;
 
   return (

apps/client/src/features/app-settings/panel/settings-panel/McpSection.tsx

@@ -2,33 +2,23 @@ import { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
 
 import { generateUrl } from '../../../../common/api/session';
 import CopyTag from '../../../../common/components/copy-tag/CopyTag';
-import useInfo from '../../../../common/hooks-query/useInfo';
+import { serverURL } from '../../../../externals';
-import { isOntimeCloud, serverURL } from '../../../../externals';
 import * as Panel from '../../panel-utils/PanelUtils';
 
 export default function McpSection() {
-  const { data: infoData } = useInfo();
   const [mcpEndpointUrl, setMcpEndpointUrl] = useState('');
 
   // generate url
   useEffect(() => {
-    const baseUrl = (() => {
+    // the page origin is reachable wherever the user is browsing from,
-      if (isOntimeCloud) return serverURL;
+    // and follows the deployment (cloud, reverse proxy, port mappings)
-
-      // for local setups we prefer the localhost IP to avoid remote access
-      if (infoData.networkInterfaces.length > 0) {
-        return `http://${infoData.networkInterfaces[0].address}:${infoData.serverPort}`;
-      }
-      return serverURL;
-    })();
-
     // we are reusing the endpoint, so locking config and nav have no effect
-    generateUrl({ baseUrl, path: 'mcp', authenticate: true, lockConfig: false, lockNav: false })
+    generateUrl({ baseUrl: serverURL, path: 'mcp', authenticate: true, lockConfig: false, lockNav: false })
       .then(setMcpEndpointUrl)
       .catch(() => {
         setMcpEndpointUrl('');
       });
-  }, [infoData]);
+  }, []);
 
   const mcpClientConfig = mcpEndpointUrl
     ? JSON.stringify({ mcpServers: { ontime: { url: mcpEndpointUrl } } }, null, 2)
@@ -40,14 +30,19 @@ export default function McpSection() {
         <Panel.SubHeader>MCP Server</Panel.SubHeader>
         <Panel.Paragraph>Connect any MCP-compatible AI agent to Ontime using the endpoint below.</Panel.Paragraph>
         <Panel.Divider />
-        <Panel.Field title='Endpoint URL' description='Add this URL to your MCP client settings' />
+        <Panel.ListGroup>
-        {mcpEndpointUrl && <CopyTag copyValue={mcpEndpointUrl}>{mcpEndpointUrl}</CopyTag>}
+          <Panel.ListItem>
-        <Panel.Divider />
+            <Panel.Field title='Endpoint URL' description='Add this URL to your MCP client settings' />
-        <Panel.Field
+            {mcpEndpointUrl && <CopyTag copyValue={mcpEndpointUrl}>{mcpEndpointUrl}</CopyTag>}
-          title='Client configuration snippet'
+          </Panel.ListItem>
-          description='Paste this into your AI agent settings under "mcpServers"'
+          <Panel.ListItem>
-        />
+            <Panel.Field
-        {mcpEndpointUrl && <CopyTag copyValue={mcpClientConfig}>{mcpClientConfig}</CopyTag>}
+              title='Client configuration snippet'
+              description='Paste this into your AI agent settings under "mcpServers"'
+            />
+            {mcpEndpointUrl && <CopyTag copyValue={mcpClientConfig}>{mcpClientConfig}</CopyTag>}
+          </Panel.ListItem>
+        </Panel.ListGroup>
       </Panel.Card>
     </Panel.Section>
   );

apps/client/src/features/control/playback/playback-timer/PlaybackTimer.module.scss

@@ -73,6 +73,10 @@
   margin-right: 0.25rem;
 }
 
+.tagOvertime {
+  color: $playback-over;
+}
+
 .time {
   color: $section-white;
   font-size: $text-body-size;

apps/client/src/features/control/playback/playback-timer/PlaybackTimer.tsx

@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 import { MaybeNumber, Playback, TimerPhase } from 'ontime-types';
-import { dayInMs, millisToString } from 'ontime-utils';
+import { millisToString } from 'ontime-utils';
 import { PropsWithChildren } from 'react';
 
 import AppLink from '../../../../common/components/link/app-link/AppLink';
 import Tooltip from '../../../../common/components/tooltip/Tooltip';
 import useReport from '../../../../common/hooks-query/useReport';
-import { useTimer } from '../../../../common/hooks/useSocket';
+import { useTimerProgress } from '../../../../common/hooks/useSocket';
-import { formatDuration } from '../../../../common/utils/time';
+import { cx } from '../../../../common/utils/styleUtils';
+import { formatDuration, normaliseWallClock } from '../../../../common/utils/time';
 import TimerDisplay from '../timer-display/TimerDisplay';
 
 import style from './PlaybackTimer.module.scss';
@@ -24,15 +25,14 @@ function resolveAddedTimeLabel(addedTime: number) {
 }
 
 export default function PlaybackTimer({ children }: PropsWithChildren) {
-  const timer = useTimer();
+  'use memo';
+  const timer = useTimerProgress();
 
   const isRolling = timer.playback === Playback.Roll;
   const isWaiting = timer.phase === TimerPhase.Pending;
   const isOvertime = timer.phase === TimerPhase.Overtime;
   const hasAddedTime = Boolean(timer.addedTime);
-
   const rollLabel = isRolling ? 'Roll mode active' : '';
-
   const addedTimeLabel = resolveAddedTimeLabel(timer.addedTime);
 
   return (
@@ -51,7 +51,13 @@ export default function PlaybackTimer({ children }: PropsWithChildren) {
         {isWaiting ? (
           <span className={style.rolltag}>Roll: Countdown to start</span>
         ) : (
-          <RunningStatus startedAt={timer.startedAt} expectedFinish={timer.expectedFinish} playback={timer.playback} />
+          <RunningStatus
+            startedAt={timer.startedAt}
+            expectedFinish={timer.expectedFinish}
+            isStopped={timer.playback === Playback.Stop}
+            isCountToEnd={timer.isCountToEnd}
+            isOvertime={isOvertime}
+          />
         )}
       </div>
       {children}
@@ -62,16 +68,18 @@ export default function PlaybackTimer({ children }: PropsWithChildren) {
 interface RunningStatusProps {
   startedAt: MaybeNumber;
   expectedFinish: MaybeNumber;
-  playback: Playback;
+  isStopped: boolean;
+  isCountToEnd: boolean;
+  isOvertime: boolean;
 }
-function RunningStatus({ startedAt, expectedFinish, playback }: RunningStatusProps) {
+
-  if (playback === Playback.Stop) {
+function RunningStatus({ startedAt, expectedFinish, isStopped, isCountToEnd, isOvertime }: RunningStatusProps) {
+  if (isStopped) {
     return <StoppedStatus />;
   }
 
   const started = millisToString(startedAt);
-  const finishedMs = expectedFinish !== null ? expectedFinish % dayInMs : null;
+  const finish = millisToString(expectedFinish === null ? null : normaliseWallClock(expectedFinish));
-  const finish = millisToString(finishedMs);
 
   return (
     <>
@@ -80,7 +88,9 @@ function RunningStatus({ startedAt, expectedFinish, playback }: RunningStatusPro
         <span className={style.time}>{started}</span>
       </span>
       <span className={style.finish}>
-        <span className={style.tag}>Expect end</span>
+        <span className={cx([style.tag, isOvertime && style.tagOvertime])}>
+          {isCountToEnd ? 'Scheduled end' : 'Expected end'}
+        </span>
         <span className={style.time}>{finish}</span>
       </span>
     </>

apps/client/src/features/operator/Operator.tsx

@@ -180,7 +180,13 @@ function Operator({ rundown, rundownMetadata, customFields, settings }: Operator
 
             return (
               <Fragment key={entry.id}>
-                <OperatorGroup key={entry.id} title={entry.title} />
+                <OperatorGroup
+                  key={entry.id}
+                  title={entry.title}
+                  colour={entry.colour}
+                  count={entry.entries.length}
+                  duration={entry.duration}
+                />
                 {entry.entries.map((nestedEntryId) => {
                   const nestedEntry = rundown.entries[nestedEntryId];
                   if (!isOntimeEvent(nestedEntry)) {
@@ -217,6 +223,7 @@ function Operator({ rundown, rundownMetadata, customFields, settings }: Operator
                       isLinkedToLoaded={isLinkedToLoaded}
                       isSelected={isLoaded}
                       isPast={isPast}
+                      groupColour={entry.colour}
                       selectedRef={isLoaded ? selectedRef : undefined}
                       showStart={showStart}
                       subscribed={subscribedData}

apps/client/src/features/operator/operator-event/OperatorEvent.module.scss

@@ -22,17 +22,39 @@
     background-color: $gray-1250;
   }
 
+  &.grouped {
+    position: relative;
+    padding-left: 0.35rem;
+    background:
+      linear-gradient(90deg, color-mix(in srgb, transparent 88%, var(--group-colour, $gray-500) 12%), transparent 8rem),
+      $viewer-card-bg-color;
+  }
+
   &.running {
     border-top: 1px solid $gray-1300;
     background-color: var(--operator-running-bg-override, $active-green);
   }
 
