refactor(settings): unify empty states, move entity forms to modals, add sidebar search

The settings UI had accumulated three inconsistencies. This addresses all three without renaming any group or breaking `?settings=` deep links. Empty states - Add `Panel.EmptyState` / `Panel.TableEmpty` (title + description + action), promoting the treatment previously local to the spreadsheet PreviewTable. - Add missing empty states to Custom fields, Projects, Rundowns and both Client tables, which previously rendered bare column headers. - Convert the remaining `TableEmpty` call sites off the generic "No data yet". - Rename `.empty` to `.loaderBox` in ProjectPanel, where it meant a loader box rather than an empty state. Entity forms in modals - Add `useEntityModal`, replacing six different open/close mechanisms. - Move the multi-field create/edit forms into `Modal`: automations (wide), triggers, URL presets, custom fields, custom views, new rundown and project merge. Single-field row renames stay inline. - Create and edit now share one surface instead of rendering above the table and in-place respectively, and the list is no longer interactive underneath. - Remove the duplicate project create form; the "New" button now routes to the existing QuickStart modal. Sidebar - Add a search box with per-section keywords, so sections are reachable by the term users have in mind (osc, alias, google sheet, pin...). - Fix duplicated `manage__sheets` id, which highlighted two entries at once. Also - Close button no longer floats over content; drop the 300px padding hack. - Tables scroll with the panel instead of owning a nested scroll area. - Derive divider/table/list padding from a card padding custom property. - Fix an unreachable branch that stopped duplicate custom field labels from being rejected. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01UP4knuna8kLe79NAuNDhUJ
refactor(modal): allow wider modals
2026-07-26 10:38:55 +00:00 · 2026-07-26 06:25:20 +00:00 · 2026-07-25 14:28:45 +02:00 · 2026-07-25 14:28:45 +02:00 · 2026-07-25 11:22:24 +02:00 · 2026-07-22 07:17:39 +02:00
220 changed files with 9693 additions and 2346 deletions
@@ -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
@@ -54,3 +54,6 @@ ontime-data/

 # temporary write files
 **.tmp
+
+# Claude Code metadata
+.claude/
@@ -1 +1 @@
-v22.22.2
+v22.22.3
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
  "name": "@getontime/cli",
-  "version": "4.9.0",
+  "version": "4.11.0",
  "author": "Carlos Valente",
  "description": "Time keeping for live events",
  "repository": "https://github.com/cpvalente/ontime",
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 {
  "name": "ontime-ui",
-  "version": "4.9.0",
+  "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",
@@ -12,27 +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-devtools": "^5.85.9",
+    "@tanstack/react-query": "^5.101.0",
+    "@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-colorful": "^5.6.1",
-    "react-dom": "^19.2.3",
+    "react": "^19.2.7",
+    "react-colorful": "^5.7.0",
+    "react-dom": "^19.2.7",
    "react-fast-compare": "^3.2.2",
-    "react-hook-form": "^7.72.0",
-    "react-icons": "5.5.0",
-    "react-router": "^7.11.0",
-    "react-virtuoso": "^4.17.0",
-    "zustand": "^5.0.9"
+    "react-hook-form": "^7.80.0",
+    "react-icons": "5.6.0",
+    "react-router": "^8.0.1",
+    "react-virtuoso": "^4.18.7",
+    "zustand": "^5.0.14"
  },
  "scripts": {
    "addversion": "node -p \"'export const ONTIME_VERSION = ' + JSON.stringify(require('../../package.json').version) + ';'\" > src/ONTIME_VERSION.js",
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import {
  ProjectRundownsList,
  RenumberCues,
  Rundown,
+  RundownImportPayload,
  TransientEventPayload,
 } from 'ontime-types';

@@ -82,6 +83,15 @@ export async function deleteRundown(rundownId: RundownId): Promise<AxiosResponse
  return axios.delete(`${rundownPath}/${rundownId}`);
 }

+/**
+ * HTTP request to apply an imported rundown using a merge strategy or into a new rundown
+ */
+export async function importRundownWithOptions(
+  payload: RundownImportPayload,
+): Promise<AxiosResponse<ProjectRundownsList>> {
+  return axios.post(`${rundownPath}/import`, payload);
+}
+
 // #endregion operations on project rundowns ======================
 // #region operations on rundown entries ==========================

@@ -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;
+}
@@ -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>;
+}
@@ -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;
@@ -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;
@@ -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;
@@ -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>
+      ))}
+    </>
+  );
+}
@@ -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} />}
    </>
@@ -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;
+  }
+}
@@ -1,9 +1,17 @@
-import { PropsWithChildren } from 'react';
-import { IoArrowUp } from 'react-icons/io5';
-import { useNavigate } from 'react-router';
+import { MouseEvent, PropsWithChildren } from 'react';
+import { IoArrowUp, IoCloseOutline } from 'react-icons/io5';
+import { useLocation, useNavigate, useSearchParams } from 'react-router';

 import { useElectronEvent } from '../../../hooks/useElectronEvent';
+import {
+  hasCustomParams,
+  reservedParams,
+  stripReservedParams,
+  useSavedViewParams,
+} from '../../../stores/savedViewParams';
 import { handleLinks } from '../../../utils/linkUtils';
+import IconButton from '../../buttons/IconButton';
+import Tooltip from '../../tooltip/Tooltip';
 import NavigationMenuItem from '../navigation-menu-item/NavigationMenuItem';

 import style from './ClientLink.module.scss';
@@ -16,32 +24,104 @@ interface ClientLinkProps {

 export default function ClientLink({ current, to, postAction, children }: PropsWithChildren<ClientLinkProps>) {
  const { isElectron } = useElectronEvent();
-  const navigate = useNavigate();

  if (isElectron) {
    return (
-      <NavigationMenuItem
-        active={current}
-        onClick={() => {
-          handleLinks(to);
-          postAction?.();
-        }}
-      >
+      <ElectronNavigationItem current={current} to={to} postAction={postAction}>
        {children}
-        <IoArrowUp className={style.linkIcon} />
-      </NavigationMenuItem>
+      </ElectronNavigationItem>
    );
  }

  return (
-    <NavigationMenuItem
-      active={current}
-      onClick={() => {
-        navigate(`/${to}`);
-        postAction?.();
-      }}
-    >
+    <BrowserNavigationItem current={current} to={to} postAction={postAction}>
      {children}
+    </BrowserNavigationItem>
+  );
+}
+
+function ElectronNavigationItem({ current, to, postAction, children }: PropsWithChildren<ClientLinkProps>) {
+  const navigateToLink = () => {
+    handleLinks(to);
+    postAction?.();
+  };
+
+  return (
+    <NavigationMenuItem active={current} onClick={navigateToLink}>
+      {children}
+      <span className={style.trailing}>
+        <IoArrowUp className={style.linkIcon} />
+      </span>
+    </NavigationMenuItem>
+  );
+}
+
+function BrowserNavigationItem({ current, to, postAction, children }: PropsWithChildren<ClientLinkProps>) {
+  const navigate = useNavigate();
+  const location = useLocation();
+  const [searchParams, setSearchParams] = useSearchParams();
+  const { params: savedParams, save, clear } = useSavedViewParams();
+
+  /**
+   * Save the params of the view we are leaving and resolve the destination,
+   * restoring any params previously saved for the target view.
+   */
+  const resolveDestination = () => {
+    const currentView = location.pathname.replace(/^\//, '');
+    save(currentView, stripReservedParams(location.search));
+    const restored = savedParams[to];
+    return `${to}${restored ? `?${restored}` : ''}`;
+  };
+
+  const isCustomised = current ? hasCustomParams(searchParams) : Boolean(savedParams[to]);
+
+  const navigateToLink = () => {
+    const destination = resolveDestination();
+    navigate(`/${destination}`);
+    postAction?.();
+  };
+
+  /**
+   * Clear the saved settings for this route without navigating to it.
+   * When it is the current view, also reset the live URL to its defaults.
+   */
+  const clearViewSettings = (event: MouseEvent) => {
+    event.stopPropagation();
+    clear(to);
+
+    // if mounted, clear the URL params
+    if (current) {
+      const preserved = new URLSearchParams();
+      reservedParams.forEach((key) => {
+        const value = searchParams.get(key);
+        if (value !== null) preserved.set(key, value);
+      });
+      setSearchParams(preserved);
+    }
+  };
+
+  return (
+    <NavigationMenuItem active={current} onClick={navigateToLink}>
+      {children}
+      {isCustomised && (
+        <span className={style.trailing}>
+          <span className={style.indicator} aria-hidden data-testid='client-link__saved-indicator' />
+          <Tooltip
+            text='Reset to default'
+            render={
+              <IconButton
+                variant='ghosted-white'
+                size='small'
+                className={style.clear}
+                aria-label='Reset to default'
+                onClick={clearViewSettings}
+              />
+            }
+          >
+            <IoCloseOutline />
+          </Tooltip>
+        </span>
+      )}
    </NavigationMenuItem>
  );
 }
@@ -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;
+}
@@ -9,9 +9,10 @@ import style from './FloatingNavigation.module.scss';
 interface FloatingNavigationProps {
  toggleMenu?: () => void;
  toggleSettings?: () => void;
+  hasSavedChanges?: boolean;
 }

-export default function FloatingNavigation({ toggleMenu, toggleSettings }: FloatingNavigationProps) {
+export default function FloatingNavigation({ toggleMenu, toggleSettings, hasSavedChanges }: FloatingNavigationProps) {
  const isButtonShown = useFadeOutOnInactivity(true);

  return (
@@ -20,15 +21,18 @@ export default function FloatingNavigation({ toggleMenu, toggleSettings }: Float
      className={cx([style.fadeable, style.buttonContainer, !isButtonShown && style.hidden])}
    >
      {toggleMenu && (
-        <IconButton
-          variant='subtle-white'
-          size='xlarge'
-          onClick={toggleMenu}
-          aria-label='toggle menu'
-          data-testid='navigation__toggle-menu'
-        >
-          <IoApps />
-        </IconButton>
+        <div className={style.buttonWithIndicator}>
+          <IconButton
+            variant='subtle-white'
+            size='xlarge'
+            onClick={toggleMenu}
+            aria-label='toggle menu'
+            data-testid='navigation__toggle-menu'
+          >
+            <IoApps />
+          </IconButton>
+          {hasSavedChanges && <span className={style.indicator} data-testid='navigation__saved-indicator' />}
+        </div>
      )}
      {toggleSettings && (
        <IconButton
@@ -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;
 }
@@ -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}`}>
@@ -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);
  }
 }
@@ -8,9 +8,12 @@
    padding-top: 10vh;
  }

-  .empty {
-    width: 100%;
-    opacity: 0.8;
+  .inline {
+    display: flex;
+    align-items: center;
+    justify-content: center;
+    gap: 1rem;
+    margin-top: 1em;
  }

