refactor(modal): allow wider modals

* 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

.github/workflows/build_cli.yml

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       # This step is only needed to setup the permissions to update npm as pnpm will setup the correct node version
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v6
@@ -20,13 +20,13 @@ jobs:
           node-version-file: '.nvmrc'
 
       - name: Setup pnpm
-        uses: pnpm/action-setup@v4
+        uses: pnpm/action-setup@v6
 
       - name: Get pnpm store directory
         run: echo "PNPM_STORE_PATH=$(pnpm store path --silent)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
       - name: Setup pnpm cache
-        uses: actions/cache@v4
+        uses: actions/cache@v5
         with:
           path: ${{ env.PNPM_STORE_PATH }}
           key: ${{ runner.os }}-pnpm-store-${{ hashFiles('pnpm-lock.yaml') }}

.github/workflows/build_docker.yml

@@ -12,16 +12,16 @@ jobs:
       CI: ''
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Setup pnpm
-        uses: pnpm/action-setup@v4
+        uses: pnpm/action-setup@v6
 
       - name: Get pnpm store directory
         run: echo "PNPM_STORE_PATH=$(pnpm store path --silent)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
       - name: Setup pnpm cache
-        uses: actions/cache@v4
+        uses: actions/cache@v5
         with:
           path: ${{ env.PNPM_STORE_PATH }}
           key: ${{ runner.os }}-pnpm-store-${{ hashFiles('pnpm-lock.yaml') }}

.github/workflows/build_electron.yml

@@ -7,23 +7,23 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   build_macos:
-    runs-on: macOS-latest
+    runs-on: macOS-26
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v6
         with:
           node-version-file: '.nvmrc'
 
       - name: Setup pnpm
-        uses: pnpm/action-setup@v4
+        uses: pnpm/action-setup@v6
 
       - name: Get pnpm store directory
         run: echo "PNPM_STORE_PATH=$(pnpm store path --silent)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
       - name: Setup pnpm cache
-        uses: actions/cache@v4
+        uses: actions/cache@v5
         with:
           path: ${{ env.PNPM_STORE_PATH }}
           key: ${{ runner.os }}-pnpm-store-${{ hashFiles('pnpm-lock.yaml') }}
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ jobs:
         timeout-minutes: 60
 
       - name: Upload macOS build artifacts
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v6
         if: always()
         with:
           name: ontime-macos-build
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ jobs:
           retention-days: 1
 
       - name: Release
-        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
         if: github.ref_type == 'tag'
         with:
           files: |
@@ -67,14 +67,14 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: windows-latest
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v6
         with:
           node-version-file: '.nvmrc'
 
       - name: Setup pnpm
-        uses: pnpm/action-setup@v3
+        uses: pnpm/action-setup@v6
 
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: pnpm install --frozen-lockfile
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ jobs:
         run: pnpm dist-win
 
       - name: Upload Windows build artifacts
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v6
         if: always()
         with:
           name: ontime-windows-build
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ jobs:
           retention-days: 1
 
       - name: Release
-        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
         if: github.ref_type == 'tag'
         with:
           files: './apps/electron/dist/ontime-win64.exe'
@@ -104,14 +104,14 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v6
         with:
           node-version-file: '.nvmrc'
 
       - name: Setup pnpm
-        uses: pnpm/action-setup@v3
+        uses: pnpm/action-setup@v6
 
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: pnpm install --frozen-lockfile
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ jobs:
         run: pnpm dist-linux
 
       - name: Upload Linux build artifacts
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v6
         if: always()
         with:
           name: ontime-linux-build
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ jobs:
           retention-days: 1
 
       - name: Release
-        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
         if: github.ref_type == 'tag'
         with:
           files: |

.github/workflows/build_resolver.yml

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       # This step is only needed to setup the permissions to update npm as pnpm will setup the correct node version
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v6
@@ -18,13 +18,13 @@ jobs:
           node-version-file: '.nvmrc'
 
       - name: Setup pnpm
-        uses: pnpm/action-setup@v4
+        uses: pnpm/action-setup@v6
 
       - name: Get pnpm store directory
         run: echo "PNPM_STORE_PATH=$(pnpm store path --silent)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
       - name: Setup pnpm cache
-        uses: actions/cache@v4
+        uses: actions/cache@v5
         with:
           path: ${{ env.PNPM_STORE_PATH }}
           key: ${{ runner.os }}-pnpm-store-${{ hashFiles('pnpm-lock.yaml') }}

.github/workflows/test.yml

@@ -13,16 +13,20 @@ jobs:
       CI: ''
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v6
+        with:
+          node-version-file: '.nvmrc'
 
       - name: Setup pnpm
-        uses: pnpm/action-setup@v4
+        uses: pnpm/action-setup@v6
 
       - name: Get pnpm store directory
         run: echo "PNPM_STORE_PATH=$(pnpm store path --silent)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
       - name: Setup pnpm cache
-        uses: actions/cache@v4
+        uses: actions/cache@v5
         with:
           path: ${{ env.PNPM_STORE_PATH }}
           key: ${{ runner.os }}-pnpm-store-${{ hashFiles('pnpm-lock.yaml') }}
@@ -52,16 +56,20 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 20
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v6
+        with:
+          node-version-file: '.nvmrc'
 
       - name: Setup pnpm
-        uses: pnpm/action-setup@v4
+        uses: pnpm/action-setup@v6
 
       - name: Get pnpm store directory
         run: echo "PNPM_STORE_PATH=$(pnpm store path --silent)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
       - name: Setup pnpm cache
-        uses: actions/cache@v4
+        uses: actions/cache@v5
         with:
           path: ${{ env.PNPM_STORE_PATH }}
           key: ${{ runner.os }}-pnpm-store-${{ hashFiles('pnpm-lock.yaml') }}
@@ -74,30 +82,30 @@ jobs:
       - name: Get installed Playwright version
         run: echo "PLAYWRIGHT_VERSION=$(pnpm ls @playwright/test --parseable | cut -s -d '@' -f3 | cut -d '/' -f1)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
       - name: Cache playwright binaries
-        uses: actions/cache@v4
+        uses: actions/cache@v5
         with:
           path: |
             ~/.cache/ms-playwright
           key: ${{ runner.os }}-playwright-${{ env.PLAYWRIGHT_VERSION }}
           restore-keys: |
             ${{ runner.os }}-playwright-
-      - run: npx playwright install --with-deps
+      - run: pnpm playwright install --with-deps
         if: steps.playwright-cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
 
       - name: Install Playwright Browsers
-        run: npx playwright install --with-deps
+        run: pnpm playwright install --with-deps
 
       - name: Run Playwright tests
         run: pnpm e2e
 
-      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v6
         if: always()
         with:
           name: playwright-report
           path: playwright-report/
           retention-days: 30
 
-      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v6
         with:
           name: automated-screenshots
           path: automated-screenshots/

.gitignore

@@ -54,3 +54,6 @@ ontime-data/
 
 # temporary write files
 **.tmp
+
+# Claude Code metadata
+.claude/

.nvmrc

@@ -1 +1 @@
-v22.15.1
+v22.22.3

Dockerfile

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ARG NODE_VERSION=22.15.1
+ARG NODE_VERSION=22.22.2
 FROM node:${NODE_VERSION}-alpine
 
 # Set environment variables

apps/cli/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@getontime/cli",
-  "version": "4.7.0",
+  "version": "4.11.0",
   "author": "Carlos Valente",
   "description": "Time keeping for live events",
   "repository": "https://github.com/cpvalente/ontime",

apps/client/index.html

@@ -4,9 +4,10 @@
     <meta charset="utf-8" />
     <base href="/" />
     <link rel="icon" href="favicon.ico" />
-    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" />
+    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1, viewport-fit=cover" />
     <meta name="theme-color" content="#101010" />
     <meta name="ontime" content="ontime - time keeping for live events" />
+    <meta name="apple-mobile-web-app-status-bar-style" content="black-translucent" />
     <link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="ontime-logo.png" />
     <link rel="icon" type="image/png" href="ontime-logo.png" />
     <link rel="manifest" href="site.webmanifest" />
@@ -17,6 +18,13 @@
   <body>
     <noscript>You need to enable JavaScript to run this app.</noscript>
     <div id="root"></div>
+    <script>
+      if (/\/timer\/?$/.test(window.location.pathname) && typeof Promise.any !== 'function') {
+        var b = document.querySelector('base');
+        var base = b ? (b.getAttribute('href') || '').replace(/\/$/, '') : '';
+        window.location.replace(base + '/timer-legacy' + window.location.search);
+      }
+    </script>
     <script type="module" src="/src/index.tsx"></script>
   </body>
 </html>

apps/client/package.json

@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 {
   "name": "ontime-ui",
-  "version": "4.7.0",
+  "version": "4.11.0",
   "private": true,
   "type": "module",
   "dependencies": {
-    "@base-ui/react": "1.3.0",
+    "@base-ui/react": "1.6.0",
     "@codemirror/commands": "^6.0.0",
     "@codemirror/lang-css": "^6.0.0",
     "@codemirror/state": "^6.0.0",
@@ -12,28 +12,27 @@
     "@dnd-kit/core": "^6.3.1",
     "@dnd-kit/sortable": "^10.0.0",
     "@dnd-kit/utilities": "^3.2.2",
-    "@fontsource/open-sans": "^5.2.6",
+    "@fontsource/open-sans": "^5.2.7",
     "@mantine/hooks": "^8.3.7",
-    "@sentry/react": "^10.2.0",
+    "@sentry/react": "^10.59.0",
     "@table-nav/react": "^0.0.7",
-    "@tanstack/react-query": "^5.85.9",
+    "@tanstack/react-query": "^5.101.0",
-    "@tanstack/react-query-devtools": "^5.85.9",
+    "@tanstack/react-query-devtools": "^5.101.0",
     "@tanstack/react-table": "^8.21.3",
-    "@uiw/codemirror-theme-vscode": "^4.25.9",
+    "@uiw/codemirror-theme-vscode": "^4.25.10",
     "autosize": "^6.0.1",
-    "axios": "^1.12.2",
+    "axios": "^1.18.0",
     "csv-stringify": "^6.6.0",
     "qrcode": "^1.5.4",
-    "react": "^19.2.3",
+    "react": "^19.2.7",
-    "react-colorful": "^5.6.1",
+    "react-colorful": "^5.7.0",
-    "react-dom": "^19.2.3",
+    "react-dom": "^19.2.7",
     "react-fast-compare": "^3.2.2",
-    "react-hook-form": "^7.72.0",
+    "react-hook-form": "^7.80.0",
-    "react-icons": "5.5.0",
+    "react-icons": "5.6.0",
-    "react-router": "^7.11.0",
+    "react-router": "^8.0.1",
-    "react-virtuoso": "^4.17.0",
+    "react-virtuoso": "^4.18.7",
-    "web-vitals": "^5.1.0",
+    "zustand": "^5.0.14"
-    "zustand": "^5.0.9"
   },
   "scripts": {
     "addversion": "node -p \"'export const ONTIME_VERSION = ' + JSON.stringify(require('../../package.json').version) + ';'\" > src/ONTIME_VERSION.js",
@@ -51,7 +50,8 @@
     "production": [
       ">0.2%",
       "not dead",
-      "not op_mini all"
+      "not op_mini all",
+      "safari >= 14.1"
     ],
     "development": [
       "last 1 chrome version",
@@ -64,8 +64,10 @@
     "@types/qrcode": "^1.5.6",
     "@types/react": "^19.1.12",
     "@types/react-dom": "^19.1.9",
+    "@vitejs/plugin-legacy": "^8.0.1",
     "@vitejs/plugin-react": "5.2.0",
     "babel-plugin-react-compiler": "1.0.0",
+    "happy-dom": "^20.9.0",
     "ontime-types": "workspace:*",
     "ontime-utils": "workspace:*",
     "sass": "^1.57.1",
@@ -73,7 +75,6 @@
     "vite": "8.0.1",
     "vite-plugin-compression2": "2.5.1",
     "vite-plugin-svgr": "4.5.0",
-    "vite-tsconfig-paths": "6.1.1",
     "vitest": "catalog:"
   }
 }

apps/client/public/manifest.json

@@ -15,5 +15,5 @@
   "start_url": "./",
   "display": "",
   "theme_color": "#121212",
-  "background_color": "#ffffff"
+  "background_color": "#101010"
 }

apps/client/public/site.webmanifest

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "name": "",
   "short_name": "",
   "icons": [{ "src": "ontime-logo.png", "sizes": "295x295", "type": "image/png" }],
-  "theme_color": "#2B5ABC",
+  "theme_color": "#121212",
   "background_color": "#101010",
   "display": "standalone"
 }