+  &.grouped.running {
+    background:
+      linear-gradient(90deg, color-mix(in srgb, transparent 82%, var(--group-colour, $gray-500) 18%), transparent 8rem),
+      var(--operator-running-bg-override, $active-green);
+  }
+
   &.past {
     border-top: 1px solid transparent;
     opacity: 0.2;
   }
 }
 
+.groupRail {
+  position: absolute;
+  inset-block: 0;
+  left: 0;
+  width: 0.35rem;
+  background-color: var(--group-colour, $gray-500);
+}
+
 .binder {
   grid-area: binder;
   color: $section-white;
@@ -74,6 +96,9 @@
 .plannedStart,
 .timeUntil,
 .runningTime {
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 0.25rem;
   border-radius: $component-border-radius-md;
   padding: 0.25rem 0.5rem;
   line-height: 1;
@@ -95,6 +120,21 @@
   letter-spacing: 1px;
 }
 
+.live {
+  color: $ui-black;
+  background-color: $ui-white;
+}
+
+.due {
+  color: $ui-black;
+  background-color: $orange-500;
+}
+
+.done {
+  color: $white-60;
+  background-color: $white-7;
+}
+
 .runningTime {
   grid-area: running;
   font-size: 1.25rem;

apps/client/src/features/operator/operator-event/OperatorEvent.tsx

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ interface OperatorEventProps {
   isLinkedToLoaded: boolean;
   isSelected: boolean;
   isPast: boolean;
+  groupColour?: string;
   selectedRef?: RefObject<HTMLDivElement | null>;
   showStart: boolean;
   subscribed: Subscribed;
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@ function OperatorEvent({
   isLinkedToLoaded,
   isSelected,
   isPast,
+  groupColour,
   selectedRef,
   showStart,
   subscribed,
@@ -68,7 +70,12 @@ function OperatorEvent({
   const mouseHandlers = useLongPress(handleLongPress);
   const cueColours = colour && getAccessibleColour(colour);
 
-  const operatorClasses = cx([style.event, isSelected && style.running, isPast && style.past]);
+  const operatorClasses = cx([
+    style.event,
+    groupColour && style.grouped,
+    isSelected && style.running,
+    isPast && style.past,
+  ]);
 
   const hasFields = subscribed.some((field) => field.value);
   const columnCount = subscribed.length ? Math.min(subscribed.length, 4) : 0;
@@ -85,8 +92,10 @@ function OperatorEvent({
       data-testid={cue}
       ref={selectedRef}
       onContextMenu={handleLongPress}
+      style={groupColour ? ({ '--group-colour': groupColour } as CSSProperties) : undefined}
       {...mouseHandlers}
     >
+      {groupColour && <div className={style.groupRail} />}
       <div className={style.binder} style={{ ...cueColours }}>
         <span className={style.cue}>{cue}</span>
       </div>
@@ -153,11 +162,11 @@ function OperatorEventSchedule({
   isLinkedToLoaded,
 }: OperatorEventScheduleProps) {
   if (isPast) {
-    return <span className={style.timeUntil}>DONE</span>;
+    return <span className={cx([style.timeUntil, style.done])}>DONE</span>;
   }
 
   if (isSelected) {
-    return <span className={style.timeUntil}>LIVE</span>;
+    return <span className={cx([style.timeUntil, style.live])}>LIVE</span>;
   }
 
   return (
@@ -186,7 +195,7 @@ function TimeUntil({ timeStart, delay, dayOffset, totalGap, isLinkedToLoaded }:
   const timeUntilString = isDue ? 'DUE' : `${formatDuration(Math.abs(timeUntil), timeUntil > 2 * MILLIS_PER_MINUTE)}`;
 
   return (
-    <span className={style.timeUntil} data-testid='time-until'>
+    <span className={cx([style.timeUntil, isDue && style.due])} data-testid='time-until'>
       {timeUntilString}
     </span>
   );

apps/client/src/features/operator/operator-group/OperatorGroup.module.scss

@@ -1,13 +1,33 @@
 .group {
   width: 100%;
-  padding: 0.25rem 0.5rem;
+  min-height: 2.5rem;
+  padding: 0.4rem 0.75rem;
+  border-left: 0.35rem solid var(--group-colour, $gray-500);
   background-color: $gray-1350;
+  background: color-mix(in srgb, transparent 88%, var(--group-colour, $gray-500) 12%);
   font-size: 1.25rem;
+  font-weight: 600;
+
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 1rem;
+  letter-spacing: 0;
 }
 
-// tablet
+.title {
-@media (min-width: $min-tablet) {
+  flex: 1 1 auto;
-  .group {
+  min-width: 0;
-    padding: 0.25rem 1rem;
+  overflow: hidden;
-  }
+  text-overflow: ellipsis;
+  white-space: nowrap;
+}
+
+.meta {
+  display: flex;
+  flex: 0 0 auto;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 0.5rem;
+  color: color-mix(in srgb, currentColor 60%, transparent);
+  font-size: 0.875rem;
+  font-weight: 500;
 }

apps/client/src/features/operator/operator-group/OperatorGroup.tsx

@@ -1,12 +1,29 @@
-import { memo } from 'react';
+import { CSSProperties, memo } from 'react';
+
+import { getAccessibleColour } from '../../../common/utils/styleUtils';
+import { formatDuration } from '../../../common/utils/time';
 
 import style from './OperatorGroup.module.scss';
 
 interface OperatorGroup {
   title: string;
+  colour: string;
+  count: number;
+  duration: number;
 }
 
 export default memo(OperatorGroup);
-function OperatorGroup({ title }: OperatorGroup) {
+function OperatorGroup({ title, colour, count, duration }: OperatorGroup) {
-  return <div className={style.group}>{title}</div>;
+  const groupColour = colour || '#929292';
+  const groupColours = getAccessibleColour(groupColour);
+
+  return (
+    <div className={style.group} style={{ ...groupColours, '--group-colour': groupColour } as CSSProperties}>
+      <span className={style.title}>{title}</span>
+      <span className={style.meta}>
+        <span>{`${count} ${count === 1 ? 'event' : 'events'}`}</span>
+        <span>{formatDuration(duration)}</span>
+      </span>
+    </div>
+  );
 }

apps/client/src/features/operator/useOperatorData.ts

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ export interface OperatorData {
 }
 
 export function useOperatorData(): ViewData<OperatorData> {
-  const { data: rundown, rundownMetadata, status: rundownStatus } = useRundownWithMetadata();
+  const { data: rundown, rundownMetadata, status: rundownStatus } = useRundownWithMetadata(null);
   const { data: customFields, status: customFieldStatus } = useCustomFields();
   const { data: settings, status: settingsStatus } = useSettings();
 

apps/client/src/features/overview/OverviewWrapper.tsx

@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 import { ErrorBoundary } from '@sentry/react';
-import { PropsWithChildren, ReactNode } from 'react';
+import { PropsWithChildren, ReactNode, Suspense } from 'react';
 
 import ScrollArea from '../../common/components/scroll-area/ScrollArea';
 import { useIsOnline } from '../../common/hooks/useSocket';
 import { cx } from '../../common/utils/styleUtils';
+import Loader from '../../views/common/loader/Loader';
 
 import style from './Overview.module.scss';
 
@@ -15,18 +16,37 @@ export function OverviewWrapper({ navElements, children }: PropsWithChildren<Ove
   const isOnline = useIsOnline();
 
   return (
-    <div className={cx([style.overview, !isOnline && style.isOffline])}>
+    <Suspense fallback={<OverviewFallback navElements={navElements} />}>
-      <ErrorBoundary>
+      <div className={cx([style.overview, !isOnline && style.isOffline])}>
-        <div className={style.nav}>{navElements}</div>
+        <ErrorBoundary>
-        <ScrollArea
+          <div className={style.nav}>{navElements}</div>
-          className={style.infoScroll}
+          <ScrollArea
-          contentClassName={style.info}
+            className={style.infoScroll}
-          contentStyle={{ minWidth: '100%' }}
+            contentClassName={style.info}
-          orientation='horizontal'
+            contentStyle={{ minWidth: '100%' }}
-        >
+            orientation='horizontal'
-          {children}
+          >
-        </ScrollArea>
+            {children}
-      </ErrorBoundary>
+          </ScrollArea>
+        </ErrorBoundary>
+      </div>
+    </Suspense>
+  );
+}
+
+function OverviewFallback({ navElements }: OverviewWrapperProps) {
+  return (
+    <div className={style.overview}>
+      <div className={style.nav}>{navElements}</div>
+      <ScrollArea
+        className={style.infoScroll}
+        contentClassName={style.info}
+        contentStyle={{ minWidth: '100%' }}
+        orientation='horizontal'
+      >
+        {/* TODO: this could be alined in a nicer way */}
+        <Loader />
+      </ScrollArea>
     </div>
   );
 }

apps/client/src/features/overview/composite/TimeElements.tsx

@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ export function MetadataTimes() {
 function GroupTimes() {
   const { clock, mode, groupExpectedEnd, actualGroupStart, currentDay, playback, phase } = useGroupTimerOverView();
   const currentGroupId = useCurrentGroupId();
-  const group = useEntry(currentGroupId) as OntimeGroup | null;
+  const group = useEntry(null, currentGroupId) as OntimeGroup | null;
 
   const hasRunningTimer = phase !== TimerPhase.Pending && isPlaybackActive(playback);
 