  .text {
@@ -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} />
-          {text && <span className={style.text}>{text}</span>}
+          <Empty injectedStyles={{ marginTop: '5vh' }} />
+          <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>
@@ -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());
  };

@@ -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);
+}
@@ -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,
@@ -59,9 +59,15 @@ export type EventOptions = Partial<{
  before: MaybeString;
  // options of entries of type OntimeEvent
  linkPrevious: boolean;
+  /** the timing reference for the new entry, usually the same as after */
  lastEventId: MaybeString;
 }>;

+type ClientInsertOptions = {
+  after?: EntryId;
+  before?: EntryId;
+};
+
 /**
 * Gather utilities for actions on entries in the loaded rundown.
 */
@@ -82,6 +88,7 @@ function useEntryActionsForRundown(scopedRundownId: string | undefined) {
    defaultDangerTime,
    defaultTimerType,
    defaultEndAction,
+    inheritGroupColour,
  } = useEditorSettings();

  const resolveCurrentRundownQueryKey = useCallback(() => {
@@ -118,7 +125,7 @@ function useEntryActionsForRundown(scopedRundownId: string | undefined) {
   * @private
   */
  const { mutateAsync: addEntryMutation } = useMutation({
-    mutationFn: ([rundownId, entry]: [string, PatchWithId & InsertOptions]) => postAddEntry(rundownId, entry),
+    mutationFn: ([rundownId, entry]: [string, PatchWithId & ClientInsertOptions]) => postAddEntry(rundownId, entry),
    onMutate: async ([_rundownId, entry]) => {
      const queryKey = resolveCurrentRundownQueryKey();
      await queryClient.cancelQueries({ queryKey });
@@ -147,8 +154,9 @@ function useEntryActionsForRundown(scopedRundownId: string | undefined) {
        addToRundown(
          newRundown,
          optimisticEntry,
-          afterId,
          parent ? (newRundown.entries[parent.id] as OntimeGroup) : null,
+          afterId,
+          entry.before ?? null,
        );

        queryClient.setQueryData<Rundown>(queryKey, newRundown);
@@ -191,7 +199,7 @@ function useEntryActionsForRundown(scopedRundownId: string | undefined) {
        throw new Error('Rundown not initialised');
      }

-      const newEntry: PatchWithId & InsertOptions = { ...entry, id: generateId() };
+      const newEntry: PatchWithId & ClientInsertOptions = { ...entry, id: generateId() };

      // handle adding options that concern all event types
      if (options?.after) {
@@ -203,8 +211,8 @@ function useEntryActionsForRundown(scopedRundownId: string | undefined) {

      // ************* CHECK OPTIONS specific to events
      if (isOntimeEvent(newEntry)) {
+        // last event id is the timing reference of the previous OntimeEvent in rundown
        if (options?.lastEventId) {
-          // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-non-null-assertion -- we know this is a value
          const previousEvent = rundownData.entries[options?.lastEventId];
          if (isOntimeEvent(previousEvent)) {
            newEntry.timeStart = previousEvent.timeEnd;
@@ -239,6 +247,14 @@ function useEntryActionsForRundown(scopedRundownId: string | undefined) {
        }
      }

+      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) {
@@ -254,6 +270,7 @@ function useEntryActionsForRundown(scopedRundownId: string | undefined) {
      defaultTimerType,
      defaultEndAction,
      defaultTimeStrategy,
+      inheritGroupColour,
      addEntryMutation,
    ],
  );
@@ -273,7 +290,7 @@ function useEntryActionsForRundown(scopedRundownId: string | undefined) {
   * Clone an entry
   */
  const clone = useCallback(
-    async (entryId: EntryId, options?: InsertOptions) => {
+    async (entryId: EntryId, options?: ClientInsertOptions) => {
      try {
        const rundownId = getCurrentRundownData()?.id;
        if (!rundownId) {
@@ -1046,7 +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;
@@ -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,
 }));
@@ -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);
+  });
+});
@@ -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 };
+      }),
  };
 });
@@ -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;
+}
@@ -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');
+  });
+});
@@ -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('');
+  });
+});
@@ -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 +57,16 @@ 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();
@@ -86,6 +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', () => {
@@ -95,6 +120,7 @@ describe('getRouteFromPreset()', () => {
        alias: 'cuesheet-4685d6',
        target: OntimeView.Cuesheet,
        search: '',
+        displayInNav: false,
        options: {
          read: 'full',
          write: '-',
@@ -107,6 +133,7 @@ describe('getRouteFromPreset()', () => {
        alias: 'cuesheet-basic',
        target: OntimeView.Cuesheet,
        search: '',
+        displayInNav: false,
      },
    ];
    const cuesheetPresetWithNavLock: URLPreset[] = [
@@ -115,6 +142,7 @@ describe('getRouteFromPreset()', () => {
        alias: 'cuesheet-locked',
        target: OntimeView.Cuesheet,
        search: 'n=1',
+        displayInNav: false,
      },
    ];

@@ -196,6 +224,7 @@ describe('generateUrlPresetOptions', () => {
        target: 'timer',
        search: 'param1=value1&param2=value2',
        enabled: true,
+        displayInNav: false,
      },
    ],
    [
@@ -207,6 +236,7 @@ describe('generateUrlPresetOptions', () => {
        target: 'timer',
        search: 'param1=value1&param2=value2',
        enabled: true,
+        displayInNav: false,
      },
    ],
    [
@@ -218,6 +248,7 @@ describe('generateUrlPresetOptions', () => {
        target: 'timer',
        search: 'param1=value1&param2=value2',
        enabled: true,
+        displayInNav: false,
      },
    ],
    [
@@ -229,6 +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) => {
@@ -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}`;
+}
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ import {
  MILLIS_PER_HOUR,
  MILLIS_PER_MINUTE,
  MILLIS_PER_SECOND,
+  dayInMs,
  formatFromMillis,
+  getExpectedEnd,
  getExpectedStart,
 } from 'ontime-utils';

@@ -29,6 +31,11 @@ export function nowInMillis(): number {
  return elapsed;
 }

+export function normaliseWallClock(time: number): number {
+  const timeOfDay = time % dayInMs;
+  return timeOfDay < 0 ? timeOfDay + dayInMs : timeOfDay;
+}
+
 /**
 * @description Resolves format from url and store
 * @return {string|null} A format string like "hh:mm:ss a" or null
@@ -180,15 +187,13 @@ export function getExpectedTimesFromExtendedEvent(
      ...state,
    },
  );
-
+  const expectedEnd = getExpectedEnd(event, expectedStart, state.currentDay);
  const plannedEnd = event.timeStart + event.duration + event.delay;

  return {
    expectedStart,
    timeToStart: expectedStart - state.clock,
-    expectedEnd: event.countToEnd
-      ? Math.max(expectedStart + event.duration, plannedEnd)
-      : expectedStart + event.duration,
+    expectedEnd,
    plannedEnd,
  };
 }
@@ -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');
 }
@@ -194,6 +194,7 @@ export function generateUrlPresetOptions(alias: string, userUrl: string): URLPre
    target: path,
    search: url.searchParams.toString(),
    enabled: true,
+    displayInNav: false,
  };
 }

@@ -1,10 +1,3 @@
-.corner {
-  position: fixed;
-  top: 6rem;
-  right: 4rem;
-  z-index: $zindex-floating;
-}
-
 .contentWrapper {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
@@ -14,9 +7,17 @@
  position: relative;
 }

+.corner {
+  flex: 0 0 auto;
+  display: flex;
+  justify-content: flex-end;
+  padding: 0 1rem 0.5rem;
+}
+
 .content {
-  margin: 1rem;
+  margin: 0 1rem 1rem;
  overflow-y: auto;
  flex-grow: 1;
-  padding-bottom: 300px;
+  // room for the last section to scroll to the top of the viewport
+  padding-bottom: 40vh;
 }
@@ -12,12 +12,12 @@ interface PanelContentProps {
 export default function PanelContent({ onClose, children }: PropsWithChildren<PanelContentProps>) {
  return (
    <div className={style.contentWrapper}>
-      <div className={style.content}>{children}</div>
      <div className={style.corner}>
        <Button size='large' onClick={onClose}>
          Close settings <IoClose />
        </Button>
      </div>
+      <div className={style.content}>{children}</div>
    </div>
  );
 }
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+.container {
+  width: min(30vw, 300px);
+  flex: 0 0 min(30vw, 300px);
+  min-width: min(30vw, 300px);
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  gap: 0.75rem;
+  overflow-y: auto;
+}
+
 .tabs,
 ul {
  list-style: none;
@@ -6,12 +16,33 @@ ul {
 }

 .tabs {
-  width: min(30vw, 300px);
-  flex: 0 0 min(30vw, 300px);
-  min-width: min(30vw, 300px);
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
-  overflow-y: auto;
+}
+
+.search {
+  position: relative;
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  flex: 0 0 auto;
+  margin-right: 1rem;
+}
+
+.searchIcon {
+  position: absolute;
+  left: 0.5rem;
+  color: $gray-400;
+  pointer-events: none;
+}
+
+.searchInput {
+  padding-left: 2rem;
+  padding-right: 2rem;
+}
+
+.searchClear {
+  position: absolute;
+  right: 0.25rem;
 }

 .primary,
@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
-import { Fragment } from 'react';
+import { useHotkeys } from '@mantine/hooks';
+import { Fragment, KeyboardEvent, useMemo, useRef, useState } from 'react';
+import { IoClose, IoSearch } from 'react-icons/io5';

+import IconButton from '../../../common/components/buttons/IconButton';
+import Input from '../../../common/components/input/input/Input';
 import Tooltip from '../../../common/components/tooltip/Tooltip';
 import { isKeyEnter } from '../../../common/utils/keyEvent';
 import { cx } from '../../../common/utils/styleUtils';
-import { SettingsOption, SettingsOptionId, useAppSettingsMenu } from '../useAppSettingsMenu';
+import * as Panel from '../panel-utils/PanelUtils';
+import { filterSettingsOptions, SettingsOption, SettingsOptionId, useAppSettingsMenu } from '../useAppSettingsMenu';
 import useAppSettingsNavigation from '../useAppSettingsNavigation';

 import style from './PanelList.module.scss';
@@ -16,23 +21,91 @@ interface PanelListProps extends PanelBaseProps {
  selectedPanel: string;
 }