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

@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 import axios, { AxiosResponse } from 'axios';
-import { EntryId, OntimeEntry, OntimeEvent, ProjectRundownsList, Rundown, TransientEventPayload } from 'ontime-types';
+import {
+  EntryId,
+  OntimeEntry,
+  OntimeEvent,
+  ProjectRundownsList,
+  RenumberCues,
+  Rundown,
+  RundownImportPayload,
+  TransientEventPayload,
+} from 'ontime-types';
 
 import { apiEntryUrl } from './constants';
 import type { RequestOptions } from './requestOptions';
@@ -26,19 +35,17 @@ export async function fetchCurrentRundown(options?: RequestOptions): Promise<Run
     throw new Error('Invalid rundown payload');
   }
   return res.data;
+}
 
-  function isValidRundown(x: any): x is Rundown {
+/**
-    return (
+ * HTTP request to fetch all entries in the given rundown
-      x &&
+ */
-      typeof x === 'object' &&
+export async function fetchRundown(rundownId: RundownId, options?: RequestOptions): Promise<Rundown> {
-      typeof x.id === 'string' &&
+  const res = await axios.get(`${rundownPath}/${rundownId}`, { signal: options?.signal });
-      Array.isArray(x.order) &&
+  if (!isValidRundown(res.data)) {
-      Array.isArray(x.flatOrder) &&
+    throw new Error('Invalid rundown payload');
-      x.entries &&
-      typeof x.entries === 'object' &&
-      typeof x.revision === 'number'
-    );
   }
+  return res.data;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -76,6 +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 ==========================
 
@@ -111,6 +127,13 @@ export async function putBatchEditEvents(rundownId: RundownId, data: BatchEditEn
   return axios.put(`${rundownPath}/${rundownId}/batch`, data);
 }
 
+/**
+ * HTTP request to renumber cues for multiple events
+ */
+export function patchRenumberCues(rundownId: RundownId, data: RenumberCues): Promise<AxiosResponse<Rundown>> {
+  return axios.patch(`${rundownPath}/${rundownId}/renumber`, data);
+}
+
 export type ReorderEntry = {
   entryId: EntryId;
   destinationId: EntryId;
@@ -182,3 +205,16 @@ export async function requestDeleteAll(rundownId: RundownId): Promise<AxiosRespo
 }
 
 // #endregion operations on rundown entries =======================
+
+function isValidRundown(x: any): x is Rundown {
+  return (
+    x &&
+    typeof x === 'object' &&
+    typeof x.id === 'string' &&
+    Array.isArray(x.order) &&
+    Array.isArray(x.flatOrder) &&
+    x.entries &&
+    typeof x.entries === 'object' &&
+    typeof x.revision === 'number'
+  );
+}

apps/client/src/common/components/error-boundary/ErrorBoundary.jsx

@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 // skipcq: JS-C1003 - sentry does not expose itself as an ES Module.
 import * as Sentry from '@sentry/react';
-/* eslint-disable react/destructuring-assignment */
 import React from 'react';
 
-import { hasConnected, reconnectAttempts } from '../../../common/utils/socket';
 import { runtimeStore } from '../../stores/runtime';
+import { getConnectionState, getReconnectAttempts } from '../../utils/socket';
 
 import style from './ErrorBoundary.module.scss';
 
@@ -37,7 +36,7 @@ class ErrorBoundary extends React.Component {
       scope.setExtras({
         error,
         store: appState,
-        hasSocket: { hasConnected, reconnectAttempts },
+        hasSocket: { hasConnected: getConnectionState(), reconnectAttempts: getReconnectAttempts() },
       });
       const eventId = Sentry.captureException(error);
       this.setState({ eventId, info });

apps/client/src/common/components/input/text-input/useReactiveTextInput.tsx

@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ import { ChangeEvent, KeyboardEvent, RefObject, useCallback, useEffect, useMemo,
 
 interface UseReactiveTextInputReturn {
   value: string;
-  onChange: (event: ChangeEvent) => void;
+  onChange: (event: ChangeEvent<HTMLInputElement | HTMLTextAreaElement>) => void;
-  onBlur: (event: ChangeEvent) => void;
+  onBlur: (event: ChangeEvent<HTMLInputElement | HTMLTextAreaElement>) => void;
   onKeyDown: (event: KeyboardEvent<HTMLElement>) => void;
 }
 
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ export default function useReactiveTextInput(
   options?: {
     submitOnEnter?: boolean;
     submitOnCtrlEnter?: boolean;
+    submitOnTab?: boolean;
     onCancelUpdate?: () => void;
+    onTabCancel?: () => void;
     allowSubmitSameValue?: boolean;
     allowKeyboardNavigation?: boolean;
   },
@@ -23,6 +25,10 @@ export default function useReactiveTextInput(
   const [text, setText] = useState<string>(initialText);
   // track whether we are submitting via a submit key (eg enter) and avoid submitting again on blur
   const isKeyboardSubmitting = useRef(false);
+  // track escape to prevent the subsequent blur from submitting
+  const isEscaping = useRef(false);
+  // track tab-out to prevent blur from submitting (used by timer cells)
+  const isTabbing = useRef(false);
 
   useEffect(() => {
     if (typeof initialText === 'undefined') {
@@ -78,6 +84,7 @@ export default function useReactiveTextInput(
    * @param {string} valueToSubmit
    */
   const handleEscape = useCallback(() => {
+    isEscaping.current = true;
     // No need to update if it hasn't changed
     setText(initialText);
     // force the text to be the initial value
@@ -141,16 +148,30 @@ export default function useReactiveTextInput(
         event.stopPropagation();
       }
 
+      // for cells that opt out of tab-submit, track tab-out without preventing navigation
+      if (event.key === 'Tab' && options?.submitOnTab === false) {
+        isTabbing.current = true;
+      }
+
       hotKeyHandler(event);
     };
-  }, [handleEscape, handleSubmit, options?.submitOnCtrlEnter, options?.submitOnEnter, text]);
+  }, [handleEscape, handleSubmit, options?.submitOnCtrlEnter, options?.submitOnEnter, options?.submitOnTab, text]);
 
   return {
     value: text,
-    onChange: (event: ChangeEvent) => handleChange((event.target as HTMLInputElement).value),
+    onChange: (event) => handleChange(event.target.value),
-    onBlur: (event: ChangeEvent) => {
+    onBlur: (event) => {
+      if (isTabbing.current) {
+        isTabbing.current = false;
+        (options?.onTabCancel ?? options?.onCancelUpdate)?.();
+        return;
+      }
+      if (isEscaping.current) {
+        isEscaping.current = false;
+        return;
+      }
       if (!isKeyboardSubmitting.current) {
-        handleSubmit((event.target as HTMLInputElement).value);
+        handleSubmit(event.target.value);
       }
     },
     onKeyDown: keyHandler,

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/NavigationMenu.tsx

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import { useLocation } from 'react-router';
 import { isLocalhost, supportsFullscreen } from '../../../externals';
 import { canUseWakeLock, useKeepAwakeOptions } from '../../../features/keep-awake/useWakeLock';
 import { navigatorConstants } from '../../../viewerConfig';
+import useUrlPresets from '../../hooks-query/useUrlPresets';
 import { useIsSmallScreen } from '../../hooks/useIsSmallScreen';
 import { useClientStore } from '../../stores/clientStore';
 import { useViewOptionsStore } from '../../stores/viewOptions';
@@ -105,6 +106,8 @@ function NavigationMenu({ isOpen, onClose }: NavigationMenuProps) {
                 {route.label}
               </ClientLink>
             ))}
+
+            <PresetNavigation isSmallScreen={isSmallScreen} onClose={onClose} />
           </div>
 
           {isLocalhost && (
@@ -117,3 +120,27 @@ function NavigationMenu({ isOpen, onClose }: NavigationMenuProps) {
     </Dialog.Root>
   );
 }
+
+function PresetNavigation({ isSmallScreen, onClose }: { isSmallScreen: boolean; onClose: () => void }) {
+  const location = useLocation();
+  const { data: urlPresets } = useUrlPresets();
+  const navPresets = urlPresets.filter((preset) => preset.enabled && preset.displayInNav);
+
+  if (navPresets.length === 0) return null;
+
+  return (
+    <>
+      <hr className={style.separator} />
+      {navPresets.map((preset) => (
+        <ClientLink
+          key={preset.alias}
+          to={`preset/${preset.alias}`}
+          current={location.pathname === `/preset/${preset.alias}`}
+          postAction={isSmallScreen ? onClose : undefined}
+        >
+          {preset.alias}
+        </ClientLink>
+      ))}
+    </>
+  );
+}

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/state/EmptyTableBody.module.scss

@@ -8,9 +8,12 @@
     padding-top: 10vh;
   }
 
-  .empty {
+  .inline {
-    width: 100%;
+    display: flex;
-    opacity: 0.8;
+    align-items: center;
+    justify-content: center;
+    gap: 1rem;
+    margin-top: 1em;
   }
 
   .text {

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

@@ -1,18 +1,33 @@
-import EmptyImage from '../../../assets/images/empty.svg?react';
+import { SupportedEntry } from 'ontime-types';
+import { IoAdd } from 'react-icons/io5';
+
+import { useTranslation } from '../../../translation/TranslationProvider';
+import Button from '../buttons/Button';
+import Empty from './Empty';
 
 import style from './EmptyTableBody.module.scss';
 
 interface EmptyTableBodyProps {
-  text: string;
+  handleAddNew?: (type: SupportedEntry) => void;
 }
 
-export default function EmptyTableBody({ text }: EmptyTableBodyProps) {
+export default function EmptyTableBody({ handleAddNew }: EmptyTableBodyProps) {
+  const { getLocalizedString } = useTranslation();
+  const text = getLocalizedString('common.no_data');
   return (
     <tbody className={style.emptyContainer}>
       <tr>
         <td colSpan={99} className={style.emptyCell}>
-          <EmptyImage className={style.empty} />
+          <Empty injectedStyles={{ marginTop: '5vh' }} />
-          {text && <span className={style.text}>{text}</span>}
+          <span className={style.text}>{text}</span>
+          {handleAddNew && (
+            <div className={style.inline}>
+              <Button onClick={() => handleAddNew(SupportedEntry.Event)} variant='primary' size='large'>
+                <IoAdd />
+                Create Event
+              </Button>
+            </div>
+          )}
         </td>
       </tr>
     </tbody>

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/components/view-params-editor/ViewParamsSection.tsx