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ function GroupTimes() {
 function FlagTimes() {
   const { clock, mode, actualStart, plannedStart, playback, currentDay, phase } = useFlagTimerOverView();
   const { id, expectedStart } = useNextFlag();
-  const entry = useEntry(id) as OntimeEvent | null;
+  const entry = useEntry(null, id) as OntimeEvent | null;
 
   const hasRunningTimer = phase !== TimerPhase.Pending && isPlaybackActive(playback);
 

apps/client/src/features/overview/composite/TitleOverview.tsx

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import style from './TitleOverview.module.scss';
 export default function TitleOverview() {
   'use memo';
   const { data: projectData } = useProjectData();
-  const { data: rundownData } = useRundownAuxData();
+  const { data: rundownData } = useRundownAuxData(null);
 
   if (!projectData.title && !rundownData.title) {
     return null;

apps/client/src/features/rundown/Rundown.tsx

@@ -105,12 +105,29 @@ export default function Rundown({ order, flatOrder, entries, id, rundownMetadata
     handleCollapseGroup,
   });
 
+  // Jump to the current element on demand: the running event in Run mode, the edit cursor otherwise.
+  // Scrolls only (no selection change) so jumping to the running event does not hijack the edit cursor.
+  const jumpToCurrent = useCallback(() => {
+    const targetId = editorMode === AppMode.Run ? featureData?.selectedEventId : cursor;
+    if (!targetId) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    // Open parent group if the target is inside a collapsed group
+    const entry = entries[targetId];
+    if (entry && 'parent' in entry) {
+      expandGroup(entry.parent);
+    }
+    scrollToEntry(targetId);
+  }, [editorMode, featureData?.selectedEventId, cursor, entries, expandGroup, scrollToEntry]);
+
   // Keyboard shortcuts
   useRundownKeyboard({
     cursor,
     commands,
     clearSelectedEvents,
     setEntryCopyId,
+    jumpToCurrent,
   });
 
   // DND handlers
@@ -322,7 +339,9 @@ export default function Rundown({ order, flatOrder, entries, id, rundownMetadata
             increaseViewportBy={{ top: 200, bottom: 400 }}
             style={{ height: '100%' }}
             components={{
-              Header: isEditMode ? () => <QuickAddButtons previousEventId={null} parentGroup={null} /> : undefined,
+              Header: isEditMode
+                ? () => <QuickAddButtons previousEventId={null} nextEventId={order[0]} parentGroup={null} />
+                : undefined,
               Footer: () => (
                 <>
                   {isEditMode && (

apps/client/src/features/rundown/RundownExport.tsx

@@ -6,8 +6,7 @@ import ErrorBoundary from '../../common/components/error-boundary/ErrorBoundary'
 import ViewNavigationMenu from '../../common/components/navigation-menu/ViewNavigationMenu';
 import ProtectRoute from '../../common/components/protect-route/ProtectRoute';
 import { EntryActionsProvider } from '../../common/context/EntryActionsContext';
-import { useLoadedRundownSource } from '../../common/hooks-query/useScopedRundown';
+import { RundownSelectionContextProvider } from '../../common/context/RundownSelectionContext';
-import { useEntryActions } from '../../common/hooks/useEntryAction';
 import { useIsSmallDevice } from '../../common/hooks/useIsSmallDevice';
 import { handleLinks } from '../../common/utils/linkUtils';
 import { cx } from '../../common/utils/styleUtils';
@@ -39,28 +38,29 @@ function RundownExport() {
     defaultValue: RundownViewMode.List,
   });
   const isSmallDevice = useIsSmallDevice();
-  const entryActions = useEntryActions();
 
   if (isSmallDevice && isExtracted) {
     return (
-      <EntryActionsProvider actions={entryActions}>
+      <RundownSelectionContextProvider>
-        <ProtectRoute permission='editor'>
+        <EntryActionsProvider>
-          <div
+          <ProtectRoute permission='editor'>
-            className={cx([style.rundownExport, style.extracted])}
+            <div
-            data-target='small-device'
+              className={cx([style.rundownExport, style.extracted])}
-            data-testid='panel-rundown'
+              data-target='small-device'
-          >
+              data-testid='panel-rundown'
-            <FinderPlacement />
+            >
-            <ViewNavigationMenu suppressSettings />
+              <FinderPlacement />
-            <div className={style.rundown}>
+              <ViewNavigationMenu suppressSettings />
-              <ErrorBoundary>
+              <div className={style.rundown}>
-                <RundownRoot isSmallDevice isExtracted viewMode={viewMode} setViewMode={setViewMode} />
+                <ErrorBoundary>
-                <RundownContextMenu />
+                  <RundownRoot isSmallDevice isExtracted viewMode={viewMode} setViewMode={setViewMode} />
-              </ErrorBoundary>
+                  <RundownContextMenu />
+                </ErrorBoundary>
+              </div>
             </div>
-          </div>
+          </ProtectRoute>
-        </ProtectRoute>
+        </EntryActionsProvider>
-      </EntryActionsProvider>
+      </RundownSelectionContextProvider>
     );
   }
 
@@ -70,30 +70,32 @@ function RundownExport() {
     viewMode === RundownViewMode.Table;
 
   return (
-    <EntryActionsProvider actions={entryActions}>
+    <RundownSelectionContextProvider>
-      <ProtectRoute permission='editor'>
+      <EntryActionsProvider>
-        <div className={cx([style.rundownExport, isExtracted && style.extracted])} data-testid='panel-rundown'>
+        <ProtectRoute permission='editor'>
-          <FinderPlacement />
+          <div className={cx([style.rundownExport, isExtracted && style.extracted])} data-testid='panel-rundown'>
-          {isExtracted && <ViewNavigationMenu suppressSettings isNavigationLocked={getIsNavigationLocked()} />}
+            <FinderPlacement />
-          <div className={style.rundown}>
+            {isExtracted && <ViewNavigationMenu suppressSettings isNavigationLocked={getIsNavigationLocked()} />}
-            <Editor.Panel className={style.list}>
+            <div className={style.rundown}>
-              <ErrorBoundary>
+              <Editor.Panel className={style.list}>
-                {!isExtracted && <Editor.CornerExtract onClick={(event) => handleLinks('rundown', event)} />}
-                <RundownRoot isExtracted={isExtracted} viewMode={viewMode} setViewMode={setViewMode} />
-                <RundownContextMenu />
-              </ErrorBoundary>
-            </Editor.Panel>
-            {!hideSideBar && (
-              <div className={style.side}>
                 <ErrorBoundary>
-                  <RundownEntryEditor />
+                  {!isExtracted && <Editor.CornerExtract onClick={(event) => handleLinks('rundown', event)} />}
+                  <RundownRoot isExtracted={isExtracted} viewMode={viewMode} setViewMode={setViewMode} />
+                  <RundownContextMenu />
                 </ErrorBoundary>
-              </div>
+              </Editor.Panel>
-            )}
+              {!hideSideBar && (
+                <div className={style.side}>
+                  <ErrorBoundary>
+                    <RundownEntryEditor />
+                  </ErrorBoundary>
+                </div>
+              )}
+            </div>
           </div>
-        </div>
+        </ProtectRoute>
-      </ProtectRoute>
+      </EntryActionsProvider>
-    </EntryActionsProvider>
+    </RundownSelectionContextProvider>
   );
 }
 