+/** returns the destination a search result should navigate to */
+function getFirstResultId(results: SettingsOption[]): SettingsOptionId | null {
+  const firstGroup = results[0];
+  if (!firstGroup) {
+    return null;
+  }
+  return (firstGroup.secondary?.[0]?.id ?? firstGroup.id) as SettingsOptionId;
+}
+
 export default function PanelList({ selectedPanel, location }: PanelListProps) {
  const { options } = useAppSettingsMenu();
+  const { setLocation } = useAppSettingsNavigation();
+  const [query, setQuery] = useState('');
+  const searchRef = useRef<HTMLInputElement>(null);
+
+  useHotkeys([['mod + f', () => searchRef.current?.focus()]]);
+
+  const results = useMemo(() => filterSettingsOptions(options, query), [options, query]);
+  const isSearching = query.trim().length > 0;
+
+  const handleSearchKeyDown = (event: KeyboardEvent<HTMLInputElement>) => {
+    if (event.key === 'Escape' && isSearching) {
+      // do not let the settings panel close while the user is clearing a search
+      event.stopPropagation();
+      setQuery('');
+      return;
+    }
+
+    if (event.key === 'Enter') {
+      const target = getFirstResultId(results);
+      if (target) {
+        setLocation(target);
+        setQuery('');
+      }
+    }
+  };

  return (
-    <ul className={style.tabs}>
-      {options.map((panel) => {
-        const isSelected = selectedPanel === panel.id;
-        if (panel.highlight) {
-          return (
-            <Tooltip key={panel.id} text={panel.highlight} render={<span />}>
-              <PanelListItem panel={panel} location={location} isSelected={isSelected} />
-            </Tooltip>
-          );
-        }
-        return <PanelListItem key={panel.id} panel={panel} location={location} isSelected={isSelected} />;
-      })}
-    </ul>
+    <div className={style.container}>
+      <div className={style.search}>
+        <IoSearch className={style.searchIcon} />
+        <Input
+          ref={searchRef}
+          value={query}
+          onChange={(event) => setQuery(event.target.value)}
+          onKeyDown={handleSearchKeyDown}
+          placeholder='Search settings'
+          aria-label='Search settings'
+          className={style.searchInput}
+          fluid
+        />
+        {isSearching && (
+          <IconButton
+            variant='ghosted-white'
+            size='small'
+            aria-label='Clear search'
+            className={style.searchClear}
+            onClick={() => {
+              setQuery('');
+              searchRef.current?.focus();
+            }}
+          >
+            <IoClose />
+          </IconButton>
+        )}
+      </div>
+
+      {results.length === 0 ? (
+        <Panel.EmptyState title='No settings match' description={`Nothing found for "${query.trim()}"`} />
+      ) : (
+        <ul className={style.tabs}>
+          {results.map((panel) => {
+            const isSelected = selectedPanel === panel.id;
+            if (panel.highlight) {
+              return (
+                <Tooltip key={panel.id} text={panel.highlight} render={<span />}>
+                  <PanelListItem panel={panel} location={location} isSelected={isSelected} />
+                </Tooltip>
+              );
+            }
+            return <PanelListItem key={panel.id} panel={panel} location={location} isSelected={isSelected} />;
+          })}
+        </ul>
+      )}
+    </div>
  );
 }

@@ -1,24 +1,26 @@
 $inner-padding: 1rem;
+$card-padding: 2rem;

 .header {
-  font-size: 2rem;
+  font-size: 1.5rem;
  padding-bottom: 0.5rem;
  border-bottom: 1px solid $white-10;
  font-weight: 600;
 }

 .subheader {
-  font-size: 1.5rem;
+  font-size: 1.125rem;
  padding-bottom: 0.5rem;
  font-weight: 600;
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: space-between;
+  gap: 1rem;
 }

 .title {
-  font-size: 1.375rem;
-  padding: 0 2rem;
+  font-size: 1rem;
+  padding: 0 var(--panel-card-padding, #{$card-padding});
  font-weight: 600;
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
@@ -38,7 +40,7 @@ $inner-padding: 1rem;
 .section {
  position: relative;
  margin-top: 2rem;
-  max-width: 850px;
+  max-width: 1024px;
 }

 .indent {
@@ -51,8 +53,10 @@ $inner-padding: 1rem;
 }

 .card {
+  --panel-card-padding: #{$card-padding};
+
  position: relative;
-  padding: 2rem;
+  padding: var(--panel-card-padding);
  background-color: $white-3;
  border: 1px solid $gray-1100;
  border-radius: 3px;
@@ -76,10 +80,10 @@ $inner-padding: 1rem;
  color: $error-red;
 }

+// tables scroll with the panel rather than owning a nested scroll area,
+// which keeps the sticky table head anchored to the panel viewport
 .pad {
-  padding: 0 2rem;
-  max-height: 550px;
-  overflow-y: scroll;
+  padding: 0 var(--panel-card-padding, #{$card-padding});
 }

 .table {
@@ -120,7 +124,7 @@ $inner-padding: 1rem;
 }

 .listGroup {
-  padding: 0 2rem;
+  padding: 0 var(--panel-card-padding, #{$card-padding});

  > li:not(:last-child) {
    border-bottom: 1px solid $white-10;
@@ -163,7 +167,7 @@ $inner-padding: 1rem;
 .divider {
  border: none;
  border-top: 1px solid $white-10;
-  margin: 1rem -2rem;
+  margin: 1rem calc(var(--panel-card-padding, #{$card-padding}) * -1);
 }

 .overlay {
@@ -188,19 +192,35 @@ $inner-padding: 1rem;
  animation: animloader 1s ease-in infinite;
 }

-.empty {
-  background-color: $black-10;
+.emptyState {
+  padding: 3rem 1.5rem;
  text-align: center;
-  color: $muted-gray;
+}

-  td {
-    padding-block: 5rem;
-  }
+.emptyMessage {
+  width: min(30rem, 100%);
+  margin-inline: auto;
+}

-  button {
-    margin-top: 1rem;
-    margin-inline: auto;
-  }
+.emptyTitle {
+  margin-bottom: 0.25rem;
+  color: rgba($gray-200, 0.72);
+  font-size: calc(1rem + 2px);
+  font-weight: 400;
+}
+
+.emptyBody {
+  color: rgba($gray-200, 0.55);
+  font-size: calc(1rem - 3px);
+  line-height: 1.5;
+}
+
+.emptyAction {
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  justify-content: center;
+  gap: 0.5rem;
+  margin-top: 1rem;
 }

 .inlineElements {
@@ -239,14 +259,3 @@ $inner-padding: 1rem;
    opacity: 0;
  }
 }
-
-@keyframes animloader {
-  0% {
-    transform: scale(0);
-    opacity: 0.6;
-  }
-  100% {
-    transform: scale(1);
-    opacity: 0;
-  }
-}
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 import { HTMLAttributes, PropsWithChildren, ReactNode } from 'react';
-import { IoAdd } from 'react-icons/io5';

-import Button from '../../../common/components/buttons/Button';
 import { cx } from '../../../common/utils/styleUtils';

 import style from './PanelUtils.module.scss';
@@ -62,16 +60,29 @@ export function Table({ className, children }: { className?: string; children: R
  );
 }

-export function TableEmpty({ label, handleClick }: { label?: string; handleClick?: () => void }) {
+export interface EmptyStateProps {
+  title: string;
+  description?: ReactNode;
+  action?: ReactNode;
+}
+
+export function EmptyState({ title, description, action }: EmptyStateProps) {
  return (
-    <tr className={style.empty}>
+    <div className={style.emptyState}>
+      <div className={style.emptyMessage}>
+        <div className={style.emptyTitle}>{title}</div>
+        {description && <div className={style.emptyBody}>{description}</div>}
+        {action && <div className={style.emptyAction}>{action}</div>}
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  );
+}
+
+export function TableEmpty(props: EmptyStateProps) {
+  return (
+    <tr>
      <td colSpan={99}>
-        <div>{label ?? 'No data yet'}</div>
-        {handleClick && (
-          <Button onClick={handleClick} disabled={!handleClick} variant='primary'>
-            New <IoAdd />
-          </Button>
-        )}
+        <EmptyState {...props} />
      </td>
    </tr>
  );
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+import { useCallback, useState } from 'react';
+
+interface EntityModalState<T> {
+  isOpen: boolean;
+  entity: T | null;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Drives a create / edit modal for a list of entities.
+ * Opening with an entity means edit, opening without means create.
+ *
+ * Consumers mount the modal only while `isOpen` is true, which keeps the
+ * form state of the underlying react-hook-form fresh on every open.
+ */
+export function useEntityModal<T>() {
+  const [state, setState] = useState<EntityModalState<T>>({ isOpen: false, entity: null });
+
+  const openCreate = useCallback(() => setState({ isOpen: true, entity: null }), []);
+  const openEdit = useCallback((entity: T) => setState({ isOpen: true, entity }), []);
+  const close = useCallback(() => setState({ isOpen: false, entity: null }), []);
+
+  return {
+    isOpen: state.isOpen,
+    entity: state.entity,
+    openCreate,
+    openEdit,
+    close,
+  };
+}
@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
 .outerColumn {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
  gap: 2rem;
-  margin-bottom: 2rem;
+  font-size: calc(1rem - 1px);
+  color: $ui-white;
+
+  // the wide modal hands us a fixed height area, we own the scroll
+  height: 100%;
+  overflow-y: auto;
+  padding-block: 0.5rem;

  h3 {
    font-size: 1rem;
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@ import IconButton from '../../../../common/components/buttons/IconButton';
 import Info from '../../../../common/components/info/Info';
 import Input from '../../../../common/components/input/input/Input';
 import ExternalLink from '../../../../common/components/link/external-link/ExternalLink';
+import Modal from '../../../../common/components/modal/Modal';
 import RadioGroup from '../../../../common/components/radio-group/RadioGroup';
 import Select from '../../../../common/components/select/Select';
 import Tag from '../../../../common/components/tag/Tag';
 import useAutomationSettings from '../../../../common/hooks-query/useAutomationSettings';
 import useCustomFields from '../../../../common/hooks-query/useCustomFields';
-import { preventEscape } from '../../../../common/utils/keyEvent';
 import { startsWithHttp } from '../../../../common/utils/regex';
 import * as Panel from '../../panel-utils/PanelUtils';
 import { isAutomation, makeFieldList } from './automationUtils';
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import TemplateInput from './template-input/TemplateInput';
 import style from './AutomationForm.module.scss';

 const integrationsDocsUrl = 'https://docs.getontime.no/api/automation/#using-variables-in-automation';
+const formId = 'automation-form';

 interface AutomationFormProps {
  automation: Automation | AutomationDTO;
@@ -184,15 +185,8 @@ export default function AutomationForm({ automation, onClose }: AutomationFormPr

  const canSubmit = !isSubmitting && isDirty && isValid;

-  return (
-    <Panel.Indent
-      as='form'
-      name='automation-form'
-      onSubmit={handleSubmit(onSubmit)}
-      className={style.outerColumn}
-      onKeyDown={(event) => preventEscape(event, onClose)}
-    >
-      <Panel.SubHeader>{isEdit ? 'Edit automation' : 'Create automation'}</Panel.SubHeader>
+  const bodyElements = (
+    <form id={formId} onSubmit={handleSubmit(onSubmit)} className={style.outerColumn}>
      <div className={style.innerSection}>
        <h3>Automation options</h3>
        <div className={style.titleSection}>
@@ -293,8 +287,9 @@ 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.
-          <ExternalLink href={integrationsDocsUrl}>See the documentation for templates</ExternalLink>
+          or to change properties of Ontime itself. <br /> <br />
+          Use Ontime runtime data in these fields with template strings. Type {'{{'} to see autocomplete, or{' '}
+          <ExternalLink href={integrationsDocsUrl}>read the docs</ExternalLink>
        </Info>