@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ function SectionContents({ options, collapsed }: SectionContentsProps) {
 function HiddenContents({ options }: { options: ParamField[] }) {
   return (
     <>
-      {options.map((option, index) => {
+      {options.map((option) => {
-        return <ParamInput key={option.title + index} paramField={option} />;
+        return <ParamInput key={option.id} paramField={option} />;
       })}
     </>
   );

apps/client/src/common/components/view-params-editor/common.options.ts

@@ -26,3 +26,14 @@ export const showLeadingZeros: ParamField = {
   type: 'boolean',
   defaultValue: false,
 };
+
+export type TimeOptions = {
+  timeformat: string | null;
+};
+
+/**
+ * Helper to get value of 'timeformat' from either source, prioritizing defaultValues
+ */
+export function getTimeOptionsFromParams(searchParams: URLSearchParams, defaultValues?: URLSearchParams) {
+  return defaultValues?.get('timeformat') ?? searchParams.get('timeformat');
+}

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

@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 import { useQuery } from '@tanstack/react-query';
 import { langEn } from 'ontime-types';
+import { MILLIS_PER_HOUR } from 'ontime-utils';
 
 import { getUserTranslation } from '../../common/api/assets';
 import { TRANSLATION } from '../../common/api/constants';
-import { queryRefetchIntervalSlow } from '../../ontimeConfig';
 
 export function useCustomTranslation() {
   const { data, status, refetch } = useQuery({
     queryKey: TRANSLATION,
     queryFn: ({ signal }) => getUserTranslation({ signal }),
     placeholderData: (previousData, _previousQuery) => previousData,
-    refetchInterval: queryRefetchIntervalSlow,
+    staleTime: MILLIS_PER_HOUR,
   });
   return { data: data ?? langEn, status, refetch };
 }

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

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import {
   renameRundown,
 } from '../api/rundown';
 
+//TODO: make suspends so we don't have to deal with no value all over
 /**
  * Project rundowns
  */

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

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { useEffect, useMemo } from 'react';
 
 import { queryRefetchIntervalSlow } from '../../ontimeConfig';
 import { CURRENT_RUNDOWN_QUERY_KEY, getRundownQueryKey } from '../api/constants';
-import { fetchCurrentRundown } from '../api/rundown';
+import { fetchCurrentRundown, fetchRundown } from '../api/rundown';
 import { useSelectedEventId } from '../hooks/useSocket';
 import { ExtendedEntry, getFlatRundownMetadata, getRundownMetadata } from '../utils/rundownMetadata';
 import { useProjectRundowns } from './useProjectRundowns';
@@ -20,7 +20,11 @@ const cachedRundownPlaceholder: Rundown = {
 };
 
 /**
- * Normalised rundown data
+ * Normalised rundown data for the currently loaded rundown.
+ *
+ * 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() {
   const queryClient = useQueryClient();
@@ -34,12 +38,13 @@ export default function useRundown() {
     refetchInterval: queryRefetchIntervalSlow,
   });
 
-  // Seed the ID-based cache when fetching via the 'current' alias (bootstrap)
+  // Seed the id-keyed cache when fetching via the bootstrap alias
   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 });
@@ -114,3 +119,21 @@ export function useRundownAuxData() {
   }, [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

@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+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,
@@ -16,6 +15,7 @@ import {
   TimeStrategy,
   isOntimeEvent,
   isOntimeGroup,
+  isOntimeMilestone,
 } from 'ontime-types';
 import {
   MILLIS_PER_SECOND,
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ import {
   patchReorderEntry,
   postAddEntry,
   postCloneEntry,
+  patchRenumberCues,
   putBatchEditEvents,
   putEditEntry,
   requestApplyDelay,
@@ -58,13 +59,26 @@ 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
+ * Gather utilities for actions on entries in the loaded rundown.
  */
-export const useEntryActions = () => {
+export const useEntryActions = () => useEntryActionsForRundown(undefined);
+
+/**
+ * Gather utilities for actions on entries in an explicitly selected rundown.
+ */
+export const useScopedEntryActions = (rundownId: string | null) => useEntryActionsForRundown(rundownId ?? '');
+
+function useEntryActionsForRundown(scopedRundownId: string | undefined) {
   const queryClient = useQueryClient();
   const {
     linkPrevious,
@@ -74,15 +88,16 @@ export const useEntryActions = () => {
     defaultDangerTime,
     defaultTimerType,
     defaultEndAction,
+    inheritGroupColour,
   } = useEditorSettings();
 
   const resolveCurrentRundownQueryKey = useCallback(() => {
-    const loadedRundownId = queryClient.getQueryData<ProjectRundownsList>(PROJECT_RUNDOWNS)?.loaded;
+    if (scopedRundownId !== undefined) {
-    if (loadedRundownId) {
+      return getRundownQueryKey(scopedRundownId);
-      return getRundownQueryKey(loadedRundownId);
     }
-    return CURRENT_RUNDOWN_QUERY_KEY;
+    const loadedRundownId = queryClient.getQueryData<ProjectRundownsList>(PROJECT_RUNDOWNS)?.loaded;
-  }, [queryClient]);
+    return loadedRundownId ? getRundownQueryKey(loadedRundownId) : CURRENT_RUNDOWN_QUERY_KEY;
+  }, [queryClient, scopedRundownId]);
 
   /**
    * Returns the currently loaded rundown
@@ -110,7 +125,7 @@ export const useEntryActions = () => {
    * @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 });
@@ -139,8 +154,9 @@ export const useEntryActions = () => {
         addToRundown(
           newRundown,
           optimisticEntry,
-          afterId,
           parent ? (newRundown.entries[parent.id] as OntimeGroup) : null,
+          afterId,
+          entry.before ?? null,
         );
 
         queryClient.setQueryData<Rundown>(queryKey, newRundown);
@@ -183,7 +199,7 @@ export const useEntryActions = () => {
         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) {
@@ -195,8 +211,8 @@ export const useEntryActions = () => {
 
       // ************* 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;
@@ -231,6 +247,14 @@ export const useEntryActions = () => {
         }
       }
 
+      if (inheritGroupColour && (isOntimeEvent(newEntry) || isOntimeMilestone(newEntry)) && !newEntry.colour) {
+        const parentId = resolveInsertParent(rundownData, newEntry);
+        const maybeParent = parentId ? rundownData.entries[parentId] : null;
+        if (maybeParent && isOntimeGroup(maybeParent)) {
+          newEntry.colour = maybeParent.colour;
+        }
+      }
+
       try {
         await addEntryMutation([rundownId, newEntry]);
       } catch (error) {
@@ -246,6 +270,7 @@ export const useEntryActions = () => {
       defaultTimerType,
       defaultEndAction,
       defaultTimeStrategy,
+      inheritGroupColour,
       addEntryMutation,
     ],
   );
@@ -265,7 +290,7 @@ export const useEntryActions = () => {
    * Clone an entry
    */
   const clone = useCallback(
-    async (entryId: EntryId, options?: InsertOptions) => {
+    async (entryId: EntryId, options?: ClientInsertOptions) => {
       try {
         const rundownId = getCurrentRundownData()?.id;
         if (!rundownId) {
@@ -523,6 +548,39 @@ export const useEntryActions = () => {
     [batchUpdateEventsMutation, getCurrentRundownData],
   );
 
+  const { mutateAsync: renumberCuesMutation } = useMutation({
+    mutationFn: ([rundownId, body]: Parameters<typeof patchRenumberCues>) => patchRenumberCues(rundownId, body),
+    onMutate: async () => {
+      const queryKey = resolveCurrentRundownQueryKey();
+      await queryClient.cancelQueries({ queryKey });
+      const previousRundown = queryClient.getQueryData<Rundown>(queryKey);
+      return { previousRundown, queryKey };
+    },
+    onSuccess: (response, _variables, context) => {
+      if (!response.data || !context?.queryKey) return;
+      const updatedRundown = response.data;
+      queryClient.setQueryData<Rundown>(context.queryKey, updatedRundown);
+    },
+    onError: (_error, _vars, context) => {
+      if (context?.previousRundown) queryClient.setQueryData<Rundown>(context.queryKey, context.previousRundown);
+    },
+  });
+
+  const renumberCues = useCallback(
+    async (eventIds: EntryId[], prefix: string, start: string, increment: string) => {
+      const rundown = getCurrentRundownData();
+      const rundownId = rundown?.id;
+      if (!rundownId) throw new Error('Rundown not initialized');
+      try {
+        await renumberCuesMutation([rundownId, { ids: eventIds, prefix, start, increment }]);
+      } catch (error) {
+        logAxiosError('Error renumbering cues', error);
+        throw error;
+      }
+    },
+    [getCurrentRundownData, renumberCuesMutation],
+  );
+
   /**
    * Calls mutation to delete an entry
    * @private
@@ -947,6 +1005,7 @@ export const useEntryActions = () => {
       groupEntries,
       move,
       reorderEntry,
+      renumberCues,
       swapEvents,
       updateEntry,
       updateTimer,
@@ -963,12 +1022,13 @@ export const useEntryActions = () => {
       groupEntries,
       move,
       reorderEntry,
+      renumberCues,
       swapEvents,
       updateEntry,
       updateTimer,
     ],
   );
-};
+}
 
 /**
  * Utility to optimistically delete entries from client cache
@@ -1003,7 +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/editorSettings.ts

@@ -12,8 +12,10 @@ type EditorSettingsStore = {
   defaultDangerTime: string;
   defaultTimerType: TimerType;
   defaultEndAction: EndAction;
+  inheritGroupColour: boolean;
   setDefaultDuration: (defaultDuration: string) => void;
   setLinkPrevious: (linkPrevious: boolean) => void;
+  setInheritGroupColour: (inheritGroupColour: boolean) => void;
   setTimeStrategy: (timeStrategy: TimeStrategy) => void;
   setWarnTime: (warnTime: string) => void;
   setDangerTime: (dangerTime: string) => void;
@@ -29,6 +31,7 @@ export const editorSettingsDefaults = {
   dangerTime: '00:01:00', // 60000 same as backend
   timerType: TimerType.CountDown,
   endAction: EndAction.None,
+  inheritGroupColour: false,
 };
 
 enum EditorSettingsKeys {
@@ -39,6 +42,7 @@ enum EditorSettingsKeys {
   DefaultDangerTime = 'ontime-default-danger-time',
   DefaultTimerType = 'ontime-default-timer-type',
   DefaultEndAction = 'ontime-default-end-action',
+  InheritGroupColour = 'ontime-inherit-group-colour',
 }
 
 export const useEditorSettings = create<EditorSettingsStore>((set) => {
@@ -59,6 +63,10 @@ export const useEditorSettings = create<EditorSettingsStore>((set) => {
       localStorage.getItem(EditorSettingsKeys.DefaultEndAction),
       editorSettingsDefaults.endAction,
     ),
+    inheritGroupColour: booleanFromLocalStorage(
+      EditorSettingsKeys.InheritGroupColour,
+      editorSettingsDefaults.inheritGroupColour,
+    ),
 
     setDefaultDuration: (defaultDuration) =>
       set(() => {
@@ -97,5 +105,10 @@ export const useEditorSettings = create<EditorSettingsStore>((set) => {
         localStorage.setItem(EditorSettingsKeys.DefaultEndAction, String(defaultEndAction));
         return { defaultEndAction };
       }),
+    setInheritGroupColour: (inheritGroupColour) =>
+      set(() => {
+        localStorage.setItem(EditorSettingsKeys.InheritGroupColour, String(inheritGroupColour));
+        return { inheritGroupColour };
+      }),
   };
 });

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__/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/__tests__/urlPresets.test.ts

@@ -37,6 +37,16 @@ describe('getRouteFromPreset()', () => {
       alias: 'demopage',
       target: OntimeView.Timer,
       search: 'user=guest',
+      displayInNav: false,
+      options: {},
+    },
+  ];
+  const disabledPresets: URLPreset[] = [
+    {
+      enabled: false,
+      alias: 'demopage',
+      target: OntimeView.Timer,
+      search: 'user=guest',
       options: {},
     },
   ];
@@ -47,6 +57,21 @@ describe('getRouteFromPreset()', () => {
     expect(getRouteFromPreset(location, presets)).toStrictEqual('timer?user=guest&alias=demopage');
   });
 