@@ -105,17 +107,16 @@ interface RundownRootProps {
 }
 
 function RundownRoot({ isSmallDevice, isExtracted, viewMode, setViewMode }: RundownRootProps) {
-  const source = useLoadedRundownSource();
-
   return (
     <div className={style.rundownRoot}>
       {isSmallDevice ? (
         <RundownHeaderMobile viewMode={viewMode} setViewMode={setViewMode} />
       ) : (
+        // TODO: add data-background-rundown={!isLoadedRundown} styling
         <RundownHeader isExtracted={isExtracted} viewMode={viewMode} setViewMode={setViewMode} />
       )}
       {viewMode === RundownViewMode.List ? <RundownList /> : <RundownTable />}
-      {viewMode === RundownViewMode.Table && <EntryEditModal rundown={source.rundown} />}
+      {viewMode === RundownViewMode.Table && <EntryEditModal />}
       <RenumberCuesDialog />
     </div>
   );

apps/client/src/features/rundown/RundownList.tsx

@@ -1,16 +1,23 @@
+import { Playback } from 'ontime-types';
 import { memo } from 'react';
 
 import Empty from '../../common/components/state/Empty';
-import { useRundownWithMetadata } from '../../common/hooks-query/useRundown';
+import { useContextRundownList } from '../../common/hooks-query/useContextRundown';
 import { useRundownEditor } from '../../common/hooks/useSocket';
 import Rundown from './Rundown';
 
+const backgroundFeatureData = {
+  playback: Playback.Stop,
+  selectedEventId: null,
+  nextEventId: null,
+};
+
 export default memo(RundownList);
 function RundownList() {
-  const { data, status, rundownMetadata } = useRundownWithMetadata();
+  const { rundown, status, rundownMetadata, isLoadedRundown } = useContextRundownList();
   const featureData = useRundownEditor();
 
-  const isLoading = status !== 'success' || !data || !rundownMetadata;
+  const isLoading = status !== 'success' || !rundown || !rundownMetadata;
 
   if (isLoading) {
     return <Empty text='Connecting to server' />;
@@ -18,12 +25,12 @@ function RundownList() {
 
   return (
     <Rundown
-      order={data.order}
+      order={rundown.order}
-      flatOrder={data.flatOrder}
+      flatOrder={rundown.flatOrder}
-      entries={data.entries}
+      entries={rundown.entries}
-      id={data.id}
+      id={rundown.id}
       rundownMetadata={rundownMetadata}
-      featureData={featureData}
+      featureData={isLoadedRundown ? featureData : backgroundFeatureData}
     />
   );
 }

apps/client/src/features/rundown/common/RundownSelect.module.scss

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+.rundownSelect {
+  min-width: min(20rem, calc(100vw - 6rem));
+}

apps/client/src/features/rundown/common/RundownSelect.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+import Select from '../../../common/components/select/Select';
+import { useRundownSelectionContext } from '../../../common/context/RundownSelectionContext';
+import { AppMode } from '../../../ontimeConfig';
+
+import styles from './RundownSelect.module.scss';
+
+const FOLLOW = '___null___';
+
+interface RundownSelectProps {
+  appMode: AppMode;
+}
+
+export function RundownSelect({ appMode }: RundownSelectProps) {
+  'use memo';
+  const { selectRundownId, rundowns, loadedRundownId, selectedRundownId } = useRundownSelectionContext();
+
+  const options = rundowns.map(({ id, title }) => ({
+    value: id,
+    label: loadedRundownId === id ? `${title} (loaded)` : title,
+  }));
+
+  // add a follow option
+  options.unshift({
+    value: FOLLOW,
+    label: 'Follow loaded',
+  });
+
+  return (
+    <div className={styles.rundownSelect}>
+      <Select
+        value={selectedRundownId ?? FOLLOW}
+        options={options}
+        onValueChange={(value) => {
+          if (value === FOLLOW) selectRundownId(null);
+          else selectRundownId(value);
+        }}
+        disabled={appMode === AppMode.Run}
+        fluid
+      />
+    </div>
+  );
+}

apps/client/src/features/rundown/entry-editor/EventEditorEmpty.module.scss

@@ -3,58 +3,94 @@
   height: 100%;
   max-height: 100%;
   overflow-y: auto;
-  padding: 0.5rem;
+  padding: 1rem 1.5rem;
 
   display: flex;
   flex-direction: column;
-  overflow-x: auto;
 }
 
 .shortcutSection {
   flex: 1;
-  margin-top: 15vh;
+  width: min(100%, 48rem);
+  margin-top: clamp(1.5rem, 8vh, 5rem);
   margin-inline: auto;
-  gap: 1rem;
 }
 
 .shortcuts {
-  font-size: calc(1rem - 3px);
+  display: grid;
-  border-collapse: separate;
+  gap: 0.875rem;
-  border-spacing: 4rem 0;
+  margin-top: 0.875rem;
+}
 
-  tr {
+.shortcutGroup {
-    white-space: nowrap;
+  h3 {
-    td:nth-child(odd) {
+    margin: 0 0 0.375rem;
-      text-align: left;
+    color: $ui-white;
-    }
+    font-size: calc(1rem - 3px);
-    td:nth-child(even) {
+    font-weight: 600;
-      text-align: right;
+    text-transform: uppercase;
-    }
   }
 }
 
-.spacer {
+.shortcutList {
-  height: 1rem;
+  display: grid;
+  gap: 0.25rem;
+}
+
+.shortcutRow {
+  min-height: 1.625rem;
+  display: grid;
+  grid-template-columns: minmax(10rem, 1fr) minmax(0, auto);
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 0.75rem;
+  font-size: calc(1rem - 3px);
+}
+
+.shortcutLabel {
+  min-width: 0;
+  line-height: 1.2;
+}
+
+.shortcutKeys {
+  display: inline-flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  flex-wrap: wrap;
+  justify-content: flex-end;
+  gap: 0.25rem 0.5rem;
+  min-width: 0;
+}
+
+.keyCombo {
+  display: inline-flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  flex-wrap: nowrap;
+  gap: 0.25rem 0;
+}
+
+.separator {
+  color: $gray-500;
+  font-size: calc(1rem - 5px);
 }
 
 .prompt {
-  margin-left: 4rem;
-}
-
-.divider {
-  display: inline-block;
-  text-align: center;
-  width: 1em;
-}
-
-.kbd {
-  font-family: monospace;
-  white-space: nowrap;
-  font-size: calc(1rem - 2px);
-  padding: 0.125rem 0.5rem;
-  background-color: $gray-1200;
   color: $ui-white;
-  border-radius: 2px;
+}
-  font-weight: 400;
+
-  box-shadow: 0px 0px 3px 0px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4);
+@media (max-width: 680px) {
+  .entryEditor {
+    padding: 0.75rem 1rem;
+  }
+
+  .shortcutSection {
+    margin-top: 1rem;
+  }
+
+  .shortcutRow {
+    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
+    gap: 0.25rem;
+  }
+
+  .shortcutKeys {
+    justify-content: flex-start;
+  }
 }

apps/client/src/features/rundown/entry-editor/EventEditorEmpty.tsx

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { PropsWithChildren, memo } from 'react';
 
 import * as Editor from '../../../common/components/editor-utils/EditorUtils';
+import Kbd from '../../../common/components/kbd/Kbd';
 import { deviceAlt, deviceMod } from '../../../common/utils/deviceUtils';
 