        {fieldOutputs.map((output, index) => {
@@ -341,12 +336,17 @@ 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 +376,7 @@ 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 +384,7 @@ 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'
                    />
@@ -455,14 +456,29 @@ export default function AutomationForm({ automation, onClose }: AutomationFormPr
          </Button>
        </Panel.InlineElements>
      </div>
+    </form>
+  );

-      <Panel.InlineElements align='end'>
-        {errors?.root && <Panel.Error>{errors.root.message}</Panel.Error>}
-        <Button onClick={onClose}>Cancel</Button>
-        <Button variant='primary' type='submit' disabled={!canSubmit} loading={isSubmitting}>
-          Save
-        </Button>
-      </Panel.InlineElements>
-    </Panel.Indent>
+  const footerElements = (
+    <>
+      {errors?.root && <Panel.Error>{errors.root.message}</Panel.Error>}
+      <Button onClick={onClose}>Cancel</Button>
+      <Button variant='primary' type='submit' form={formId} disabled={!canSubmit} loading={isSubmitting}>
+        Save
+      </Button>
+    </>
+  );
+
+  return (
+    <Modal
+      isOpen
+      onClose={onClose}
+      showBackdrop
+      showCloseButton
+      size='wide'
+      title={isEdit ? 'Edit automation' : 'Create automation'}
+      bodyElements={bodyElements}
+      footerElements={footerElements}
+    />
  );
 }
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { AutomationDTO, NormalisedAutomation } from 'ontime-types';
+import { Automation, AutomationDTO, NormalisedAutomation } from 'ontime-types';
 import { Fragment, useState } from 'react';
 import { IoAdd, IoPencil, IoTrash } from 'react-icons/io5';

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import Info from '../../../../common/components/info/Info';
 import Tag from '../../../../common/components/tag/Tag';
 import useAutomationSettings from '../../../../common/hooks-query/useAutomationSettings';
 import * as Panel from '../../panel-utils/PanelUtils';
+import { useEntityModal } from '../../panel-utils/useEntityModal';
 import AutomationForm from './AutomationForm';

 const automationPlaceholder: AutomationDTO = {
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ interface AutomationsListProps {
 export default function AutomationsList(props: AutomationsListProps) {
  const { automations, enabledAutomations } = props;
  const { refetch } = useAutomationSettings();
-  const [automationFormData, setAutomationFormData] = useState<AutomationDTO | null>(null);
+  const automationModal = useEntityModal<Automation>();
  const [deleteError, setDeleteError] = useState<string | null>(null);

  const handleDelete = async (id: string) => {
@@ -45,13 +46,12 @@ export default function AutomationsList(props: AutomationsListProps) {

  return (
    <Panel.Card>
+      {automationModal.isOpen && (
+        <AutomationForm automation={automationModal.entity ?? automationPlaceholder} onClose={automationModal.close} />
+      )}
      <Panel.SubHeader>
        Manage automations
-        <Button
-          type='submit'
-          disabled={Boolean(automationFormData)}
-          onClick={() => setAutomationFormData(automationPlaceholder)}
-        >
+        <Button onClick={automationModal.openCreate}>
          New <IoAdd />
        </Button>
      </Panel.SubHeader>
@@ -65,10 +65,6 @@ export default function AutomationsList(props: AutomationsListProps) {
        </Info>
      )}

-      {automationFormData !== null && (
-        <AutomationForm automation={automationFormData} onClose={() => setAutomationFormData(null)} />
-      )}
-
      <Panel.Table>
        <thead>
          <tr>
@@ -82,7 +78,13 @@ export default function AutomationsList(props: AutomationsListProps) {
        <tbody>
          {arrayAutomations.length === 0 && (
            <Panel.TableEmpty
-              handleClick={!automationFormData ? () => setAutomationFormData(automationPlaceholder) : undefined}
+              title='No automations yet'
+              description='An automation sends OSC or HTTP messages, or runs an Ontime action, whenever a trigger fires.'
+              action={
+                <Button variant='primary' onClick={automationModal.openCreate}>
+                  Create automation <IoAdd />
+                </Button>
+              }
            />
          )}
          {arrayAutomations.map((automationId) => {
@@ -102,7 +104,7 @@ export default function AutomationsList(props: AutomationsListProps) {
                    <IconButton
                      variant='ghosted-white'
                      aria-label='Edit entry'
-                      onClick={() => setAutomationFormData(automations[automationId])}
+                      onClick={() => automationModal.openEdit(automations[automationId])}
                    >
                      <IoPencil />
                    </IconButton>
@@ -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-secondary', label: 'Secondary Message: source' },
+            { value: 'message-set', label: 'Primary Message' },
+            { 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
-          <Select<SecondarySource | 'null' | null>
-            onValueChange={(value) => {
-              // null -> no selection
-              if (value === null) return;
-              // 'null' -> clear the secondary source
-              if (value === 'null') {
-                setValue(`outputs.${index}.secondarySource`, null, { shouldDirty: true });
-                return;
-              }
-              setValue(`outputs.${index}.secondarySource`, value, { shouldDirty: true });
-            }}
-            value={watch(`outputs.${index}.secondarySource`)}
-            options={[
-              { value: null, label: 'Select secondary source' },
-              { value: 'aux1', label: 'Auxiliary timer 1' },
-              { value: 'aux2', label: 'Auxiliary timer 2' },
-              { value: 'aux3', label: 'Auxiliary timer 3' },
-              { value: 'secondary', label: 'Secondary' },
-              { value: 'null', label: 'None' }, // allow the user to clear the secondary source
-            ]}
-          />
-          <Panel.Error>{rowErrors?.secondarySource?.message}</Panel.Error>
-        </label>
+        <>
+          <label>
+            Text (leave empty for no change)
+            <TemplateInput
+              {...register(`outputs.${index}.text`)}
+              value={watch(`outputs.${index}.text`) ?? ''}
+              fluid
+              placeholder='eg: Next up: keynote'
+            />
+            <Panel.Error>{rowErrors?.text?.message}</Panel.Error>
+          </label>
+          <label>
+            Timer secondary source
+            <Select<SecondarySource | 'no-change' | 'null' | null>
+              onValueChange={(value) => {
+                // null -> no selection
+                if (value === null) return;
+                // no-change -> leave the current secondary source untouched
+                if (value === 'no-change') {
+                  setValue(`outputs.${index}.secondarySource`, undefined, { shouldDirty: true });
+                  return;
+                }
+                // 'null' -> clear the secondary source
+                if (value === 'null') {
+                  setValue(`outputs.${index}.secondarySource`, null, { shouldDirty: true });
+                  return;
+                }
+                setValue(`outputs.${index}.secondarySource`, value, { shouldDirty: true });
+              }}
+              value={watch(`outputs.${index}.secondarySource`) ?? 'no-change'}
+              options={[
+                { value: 'no-change', label: 'No change' },
+                { value: 'aux1', label: 'Auxiliary timer 1' },
+                { value: 'aux2', label: 'Auxiliary timer 2' },
+                { value: 'aux3', label: 'Auxiliary timer 3' },
+                { value: 'secondary', label: 'Secondary' },
+                { value: 'null', label: 'None' }, // allow the user to clear the secondary source
+              ]}
+            />
+            <Panel.Error>{rowErrors?.secondarySource?.message}</Panel.Error>
+          </label>
+        </>
      )}

      <div className={style.test}>{children}</div>
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { NormalisedAutomation, TimerLifeCycle, TriggerDTO } from 'ontime-types';
+import { NormalisedAutomation, TimerLifeCycle, Trigger, TriggerDTO } from 'ontime-types';
 import { useEffect } from 'react';
 import { useForm } from 'react-hook-form';

@@ -6,30 +6,21 @@ import { addTrigger, editTrigger } from '../../../../common/api/automation';
 import { maybeAxiosError } from '../../../../common/api/utils';
 import Button from '../../../../common/components/buttons/Button';
 import Input from '../../../../common/components/input/input/Input';
+import Modal from '../../../../common/components/modal/Modal';
 import Select from '../../../../common/components/select/Select';
-import { preventEscape } from '../../../../common/utils/keyEvent';
 import * as Panel from '../../panel-utils/PanelUtils';
 import { cycles } from './automationUtils';

+const formId = 'trigger-form';
+
 interface TriggerFormProps {
  automations: NormalisedAutomation;
-  initialId?: string;
-  initialTitle?: string;
-  initialAutomationId?: string;
-  initialTrigger?: TimerLifeCycle;
+  trigger: Trigger | null;
  onCancel: () => void;
  postSubmit: () => void;
 }

-export default function TriggerForm({
-  automations,
-  initialId,
-  initialTitle,
-  initialAutomationId,
-  initialTrigger,
-  onCancel,
-  postSubmit,
-}: TriggerFormProps) {
+export default function TriggerForm({ automations, trigger, onCancel, postSubmit }: TriggerFormProps) {
  const {
    handleSubmit,
    register,
@@ -40,9 +31,9 @@ export default function TriggerForm({
    formState: { errors, isSubmitting, isValid, isDirty },
  } = useForm<TriggerDTO>({
    defaultValues: {
-      title: initialTitle,
-      trigger: initialTrigger ?? (cycles[0].value as TimerLifeCycle | undefined),
-      automationId: initialAutomationId ?? automations?.[Object.keys(automations)[0]]?.id,
+      title: trigger?.title,
+      trigger: trigger?.trigger ?? (cycles[0].value as TimerLifeCycle | undefined),
+      automationId: trigger?.automationId ?? automations?.[Object.keys(automations)[0]]?.id,
    },
    resetOptions: {
      keepDirtyValues: true,
@@ -55,10 +46,10 @@ export default function TriggerForm({
  }, [setFocus]);

  const onSubmit = async (values: TriggerDTO) => {
-    // if we were passed an ID we are editing a Trigger
-    if (initialId) {
+    // if we were passed a trigger we are editing it
+    if (trigger) {
      try {
-        await editTrigger(initialId, { id: initialId, ...values });
+        await editTrigger(trigger.id, { id: trigger.id, ...values });
        postSubmit();
      } catch (error) {
        setError('root', { message: `Failed to save changes to trigger ${maybeAxiosError(error)}` });
@@ -84,20 +75,14 @@ export default function TriggerForm({

  const canSubmit = isDirty && isValid;