+  it('checks if the current location matches an enabled preset target', () => {
+    const location = resolvePath('/timer');
+    expect(getRouteFromPreset(location, presets)).toStrictEqual('timer?user=guest&alias=demopage');
+  });
+
+  it('does not redirect disabled presets', () => {
+    const location = resolvePath('/demopage');
+    expect(getRouteFromPreset(location, disabledPresets)).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it('returns null when already on a preset path', () => {
+    const location = resolvePath('/preset/demopage');
+    expect(getRouteFromPreset(location, presets)).toBeNull();
+  });
+
   it('returns null if the current location is the exact match of an unwrapped alias', () => {
     // we make the current location be the alias
     const location = resolvePath('/timer?user=guest&alias=demopage');
@@ -81,6 +106,11 @@ describe('getRouteFromPreset()', () => {
       const location = resolvePath('/demopage?n=1&token=123');
       expect(getRouteFromPreset(location, presets)).toBe('timer?user=guest&alias=demopage&n=1&token=123');
     });
+
+    it('redirects stale unwrapped params back to the saved preset params while preserving feature params', () => {
+      const location = resolvePath('/timer?user=admin&alias=demopage&n=1&token=123');
+      expect(getRouteFromPreset(location, presets)).toBe('timer?user=guest&alias=demopage&n=1&token=123');
+    });
   });
 
   describe('cuesheet presets', () => {
@@ -90,6 +120,7 @@ describe('getRouteFromPreset()', () => {
         alias: 'cuesheet-4685d6',
         target: OntimeView.Cuesheet,
         search: '',
+        displayInNav: false,
         options: {
           read: 'full',
           write: '-',
@@ -102,6 +133,7 @@ describe('getRouteFromPreset()', () => {
         alias: 'cuesheet-basic',
         target: OntimeView.Cuesheet,
         search: '',
+        displayInNav: false,
       },
     ];
     const cuesheetPresetWithNavLock: URLPreset[] = [
@@ -110,6 +142,7 @@ describe('getRouteFromPreset()', () => {
         alias: 'cuesheet-locked',
         target: OntimeView.Cuesheet,
         search: 'n=1',
+        displayInNav: false,
       },
     ];
 
@@ -191,6 +224,7 @@ describe('generateUrlPresetOptions', () => {
         target: 'timer',
         search: 'param1=value1&param2=value2',
         enabled: true,
+        displayInNav: false,
       },
     ],
     [
@@ -202,6 +236,7 @@ describe('generateUrlPresetOptions', () => {
         target: 'timer',
         search: 'param1=value1&param2=value2',
         enabled: true,
+        displayInNav: false,
       },
     ],
     [
@@ -213,6 +248,7 @@ describe('generateUrlPresetOptions', () => {
         target: 'timer',
         search: 'param1=value1&param2=value2',
         enabled: true,
+        displayInNav: false,
       },
     ],
     [
@@ -224,6 +260,7 @@ describe('generateUrlPresetOptions', () => {
         target: 'timer',
         search: 'param1=value1&param2=value2',
         enabled: true,
+        displayInNav: false,
       },
     ],
   ])('should generate URL preset options for %s', (_description, alias, url, expected) => {

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/socket.ts

@@ -3,9 +3,7 @@ import {
   Log,
   MaybeNumber,
   MessageTag,
-  ProjectRundownsList,
   RefetchKey,
-  Rundown,
   RuntimeStore,
   WsPacketToClient,
   WsPacketToServer,
@@ -16,16 +14,17 @@ import {
   APP_SETTINGS,
   CLIENT_LIST,
   CSS_OVERRIDE,
+  CURRENT_RUNDOWN_QUERY_KEY,
   CUSTOM_FIELDS,
   PROJECT_DATA,
-  CURRENT_RUNDOWN_QUERY_KEY,
-  PROJECT_RUNDOWNS,
   REPORT,
+  RUNDOWN,
   RUNTIME,
   TRANSLATION,
   URL_PRESETS,
   VIEW_SETTINGS,
   getRundownQueryKey,
+  PROJECT_RUNDOWNS,
 } from '../api/constants';
 import { invalidateAllCaches } from '../api/utils';
 import { ontimeQueryClient } from '../queryClient';
@@ -51,8 +50,10 @@ const socketConfig = {
   offlineAttemptsThreshold: 2, // when we consider the client disconnected
 } as const;
 
-export let hasConnected = false;
+export const getConnectionState = () => hasConnected;
-export let reconnectAttempts = 0;
+export const getReconnectAttempts = () => reconnectAttempts;
+let hasConnected = false;
+let reconnectAttempts = 0;
 
 export const connectSocket = () => {
   websocket = new WebSocket(websocketUrl);
@@ -179,7 +180,7 @@ export const connectSocket = () => {
         }
         case MessageTag.Refetch: {
           // the refetch message signals that the rundown has changed in the server side
-          const { target, revision } = payload;
+          const { target, revision, rundownId } = payload;
           switch (target) {
             case RefetchKey.All:
               invalidateAllCaches();
@@ -194,7 +195,7 @@ export const connectSocket = () => {
               ontimeQueryClient.invalidateQueries({ queryKey: REPORT });
               break;
             case RefetchKey.Rundown: {
-              maybeInvalidateRundownCache(revision);
+              maybeInvalidateRundownCache(revision, rundownId);
               break;
             }
             case RefetchKey.UrlPresets:
@@ -212,6 +213,9 @@ export const connectSocket = () => {
             case RefetchKey.Settings:
               ontimeQueryClient.invalidateQueries({ queryKey: APP_SETTINGS });
               break;
+            case RefetchKey.ProjectRundowns:
+              ontimeQueryClient.invalidateQueries({ queryKey: PROJECT_RUNDOWNS });
+              break;
             default: {
               target satisfies never;
               break;
@@ -230,34 +234,30 @@ export const connectSocket = () => {
   };
 };
 
-/**
+export function maybeInvalidateRundownCache(revision: MaybeNumber, rundownId?: string) {
- * When we receive a refetch message for the rundown
+  if (!rundownId) {
- * check which rundown needs to be invalidated
+    // we omit rundownId to signify invalidate all rundowns
- */
+    ontimeQueryClient.invalidateQueries({ queryKey: RUNDOWN });
-export function maybeInvalidateRundownCache(revision: MaybeNumber) {
+    ontimeQueryClient.invalidateQueries({ queryKey: CURRENT_RUNDOWN_QUERY_KEY, exact: true });
-  const loadedRundownId: string | undefined = (ontimeQueryClient.getQueryData(PROJECT_RUNDOWNS) as ProjectRundownsList)
-    ?.loaded;
-
-  const activeRundownQueryKey = loadedRundownId ? getRundownQueryKey(loadedRundownId) : CURRENT_RUNDOWN_QUERY_KEY;
-  const cachedRundown = ontimeQueryClient.getQueryData<Rundown>(activeRundownQueryKey);
-  if (revision === cachedRundown?.revision) {
     return;
   }
 
-  ontimeQueryClient.invalidateQueries({ queryKey: activeRundownQueryKey, exact: true });
+  // skip if we dont recognise the ID the revision is lower
+  const queryKey = getRundownQueryKey(rundownId);
+  const cachedRundown = ontimeQueryClient.getQueryData<{ revision: number }>(queryKey);
 
-  if (loadedRundownId) {
+  if (revision === cachedRundown?.revision) {
-    // Keep bootstrap alias in sync with the ID-based cache
+    // we already have the latest change
-    ontimeQueryClient.invalidateQueries({ queryKey: CURRENT_RUNDOWN_QUERY_KEY, exact: true });
+    return;
-  } else {
-    // During bootstrap, loadedRundownId is not yet known.
-    // Invalidate any ID-based rundown caches that may have been seeded early.
-    ontimeQueryClient.invalidateQueries({
-      predicate: (query) => query.queryKey[0] === 'rundown' && query.queryKey[1] !== 'current',
-    });
   }
 
-  ontimeQueryClient.invalidateQueries({ queryKey: CUSTOM_FIELDS });
+  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

@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
-import { MaybeNumber, OntimeEvent, Settings, TimeFormat } from 'ontime-types';
+import { MaybeNumber, MaybeString, OntimeEvent, Settings, TimeFormat } from 'ontime-types';
 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
@@ -75,8 +82,9 @@ function resolveTimeFormat(fallback12: string, fallback24: string): string {
 }
 
 type FormatOptions = {
-  format12: string;
+  format12?: string;
-  format24: string;
+  format24?: string;
+  override?: MaybeString;
 };
 
 /**
@@ -97,7 +105,7 @@ export const formatTime = (
     return '...';
   }
 
-  const timeFormat = resolver(options?.format12 ?? FORMAT_12, options?.format24 ?? FORMAT_24);
+  const timeFormat = options?.override ?? resolver(options?.format12 ?? FORMAT_12, options?.format24 ?? FORMAT_24);
   const display = formatFromMillis(Math.abs(milliseconds), timeFormat);
 
   const isNegative = milliseconds < 0;
@@ -179,15 +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/common/utils/urlPresets.ts

@@ -194,6 +194,7 @@ export function generateUrlPresetOptions(alias: string, userUrl: string): URLPre
     target: path,
     search: url.searchParams.toString(),
     enabled: true,
+    displayInNav: false,
   };
 }
 
@@ -204,7 +205,7 @@ function isPresettableView(view: string): view is OntimeViewPresettable {
 /**
  * Check if current location is a preset path
  */
-export function isPresetPath(location: Path): boolean {
+function isPresetPath(location: Path): boolean {
-  const segments = location.pathname.split('/').filter(Boolean);
+  const firstSegment = location.pathname.split('/').find(Boolean);
-  return segments[0] === 'preset';
+  return firstSegment === 'preset';
 }

apps/client/src/externals.ts

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ export const apiRepoLatest = 'https://api.github.com/repos/cpvalente/ontime/rele
 export const websiteUrl = 'https://www.getontime.no';
 export const discordUrl = 'https://discord.com/invite/eje3CSUEXm';
 export const subredditUrl = 'https://www.reddit.com/r/ontimeapp/';
+export const youtubeUrl = 'https://www.youtube.com/@ontimeapp';
 
 export const documentationUrl = 'https://docs.getontime.no';
 export const customFieldsDocsUrl = 'https://docs.getontime.no/features/custom-fields/';

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

@@ -53,10 +53,6 @@ ul {
       background-color: $red-400;
     }
   }
-
-  &.split {
-    margin-top: 1rem;
-  }
 }
 
 .secondary {

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

@@ -42,16 +42,9 @@ interface PanelListItemProps {
   location?: string;
 }
 
-function PanelListItem(props: PanelListItemProps) {
+function PanelListItem({ panel, isSelected, location }: PanelListItemProps) {
-  const { panel, isSelected, location } = props;
   const { setLocation } = useAppSettingsNavigation();
-
+  const classes = cx([style.primary, isSelected && style.active, panel.highlight && style.highlight]);
-  const classes = cx([
-    style.primary,
-    isSelected && style.active,
-    panel.split && style.split,
-    panel.highlight && style.highlight,
-  ]);
 
   return (
     <Fragment key={panel.id}>

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/about-panel/AboutPanel.tsx

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import {
   githubUrl,
   subredditUrl,
   websiteUrl,
+  youtubeUrl,
 } from '../../../../externals';
 import * as Panel from '../../panel-utils/PanelUtils';
 import AppVersion from './AppVersion';
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ export default function AboutPanel() {
         <ExternalLink href={documentationUrl}>Read the docs</ExternalLink>
         <ExternalLink href={githubUrl}>Follow the project on GitHub</ExternalLink>
         <ExternalLink href={discordUrl}>Discord server</ExternalLink>
+        <ExternalLink href={youtubeUrl}>YouTube channel</ExternalLink>
         <ExternalLink href={subredditUrl}>Subreddit</ExternalLink>
       </Panel.Section>
     </>