 import style from './EventEditorEmpty.module.scss';
@@ -12,216 +13,127 @@ function EventEditorEmpty() {
     <div className={style.entryEditor} data-testid='editor-container'>
       <div className={style.shortcutSection}>
         <Editor.Title className={style.prompt}>Rundown shortcuts</Editor.Title>
-        <table className={style.shortcuts}>
+        <div className={style.shortcuts}>
-          <tbody>
+          <ShortcutGroup title='Search'>
-            <tr>
+            <Shortcut label='Find in rundown'>
-              <td>Find in rundown</td>
+              <Combo keys={[deviceMod, 'F']} />
-              <td>
+            </Shortcut>
-                <Kbd>{deviceMod}</Kbd>
+            <Shortcut label='Open settings'>
-                <AuxKey>+</AuxKey>
+              <Combo keys={[deviceMod, ',']} />
-                <Kbd>F</Kbd>
+            </Shortcut>
-              </td>
+          </ShortcutGroup>
-            </tr>
+
-            <tr>
+          <ShortcutGroup title='Navigation'>
-              <td>Open Settings</td>
+            <Shortcut label='Select entry'>
-              <td>
+              <Combo keys={[deviceAlt, '↑']} />
-                <Kbd>{deviceMod}</Kbd>
+              <Separator />
-                <AuxKey>+</AuxKey>
+              <Combo keys={[deviceAlt, '↓']} />
-                <Kbd>,</Kbd>
+            </Shortcut>
-              </td>
+            <Shortcut label='Select group'>
-            </tr>
+              <Combo keys={[deviceAlt, 'Shift', '↑']} />
-            <tr className={style.spacer} />
+              <Separator />
-            <tr>
+              <Combo keys={[deviceAlt, 'Shift', '↓']} />
-              <td>Select entry</td>
+            </Shortcut>
-              <td>
+            <Shortcut label='Jump to top / bottom'>
-                <Kbd>{deviceAlt}</Kbd>
+              <Combo keys={['Home']} />
-                <AuxKey>+</AuxKey>
+              <Separator />
-                <Kbd>↑</Kbd>
+              <Combo keys={['End']} />
-                <AuxKey>/</AuxKey>
+            </Shortcut>
-                <Kbd>↓</Kbd>
+            <Shortcut label='Page up / down'>
-              </td>
+              <Combo keys={['PgUp']} />
-            </tr>
+              <Separator />
-            <tr>
+              <Combo keys={['PgDn']} />
-              <td>Select group</td>
+            </Shortcut>
-              <td>
+            <Shortcut label='Jump to current entry'>
-                <Kbd>{deviceAlt}</Kbd>
+              <Combo keys={[deviceAlt, 'L']} />
-                <AuxKey>+</AuxKey>
+            </Shortcut>
-                <Kbd>Shift</Kbd>
+            <Shortcut label='Deselect entry'>
-                <AuxKey>+</AuxKey>
+              <Combo keys={['Esc']} />
-                <Kbd>↑</Kbd>
+            </Shortcut>
-                <AuxKey>/</AuxKey>
+          </ShortcutGroup>
-                <Kbd>↓</Kbd>
+
-              </td>
+          <ShortcutGroup title='Editing'>
-            </tr>
+            <Shortcut label='Reorder selected entry'>
-            <tr>
+              <Combo keys={[deviceAlt, deviceMod, '↑']} />
-              <td>Jump to top / bottom</td>
+              <Separator />
-              <td>
+              <Combo keys={[deviceAlt, deviceMod, '↓']} />
-                <Kbd>Home</Kbd>
+            </Shortcut>
-                <AuxKey>/</AuxKey>
+            <Shortcut label='Copy selected entry'>
-                <Kbd>End</Kbd>
+              <Combo keys={[deviceMod, 'C']} />
-              </td>
+            </Shortcut>
-            </tr>
+            <Shortcut label='Cut selected entry'>
-            <tr>
+              <Combo keys={[deviceMod, 'X']} />
-              <td>Page up / down</td>
+            </Shortcut>
-              <td>
+            <Shortcut label='Paste below'>
-                <Kbd>PgUp</Kbd>
+              <Combo keys={[deviceMod, 'V']} />
-                <AuxKey>/</AuxKey>
+            </Shortcut>
-                <Kbd>PgDn</Kbd>
+            <Shortcut label='Paste above'>
-              </td>
+              <Combo keys={[deviceMod, 'Shift', 'V']} />
-            </tr>
+            </Shortcut>
-            <tr>
+            <Shortcut label='Clone selected entry'>
-              <td>Deselect entry</td>
+              <Combo keys={[deviceMod, 'D']} />
-              <td>
+            </Shortcut>
-                <Kbd>Esc</Kbd>
+            <Shortcut label='Delete selected entry'>
-              </td>
+              <Combo keys={[deviceAlt, 'Backspace']} />
-            </tr>
+            </Shortcut>
-            <tr className={style.spacer} />
+          </ShortcutGroup>
-            <tr>
+
-              <td>Reorder selected entry</td>
+          <ShortcutGroup title='Insert'>
-              <td>
+            <Shortcut label='Add event below / above'>
-                <Kbd>{deviceAlt}</Kbd>
+              <Combo keys={[deviceAlt, 'E']} />
-                <AuxKey>+</AuxKey>
+              <Separator />
-                <Kbd>{deviceMod}</Kbd>
+              <Combo keys={[deviceAlt, 'Shift', 'E']} />
-                <AuxKey>+</AuxKey>
+            </Shortcut>
-                <Kbd>↑</Kbd>
+            <Shortcut label='Add group below / above'>
-                <AuxKey>/</AuxKey>
+              <Combo keys={[deviceAlt, 'G']} />
-                <Kbd>↓</Kbd>
+              <Separator />
-              </td>
+              <Combo keys={[deviceAlt, 'Shift', 'G']} />
-            </tr>
+            </Shortcut>
-            <tr>
+            <Shortcut label='Add milestone below / above'>
-              <td>Copy selected entry</td>
+              <Combo keys={[deviceAlt, 'M']} />
-              <td>
+              <Separator />
-                <Kbd>{deviceMod}</Kbd>
+              <Combo keys={[deviceAlt, 'Shift', 'M']} />
-                <AuxKey>+</AuxKey>
+            </Shortcut>
-                <Kbd>C</Kbd>
+            <Shortcut label='Add delay below / above'>
-              </td>
+              <Combo keys={[deviceAlt, 'D']} />
-            </tr>
+              <Separator />
-            <tr>
+              <Combo keys={[deviceAlt, 'Shift', 'D']} />
-              <td>Cut selected entry</td>
+            </Shortcut>
-              <td>
+          </ShortcutGroup>
-                <Kbd>{deviceMod}</Kbd>
+        </div>
-                <AuxKey>+</AuxKey>
-                <Kbd>X</Kbd>
-              </td>
-            </tr>
-            <tr>
-              <td>Paste above</td>
-              <td>
-                <Kbd>{deviceMod}</Kbd>
-                <AuxKey>+</AuxKey>
-                <Kbd>Shift</Kbd>
-                <AuxKey>+</AuxKey>
-                <Kbd>V</Kbd>
-              </td>
-            </tr>
-            <tr>
-              <td>Paste below</td>
-              <td>
-                <Kbd>{deviceMod}</Kbd>
-                <AuxKey>+</AuxKey>
-                <Kbd>V</Kbd>
-              </td>
-            </tr>
-            <tr>
-              <td>Clone selected entry</td>
-              <td>
-                <Kbd>{deviceMod}</Kbd>
-                <AuxKey>+</AuxKey>
-                <Kbd>D</Kbd>
-              </td>
-            </tr>
-            <tr>
-              <td>Delete selected entry</td>
-              <td>
-                <Kbd>{deviceAlt}</Kbd>
-                <AuxKey>+</AuxKey>
-                <Kbd>Backspace</Kbd>
-              </td>
-            </tr>
-            <tr className={style.spacer} />
-            <tr>
-              <td>Add event below</td>
-              <td>
-                <Kbd>{deviceAlt}</Kbd>
-                <AuxKey>+</AuxKey>
-                <Kbd>E</Kbd>
-              </td>
-            </tr>
-            <tr>
-              <td>Add event above</td>
-              <td>
-                <Kbd>{deviceAlt}</Kbd>
-                <AuxKey>+</AuxKey>
-                <Kbd>Shift</Kbd>
-                <AuxKey>+</AuxKey>
-                <Kbd>E</Kbd>
-              </td>
-            </tr>
-            <tr>
-              <td>Add group below</td>
-              <td>
-                <Kbd>{deviceAlt}</Kbd>
-                <AuxKey>+</AuxKey>
-                <Kbd>G</Kbd>
-              </td>
-            </tr>
-            <tr>
-              <td>Add group above</td>
-              <td>
-                <Kbd>{deviceAlt}</Kbd>
-                <AuxKey>+</AuxKey>
-                <Kbd>Shift</Kbd>
-                <AuxKey>+</AuxKey>
-                <Kbd>G</Kbd>
-              </td>
-            </tr>
-            <tr>
-              <td>Add milestone below</td>
-              <td>
-                <Kbd>{deviceAlt}</Kbd>
-                <AuxKey>+</AuxKey>
-                <Kbd>M</Kbd>
-              </td>
-            </tr>
-            <tr>
-              <td>Add milestone above</td>
-              <td>
-                <Kbd>{deviceAlt}</Kbd>
-                <AuxKey>+</AuxKey>
-                <Kbd>Shift</Kbd>
-                <AuxKey>+</AuxKey>
-                <Kbd>M</Kbd>
-              </td>
-            </tr>
-            <tr>
-              <td>Add delay below</td>
-              <td>
-                <Kbd>{deviceAlt}</Kbd>
-                <AuxKey>+</AuxKey>
-                <Kbd>D</Kbd>
-              </td>
-            </tr>
-            <tr>
-              <td>Add delay above</td>
-              <td>
-                <Kbd>{deviceAlt}</Kbd>
-                <AuxKey>+</AuxKey>
-                <Kbd>Shift</Kbd>
-                <AuxKey>+</AuxKey>
-                <Kbd>D</Kbd>
-              </td>
-            </tr>
-          </tbody>
-        </table>
       </div>
     </div>
   );
 }
 
-function AuxKey({ children }: PropsWithChildren) {
+function ShortcutGroup({ title, children }: PropsWithChildren<{ title: string }>) {
-  return <span className={style.divider}>{children}</span>;
+  return (
+    <section className={style.shortcutGroup}>
+      <h3>{title}</h3>
+      <div className={style.shortcutList}>{children}</div>
+    </section>
+  );
 }
 