-  return (
-    <Panel.Indent
-      as='form'
-      name='trigger-form'
-      onSubmit={handleSubmit(onSubmit)}
-      onKeyDown={(event) => preventEscape(event, onCancel)}
-    >
-      <Panel.SubHeader>{initialId ? 'Edit trigger' : 'Create trigger'}</Panel.SubHeader>
+  const bodyElements = (
+    <form id={formId} onSubmit={handleSubmit(onSubmit)}>
      <label>
        Title
        <Input
          {...register('title', { required: { value: true, message: 'Required field' } })}
          fluid
-          defaultValue={initialTitle}
+          defaultValue={trigger?.title}
        />
        <Panel.Error>{errors.title?.message}</Panel.Error>
      </label>
@@ -127,14 +112,30 @@ export default function TriggerForm({
        />
        <Panel.Error>{errors.automationId?.message}</Panel.Error>
      </label>
-      <Panel.InlineElements align='end'>
-        <Button disabled={isSubmitting} onClick={onCancel}>
-          Cancel
-        </Button>
-        <Button type='submit' variant='primary' disabled={!canSubmit} loading={isSubmitting}>
-          Save
-        </Button>
-      </Panel.InlineElements>
-    </Panel.Indent>
+    </form>
+  );
+
+  const footerElements = (
+    <>
+      {errors.root && <Panel.Error>{errors.root.message}</Panel.Error>}
+      <Button disabled={isSubmitting} onClick={onCancel}>
+        Cancel
+      </Button>
+      <Button type='submit' form={formId} variant='primary' disabled={!canSubmit} loading={isSubmitting}>
+        Save
+      </Button>
+    </>
+  );
+
+  return (
+    <Modal
+      isOpen
+      onClose={onCancel}
+      showBackdrop
+      showCloseButton
+      title={trigger ? 'Edit trigger' : 'Create trigger'}
+      bodyElements={bodyElements}
+      footerElements={footerElements}
+    />
  );
 }
@@ -8,8 +8,9 @@ import Button from '../../../../common/components/buttons/Button';
 import Info from '../../../../common/components/info/Info';
 import useAutomationSettings from '../../../../common/hooks-query/useAutomationSettings';
 import * as Panel from '../../panel-utils/PanelUtils';
+import { useEntityModal } from '../../panel-utils/useEntityModal';
 import { checkDuplicates } from './automationUtils';
-import AutomationForm from './TriggerForm';
+import TriggerForm from './TriggerForm';
 import TriggersListItem from './TriggersListItem';

 interface TriggersListProps {
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ interface TriggersListProps {

 export default function TriggersList(props: TriggersListProps) {
  const { triggers, automations, enabledAutomations } = props;
-  const [showForm, setShowForm] = useState(false);
+  const triggerModal = useEntityModal<Trigger>();
  const { refetch } = useAutomationSettings();
  const [deleteError, setDeleteError] = useState<string | null>(null);

@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ export default function TriggersList(props: TriggersListProps) {
  };

  const postSubmit = () => {
-    setShowForm(false);
+    triggerModal.close();
    refetch();
  };

@@ -46,9 +47,17 @@ export default function TriggersList(props: TriggersListProps) {

  return (
    <Panel.Card>
+      {triggerModal.isOpen && (
+        <TriggerForm
+          automations={automations}
+          trigger={triggerModal.entity}
+          onCancel={triggerModal.close}
+          postSubmit={postSubmit}
+        />
+      )}
      <Panel.SubHeader>
        Manage triggers
-        <Button type='submit' form='trigger-form' disabled={!canAdd} loading={false} onClick={() => setShowForm(true)}>
+        <Button disabled={!canAdd} onClick={triggerModal.openCreate}>
          New <IoAdd />
        </Button>
      </Panel.SubHeader>
@@ -64,9 +73,6 @@ export default function TriggersList(props: TriggersListProps) {
            You have created multiple links between the same trigger and automation which can performance issues.
          </Panel.Error>
        )}
-        {showForm && (
-          <AutomationForm automations={automations} onCancel={() => setShowForm(false)} postSubmit={postSubmit} />
-        )}
        <Panel.Table>
          <thead>
            <tr>
@@ -77,10 +83,21 @@ export default function TriggersList(props: TriggersListProps) {
            </tr>
          </thead>
          <tbody>
-            {!showForm && triggers.length === 0 && (
+            {triggers.length === 0 && (
              <Panel.TableEmpty
-                label='Create an automation to attach triggers to'
-                handleClick={canAdd ? () => setShowForm(true) : undefined}
+                title='No triggers yet'
+                description={
+                  canAdd
+                    ? 'Triggers run an automation at a given point of the timer lifecycle, like when an event starts or finishes.'
+                    : 'Create an automation first, then add a trigger to decide when it should run.'
+                }
+                action={
+                  canAdd && (
+                    <Button variant='primary' onClick={triggerModal.openCreate}>
+                      Create trigger <IoAdd />
+                    </Button>
+                  )
+                }
              />
            )}
            {triggers.map((trigger, index) => {
@@ -88,13 +105,10 @@ export default function TriggersList(props: TriggersListProps) {
                <Fragment key={trigger.id}>
                  <TriggersListItem
                    automations={automations}
-                    id={trigger.id}
-                    title={trigger.title}
-                    trigger={trigger.trigger}
-                    automationId={trigger.automationId}
+                    trigger={trigger}
                    duplicate={duplicates?.includes(index)}
+                    handleEdit={() => triggerModal.openEdit(trigger)}
                    handleDelete={() => handleDelete(trigger.id)}
-                    postSubmit={postSubmit}
                  />
                  {deleteError && (
                    <tr>
@@ -1,48 +1,21 @@
-import { NormalisedAutomation, TimerLifeCycle } from 'ontime-types';
-import { useState } from 'react';
+import { NormalisedAutomation, Trigger } from 'ontime-types';
 import { IoPencil, IoTrash, IoWarningOutline } from 'react-icons/io5';

 import IconButton from '../../../../common/components/buttons/IconButton';
 import Tag from '../../../../common/components/tag/Tag';
 import * as Panel from '../../panel-utils/PanelUtils';
 import { cycles } from './automationUtils';
-import AutomationForm from './TriggerForm';

 interface TriggersListItemProps {
  automations: NormalisedAutomation;
-  id: string;
-  title: string;
-  trigger: TimerLifeCycle;
-  automationId: string;
+  trigger: Trigger;
  duplicate?: boolean;
+  handleEdit: () => void;
  handleDelete: () => void;
-  postSubmit: () => void;
 }

 export default function TriggersListItem(props: TriggersListItemProps) {
-  const { automations, id, title, trigger, automationId, duplicate, handleDelete, postSubmit } = props;
-  const [isEditing, setIsEditing] = useState(false);
-
-  if (isEditing) {
-    return (
-      <tr>
-        <td colSpan={99}>
-          <AutomationForm
-            automations={automations}
-            initialId={id}
-            initialTitle={title}
-            initialTrigger={trigger}
-            initialAutomationId={automationId}
-            onCancel={() => setIsEditing(false)}
-            postSubmit={() => {
-              setIsEditing(false);
-              postSubmit();
-            }}
-          />
-        </td>
-      </tr>
-    );
-  }
+  const { automations, trigger, duplicate, handleEdit, handleDelete } = props;

  return (
    <tr data-warn={duplicate}>
@@ -52,16 +25,16 @@ export default function TriggersListItem(props: TriggersListItemProps) {
            color='#FFBC56' // $orange-500
          />
        )}
-        {title}
+        {trigger.title}
      </Panel.InlineElements>
      <td>
-        <Tag>{cycles.find((cycle) => cycle.value === trigger)?.label}</Tag>
+        <Tag>{cycles.find((cycle) => cycle.value === trigger.trigger)?.label}</Tag>
      </td>
      <td>
-        <Tag>{automations?.[automationId]?.title}</Tag>
+        <Tag>{automations?.[trigger.automationId]?.title}</Tag>
      </td>
      <Panel.InlineElements align='end' relation='inner' as='td'>
-        <IconButton variant='ghosted-white' aria-label='Edit entry' onClick={() => setIsEditing(true)}>
+        <IconButton variant='ghosted-white' aria-label='Edit entry' onClick={handleEdit}>
          <IoPencil />
        </IconButton>
        <IconButton variant='ghosted-destructive' aria-label='Delete entry' onClick={handleDelete}>
@@ -1,29 +1,67 @@
-.wrapper {
+.inputShell {
  position: relative;
 }

-.suggestions {
-  background: $gray-1250;
-  color: $ui-white;
-
-  position: absolute;
-  top: 100%;
-  left: 0;
+.fluid {
  width: 100%;
-  margin: 0;
-  z-index: $zindex-floating;
-  padding-block: 0.25rem;
+}

-  max-height: 200px;
-  overflow-y: auto;
+.input {
+  padding-right: 2rem;
+}
+
+.expandButton {
+  position: absolute;
+  top: 50%;
+  right: 0.25rem;
+  transform: translateY(-50%);
+}
+
+.positioner {
+  outline: 0;
+}
+
+.popup {
+  box-sizing: border-box;
+  min-width: var(--anchor-width);
+  max-width: var(--available-width);
+  border: 1px solid $gray-1000;
+  border-radius: $component-border-radius-md;
+  background: $gray-1250;
  color: $label-gray;
+}

-  li {
-    padding: 0.25rem;
-  }
+.list {
+  box-sizing: border-box;
+  max-height: min(20rem, var(--available-height));
+  overflow-y: auto;
+  overscroll-behavior: contain;
+  padding-block: 0.25rem;
+  outline: 0;
+}

-  li:hover {
+.item {
+  box-sizing: border-box;
+  padding: 0.25rem 0.5rem;
+  outline: 0;
+  cursor: default;
+  user-select: none;
+  overflow-wrap: anywhere;
+
+  &[data-highlighted] {
    color: $ui-white;
    background: $blue-700;
  }
 }
+
+.expandedEditor {
+  min-height: min(18rem, 45vh);
+  font-family: monospace;
+  line-height: 1.4;
+}
+
+.footerHint {
+  margin-right: auto;
+  color: $label-gray;
+  font-size: calc(1rem - 2px);
+}
@@ -1,69 +1,258 @@
-import { mergeRefs, useClickOutside } from '@mantine/hooks';
-import { forwardRef, useMemo, useState } from 'react';
+import { Autocomplete as BaseAutocomplete } from '@base-ui/react/autocomplete';
+import type { ChangeEvent, ReactNode, Ref } from 'react';
+import { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from 'react';
+import { IoExpandOutline } from 'react-icons/io5';

-import Input, { type InputProps } from '../../../../../common/components/input/input/Input';
+import Button from '../../../../../common/components/buttons/Button';
+import IconButton from '../../../../../common/components/buttons/IconButton';
+import { type InputProps } from '../../../../../common/components/input/input/Input';
+import Textarea from '../../../../../common/components/input/textarea/Textarea';
+import Modal from '../../../../../common/components/modal/Modal';
 import useCustomFields from '../../../../../common/hooks-query/useCustomFields';
-import { makeAutoCompleteList, matchRemaining, selectFromLastTemplate } from './templateInput.utils';
+import { cx } from '../../../../../common/utils/styleUtils';
+import { makeAutoCompleteList } from './templateInput.utils';
+import { useTemplateAutocomplete } from './useTemplateAutocomplete';