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

@@ -89,10 +89,9 @@ export default function AutomationSettingsForm({
 
       <Panel.Section>
         <Info>
-          <p>Control Ontime and share its data with external systems in your workflow.</p>
+          <span>Control Ontime and share its data with external systems in your workflow.</span>
-          <p>- Automations allow Ontime to send its data on lifecycle triggers.</p>
+          <span>- Automations allow Ontime to send its data on lifecycle triggers.</span>
-          <p>- OSC Input tells Ontime to listen to messages on the specific port.</p>
+          <span>- OSC Input tells Ontime to listen to messages on the specific port.</span>
-          <br />
           <ExternalLink href={oscApiDocsUrl}>See the docs</ExternalLink>
         </Info>
       </Panel.Section>

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/URLPresets.tsx

@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-import { URLPreset } from 'ontime-types';
+import { OntimeView, URLPreset } from 'ontime-types';
 import { useState } from 'react';
 import { IoAdd, IoOpenOutline, IoPencil, IoTrash } from 'react-icons/io5';
 
+import { maybeAxiosError } from '../../../../common/api/utils';
 import Button from '../../../../common/components/buttons/Button';
 import IconButton from '../../../../common/components/buttons/IconButton';
 import Info from '../../../../common/components/info/Info';
@@ -22,13 +23,23 @@ const urlPresetsDocs = 'https://docs.getontime.no/features/url-presets/';
 
 export default function URLPresets() {
   const [formState, setFormState] = useState<FormState>({ isOpen: false, preset: undefined });
+  const [actionError, setActionError] = useState<string | null>(null);
   const { data, status } = useUrlPresets();
-  const { deletePreset, isMutating } = useUpdateUrlPreset();
+  const { updatePreset, deletePreset, isMutating } = useUpdateUrlPreset();
 
   const openNewForm = () => setFormState({ isOpen: true });
   const openEditForm = (preset: URLPreset) => setFormState({ isOpen: true, preset });
   const closeForm = () => setFormState({ isOpen: false, preset: undefined });
 
+  const persistPreset = async (preset: URLPreset) => {
+    setActionError(null);
+    try {
+      await updatePreset(preset.alias, preset);
+    } catch (error) {
+      setActionError(maybeAxiosError(error));
+    }
+  };
+
   return (
     <Panel.Section>
       <Panel.Card>
@@ -53,10 +64,12 @@ export default function URLPresets() {
         <Panel.Section>
           <Panel.Loader isLoading={status === 'pending'} />
           {formState.isOpen && <URLPresetForm urlPreset={formState.preset} onClose={closeForm} />}
+          {actionError && <Panel.Error>{actionError}</Panel.Error>}
           <Panel.Table>
             <thead>
               <tr>
                 <th>Enabled</th>
+                <th>Show in nav</th>
                 <th>Target view</th>
                 <th>Alias</th>
                 <th />
@@ -65,10 +78,23 @@ export default function URLPresets() {
             <tbody>
               {data.length === 0 && <Panel.TableEmpty handleClick={openNewForm} />}
               {data.map((preset, index) => {
+                const isCuesheet = preset.target === OntimeView.Cuesheet;
                 return (
                   <tr key={preset.alias}>
                     <td>
-                      <Switch defaultChecked={preset.enabled} onCheckedChange={() => {}} />
+                      <Switch
+                        checked={preset.enabled}
+                        onCheckedChange={(enabled) => persistPreset({ ...preset, enabled })}
+                        disabled={isMutating}
+                        aria-label='Toggle preset enabled'
+                      />
+                    </td>
+                    <td>
+                      <Switch
+                        checked={preset.displayInNav}
+                        onCheckedChange={(checked) => persistPreset({ ...preset, displayInNav: checked })}
+                        disabled={isMutating || isCuesheet}
+                      />
                     </td>
                     <td>
                       <Tag>{preset.target}</Tag>

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

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { OntimeView, OntimeViewPresettable, URLPreset } from 'ontime-types';
-import { useEffect, useRef } from 'react';
+import { useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react';
 import { useForm } from 'react-hook-form';
 
 import { maybeAxiosError, unwrapError } from '../../../../../common/api/utils';
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import { preventEscape } from '../../../../../common/utils/keyEvent';
 import { isUrlSafe } from '../../../../../common/utils/regex';
 import { enDash } from '../../../../../common/utils/styleUtils';
 import { generateUrlPresetOptions } from '../../../../../common/utils/urlPresets';
+import CuesheetLinkOptions, { CuesheetPermissionValues } from '../../../../sharing/composite/CuesheetLinkOptions';
 import * as Panel from '../../../panel-utils/PanelUtils';
 
 import style from './URLPresetForm.module.scss';
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ const defaultValues: URLPreset = {
   target: OntimeView.Timer,
   search: '',
   enabled: true,
+  displayInNav: false,
 };
 
 interface URLPresetFormProps {
@@ -61,12 +63,42 @@ export default function URLPresetForm({ urlPreset, onClose }: URLPresetFormProps
   });
   const urlRef = useRef<HTMLInputElement>(null);
 
+  // Cuesheet read/write permissions live outside react-hook-form
+  const initialPermissions = useRef<CuesheetPermissionValues>({
+    read: urlPreset?.options?.read ?? 'full',
+    write: urlPreset?.options?.write ?? 'full',
+  });
+  const [cuesheetPermissions, setCuesheetPermissions] = useState<CuesheetPermissionValues>(initialPermissions.current);
+
+  // update initial permissions on mount
+  useEffect(() => {
+    initialPermissions.current = {
+      read: urlPreset?.options?.read ?? 'full',
+      write: urlPreset?.options?.write ?? 'full',
+    };
+    setCuesheetPermissions(initialPermissions.current);
+    // oxlint-disable-next-line eslint-plugin-react-hooks/exhaustive-deps -- run on mount
+  }, []);
+
+  const isEditingCuesheet = urlPreset && urlPreset.target === OntimeView.Cuesheet;
+  const isCuesheet = watch('target') === OntimeView.Cuesheet;
+  const permissionsDirty =
+    isCuesheet &&
+    (cuesheetPermissions.read !== initialPermissions.current.read ||
+      cuesheetPermissions.write !== initialPermissions.current.write);
+  const noReadAccess = isCuesheet && cuesheetPermissions.read === '-';
+
   const setupSubmit = async (data: URLPreset) => {
     try {
+      // Preserve / apply cuesheet permissions, which are not part of the form fields
+      const payload: URLPreset =
+        data.target === OntimeView.Cuesheet
+          ? { ...data, target: OntimeView.Cuesheet, options: cuesheetPermissions }
+          : data;
       if (urlPreset) {
-        await updatePreset(urlPreset.alias, data);
+        await updatePreset(urlPreset.alias, payload);
       } else {
-        await addPreset(data);
+        await addPreset(payload);
       }
       onClose();
     } catch (error) {
@@ -74,6 +106,7 @@ export default function URLPresetForm({ urlPreset, onClose }: URLPresetFormProps
     }
   };
 
+  // focus on alias when the form opens
   useEffect(() => {
     setFocus('alias');
   }, [setFocus]);
@@ -126,44 +159,66 @@ export default function URLPresetForm({ urlPreset, onClose }: URLPresetFormProps
         <div className={style.expand}>
           <Panel.Description>Generate options (paste URL to generate options)</Panel.Description>
           <Panel.InlineElements>
-            <Input placeholder='Paste URL' fluid ref={urlRef} />
+            <Input placeholder='Paste URL' fluid ref={urlRef} disabled={isEditingCuesheet} />
-            <Button onClick={generateOptions}>Generate</Button>
+            <Button onClick={generateOptions} disabled={isEditingCuesheet}>
+              Generate
+            </Button>
           </Panel.InlineElements>
         </div>
       </Panel.InlineElements>
       {errors.alias?.message && <Panel.Error>{errors.alias.message}</Panel.Error>}
-      <div>
+      {!isEditingCuesheet && (
-        {enDash} or {enDash}
+        <>
-      </div>
+          <div>
-      <div>2. Choose a view and its parameters</div>
+            {enDash} or {enDash}
-      <div>
+          </div>
-        <Panel.Description>Target</Panel.Description>
+          <div>2. Choose a view and its parameters</div>
-        <Select
+          <div>
-          options={targetOptions}
+            <Panel.Description>Target</Panel.Description>
-          {...register('target', { required: 'Target is required' })}
+            <Select
-          value={watch('target')}
+              options={targetOptions}
-          onValueChange={(value: OntimeViewPresettable | null) => {
+              {...register('target', { required: 'Target is required' })}
-            if (value === null) return;
+              value={watch('target')}
-            setValue('target', value, { shouldDirty: true });
+              onValueChange={(value: OntimeViewPresettable | null) => {
-          }}
+                if (value === null) return;
-        />
+                setValue('target', value, { shouldDirty: true });
-      </div>
+              }}
-      <div>
+            />
-        <Panel.Description>Parameters</Panel.Description>
+          </div>
-        <Textarea
+          <div>
-          fluid
+            <Panel.Description>Parameters</Panel.Description>
-          rows={3}
+            <Textarea
-          {...register('search', {
+              fluid
-            validate: validateParams,
+              rows={3}
-          })}
+              {...register('search', {
-        />
+                validate: validateParams,
-        <Panel.Error>{errors.search?.message}</Panel.Error>
+              })}
-      </div>
+            />
+            <Panel.Error>{errors.search?.message}</Panel.Error>
+          </div>
+        </>
+      )}
+
+      {isCuesheet && (
+        <div>
+          <Panel.Description>Permissions</Panel.Description>
+          <CuesheetLinkOptions
+            initialRead={initialPermissions.current.read}
+            initialWrite={initialPermissions.current.write}
+            onChange={setCuesheetPermissions}
+          />
+        </div>
+      )}
       <div>
         <Panel.Error>{errors.root?.message}</Panel.Error>
         <Panel.InlineElements align='end'>
           <Button onClick={onClose}>Cancel</Button>
-          <Button variant='primary' type='submit' disabled={!isValid || !isDirty} loading={isSubmitting || isMutating}>
+          <Button
+            variant='primary'
+            type='submit'
+            disabled={!isValid || (!isDirty && !permissionsDirty) || noReadAccess}
+            loading={isSubmitting || isMutating}
+          >
             Save
           </Button>
         </Panel.InlineElements>

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

@@ -57,11 +57,11 @@ export default function CustomFieldSettings() {
         <Panel.Divider />
         <Panel.Section>
           <Info>
-            Custom fields allow for additional information to be added to an event.
+            <span>Custom fields allow for additional information to be added to an event.</span>
-            <br />
+            <span>
-            <br />
+              To use custom fields as a data source in an{' '}
-            To use custom fields as a data source in an{' '}
+              <AppLink search='settings=automation__automations'>Automation</AppLink>, please note the generated key.
-            <AppLink search='settings=automation__automations'>Automation</AppLink>, please note the generated key.
+            </span>
             <ExternalLink href={customFieldsDocsUrl}>See the docs</ExternalLink>
           </Info>
         </Panel.Section>

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

@@ -52,8 +52,9 @@ export default function CustomViews() {
 
         <Panel.Section>
           <Info>
-            Upload one <strong>index.html</strong> per view to <strong>/external/&lt;name&gt;/</strong>.
+            <span>
-            <br />
+              Upload one <strong>index.html</strong> per view to <strong>/external/&lt;name&gt;/</strong>.
+            </span>
             External imports are not allowed, include all assets inside the html file.
             <ExternalLink href={customViewsDocs}>See the docs</ExternalLink>
           </Info>