-function Kbd({ children }: PropsWithChildren) {
+function Shortcut({ label, children }: PropsWithChildren<{ label: string }>) {
-  return <span className={style.kbd}>{children}</span>;
+  return (
+    <div className={style.shortcutRow}>
+      <span className={style.shortcutLabel}>{label}</span>
+      <span className={style.shortcutKeys}>{children}</span>
+    </div>
+  );
+}
+
+function Combo({ keys }: { keys: string[] }) {
+  return (
+    <span className={style.keyCombo}>
+      {keys.map((key) => (
+        <Kbd key={key}>{key}</Kbd>
+      ))}
+    </span>
+  );
+}
+
+function Separator() {
+  return <span className={style.separator}>/</span>;
 }

apps/client/src/features/rundown/entry-editor/RundownEntryEditor.tsx

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { OntimeEntry, isOntimeEvent, isOntimeGroup, isOntimeMilestone } from 'ontime-types';
 import { useMemo } from 'react';
 
-import useRundown from '../../../common/hooks-query/useRundown';
+import { useRundown } from '../../../common/hooks-query/useRundown';
 import { useEventSelection } from '../useEventSelection';
 import EventEditorFooter from './composite/EventEditorFooter';
 import EventEditor from './EventEditor';
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import style from './EntryEditor.module.scss';
 
 export default function RundownEntryEditor() {
   const selectedEvents = useEventSelection((state) => state.selectedEvents);
-  const { data } = useRundown();
+  const { data } = useRundown(null);
 
   const entry = useMemo<OntimeEntry | null>(() => {
     if (data.order.length === 0) {

apps/client/src/features/rundown/entry-editor/composite/EventEditorTimes.tsx

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import Switch from '../../../../common/components/switch/Switch';
 import Tooltip from '../../../../common/components/tooltip/Tooltip';
 import { useEntryActionsContext } from '../../../../common/context/EntryActionsContext';
 import { millisToDelayString } from '../../../../common/utils/dateConfig';
-import { formatTime } from '../../../../common/utils/time';
+import { formatTime, normaliseWallClock } from '../../../../common/utils/time';
 import TimeInputFlow from '../../time-input-flow/TimeInputFlow';
 
 import style from '../EntryEditor.module.scss';
@@ -68,8 +68,10 @@ function EventEditorTimes({
   };
 
   const hasDelay = delay !== 0;
+  const delayedStart = normaliseWallClock(timeStart + delay);
+  const delayedEnd = normaliseWallClock(timeEnd + delay);
   const delayLabel = hasDelay
-    ? `Event is ${millisToDelayString(delay, 'expanded')}. New schedule ${formatTime(timeStart + delay)} → ${formatTime(timeEnd + delay)}`
+    ? `Event is ${millisToDelayString(delay, 'expanded')}. New schedule ${formatTime(delayedStart)} → ${formatTime(delayedEnd)}`
     : '';
 
   return (
@@ -86,7 +88,6 @@ function EventEditorTimes({
               timeStrategy={timeStrategy}
               linkStart={linkStart}
               delay={delay}
-              countToEnd={countToEnd}
               showLabels
             />
           </div>

apps/client/src/features/rundown/entry-editor/quick-add-buttons/QuickAddButtons.tsx

@@ -11,13 +11,17 @@ import style from './QuickAddButtons.module.scss';
 
 interface QuickAddButtonsProps {
   previousEventId: MaybeString;
+  nextEventId?: MaybeString;
   parentGroup: MaybeString;
   backgroundColor?: string;
 }
 
 export default memo(QuickAddButtons);
-function QuickAddButtons({ previousEventId, parentGroup, backgroundColor }: QuickAddButtonsProps) {
+function QuickAddButtons({ previousEventId, nextEventId, parentGroup, backgroundColor }: QuickAddButtonsProps) {
   const { addEntry } = useEntryActionsContext();
+  const appendOptions = previousEventId ? { after: previousEventId, lastEventId: previousEventId } : undefined;
+  const prependOptions = nextEventId ? { before: nextEventId } : undefined;
+  const insertionOptions = appendOptions ?? prependOptions;
 
   const addEvent = () => {
     addEntry(
@@ -25,44 +29,23 @@ function QuickAddButtons({ previousEventId, parentGroup, backgroundColor }: Quic
         type: SupportedEntry.Event,
         parent: parentGroup,
       },
-      {
+      insertionOptions,
-        after: previousEventId,
-        lastEventId: previousEventId,
-      },
     );
   };
 
   const addDelay = () => {
-    addEntry(
+    addEntry({ type: SupportedEntry.Delay, parent: parentGroup }, insertionOptions);
-      { type: SupportedEntry.Delay, parent: parentGroup },
-      {
-        lastEventId: previousEventId,
-        after: previousEventId,
-      },
-    );
   };
 
   const addMilestone = () => {
-    addEntry(
+    addEntry({ type: SupportedEntry.Milestone, parent: parentGroup }, insertionOptions);
-      { type: SupportedEntry.Milestone, parent: parentGroup },
-      {
-        lastEventId: previousEventId,
-        after: previousEventId,
-      },
-    );
   };
 
   const addGroup = () => {
     if (parentGroup !== null) {
       return;
     }
-    addEntry(
+    addEntry({ type: SupportedEntry.Group }, insertionOptions);
-      { type: SupportedEntry.Group },
-      {
-        lastEventId: previousEventId,
-        after: previousEventId,
-      },
-    );
   };
 
   /**

apps/client/src/features/rundown/hooks/useRundownCommands.ts

@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ export function useRundownCommands({
       addEntry(patch, {
         after: id && !above ? id : undefined,
         before: id && above ? id : undefined,
-        lastEventId: !above && id ? id : undefined,
+        lastEventId: id && !above ? id : undefined,
       });
     },
     [addEntry],

apps/client/src/features/rundown/hooks/useRundownKeyboard.ts

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ interface UseRundownKeyboardOptions {
   };
   clearSelectedEvents: () => void;
   setEntryCopyId: (id: EntryId | null, mode?: 'copy' | 'cut') => void;
+  jumpToCurrent: () => void;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ export function useRundownKeyboard({
   commands,
   clearSelectedEvents,
   setEntryCopyId,
+  jumpToCurrent,
 }: UseRundownKeyboardOptions) {
   const scrollToEntry = useEventSelection((state) => state.scrollToEntry);
 
@@ -127,6 +129,8 @@ export function useRundownKeyboard({
       { preventDefault: true, usePhysicalKeys: true },
     ],
 
+    ['alt + L', () => jumpToCurrent(), { preventDefault: true, usePhysicalKeys: true }],
+
     [
       'alt + mod + ArrowDown',
       () => commands.moveEntry(cursor, 'down'),

apps/client/src/features/rundown/renumber-cues-dialog/RenumberCuesDialog.tsx

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import Button from '../../../common/components/buttons/Button';
 import Dialog from '../../../common/components/dialog/Dialog';
 import Input from '../../../common/components/input/input/Input';
 import { useEntryActionsContext } from '../../../common/context/EntryActionsContext';
-import useRundown from '../../../common/hooks-query/useRundown';
+import { useContextRundownCueRenumberModal } from '../../../common/hooks-query/useContextRundown';
 import { orderEntries } from '../rundown.utils';
 import { useEventSelection } from '../useEventSelection';
 
@@ -17,8 +17,7 @@ type RenumberCueData = Pick<RenumberCues, 'increment' | 'prefix' | 'start'>;
 
 export default function RenumberCuesDialog() {
   'use memo';
-  const { data } = useRundown();
+  const { flatOrder } = useContextRundownCueRenumberModal();
-  const { flatOrder } = data;
   const { onClose, isOpen } = useRenumberCuesDialogStore();
   const { renumberCues } = useEntryActionsContext();
   const selectedEvents = useEventSelection((state) => state.selectedEvents);

apps/client/src/features/rundown/rundown-event/RundownEvent.module.scss

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ $skip-opacity: 0.2;
   background-color: $block-bg;
   margin-block: 0.25rem;
   overflow: initial;
+  position: relative;
 
   display: grid;
   grid-template-areas:
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@ $skip-opacity: 0.2;
     'binder pb-actions estatus estatus'
     'binder ...        ...     ...';
 
-  grid-template-columns: $block-binder-width 3rem 1fr 3rem;
+  grid-template-columns: $block-binder-width 3rem minmax(0, 1fr) 3rem;
   grid-template-rows: 0.125rem 2rem 2rem auto 0.125rem;
   align-items: center;
   padding-right: $block-clearance;
@@ -136,6 +137,7 @@ $skip-opacity: 0.2;
   align-items: center;
   gap: $block-clearance;
   height: 100%;
+  min-width: 0;
 }
 
 .eventTimers.editMode:hover {
@@ -155,7 +157,7 @@ $skip-opacity: 0.2;
   align-items: center;
   justify-content: space-between;
 