+import inputStyle from '../../../../../common/components/input/input/Input.module.scss';
 import style from './TemplateInput.module.scss';

-interface TemplateInputProps extends InputProps {}
+interface TemplateInputProps extends Omit<InputProps, 'value'> {
+  ref?: Ref<HTMLInputElement>;
+  value?: string;
+}

-const TemplateInput = forwardRef(function TemplateInput(props: TemplateInputProps, ref) {
-  const { value, onChange, ...rest } = props;
+interface TemplateEditorModalProps {
+  autocompleteList: string[];
+  isOpen: boolean;
+  onClose: () => void;
+  onSave: (value: string) => void;
+  value: string;
+}
+
+type TemplateAutocompleteState = ReturnType<typeof useTemplateAutocomplete<HTMLInputElement>>;
+
+interface TemplateAutocompleteRootProps {
+  autocomplete: TemplateAutocompleteState;
+  children: ReactNode;
+  value: string;
+}
+
+function assignRef<T>(ref: Ref<T> | undefined, value: T | null) {
+  if (typeof ref === 'function') {
+    ref(value);
+  } else if (ref) {
+    ref.current = value;
+  }
+}
+
+function emitInputChange(name: string | undefined, value: string, onChange: InputProps['onChange']) {
+  onChange?.({
+    target: { name, value },
+    currentTarget: { name, value },
+  } as ChangeEvent<HTMLInputElement>);
+}
+
+export default function TemplateInput({
+  className,
+  disabled,
+  fluid,
+  height = 'medium',
+  onChange,
+  readOnly,
+  ref,
+  value,
+  variant = 'subtle',
+  ...rest
+}: TemplateInputProps) {
  const { data } = useCustomFields();
-  const localRef = useClickOutside(() => setShowSuggestions(false));
+  const inputRef = useRef<HTMLInputElement | null>(null);
+  const [inputValue, setInputValue] = useState(value || '');
+  const [isExpanded, setIsExpanded] = useState(false);

  const autocompleteList = useMemo(() => {
    return makeAutoCompleteList(data);
  }, [data]);

-  const [inputValue, setInputValue] = useState(value || '');
-  const [suggestions, setSuggestions] = useState<string[]>([]);
-  const [showSuggestions, setShowSuggestions] = useState(false);
+  const updateInputValue = useCallback(
+    (nextValue: string) => {
+      setInputValue(nextValue);
+      emitInputChange(rest.name, nextValue, onChange);
+    },
+    [onChange, rest.name],
+  );

-  const updateSuggestions = (value: string) => {
-    const template = selectFromLastTemplate(value);
-    return autocompleteList.filter((suggestion) => suggestion.startsWith(template));
+  const autocomplete = useTemplateAutocomplete(inputValue, autocompleteList, inputRef, updateInputValue);
+  const { setCursorForValue } = autocomplete;
+
+  // Keep the local autocomplete input in sync when react-hook-form resets or swaps field-array values.
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const nextValue = value || '';
+    setInputValue(nextValue);
+    setCursorForValue(nextValue, nextValue.length);
+  }, [setCursorForValue, value]);
+
+  const setInputRef = useCallback(
+    (element: HTMLInputElement | null) => {
+      inputRef.current = element;
+      assignRef(ref, element);
+    },
+    [ref],
+  );
+
+  const openExpandedEditor = () => {
+    autocomplete.setShowSuggestions(false);
+    setIsExpanded(true);
  };

-  const handleInputChange = (event: React.ChangeEvent<HTMLInputElement>) => {
-    setInputValue(event.target.value);
-
-    if (event.target.value.endsWith('{')) {
-      setShowSuggestions(true);
-      setSuggestions(updateSuggestions(event.target.value));
-    } else if (event.target.value === '' || event.target.value.endsWith('}}')) {
-      setShowSuggestions(false);
-    } else if (showSuggestions) {
-      setSuggestions(updateSuggestions(event.target.value));
-    }
-
-    onChange?.(event);
+  const closeExpandedEditor = () => {
+    setIsExpanded(false);
  };

-  const handleSuggestion = (value: string) => {
-    setInputValue((prev) => {
-      const remaining = matchRemaining(prev as string, value);
-      return prev + remaining;
-    });
-    setShowSuggestions(false);
+  const saveExpandedEditor = (nextValue: string) => {
+    updateInputValue(nextValue);
+    autocomplete.setCursorForValue(nextValue, nextValue.length);
+    setIsExpanded(false);
  };

  return (
-    <div className={style.wrapper} ref={mergeRefs(localRef, ref)}>
-      <Input value={inputValue} {...rest} onChange={handleInputChange} fluid />
-      {showSuggestions && suggestions.length > 0 && (
-        <ul className={style.suggestions}>
-          {suggestions.map((suggestion) => (
-            <li key={suggestion} onClick={() => handleSuggestion(suggestion)}>
-              {suggestion}
-            </li>
-          ))}
-        </ul>
-      )}
-    </div>
+    <>
+      <TemplateAutocompleteRoot autocomplete={autocomplete} value={inputValue}>
+        <div className={cx([style.inputShell, fluid && style.fluid])}>
+          <BaseAutocomplete.Input
+            ref={setInputRef}
+            className={cx([
+              inputStyle.input,
+              inputStyle[variant],
+              inputStyle[height],
+              fluid && inputStyle.fluid,
+              style.input,
+              className,
+            ])}
+            {...rest}
+            disabled={disabled}
+            onClick={autocomplete.updateCursor}
+            onFocus={autocomplete.updateCursor}
+            onKeyUp={autocomplete.updateCursor}
+            onSelect={autocomplete.updateCursor}
+            readOnly={readOnly}
+          />
+          <IconButton
+            aria-label='Expand template editor'
+            className={style.expandButton}
+            disabled={disabled || readOnly}
+            onClick={openExpandedEditor}
+            size='small'
+            title='Expand template editor'
+            variant='ghosted-white'
+          >
+            <IoExpandOutline />
+          </IconButton>
+        </div>
+      </TemplateAutocompleteRoot>
+      <TemplateEditorModal
+        autocompleteList={autocompleteList}
+        isOpen={isExpanded}
+        onClose={closeExpandedEditor}
+        onSave={saveExpandedEditor}
+        value={inputValue}
+      />
+    </>
  );
-});
+}

-export default TemplateInput;
+function TemplateAutocompleteRoot({ autocomplete, children, value }: TemplateAutocompleteRootProps) {
+  return (
+    <BaseAutocomplete.Root
+      items={autocomplete.suggestions}
+      autoHighlight
+      highlightItemOnHover
+      mode='none'
+      open={autocomplete.open}
+      value={value}
+      onOpenChange={autocomplete.setShowSuggestions}
+      onValueChange={autocomplete.handleValueChange}
+    >
+      {children}
+      <TemplateSuggestionPopup />
+    </BaseAutocomplete.Root>
+  );
+}
+
+function TemplateEditorModal({ autocompleteList, isOpen, onClose, onSave, value }: TemplateEditorModalProps) {
+  const expandedInputRef = useRef<HTMLTextAreaElement | null>(null);
+  const [draftValue, setDraftValue] = useState(value);
+  const autocomplete = useTemplateAutocomplete(draftValue, autocompleteList, expandedInputRef, setDraftValue);
+  const { setShowSuggestions } = autocomplete;
+
+  // Reset the draft whenever the modal opens so cancel never leaks unsaved changes.
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!isOpen) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    setDraftValue(value);
+    setShowSuggestions(false);
+  }, [isOpen, setShowSuggestions, value]);
+
+  const handleClose = () => {
+    setShowSuggestions(false);
+    onClose();
+  };
+
+  const handleSave = () => {
+    setShowSuggestions(false);
+    onSave(draftValue);
+  };
+
+  return (
+    <Modal
+      isOpen={isOpen}
+      onClose={handleClose}
+      showBackdrop
+      showCloseButton
+      title='Edit template'
+      bodyElements={
+        <TemplateAutocompleteRoot autocomplete={autocomplete} value={draftValue}>
+          <BaseAutocomplete.Input
+            autoFocus
+            className={style.expandedEditor}
+            onClick={autocomplete.updateCursor}
+            onFocus={autocomplete.updateCursor}
+            onKeyUp={autocomplete.updateCursor}
+            onSelect={autocomplete.updateCursor}
+            render={<Textarea ref={expandedInputRef} fluid resize='none' rows={8} />}
+          />
+        </TemplateAutocompleteRoot>
+      }
+      footerElements={
+        <>
+          <span className={style.footerHint}>Start a template with {'{{'} to see autocomplete.</span>
+          <Button onClick={handleClose}>Cancel</Button>
+          <Button onClick={handleSave} variant='primary'>
+            Save
+          </Button>
+        </>
+      }
+    />
+  );
+}
+
+function TemplateSuggestionPopup() {
+  return (
+    <BaseAutocomplete.Portal>
+      <BaseAutocomplete.Positioner side='bottom' align='start' className={style.positioner}>
+        <BaseAutocomplete.Popup className={style.popup}>
+          <BaseAutocomplete.List className={style.list}>
+            <BaseAutocomplete.Collection>
+              {(suggestion: string) => (
+                <BaseAutocomplete.Item key={suggestion} value={suggestion} className={style.item}>
+                  {suggestion}
+                </BaseAutocomplete.Item>
+              )}
+            </BaseAutocomplete.Collection>
+          </BaseAutocomplete.List>
+        </BaseAutocomplete.Popup>
+      </BaseAutocomplete.Positioner>
+    </BaseAutocomplete.Portal>
+  );
+}
@@ -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,
+    });
+  });
+});
@@ -54,6 +54,16 @@ const eventStaticPropertiesNext = [
  '{{eventNext.delay}}',
 ];

+const groupStaticPropertiesNow = [
+  '{{groupNow.id}}',
+  '{{groupNow.title}}',
+  '{{groupNow.note}}',
+  '{{groupNow.colour}}',
+  '{{groupNow.timeStart}}',
+  '{{groupNow.timeEnd}}',
+  '{{groupNow.duration}}',
+];
+
 const staticAuxProperties = (index: 1 | 2 | 3) => [
  `{{auxtimer${index}.current}}`,
  `{{auxtimer${index}.duration}}`,
@@ -75,12 +85,19 @@ export function makeAutoCompleteList(customFields: CustomFields): string[] {
    ...Object.entries(customFields).map(([key]) => `{{eventNow.custom.${key}}}`),
    ...eventStaticPropertiesNext,
    ...Object.entries(customFields).map(([key]) => `{{eventNext.custom.${key}}}`),
+    ...groupStaticPropertiesNow,
+    ...Object.entries(customFields).map(([key]) => `{{groupNow.custom.${key}}}`),
    ...staticAuxProperties(1),
    ...staticAuxProperties(2),
    ...staticAuxProperties(3),
  ];
 }