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

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import {
   IoPencilOutline,
   IoTrash,
 } from 'react-icons/io5';
+import { TbGhost3 } from 'react-icons/tb';
 
 import { downloadAsExcel } from '../../../../common/api/excel';
 import { maybeAxiosError } from '../../../../common/api/utils';
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ import { DropdownMenu } from '../../../../common/components/dropdown-menu/Dropdo
 import Tag from '../../../../common/components/tag/Tag';
 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';
@@ -97,6 +99,8 @@ export default function ManageRundowns() {
     await downloadAsExcel(rundownId, title);
   };
 
+  const navigateToCuesheet = useDirectLinkToBackgroundEdit();
+
   return (
     <>
       <Panel.Section>
@@ -153,7 +157,7 @@ export default function ManageRundowns() {
                       </td>
                       <td>
                         <DropdownMenu
-                          render={<IconButton variant='ghosted-white' />}
+                          render={<IconButton variant='ghosted-white' data-testId='rundown_menu' />}
                           items={[
                             {
                               type: 'item',
@@ -180,6 +184,12 @@ export default function ManageRundowns() {
                               label: 'Duplicate',
                               onClick: () => submitRundownDuplicate(id),
                             },
+                            {
+                              type: 'item',
+                              icon: TbGhost3,
+                              label: 'Edit in cuesheet',
+                              onClick: () => navigateToCuesheet(id),
+                            },
                             { type: 'divider' },
                             {
                               type: 'destructive',

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

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ export default function RundownDefaultSettings() {
     defaultDangerTime,
     defaultTimerType,
     defaultEndAction,
+    inheritGroupColour,
     setDefaultDuration,
     setLinkPrevious,
     setTimeStrategy,
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ export default function RundownDefaultSettings() {
     setDangerTime,
     setDefaultTimerType,
     setDefaultEndAction,
+    setInheritGroupColour,
   } = useEditorSettings((state) => state);
 
   const durationInMs = parseUserTime(defaultDuration);
@@ -44,6 +46,13 @@ export default function RundownDefaultSettings() {
               />
               <Switch size='large' checked={linkPrevious} onCheckedChange={setLinkPrevious} />
             </Panel.ListItem>
+            <Panel.ListItem>
+              <Panel.Field
+                title='Inherit group colour'
+                description='Whether new events and milestones inherit the colour of their parent group'
+              />
+              <Switch size='large' checked={inheritGroupColour} onCheckedChange={setInheritGroupColour} />
+            </Panel.ListItem>
             <Panel.ListItem>
               <Panel.Field
                 title='Timer strategy'

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

@@ -15,23 +15,25 @@ import Input from '../../../../../common/components/input/input/Input';
 import Tag from '../../../../../common/components/tag/Tag';
 import { openLink } from '../../../../../common/utils/linkUtils';
 import * as Panel from '../../../panel-utils/PanelUtils';
+import { extractSheetId, getPersistedSheetId, persistSheetId } from './gsheetUtils';
 
 import style from './SourcesPanel.module.scss';
 
 interface GSheetSetupProps {
   onCancel: () => void;
   onSheetLoaded: (sheetId: string, options: SpreadsheetWorksheetOptions) => void;
+  closedByUser: boolean;
 }
 
 export default function GSheetSetup(props: GSheetSetupProps) {
-  const { onCancel, onSheetLoaded } = props;
+  const { onCancel, onSheetLoaded, closedByUser } = props;
 
   const [file, setFile] = useState<File | null>(null);
-  const [sheetId, setSheetId] = useState('');
+  const [sheetId, setSheetId] = useState(getPersistedSheetId);
   const [authenticationStatus, setAuthenticationStatus] = useState<AuthenticationStatus>('not_authenticated');
   const [authKey, setAuthKey] = useState<string | null>(null);
-  const [loading, setLoading] = useState<'' | 'cancel' | 'connect' | 'authenticate' | 'load-sheet'>('');
   const [authLink, setAuthLink] = useState('');
+  const [loading, setLoading] = useState<'' | 'cancel' | 'connect' | 'authenticate' | 'load-sheet'>('');
   const [authError, setAuthError] = useState('');
   const [worksheetError, setWorksheetError] = useState('');
   const pollTimeoutRef = useRef<number | null>(null);
@@ -62,6 +64,7 @@ export default function GSheetSetup(props: GSheetSetupProps) {
   const loadWorksheetOptions = useCallback(
     async (nextSheetId: string) => {
       const worksheetOptions = await getWorksheetOptions(nextSheetId);
+      persistSheetId(nextSheetId);
       onSheetLoaded(nextSheetId, worksheetOptions);
       setWorksheetError('');
     },
@@ -71,6 +74,7 @@ export default function GSheetSetup(props: GSheetSetupProps) {
   const pollUntilAuthenticated = useCallback(
     async (attempts: number = 0) => {
       clearPollTimeout();
+      if (closedByUser) return;
 
       try {
         const result = await verifyAuthenticationStatus();
@@ -82,13 +86,16 @@ export default function GSheetSetup(props: GSheetSetupProps) {
             pollTimeoutRef.current = window.setTimeout(() => {
               pollUntilAuthenticated(attempts + 1);
             }, 2000);
-          } else {
+            return; // Keep authKey for next poll
-            setLoading('');
           }
+          // Polling timed out
+          setAuthKey(null);
+          setLoading('');
           return;
         }
 
-        if (result.authenticated === 'authenticated') {
+        if (result.authenticated === 'authenticated' && result.sheetId) {
+          setLoading('load-sheet');
           try {
             await loadWorksheetOptions(result.sheetId);
           } catch (error) {
@@ -96,13 +103,15 @@ export default function GSheetSetup(props: GSheetSetupProps) {
           }
         }
 
+        setAuthKey(null);
         setLoading('');
       } catch (error) {
         setAuthError(maybeAxiosError(error));
+        setAuthKey(null);
         setLoading('');
       }
     },
-    [clearPollTimeout, loadWorksheetOptions],
+    [clearPollTimeout, loadWorksheetOptions, closedByUser],
   );
 
   /** check if the current session has been authenticated */
@@ -150,7 +159,7 @@ export default function GSheetSetup(props: GSheetSetupProps) {
   };
 
   /**
-   * Requests connection to google auth
+   * Requests a device code from Google. The user can copy it before opening the browser.
    */
   const handleConnect = async () => {
     if (!file) return;
@@ -171,7 +180,7 @@ export default function GSheetSetup(props: GSheetSetupProps) {
   };
 
   /**
-   * Open google auth
+   * Opens the Google verification page and starts polling for completion.
    */
   const handleAuthenticate = () => {
     setLoading('authenticate');
@@ -180,7 +189,6 @@ export default function GSheetSetup(props: GSheetSetupProps) {
     clearPollTimeout();
     clearAuthFallbackTimeout();
 
-    // open link and schedule a check for when the user focuses again
     openLink(authLink);
     authFallbackTimeoutRef.current = window.setTimeout(() => {
       if (document.hasFocus()) {
@@ -269,18 +277,19 @@ export default function GSheetSetup(props: GSheetSetupProps) {
         </Panel.ListGroup>
       )}
       <Panel.ListGroup className={style.setupBlock}>
-        <Panel.Description>Enter ID of sheet to synchronise</Panel.Description>
+        <Panel.Description>Enter ID of sheet to synchronize</Panel.Description>
         <Panel.Error>{worksheetError}</Panel.Error>
         <Input
           fluid
           value={sheetId}
-          placeholder='Sheet ID'
+          placeholder='Sheet ID or Google Sheets URL'
           onChange={(event) => {
             setWorksheetError('');
-            setSheetId(event.target.value);
+            setSheetId(extractSheetId(event.target.value));
           }}
           disabled={isLoading || canAuthenticate}
         />
+        <div className={style.setupHint}>Paste a Google Sheets URL or the sheet ID from the URL bar.</div>
       </Panel.ListGroup>
       {isAuthenticated ? (
         <Panel.ListGroup className={style.setupBlock}>
@@ -304,18 +313,16 @@ export default function GSheetSetup(props: GSheetSetupProps) {
         </Panel.ListGroup>
       ) : (
         <Panel.ListGroup className={style.setupBlock}>
-          <Panel.Description>Authenticate this Ontime session with Google</Panel.Description>
+          <Panel.Description>Copy the device code, then authenticate with Google</Panel.Description>
           <Panel.InlineElements wrap='wrap' className={style.setupActions}>
             {isAuthenticating && <span>Authenticating...</span>}
-            <CopyTag copyValue={authKey ?? ''} disabled={!canAuthenticate}>
+            <CopyTag copyValue={authKey ?? ''}>{authKey}</CopyTag>
-              {authKey ? authKey : 'Upload files to generate Auth Key'}
+            <Button onClick={handleAuthenticate} disabled={isLoading} loading={loading === 'authenticate'}>
-            </CopyTag>
-            <Button onClick={handleAuthenticate} disabled={!canAuthenticate}>
               <IoShieldCheckmarkOutline />
               Authenticate
             </Button>
           </Panel.InlineElements>
-          <div className={style.setupHint}>Open the browser prompt, complete the code flow, then come back here.</div>
+          <div className={style.setupHint}>Copy the code, then open the browser prompt to complete the flow.</div>
         </Panel.ListGroup>
       )}
     </Panel.Section>

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,
@@ -22,7 +25,7 @@ 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 { 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';
@@ -35,14 +38,18 @@ const googleSheetDocsUrl = 'https://docs.getontime.no/features/import-spreadshee
 type ActiveSource =
   | {
       kind: 'excel';
+      fileName: string;
       worksheetNames: string[];
       initialWorksheetMetadata: SpreadsheetWorksheetMetadata | null;
+      closedByUser: boolean;
     }
   | {
       kind: 'gsheet';
       sheetId: string;
       worksheetNames: string[];
       initialWorksheetMetadata: SpreadsheetWorksheetMetadata | null;
+      title: string;
+      closedByUser: boolean;
     };
 
 export default function SourcesPanel() {
@@ -50,9 +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 { importRundown } = useSpreadsheetImport();
+  const { applyImport } = useSpreadsheetImport();
+  const navigate = useNavigate();
 
   const fileInputRef = useRef<HTMLInputElement>(null);
 
@@ -71,8 +80,10 @@ export default function SourcesPanel() {
       const worksheetOptions = await uploadExcel(fileToUpload);
       setActiveSource({
         kind: 'excel',
+        fileName: fileToUpload.name,
         worksheetNames: worksheetOptions.worksheets,
         initialWorksheetMetadata: worksheetOptions.metadata,
+        closedByUser: false,
       });
       setImportFlow('excel');
       setHasFile('done');
@@ -93,6 +104,7 @@ export default function SourcesPanel() {
     setHasFile('none');
     setActiveSource(null);
     setError('');
+    setCompletedRundownTitle('');
   };
 
   const openGSheetFlow = () => {
@@ -106,32 +118,50 @@ export default function SourcesPanel() {
   };
 
   const cancelImportFlow = () => {
-    resetFlow();
+    if (activeSource && activeSource.kind === 'gsheet') {
+      // Return to GSheetSetup so the user can change the sheet ID or revoke auth
+      setActiveSource({ ...activeSource, closedByUser: true });
+      setError('');
+    } else {
+      resetFlow();
+    }
   };
 
-  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(
@@ -177,25 +207,39 @@ export default function SourcesPanel() {
       sheetId,
       worksheetNames: worksheetOptions.worksheets,
       initialWorksheetMetadata: worksheetOptions.metadata,
+      title: worksheetOptions.title ?? '',
+      closedByUser: false,
     });
   }, []);
 