-  .nextTag {
+  .warningMeta {
     font-size: 1rem;
     color: $orange-500;
     letter-spacing: 0.03px;
@@ -231,6 +233,10 @@ $skip-opacity: 0.2;
     color: var(--status-color-active-override, $active-indicator);
   }
 
+  .statusIcon.countToEndStatus {
+    color: $orange-400;
+  }
+
   .statusIcon.warning {
     color: $orange-500;
   }

apps/client/src/features/rundown/rundown-event/RundownEvent.tsx

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import { TbFlagFilled, TbListNumbers } from 'react-icons/tb';
 import { useEntryActionsContext } from '../../../common/context/EntryActionsContext';
 import { useContextMenu } from '../../../common/hooks/useContextMenu';
 import { useEntryCopy } from '../../../common/stores/entryCopyStore';
-import { deviceMod } from '../../../common/utils/deviceUtils';
+import { deviceAlt, deviceMod } from '../../../common/utils/deviceUtils';
 import { cx, getAccessibleColour } from '../../../common/utils/styleUtils';
 import { useRenumberCuesDialogStore } from '../renumber-cues-dialog/RenumberCuesDialog';
 import { useEventIdSwapping } from '../useEventIdSwapping';
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ export default function RundownEvent({
             type: 'item',
             label: 'Delete',
             icon: IoTrash,
-            shortcut: `${deviceMod}+Del`,
+            shortcut: `${deviceAlt}+Backspace`,
             onClick: () => {
               clearSelectedEvents();
               deleteEntry(Array.from(selectedEvents));
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ export default function RundownEvent({
             type: 'item',
             label: 'Delete',
             icon: IoTrash,
-            shortcut: `${deviceMod}+Del`,
+            shortcut: `${deviceAlt}+Backspace`,
             onClick: () => {
               deleteEntry([eventId]);
               unselect(eventId);

apps/client/src/features/rundown/rundown-event/RundownEventInner.tsx

@@ -115,12 +115,12 @@ function RundownEventInner({
           delay={delay}
           timeStrategy={timeStrategy}
           linkStart={linkStart}
-          countToEnd={countToEnd}
         />
       </div>
       <div className={style.titleSection}>
         <TitleEditor title={title} entryId={eventId} placeholder='Event title' className={style.eventTitle} />
-        {isNext && <span className={style.nextTag}>UP NEXT</span>}
+        {isNext && <span className={style.warningMeta}>UP NEXT</span>}
+        {!isNext && countToEnd && <span className={style.warningMeta}>COUNT TO END</span>}
       </div>
       <EventBlockPlayback
         eventId={eventId}
@@ -157,7 +157,13 @@ function RundownEventInner({
             <EndActionIcon action={endAction} className={style.statusIcon} />
           </Tooltip>
           <Tooltip text={`${countToEnd ? 'Count to End' : 'Count duration'}`} render={<span />}>
-            <LuArrowDownToLine className={`${style.statusIcon} ${countToEnd ? style.active : style.disabled}`} />
+            <LuArrowDownToLine
+              className={cx([
+                style.statusIcon,
+                countToEnd ? style.active : style.disabled,
+                countToEnd && style.countToEndStatus,
+              ])}
+            />
           </Tooltip>
           <Tooltip text={automationTooltip} render={<span />}>
             <IoFlash className={automationIconClasses} />

apps/client/src/features/rundown/rundown-event/__tests__/rundownEvent.utils.test.ts

@@ -1,10 +1,33 @@
+import { MILLIS_PER_HOUR, MILLIS_PER_MINUTE } from 'ontime-utils';
+
 import { formatDelay } from '../rundownEvent.utils';
 
 describe('formatDelay()', () => {
   it('adds a given delay to the start time', () => {
-    const timeStart = 60000; // 1 min
+    const timeStart = 1 * MILLIS_PER_MINUTE; // 00:01
-    const delay = 60000; // 1 min
+    const delay = 1 * MILLIS_PER_MINUTE; // 00:01
     const result = formatDelay(timeStart, delay);
     expect(result).toEqual('New start 00:02');
   });
+
+  it('wraps negative delayed starts under midnight', () => {
+    const timeStart = 1 * MILLIS_PER_MINUTE; // 00:01
+    const delay = -2 * MILLIS_PER_MINUTE; // -00:02
+    const result = formatDelay(timeStart, delay);
+    expect(result).toEqual('New start 23:59');
+  });
+
+  it('wraps later-day negative delays using delay as the source of truth', () => {
+    const timeStart = 1 * MILLIS_PER_HOUR; // 01:00
+    const delay = -(1 * MILLIS_PER_HOUR + 30 * MILLIS_PER_MINUTE); // -01:30
+    const result = formatDelay(timeStart, delay);
+    expect(result).toEqual('New start 23:30');
+  });
+
+  it('displays positive delays as wall-clock time', () => {
+    const timeStart = 1 * MILLIS_PER_HOUR; // 01:00
+    const delay = 1 * MILLIS_PER_HOUR + 30 * MILLIS_PER_MINUTE; // 01:30
+    const result = formatDelay(timeStart, delay);
+    expect(result).toEqual('New start 02:30');
+  });
 });

apps/client/src/features/rundown/rundown-event/composite/RundownEventProgressBar.module.scss

@@ -3,7 +3,5 @@
   width: 0;
   border-radius: 1px 0 0 1px;
 
-  transition: 1s linear;
-  transition-property: width;
   background-color: $gray-200;
 }

apps/client/src/features/rundown/rundown-event/composite/RundownEventProgressBar.tsx

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
+import { useAnimatedProgress } from '../../../../common/hooks/useAnimatedProgress';
 import { useTimer } from '../../../../common/hooks/useSocket';
-import { getProgress } from '../../../../common/utils/getProgress';
 
 import style from './RundownEventProgressBar.module.scss';
 
 export default function RundownEventProgressBar() {
   const timer = useTimer();
 
-  const progress = getProgress(timer.current, timer.duration);
+  const progress = useAnimatedProgress(timer.current, timer.duration);
 
   return <div className={style.progressBar} style={{ width: `${progress}%` }} />;
 }

apps/client/src/features/rundown/rundown-event/rundownEvent.utils.ts

@@ -1,15 +1,16 @@
 import { millisToString, removeTrailingZero } from 'ontime-utils';
 
-import { formatDuration } from '../../../common/utils/time';
+import { formatDuration, normaliseWallClock } from '../../../common/utils/time';
 
 export function formatDelay(timeStart: number, delay: number): string | undefined {
   if (!delay) return;
 
-  const delayedStart = Math.max(0, timeStart + delay);
+  const delayedStart = normaliseWallClock(timeStart + delay);
 
   const timeTag = removeTrailingZero(millisToString(delayedStart));
   return `New start ${timeTag}`;
 }
+
 export function formatGap(gap: number, isNextDay: boolean) {
   if (gap === 0) {
     if (isNextDay) {

apps/client/src/features/rundown/rundown-group/RundownGroup.module.scss

@@ -82,6 +82,17 @@
   margin-right: 0.25rem;
   color: $ui-white;
 }
+
+.duration {
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 0.25rem;
+}
+
+.lockIcon {
+  opacity: 0.6;
+}
+
 .over {
   color: $playback-over;
   .strike {

apps/client/src/features/rundown/rundown-group/RundownGroup.tsx

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import {
   IoChevronUp,
   IoDuplicateOutline,
   IoFolderOpenOutline,
+  IoLockClosed,
   IoReorderTwo,
   IoTrash,
 } from 'react-icons/io5';
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@ import Tag from '../../../common/components/tag/Tag';
 import { useEntryActionsContext } from '../../../common/context/EntryActionsContext';
 import { useContextMenu } from '../../../common/hooks/useContextMenu';
 import { useEntryCopy } from '../../../common/stores/entryCopyStore';
-import { deviceMod } from '../../../common/utils/deviceUtils';
+import { deviceAlt, deviceMod } from '../../../common/utils/deviceUtils';
 import { getOffsetState } from '../../../common/utils/offset';
 import { cx, getAccessibleColour } from '../../../common/utils/styleUtils';
 import { formatDuration, formatTime } from '../../../common/utils/time';
@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@ export default function RundownGroup({ data, hasCursor, collapsed, onCollapse }:
       type: 'item',
       label: 'Delete Group',
       icon: IoTrash,
-      shortcut: `${deviceMod}+Del`,
+      shortcut: `${deviceAlt}+Backspace`,
       onClick: () => deleteEntry([data.id]),
     },
   ]);
@@ -176,14 +177,17 @@ export default function RundownGroup({ data, hasCursor, collapsed, onCollapse }:
           </div>
           <div className={style.metaEntry}>
             <div className={style.metaLabel}>Duration</div>
-            {planOffset === null ? (
+            <div className={style.duration}>
-              <div>{formatDuration(data.duration)}</div>
+              {planOffset === null ? (
-            ) : (
+                formatDuration(data.duration)
-              <div className={cx([planOffsetLabel && style[planOffsetLabel]])}>
+              ) : (
-                <span className={style.strike}>{formatDuration(data.duration)}</span>
+                <span className={cx([planOffsetLabel && style[planOffsetLabel]])}>
-                <Tag className={style.offsetLabel}>{planOffset}</Tag>
+                  <span className={style.strike}>{formatDuration(data.duration)}</span>
-              </div>
+                  <Tag className={style.offsetLabel}>{planOffset}</Tag>
-            )}
+                </span>
+              )}
+              {data.targetDuration !== null && <IoLockClosed className={style.lockIcon} />}
+            </div>
           </div>
         </div>
       </div>