+interface TemplateCompletion {
+  cursorIndex: number;
+  value: string;
+}
+
 /**
 * Returns the partial string b needed to autocomplete string a
 * @example matchRemaining('te', 'test') -> 'st'
@@ -111,13 +128,54 @@ export function matchRemaining(a: string, b: string) {
  return '';
 }

-/**
- * Selects the last starting template in a string
- */
-export function selectFromLastTemplate(text: string) {
-  const lastBraceIndex = text.lastIndexOf('{{');
-  if (lastBraceIndex !== -1) {
-    return text.slice(lastBraceIndex);
+function getActiveTemplateRange(text: string, cursorIndex = text.length) {
+  const textBeforeCursor = text.slice(0, cursorIndex);
+  const start = textBeforeCursor.lastIndexOf('{{');
+  if (start === -1) {
+    return null;
  }
-  return '';
+
+  const closeBeforeCursor = textBeforeCursor.lastIndexOf('}}');
+  if (closeBeforeCursor > start) {
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  const closeAfterStart = text.indexOf('}}', start);
+  const nextStartAfterCursor = text.indexOf('{{', cursorIndex);
+  const closesBeforeNextTemplate = nextStartAfterCursor === -1 || closeAfterStart < nextStartAfterCursor;
+  const end = closeAfterStart !== -1 && closesBeforeNextTemplate ? closeAfterStart + 2 : cursorIndex;
+
+  return {
+    end,
+    start,
+    template: text.slice(start, cursorIndex),
+  };
+}
+
+/**
+ * Selects the last unclosed starting template before the cursor.
+ */
+export function selectActiveTemplate(text: string, cursorIndex = text.length) {
+  return getActiveTemplateRange(text, cursorIndex)?.template ?? '';
+}
+
+/**
+ * Replaces the active template fragment before the cursor with the selected suggestion.
+ */
+export function completeTemplateAtCursor(
+  text: string,
+  suggestion: string,
+  cursorIndex = text.length,
+): TemplateCompletion {
+  const activeTemplateRange = getActiveTemplateRange(text, cursorIndex);
+  if (!activeTemplateRange) {
+    const value = text + matchRemaining(text, suggestion);
+    return { value, cursorIndex: value.length };
+  }
+
+  const value = `${text.slice(0, activeTemplateRange.start)}${suggestion}${text.slice(activeTemplateRange.end)}`;
+  return {
+    value,
+    cursorIndex: activeTemplateRange.start + suggestion.length,
+  };
 }
@@ -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,
+  };
+}
@@ -66,7 +66,10 @@ export default function ReportSettings() {
            </thead>
            <tbody>
              {combinedReport.length === 0 && (
-                <Panel.TableEmpty label='Reports are generated when running through the show.' />
+                <Panel.TableEmpty
+                  title='No report data yet'
+                  description='Reports are generated as you run through the show, comparing scheduled times against what actually happened.'
+                />
              )}

              {combinedReport.map((entry) => {
@@ -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';
@@ -11,30 +12,35 @@ import Tag from '../../../../common/components/tag/Tag';
 import useUrlPresets, { useUpdateUrlPreset } from '../../../../common/hooks-query/useUrlPresets';
 import { handleLinks } from '../../../../common/utils/linkUtils';
 import * as Panel from '../../panel-utils/PanelUtils';
+import { useEntityModal } from '../../panel-utils/useEntityModal';
 import URLPresetForm from './composite/URLPresetForm';

-type FormState = {
-  isOpen: boolean;
-  preset?: URLPreset;
-};
-
 const urlPresetsDocs = 'https://docs.getontime.no/features/url-presets/';

 export default function URLPresets() {
-  const [formState, setFormState] = useState<FormState>({ isOpen: false, preset: undefined });
+  const presetModal = useEntityModal<URLPreset>();
+  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>
+        {presetModal.isOpen && (
+          <URLPresetForm urlPreset={presetModal.entity ?? undefined} onClose={presetModal.close} />
+        )}
        <Panel.SubHeader>
          URL presets
-          <Button onClick={openNewForm}>
+          <Button onClick={presetModal.openCreate}>
            New <IoAdd />
          </Button>
        </Panel.SubHeader>
@@ -52,23 +58,47 @@ export default function URLPresets() {
        </Panel.Section>
        <Panel.Section>
          <Panel.Loader isLoading={status === 'pending'} />
-          {formState.isOpen && <URLPresetForm urlPreset={formState.preset} onClose={closeForm} />}
+          {actionError && <Panel.Error>{actionError}</Panel.Error>}
          <Panel.Table>
            <thead>
              <tr>
                <th>Enabled</th>
+                <th>Show in nav</th>
                <th>Target view</th>
                <th>Alias</th>
                <th />
              </tr>
            </thead>
            <tbody>
-              {data.length === 0 && <Panel.TableEmpty handleClick={openNewForm} />}
+              {data.length === 0 && (
+                <Panel.TableEmpty
+                  title='No URL presets yet'
+                  description='A preset gives one of your views a short, memorable address, with all of its options baked in.'
+                  action={
+                    <Button variant='primary' onClick={presetModal.openCreate}>
+                      Create preset <IoAdd />
+                    </Button>
+                  }
+                />
+              )}
              {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>
@@ -83,7 +113,7 @@ export default function URLPresets() {
                        <IoOpenOutline />
                      </IconButton>
                      <IconButton
-                        onClick={() => openEditForm(preset)}
+                        onClick={() => presetModal.openEdit(preset)}
                        variant='ghosted-white'
                        aria-label='Edit entry'
                        data-testid={`field__edit_${index}`}
@@ -1,17 +1,18 @@
 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';
 import Button from '../../../../../common/components/buttons/Button';
 import Input from '../../../../../common/components/input/input/Input';
 import Textarea from '../../../../../common/components/input/textarea/Textarea';
+import Modal from '../../../../../common/components/modal/Modal';
 import Select, { SelectOption } from '../../../../../common/components/select/Select';
 import { useUpdateUrlPreset } from '../../../../../common/hooks-query/useUrlPresets';
-import { preventEscape } from '../../../../../common/utils/keyEvent';
 import { isUrlSafe } from '../../../../../common/utils/regex';
 import { enDash } from '../../../../../common/utils/styleUtils';
 import { generateUrlPresetOptions } from '../../../../../common/utils/urlPresets';
+import CuesheetLinkOptions, { CuesheetPermissionValues } from '../../../../sharing/composite/CuesheetLinkOptions';
 import * as Panel from '../../../panel-utils/PanelUtils';

 import style from './URLPresetForm.module.scss';
@@ -27,11 +28,14 @@ const targetOptions: SelectOption<OntimeViewPresettable>[] = [
  { value: OntimeView.ProjectInfo, label: 'Project Info' },
 ];

+const formId = 'url-preset-form';
+
 const defaultValues: URLPreset = {
  alias: '',
  target: OntimeView.Timer,
  search: '',
  enabled: true,
+  displayInNav: false,
 };

 interface URLPresetFormProps {
@@ -61,12 +65,42 @@ 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 +108,7 @@ export default function URLPresetForm({ urlPreset, onClose }: URLPresetFormProps
    }
  };

+  // focus on alias when the form opens
  useEffect(() => {
    setFocus('alias');
  }, [setFocus]);
@@ -100,13 +135,8 @@ export default function URLPresetForm({ urlPreset, onClose }: URLPresetFormProps
    }
  };

-  return (
-    <Panel.Indent
-      as='form'
-      onSubmit={handleSubmit(setupSubmit)}
-      onKeyDown={(event) => preventEscape(event, onClose)}
-      className={style.column}
-    >
+  const bodyElements = (
+    <form id={formId} onSubmit={handleSubmit(setupSubmit)} className={style.column}>
      <input hidden name='enabled' value='true' />

      <div>1. Enter URL and let Ontime generate the preset options</div>
@@ -126,48 +156,84 @@ 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} />
-            <Button onClick={generateOptions}>Generate</Button>
+            <Input placeholder='Paste URL' fluid ref={urlRef} disabled={isEditingCuesheet} />
+            <Button onClick={generateOptions} disabled={isEditingCuesheet}>
+              Generate
+            </Button>
          </Panel.InlineElements>
        </div>
      </Panel.InlineElements>
      {errors.alias?.message && <Panel.Error>{errors.alias.message}</Panel.Error>}
-      <div>
-        {enDash} or {enDash}
-      </div>
-      <div>2. Choose a view and its parameters</div>
-      <div>
-        <Panel.Description>Target</Panel.Description>
-        <Select
-          options={targetOptions}
-          {...register('target', { required: 'Target is required' })}
-          value={watch('target')}
-          onValueChange={(value: OntimeViewPresettable | null) => {
-            if (value === null) return;
-            setValue('target', value, { shouldDirty: true });
-          }}
-        />
-      </div>
-      <div>
-        <Panel.Description>Parameters</Panel.Description>
-        <Textarea
-          fluid
-          rows={3}
-          {...register('search', {
-            validate: validateParams,
-          })}
-        />
-        <Panel.Error>{errors.search?.message}</Panel.Error>
-      </div>
-      <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}>
-            Save
-          </Button>
-        </Panel.InlineElements>
-      </div>
-    </Panel.Indent>
+      {!isEditingCuesheet && (
+        <>
+          <div>
+            {enDash} or {enDash}
+          </div>
+          <div>2. Choose a view and its parameters</div>
+          <div>
+            <Panel.Description>Target</Panel.Description>
+            <Select
+              options={targetOptions}
+              {...register('target', { required: 'Target is required' })}
+              value={watch('target')}
+              onValueChange={(value: OntimeViewPresettable | null) => {
+                if (value === null) return;
+                setValue('target', value, { shouldDirty: true });
+              }}
+            />
+          </div>
+          <div>
+            <Panel.Description>Parameters</Panel.Description>
+            <Textarea
+              fluid
+              rows={3}
+              {...register('search', {
+                validate: validateParams,
+              })}
+            />
+            <Panel.Error>{errors.search?.message}</Panel.Error>
+          </div>
+        </>
+      )}
+
+      {isCuesheet && (
+        <div>
+          <Panel.Description>Permissions</Panel.Description>
+          <CuesheetLinkOptions
+            initialRead={initialPermissions.current.read}
+            initialWrite={initialPermissions.current.write}
+            onChange={setCuesheetPermissions}
+          />
+        </div>
+      )}
+    </form>
+  );
+
+  const footerElements = (
+    <>
+      <Panel.Error>{errors.root?.message}</Panel.Error>
+      <Button onClick={onClose}>Cancel</Button>
+      <Button
+        variant='primary'
+        type='submit'
+        form={formId}
+        disabled={!isValid || (!isDirty && !permissionsDirty) || noReadAccess}
+        loading={isSubmitting || isMutating}
+      >
+        Save
+      </Button>
+    </>
+  );
+
+  return (
+    <Modal
+      isOpen
+      onClose={onClose}
+      showBackdrop
+      showCloseButton
+      title={urlPreset ? 'Edit URL preset' : 'Create URL preset'}
+      bodyElements={bodyElements}
+      footerElements={footerElements}
+    />
  );
 }
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import { CustomField, CustomFieldKey } from 'ontime-types';
-import { useState } from 'react';
 import { IoAdd } from 'react-icons/io5';

 import { deleteCustomField, editCustomField, postCustomField } from '../../../../common/api/customFields';
@@ -10,30 +9,25 @@ import ExternalLink from '../../../../common/components/link/external-link/Exter
 import useCustomFields from '../../../../common/hooks-query/useCustomFields';
 import { customFieldsDocsUrl } from '../../../../externals';
 import * as Panel from '../../panel-utils/PanelUtils';
+import { useEntityModal } from '../../panel-utils/useEntityModal';
 import CustomFieldEntry from './composite/CustomFieldEntry';
 import CustomFieldForm from './composite/CustomFieldForm';