+  const closedByUser = activeSource?.closedByUser ?? false;
   const isGSheetFlow = importFlow === 'gsheet';
   const showInput = importFlow === 'none';
   const showCompleted = importFlow === 'finished';
-  const showAuth = isGSheetFlow && activeSource === null;
+
-  const showImportWorkspace = activeSource !== null;
+  const showImportWorkspace = activeSource !== null && !closedByUser;
-  const importModalTitle = activeSource?.kind === 'excel' ? 'Import spreadsheet' : 'Synchronise with Google Sheet';
+  const importModalTitle = (() => {
+    if (!activeSource) return '';
+    if (activeSource.kind === 'excel') return 'Import spreadsheet';
+    return activeSource.title ? `Sync: ${activeSource.title}` : 'Synchronize with Google Sheet';
+  })();
   const sourceKey = (() => {
     if (!activeSource) return null;
     if (activeSource.kind === 'excel') return 'excel';
     return `gsheet:${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>
       <Panel.Card>
-        <Panel.SubHeader>Synchronise your rundown with an external source</Panel.SubHeader>
+        <Panel.SubHeader>Synchronize your rundown with an external source</Panel.SubHeader>
         {error && <Panel.Error>{error}</Panel.Error>}
         {showInput && (
           <div className={style.introStack}>
@@ -233,7 +277,7 @@ export default function SourcesPanel() {
               </section>
               <section className={style.sourceCard}>
                 <div className={style.sourceHeader}>
-                  <h4 className={style.sourceTitle}>Synchronise with Google</h4>
+                  <h4 className={style.sourceTitle}>Synchronize with Google</h4>
                 </div>
                 <p className={style.sourceDescription}>
                   Connect a Google account once, then load any sheet by ID and keep the import flow inside Ontime.
@@ -241,7 +285,7 @@ export default function SourcesPanel() {
                 <div className={style.sourceMeta}>Requires Google OAuth client credentials</div>
                 <Button variant='primary' size='large' fluid onClick={openGSheetFlow} disabled={hasFile !== 'none'}>
                   <IoCloudOutline />
-                  Synchronise with Google
+                  Synchronize with Google
                 </Button>
               </section>
             </div>
@@ -250,14 +294,25 @@ 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>
         )}
-        {showAuth && <GSheetSetup onCancel={cancelGSheetFlow} onSheetLoaded={handleSheetLoaded} />}
+        {isGSheetFlow && (
+          <GSheetSetup onCancel={cancelGSheetFlow} onSheetLoaded={handleSheetLoaded} closedByUser={closedByUser} />
+        )}
         <Modal
           isOpen={showImportWorkspace}
           title={importModalTitle}
@@ -268,6 +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/__tests__/gsheetUtils.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+
+import { extractSheetId } from '../gsheetUtils';
+
+describe('extractSheetId()', () => {
+  it('extracts the ID from a full Google Sheets URL', () => {
+    const url = 'https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1aBcDeFgHiJkLmNoPqRsTuVwXyZ/edit#gid=0';
+    expect(extractSheetId(url)).toBe('1aBcDeFgHiJkLmNoPqRsTuVwXyZ');
+  });
+
+  it('extracts the ID when the URL has no trailing path', () => {
+    expect(extractSheetId('https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/abc123')).toBe('abc123');
+  });
+
+  it('handles IDs with hyphens and underscores', () => {
+    const url = 'https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1a-B_c2/edit';
+    expect(extractSheetId(url)).toBe('1a-B_c2');
+  });
+
+  it('returns a raw sheet ID unchanged', () => {
+    expect(extractSheetId('1aBcDeFgHiJkLmNoPqRsTuVwXyZ')).toBe('1aBcDeFgHiJkLmNoPqRsTuVwXyZ');
+  });
+
+  it('trims whitespace from the input', () => {
+    expect(extractSheetId('  1aBcDeFg  ')).toBe('1aBcDeFg');
+  });
+
+  it('trims whitespace from a pasted URL', () => {
+    const url = '  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1aBcDeFg/edit  ';
+    expect(extractSheetId(url)).toBe('1aBcDeFg');
+  });
+
+  it('strips query params from a raw ID', () => {
+    expect(extractSheetId('1aBcDeFgHiJkLmNoPqRsTuVwXyZ?edit=1')).toBe('1aBcDeFgHiJkLmNoPqRsTuVwXyZ');
+  });
+
+  it('strips fragment from a raw ID', () => {
+    expect(extractSheetId('1aBcDeFg#gid=0')).toBe('1aBcDeFg');
+  });
+
+  it('returns empty string for empty input', () => {
+    expect(extractSheetId('')).toBe('');
+    expect(extractSheetId('   ')).toBe('');
+  });
+});

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

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+import { makeStageKey } from '../../../../../common/utils/localStorage';
+
+// Matches the document ID segment from a Google Sheets URL:
+// https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/{ID}/edit#gid=0
+//                                         ^^^^ captured group
+// IDs consist of alphanumeric chars, hyphens, and underscores.
+const sheetIdPattern = /\/spreadsheets\/d\/([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)/;
+const lastSheetIdKey = makeStageKey('gsheet:lastSheetId');
+
+/**
+ * Extracts a Google Sheet ID from a full URL, or returns the raw input if it doesn't match.
+ */
+export function extractSheetId(input: string): string {
+  const trimmed = input.trim();
+  const match = trimmed.match(sheetIdPattern);
+  if (match) return match[1];
+
+  // Strip query params (?...) and fragments (#...) in case the user
+  // pasted a partial URL or an ID with trailing junk like "abc123?edit=1"
+  return trimmed.split(/[?#]/)[0];
+}
+
+export function getPersistedSheetId(): string {
+  return localStorage.getItem(lastSheetIdKey) ?? '';
+}
+
+export function persistSheetId(sheetId: string) {
+  localStorage.setItem(lastSheetIdKey, sheetId);
+}

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/MappingFieldRow.tsx

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ export function getWarningText(warning: MappingWarning): string {
     case 'invalid-name':
       return 'Column cannot be converted into an Ontime field name';
     case 'name-collision':
-      return 'Column name resolves to a duplicate column';
+      return 'Column name resolves to a duplicate Ontime field';
     default:
       return '';
   }

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/SheetImportMappingPane.tsx

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ export default function SheetImportMappingPane({
   return (
     <section className={style.mappingPane}>
       <Panel.InlineElements align='apart' className={style.mappingPaneHeader}>
-        <span className={style.mappingPaneTitle}>Fields</span>
+        <span className={style.mappingPaneTitle}>Column mapping</span>
         <Panel.InlineElements relation='inner' className={style.mappingPaneActions}>
           <Button className={style.addColumnTrigger} onClick={handleAddCustomField} disabled={isBusy}>
             <IoAdd />

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', () => {
@@ -58,7 +64,7 @@ describe('getImportWarnings()', () => {
     expect(warnings['custom.0.importName']).toStrictEqual({ kind: 'invalid-name' });
   });
 
-  it('warns when a custom header resolves to an existing Ontime field name', () => {
+  it('warns when a custom header resolves to a built-in or duplicate imported field name', () => {
     const values = createDefaultFormValues();
     values.custom = [
       { ontimeName: '', importName: 'Artist-1' },
@@ -67,12 +73,20 @@ describe('getImportWarnings()', () => {
       { ontimeName: '', importName: 'Presenter-1' },
     ];
 
-    const warnings = getImportWarnings(values, ['Artist-1', 'Artist/1', 'Title!', 'Presenter-1'], ['Presenter 1']);
+    const warnings = getImportWarnings(values, ['Artist-1', 'Artist/1', 'Title!', 'Presenter-1']);
 
     expect(warnings['custom.0.importName']).toBeUndefined();
     expect(warnings['custom.1.importName']).toStrictEqual({ kind: 'name-collision' });
     expect(warnings['custom.2.importName']).toStrictEqual({ kind: 'name-collision' });
-    expect(warnings['custom.3.importName']).toStrictEqual({ kind: 'name-collision' });
+    expect(warnings['custom.3.importName']).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+
+  it('does not give false warnings for pre-existing custom fields', () => {
+    const values = createDefaultFormValues();
+    values.custom = [{ ontimeName: '', importName: 'Video Info' }];
+
+    const warnings = getImportWarnings(values, ['Video Info']);
+    expect(warnings['custom.0.importName']).toBeUndefined();
   });
 });
 
@@ -120,3 +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 }) => {
@@ -127,40 +156,64 @@ function isPersistedFormValues(obj: unknown): obj is ImportFormValues {
   );
 }
 
-export function getPersistedImportState(sourceKey: string): 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 createDefaultFormValues();
+      return { values: createDefaultFormValues(), isPersisted: false };
     }
 
-    const parsed: unknown = JSON.parse(raw);
+    const parsed: unknown = JSON.parse(persistedData);
     if (isPersistedFormValues(parsed)) {
-      return parsed;
+      return { values: parsed, isPersisted: true };
     }
 
     // Invalid schema - delete malformed data
     localStorage.removeItem(storageKey);
-    return createDefaultFormValues();
+    return { values: createDefaultFormValues(), isPersisted: false };
   } catch {
     // Parse error - delete corrupted data
     localStorage.removeItem(storageKey);
-    return createDefaultFormValues();
+    return { values: createDefaultFormValues(), isPersisted: false };
   }
 }
 
+/**
+ * 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.
  */
 export function getImportWarnings(
   values: ImportFormValues,
   detectedSpreadsheetColumns: string[],
-  existingCustomFieldLabels: string[] = [],
 ): Record<string, MappingWarning | undefined> {
   const normalisedHeaders = new Set(detectedSpreadsheetColumns.map(normaliseColumnName).filter(Boolean));
   const builtInLabels = new Set(builtInFieldDefs.map((def) => def.label.toLowerCase()));
-  const existingLabels = new Set(existingCustomFieldLabels.map((label) => label.trim().toLowerCase()).filter(Boolean));
   const seenColumns = new Set<string>();
   const seenDerivedLabels = new Set<string>();
   const warnings: Record<string, MappingWarning | undefined> = {};
@@ -200,11 +253,7 @@ export function getImportWarnings(
       warnings[key] = { kind: 'missing' };
     } else {
       const normalisedDerivedLabel = sanitisedLabel.toLowerCase();
-      if (
+      if (builtInLabels.has(normalisedDerivedLabel) || seenDerivedLabels.has(normalisedDerivedLabel)) {
-        builtInLabels.has(normalisedDerivedLabel) ||
-        existingLabels.has(normalisedDerivedLabel) ||
-        seenDerivedLabels.has(normalisedDerivedLabel)
-      ) {
         warnings[key] = { kind: 'name-collision' };
       }
     }

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

@@ -1,19 +1,27 @@
 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';
-import useCustomFields from '../../../../../../common/hooks-query/useCustomFields';
 import { formatDuration } from '../../../../../../common/utils/time';
 import {
   type ImportFormValues,
   builtInFieldDefs,
   convertToImportMap,
   getImportWarnings,
+  getPersistedImportMode,
   getPersistedImportState,
+  getProvidedImportFields,
   getResolvedCustomFields,
+  persistImportMode,
   persistImportState,
 } from './importMapUtils';
 import { deriveHeaderOptionsState } from './spreadsheetImportUtils';
@@ -25,7 +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' };
 