apps/client/src/features/rundown/rundown-header/RundownHeader.tsx

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import Tooltip from '../../../common/components/tooltip/Tooltip';
 import { setOffsetMode, useOffsetMode } from '../../../common/hooks/useSocket';
 import { AppMode } from '../../../ontimeConfig';
 import { EditorLayoutMode, useEditorLayout } from '../../../views/editor/useEditorLayout';
+import { RundownSelect } from '../common/RundownSelect';
 import { RundownViewMode } from '../rundown.options';
 import { useEditorFollowMode } from '../useEditorFollowMode';
 import RundownMenu from './RundownMenu';
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ interface HeaderControlsConfig {
   showRunEditToggle: boolean;
   showOffsetToggle: boolean;
   showOverflowMenu: boolean;
+  showRundownSelect: boolean;
 }
 
 export const HEADER_CONTROLS_CONFIG: Record<EditorLayoutMode, HeaderControlsConfig> = {
@@ -31,16 +33,19 @@ export const HEADER_CONTROLS_CONFIG: Record<EditorLayoutMode, HeaderControlsConf
     showRunEditToggle: true,
     showOffsetToggle: true,
     showOverflowMenu: true,
+    showRundownSelect: false,
   },
   [EditorLayoutMode.PLANNING]: {
     showRunEditToggle: false,
     showOffsetToggle: false,
     showOverflowMenu: true,
+    showRundownSelect: true,
   },
   [EditorLayoutMode.TRACKING]: {
     showRunEditToggle: false,
     showOffsetToggle: true,
     showOverflowMenu: false,
+    showRundownSelect: false,
   },
 } as const;
 
@@ -50,7 +55,8 @@ function RundownHeader({ isExtracted, viewMode, setViewMode }: RundownHeaderProp
   const offsetMode = useOffsetMode();
   const { layoutMode } = useEditorLayout();
 
-  const { showRunEditToggle, showOffsetToggle, showOverflowMenu } = HEADER_CONTROLS_CONFIG[layoutMode];
+  const { showRunEditToggle, showOffsetToggle, showOverflowMenu, showRundownSelect } =
+    HEADER_CONTROLS_CONFIG[layoutMode];
 
   const toggleAppMode = (mode: AppMode[]) => {
     // we need to stop user from deselecting a mode
@@ -122,6 +128,8 @@ function RundownHeader({ isExtracted, viewMode, setViewMode }: RundownHeaderProp
         </ToggleGroup>
       )}
 
+      {showRundownSelect && <RundownSelect appMode={editorMode} />}
+
       {showOverflowMenu && <RundownMenu allowNavigation={!isExtracted} />}
     </Toolbar.Root>
   );

apps/client/src/features/rundown/rundown-milestone/RundownMilestone.tsx

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import useReactiveTextInput from '../../../common/components/input/text-input/us
 import { useEntryActionsContext } from '../../../common/context/EntryActionsContext';
 import { useContextMenu } from '../../../common/hooks/useContextMenu';
 import { useEntryCopy } from '../../../common/stores/entryCopyStore';
-import { deviceMod } from '../../../common/utils/deviceUtils';
+import { deviceAlt } from '../../../common/utils/deviceUtils';
 import { cx, getAccessibleColour } from '../../../common/utils/styleUtils';
 import { useEventSelection } from '../useEventSelection';
 
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ export default function RundownMilestone({ colour, cue, entryId, hasCursor, titl
       type: 'item',
       label: 'Delete',
       icon: IoTrash,
-      shortcut: `${deviceMod}+Del`,
+      shortcut: `${deviceAlt}+Backspace`,
       onClick: () => deleteEntry([entryId]),
     },
   ]);

apps/client/src/features/rundown/rundown-table/RundownTable.tsx

@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
 import { memo, useEffect, useMemo } from 'react';
 
 import EmptyPage from '../../../common/components/state/EmptyPage';
-import { EntryActionsProvider } from '../../../common/context/EntryActionsContext';
 import useCustomFields from '../../../common/hooks-query/useCustomFields';
-import { useLoadedRundownSource } from '../../../common/hooks-query/useScopedRundown';
-import { useEntryActions } from '../../../common/hooks/useEntryAction';
 import CuesheetDnd from '../../../views/cuesheet/cuesheet-dnd/CuesheetDnd';
 import CuesheetTable from '../../../views/cuesheet/cuesheet-table/CuesheetTable';
 import { useCuesheetPermissions } from '../../../views/cuesheet/useTablePermissions';
@@ -16,8 +13,6 @@ function RundownTable() {
   const { data: customFields, status: customFieldStatus } = useCustomFields();
   const setPermissions = useCuesheetPermissions((state) => state.setPermissions);
   const { editorMode } = useEditorFollowMode();
-  const source = useLoadedRundownSource();
-  const actions = useEntryActions();
 
   // Editor always has full permissions
   useEffect(() => {
@@ -35,14 +30,12 @@ function RundownTable() {
   const isLoading = !customFields || customFieldStatus === 'pending';
 
   return (
-    <EntryActionsProvider actions={actions}>
+    <CuesheetDnd columns={columns} tableRoot='editor'>
-      <CuesheetDnd columns={columns} tableRoot='editor'>
+      {isLoading ? (
-        {isLoading ? (
+        <EmptyPage text='Loading...' />
-          <EmptyPage text='Loading...' />
+      ) : (
-        ) : (
+        <CuesheetTable columns={columns} cuesheetMode={editorMode} tableRoot='editor' />
-          <CuesheetTable columns={columns} source={source} cuesheetMode={editorMode} tableRoot='editor' />
+      )}
-        )}
+    </CuesheetDnd>
-      </CuesheetDnd>
-    </EntryActionsProvider>
   );
 }

apps/client/src/features/rundown/time-input-flow/TimeInputFlow.module.scss

@@ -4,10 +4,15 @@
 
 .timerNote {
   width: 1.25em;
+  flex: 0 0 1.25em;
   color: $blue-500;
   font-size: 1.5em;
 }
 
+.timerNotePlaceholder {
+  visibility: hidden;
+}
+
 .inactive {
   color: $muted-gray;
 }

apps/client/src/features/rundown/time-input-flow/TimeInputFlow.tsx

@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import style from './TimeInputFlow.module.scss';
 
 interface TimeInputFlowProps {
   eventId: string;
-  countToEnd: boolean;
   timeStart: number;
   timeEnd: number;
   duration: number;
@@ -22,12 +21,12 @@ interface TimeInputFlowProps {
   linkStart: boolean;
   delay: number;
   showLabels?: boolean;
+  showWarnings?: boolean;
 }
 
 export default memo(TimeInputFlow);
 function TimeInputFlow({
   eventId,
-  countToEnd,
   timeStart,
   timeEnd,
   duration,
@@ -35,6 +34,7 @@ function TimeInputFlow({
   linkStart,
   delay,
   showLabels,
+  showWarnings = true,
 }: TimeInputFlowProps) {
   const { updateEntry, updateTimer } = useEntryActionsContext();
 
@@ -56,10 +56,6 @@ function TimeInputFlow({
     warnings.push('Over midnight');
   }
 
-  if (countToEnd) {
-    warnings.push('Count to End');
-  }
-
   const hasDelay = delay !== 0;
   const isLockedEnd = timeStrategy === TimeStrategy.LockEnd;
   const isLockedDuration = timeStrategy === TimeStrategy.LockDuration;
@@ -136,11 +132,19 @@ function TimeInputFlow({
         </TimeInputGroup>
       </div>
 
-      {warnings.length > 0 && (
+      {showWarnings &&
-        <Tooltip text={warnings.join(' - ')} className={style.timerNote} data-testid='event-warning' render={<span />}>
+        (warnings.length > 0 ? (
-          <IoAlertCircleOutline />
+          <Tooltip
-        </Tooltip>
+            text={warnings.join(' - ')}
-      )}
+            className={style.timerNote}
+            data-testid='event-warning'
+            render={<span />}
+          >
+            <IoAlertCircleOutline />
+          </Tooltip>
+        ) : (
+          <span className={`${style.timerNote} ${style.timerNotePlaceholder}`} aria-hidden='true' />
+        ))}
     </>
   );
 }