@@ -33,12 +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 {
@@ -50,15 +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 };
     }
@@ -101,16 +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,
@@ -118,10 +135,15 @@ export function useSheetImportForm({
   onApply,
   onExport,
 }: UseSheetImportFormProps) {
-  const initialFormValues = useMemo(() => {
+  const { initialFormValues, skipAutoPreview } = useMemo(() => {
-    const persisted = getPersistedImportState(sourceKey);
+    const { values, isPersisted } = getPersistedImportState(sourceKey);
-    const worksheet = getPreferredWorksheet(worksheetNames, persisted.worksheet, initialMetadata?.worksheet ?? '');
+    const worksheet = getPreferredWorksheet(worksheetNames, values.worksheet, initialMetadata?.worksheet ?? '');
-    return { ...persisted, worksheet };
+    // Skip auto-preview when restoring a persisted mapping that was saved for a different worksheet.
+    const hasWorksheetChanged = values.worksheet !== worksheet;
+    return {
+      initialFormValues: { ...values, worksheet },
+      skipAutoPreview: isPersisted && hasWorksheetChanged,
+    };
   }, [initialMetadata?.worksheet, sourceKey, worksheetNames]);
 
   const {
@@ -139,7 +161,6 @@ export function useSheetImportForm({
 
   const { fields, append, remove } = useFieldArray({ control, name: 'custom' });
   const values = watch();
-  const { data: existingCustomFields } = useCustomFields();
 
   // --- Worksheet metadata via react-query ---
   const queryClient = useQueryClient();
@@ -167,20 +188,26 @@ export function useSheetImportForm({
   const columnLabels = buildColumnLabels(values);
 
   const [state, dispatch] = useReducer(importReducer, initialImportState);
-  const existingCustomFieldLabels = useMemo(
+  const [importMode, setImportMode] = useState<RundownImportMode>(() => getPersistedImportMode(sourceKey));
-    () => Object.values(existingCustomFields).map((field) => field.label),
+  const [newRundownTitle, setNewRundownTitle] = useState(defaultRundownName);
-    [existingCustomFields],
+  const warnings = getImportWarnings(values, headers);
-  );
-  const warnings = getImportWarnings(values, headers, existingCustomFieldLabels);
   const warningCount = Object.values(warnings).filter(Boolean).length;
   const previewRef = useRef<SpreadsheetPreviewResponse | null>(null);
+  const autoPreviewFiredRef = useRef(false);
 
   // Rehydrate the form from persisted/default state whenever the source context changes.
   useEffect(() => {
+    autoPreviewFiredRef.current = false;
     reset(initialFormValues);
     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;
@@ -197,7 +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]);
@@ -225,18 +252,30 @@ export function useSheetImportForm({
     [previewImport],
   );
 
+  // Auto-preview on mount once metadata is ready.
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (autoPreviewFiredRef.current) return;
+    if (skipAutoPreview) return;
+    if (!isValid || headers.length === 0) return;
+
+    autoPreviewFiredRef.current = true;
+    handleSubmit(handlePreview)();
+  }, [skipAutoPreview, isValid, headers, handleSubmit, handlePreview]);
+
   const handleApply = useCallback(async () => {
     if (!state.preview) return;
 
     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) => {
@@ -261,15 +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 {
@@ -289,6 +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/settings-panel/McpSection.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+import { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
+
+import { generateUrl } from '../../../../common/api/session';
+import CopyTag from '../../../../common/components/copy-tag/CopyTag';
+import { serverURL } from '../../../../externals';
+import * as Panel from '../../panel-utils/PanelUtils';
+
+export default function McpSection() {
+  const [mcpEndpointUrl, setMcpEndpointUrl] = useState('');
+
+  // generate url
+  useEffect(() => {
+    // the page origin is reachable wherever the user is browsing from,
+    // and follows the deployment (cloud, reverse proxy, port mappings)
+    // we are reusing the endpoint, so locking config and nav have no effect
+    generateUrl({ baseUrl: serverURL, path: 'mcp', authenticate: true, lockConfig: false, lockNav: false })
+      .then(setMcpEndpointUrl)
+      .catch(() => {
+        setMcpEndpointUrl('');
+      });
+  }, []);
+
+  const mcpClientConfig = mcpEndpointUrl
+    ? JSON.stringify({ mcpServers: { ontime: { url: mcpEndpointUrl } } }, null, 2)
+    : '';
+
+  return (
+    <Panel.Section>
+      <Panel.Card>
+        <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.ListGroup>
+          <Panel.ListItem>
+            <Panel.Field title='Endpoint URL' description='Add this URL to your MCP client settings' />
+            {mcpEndpointUrl && <CopyTag copyValue={mcpEndpointUrl}>{mcpEndpointUrl}</CopyTag>}
+          </Panel.ListItem>
+          <Panel.ListItem>
+            <Panel.Field
+              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/app-settings/panel/settings-panel/SettingsPanel.tsx

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import type { PanelBaseProps } from '../../panel-list/PanelList';
 import * as Panel from '../../panel-utils/PanelUtils';
 import CustomViews from '../manage-panel/CustomViews';
 import GeneralSettings from './GeneralSettings';
+import McpSection from './McpSection';
 import ProjectData from './ProjectData';
 import ServerPortSettings from './ServerPortSettings';
 import ViewSettings from './ViewSettings';
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@ export default function SettingsPanel({ location }: PanelBaseProps) {
   const generalRef = useScrollIntoView<HTMLDivElement>('general', location);
   const viewRef = useScrollIntoView<HTMLDivElement>('view', location);
   const customViewsRef = useScrollIntoView<HTMLDivElement>('custom-views', location);
+  const mcpRef = useScrollIntoView<HTMLDivElement>('mcp', location);
   const portRef = useScrollIntoView<HTMLDivElement>('port', location);
 
   return (
@@ -30,6 +32,9 @@ export default function SettingsPanel({ location }: PanelBaseProps) {
       <div ref={customViewsRef}>
         <CustomViews />
       </div>
+      <div ref={mcpRef}>
+        <McpSection />
+      </div>
       {!isDocker && (
         <div ref={portRef}>
           <ServerPortSettings />

apps/client/src/features/app-settings/panel/settings-panel/composite/CustomTranslationModal.module.scss

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+.footer {
+  width: 100%;
+}

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

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { TranslationObject, langEn } from 'ontime-types';
-import { useMemo } from 'react';
+import { useEffect, useMemo } from 'react';
 import { useForm } from 'react-hook-form';
 
 import { maybeAxiosError } from '../../../../../common/api/utils';
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ import Modal from '../../../../../common/components/modal/Modal';
 import { useTranslation } from '../../../../../translation/TranslationProvider';
 import * as Panel from '../../../panel-utils/PanelUtils';
 
+import style from './CustomTranslationModal.module.scss';
+
 interface CustomTranslationModalProps {
   isOpen: boolean;
   onClose: () => void;
@@ -17,14 +19,7 @@ interface CustomTranslationModalProps {
 
 export default function CustomTranslationModal({ isOpen, onClose }: CustomTranslationModalProps) {
   const { userTranslation, postUserTranslation } = useTranslation();
-
+  const customTranslationFormValues = useMemo(() => toFormValues(userTranslation), [userTranslation]);
-  const defaultValues = useMemo(() => {
-    const values: Record<string, string> = {};
-    Object.keys(langEn).forEach((key) => {
-      values[toFormKey(key)] = userTranslation[key as keyof TranslationObject] || '';
-    });
-    return values;
-  }, [userTranslation]);
 
   const {
     handleSubmit,
@@ -33,13 +28,17 @@ export default function CustomTranslationModal({ isOpen, onClose }: CustomTransl
     formState: { isSubmitting, isDirty, errors, isValid },
     setError,
   } = useForm({
-    defaultValues,
+    defaultValues: customTranslationFormValues,
-    resetOptions: {
-      keepDirtyValues: true,
-    },
     mode: 'onChange',
   });
 
+  // keep data up to date
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (isOpen) {
+      reset(customTranslationFormValues);
+    }
+  }, [customTranslationFormValues, isOpen, reset]);
+
   const onSubmit = async (formData: Record<string, string>) => {
     try {
       const translationData: Record<string, string> = {};
@@ -54,6 +53,10 @@ export default function CustomTranslationModal({ isOpen, onClose }: CustomTransl
     }
   };
 
+  const resetToEnglish = () => {
+    reset(toFormValues(langEn), { keepDefaultValues: true });
+  };
+
   return (
     <Modal
       title='Edit custom translations'
@@ -84,9 +87,12 @@ export default function CustomTranslationModal({ isOpen, onClose }: CustomTransl
         </Panel.Section>
       }
       footerElements={
-        <div>
+        <div className={style.footer}>
           {errors?.root && <Panel.Error>{errors.root.message}</Panel.Error>}
           <Panel.InlineElements align='apart'>
+            <Button variant='ghosted' size='large' onClick={resetToEnglish} disabled={isSubmitting}>
+              Reset to English
+            </Button>
             <Panel.InlineElements>
               <Button size='large' onClick={onClose}>
                 Cancel
@@ -109,6 +115,14 @@ export default function CustomTranslationModal({ isOpen, onClose }: CustomTransl
   );
 }
 
+function toFormValues(translation: Partial<TranslationObject>) {
+  const values: Record<string, string> = {};
+  Object.keys(langEn).forEach((key) => {
+    values[toFormKey(key)] = translation[key as keyof TranslationObject] || '';
+  });
+  return values;
+}
+
 function toFormKey(key: string) {
   return key.replace('.', '_');
 }

apps/client/src/features/app-settings/panel/settings-panel/composite/StyleEditorModal.module.scss

@@ -20,4 +20,5 @@
   border: 1px solid $gray-1100;
   border-radius: 3px;
   overflow: hidden;
+  height: 100%;
 }

apps/client/src/features/app-settings/useAppSettingsMenu.tsx

@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ export type SettingsOption = {
   id: string;
   label: string;
   secondary?: Readonly<SettingsOption[]>;
-  split?: boolean;
   highlight?: string;
 };
 
@@ -20,13 +19,13 @@ const staticOptions = [
       { id: 'settings__general', label: 'General settings' },
       { id: 'settings__view', label: 'View settings' },
       { id: 'settings__custom-views', label: 'Custom views' },
-      { id: 'settings__port', label: 'Server port' },
+      { id: 'settings__mcp', label: 'MCP Server' },
+      ...(isDocker ? [] : [{ id: 'settings__port', label: 'Server port' }]),
     ],
   },
   {
     id: 'project',
     label: 'Project',
-    split: true,
     secondary: [
       { id: 'project__create', label: 'Create...' },
       { id: 'project__list', label: 'Manage projects' },
@@ -46,7 +45,6 @@ const staticOptions = [
   {
     id: 'automation',
     label: 'Automation',
-    split: true,
     secondary: [
       { id: 'automation__settings', label: 'Automation settings' },
       { id: 'automation__automations', label: 'Manage automations' },
@@ -56,7 +54,6 @@ const staticOptions = [
   {
     id: 'sharing',
     label: 'Sharing and reporting',
-    split: true,
     secondary: [
       { id: 'sharing__presets', label: 'URL Presets' },
       {
@@ -69,7 +66,6 @@ const staticOptions = [
   {
     id: 'network',
     label: 'Network',
-    split: true,
     secondary: [
       {
         id: 'network__log',
@@ -84,12 +80,10 @@ const staticOptions = [
   {
     id: 'about',
     label: 'About',
-    split: true,
   },
   {
     id: 'shutdown',
     label: 'Shutdown',
-    split: true,
   },
 ] as const;
 
@@ -103,18 +97,12 @@ export function useAppSettingsMenu() {
 
   const options: Readonly<SettingsOption[]> = useMemo(
     () =>
-      staticOptions.map((option) => ({
+      staticOptions.map((option) =>
-        ...option,
-        // if we are in docker don't show the port option
-        secondary:
-          'secondary' in option
-            ? isDocker && option.id === 'settings'
-              ? [...option.secondary.filter(({ id }) => id !== 'settings__port')]
-              : [...option.secondary]
-            : undefined,
         // if there is an update then highlight the about setting
-        highlight: option.id === 'about' && data.hasUpdates ? 'New version available' : undefined,
+        option.id === 'about' && data.hasUpdates
-      })),
+          ? Object.assign({}, option, { highlight: 'New version available' })
+          : option,
+      ),
     [data],
   );
 

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;