+type CustomFieldEntity = CustomField & { key: CustomFieldKey };
+
 export default function CustomFieldSettings() {
  const { data, refetch } = useCustomFields();
-  const [isAdding, setIsAdding] = useState(false);
+  const fieldModal = useEntityModal<CustomFieldEntity>();

-  const handleInitiateCreate = () => {
-    setIsAdding(true);
-  };
-
-  const handleCancel = () => {
-    setIsAdding(false);
-  };
-
-  const handleCreate = async (customField: CustomField) => {
-    await postCustomField(customField);
-    refetch();
-    setIsAdding(false);
-  };
-
-  const handleEditField = async (key: CustomFieldKey, customField: CustomField) => {
-    await editCustomField(key, customField);
+  const handleSubmit = async (customField: CustomField) => {
+    const editing = fieldModal.entity;
+    if (editing) {
+      await editCustomField(editing.key, customField);
+    } else {
+      await postCustomField(customField);
+    }
    refetch();
+    fieldModal.close();
  };

  const handleDelete = async (key: CustomFieldKey) => {
@@ -45,12 +39,24 @@ export default function CustomFieldSettings() {
    }
  };

+  const entries = Object.entries(data);
+
  return (
    <Panel.Section>
      <Panel.Card>
+        {fieldModal.isOpen && (
+          <CustomFieldForm
+            onSubmit={handleSubmit}
+            onCancel={fieldModal.close}
+            initialColour={fieldModal.entity?.colour}
+            initialLabel={fieldModal.entity?.label}
+            initialKey={fieldModal.entity?.key}
+            initialType={fieldModal.entity?.type}
+          />
+        )}
        <Panel.SubHeader>
          Custom fields
-          <Button onClick={handleInitiateCreate}>
+          <Button onClick={fieldModal.openCreate}>
            New <IoAdd />
          </Button>
        </Panel.SubHeader>
@@ -66,7 +72,6 @@ export default function CustomFieldSettings() {
          </Info>
        </Panel.Section>
        <Panel.Section>
-          {isAdding && <CustomFieldForm onSubmit={handleCreate} onCancel={handleCancel} />}
          <Panel.Table>
            <thead>
              <tr>
@@ -78,7 +83,18 @@ export default function CustomFieldSettings() {
              </tr>
            </thead>
            <tbody>
-              {Object.entries(data).map(([key, { colour, label, type }]) => {
+              {entries.length === 0 && (
+                <Panel.TableEmpty
+                  title='No custom fields yet'
+                  description='Custom fields add your own columns to the rundown, and can be shown in views or used in automations.'
+                  action={
+                    <Button variant='primary' onClick={fieldModal.openCreate}>
+                      Create custom field <IoAdd />
+                    </Button>
+                  }
+                />
+              )}
+              {entries.map(([key, { colour, label, type }]) => {
                return (
                  <CustomFieldEntry
                    key={key}
@@ -86,7 +102,7 @@ export default function CustomFieldSettings() {
                    colour={colour}
                    label={label}
                    type={type}
-                    onEdit={handleEditField}
+                    onEdit={() => fieldModal.openEdit({ key, colour, label, type })}
                    onDelete={handleDelete}
                  />
                );
@@ -5,11 +5,14 @@ import { uploadCustomView } from '../../../../common/api/customViews';
 import { maybeAxiosError } from '../../../../common/api/utils';
 import Button from '../../../../common/components/buttons/Button';
 import Input from '../../../../common/components/input/input/Input';
+import Modal from '../../../../common/components/modal/Modal';
 import * as Panel from '../../panel-utils/PanelUtils';
 import { getFileError, getSlugError, getViewUrl, maxUploadLabel } from './customViews.utils';

 import style from './CustomViews.module.scss';

+const formId = 'custom-view-form';
+
 interface CustomViewFormProps {
  onComplete: () => void;
  onClose: () => void;
@@ -52,8 +55,8 @@ export default function CustomViewForm({ onComplete, onClose }: CustomViewFormPr
    }
  };

-  return (
-    <Panel.Indent as='form' onSubmit={handleUpload} className={style.uploadForm}>
+  const bodyElements = (
+    <form id={formId} onSubmit={handleUpload} className={style.uploadForm}>
      <input
        ref={fileInputRef}
        style={{ display: 'none' }}
@@ -100,15 +103,28 @@ export default function CustomViewForm({ onComplete, onClose }: CustomViewFormPr
        <Panel.Description>Accepted: index.html only, maximum {maxUploadLabel}.</Panel.Description>
        {fileDirty && fileError && <Panel.Error>{fileError}</Panel.Error>}
      </div>
+    </form>
+  );

+  const footerElements = (
+    <>
      {error && <Panel.Error>{error}</Panel.Error>}
+      <Button onClick={onClose}>Cancel</Button>
+      <Button variant='primary' type='submit' form={formId} loading={isUploading} disabled={!canUpload}>
+        Upload view <IoCloudUploadOutline />
+      </Button>
+    </>
+  );

-      <Panel.InlineElements align='end'>
-        <Button onClick={onClose}>Cancel</Button>
-        <Button variant='primary' type='submit' loading={isUploading} disabled={!canUpload}>
-          Upload view <IoCloudUploadOutline />
-        </Button>
-      </Panel.InlineElements>
-    </Panel.Indent>
+  return (
+    <Modal
+      isOpen
+      onClose={onClose}
+      showBackdrop
+      showCloseButton
+      title='Upload custom view'
+      bodyElements={bodyElements}
+      footerElements={footerElements}
+    />
  );
 }
@@ -37,13 +37,14 @@ export default function CustomViews() {
  return (
    <Panel.Section>
      <Panel.Card>
+        {isUploadOpen && <CustomViewForm onComplete={handleUploadComplete} onClose={() => setIsUploadOpen(false)} />}
        <Panel.SubHeader>
          Custom views
          <Panel.InlineElements>
            <Button variant='ghosted' onClick={handleRestoreDemo} disabled={hasDemoView}>
              Restore demo
            </Button>
-            <Button onClick={() => setIsUploadOpen(true)} disabled={isUploadOpen}>
+            <Button onClick={() => setIsUploadOpen(true)}>
              New <IoAdd />
            </Button>
          </Panel.InlineElements>
@@ -63,8 +64,6 @@ export default function CustomViews() {
        <Panel.Section>
          <Panel.Loader isLoading={status === 'pending'} />

-          {isUploadOpen && <CustomViewForm onComplete={handleUploadComplete} onClose={() => setIsUploadOpen(false)} />}
-
          {actionError && <Panel.Error>{actionError}</Panel.Error>}

          <CustomViewsList
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { CustomViewSummary } from 'ontime-types';
 import { useState } from 'react';
+import { IoCloudUploadOutline } from 'react-icons/io5';

 import { deleteCustomView } from '../../../../common/api/customViews';
 import { maybeAxiosError } from '../../../../common/api/utils';
@@ -53,7 +54,17 @@ export default function CustomViewsList({ views, onOpenUpload, onMutate, onError
          </tr>
        </thead>
        <tbody>
-          {views.length === 0 && <Panel.TableEmpty handleClick={onOpenUpload} label='No custom views yet' />}
+          {views.length === 0 && (
+            <Panel.TableEmpty
+              title='No custom views yet'
+              description='Upload a self-contained index.html to serve your own view alongside the built-in ones.'
+              action={
+                <Button variant='primary' onClick={onOpenUpload}>
+                  Upload view <IoCloudUploadOutline />
+                </Button>
+              }
+            />
+          )}
          {views.map((view, index) => (
            <CustomViewsListItem
              key={view.slug}
@@ -12,6 +12,12 @@
  gap: 1rem;
 }

+.formColumn {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  gap: 1rem;
+}
+
 .current {
  background-color: $blue-1100 !important; // fighting zebra styles
 }
@@ -3,9 +3,12 @@ import { useForm } from 'react-hook-form';

 import Button from '../../../../common/components/buttons/Button';
 import Input from '../../../../common/components/input/input/Input';
+import Modal from '../../../../common/components/modal/Modal';
 import { useMutateProjectRundowns } from '../../../../common/hooks-query/useProjectRundowns';
 import * as Panel from '../../panel-utils/PanelUtils';

+const formId = 'new-rundown-form';
+
 type NewRundownFormState = {
  title: string;
 };
@@ -41,23 +44,38 @@ export function ManageRundownForm({ onClose }: ManageRundownForm) {
    setFocus('title');
  }, [setFocus]);

-  return (
-    <Panel.Indent as='form' onSubmit={handleSubmit(createRundown)}>
+  const bodyElements = (
+    <form id={formId} onSubmit={handleSubmit(createRundown)}>
      <Panel.Section>
        <label>
          <Panel.Description>Rundown title</Panel.Description>
          <Input {...register('title')} fluid placeholder='Your rundown name' />
        </label>
      </Panel.Section>
-      <Panel.InlineElements relation='inner' align='end'>
-        <Button variant='ghosted' disabled={isSubmitting} onClick={onClose}>
-          Cancel
-        </Button>
-        <Button type='submit' variant='primary' disabled={isSubmitting}>
-          Create rundown
-        </Button>
-      </Panel.InlineElements>
+    </form>
+  );
+
+  const footerElements = (
+    <>
      {errors.root && <Panel.Error>{errors.root.message}</Panel.Error>}
-    </Panel.Indent>
+      <Button variant='ghosted' disabled={isSubmitting} onClick={onClose}>
+        Cancel
+      </Button>
+      <Button type='submit' form={formId} variant='primary' disabled={isSubmitting}>
+        Create rundown
+      </Button>
+    </>
+  );
+
+  return (
+    <Modal
+      isOpen
+      onClose={onClose}
+      showBackdrop
+      showCloseButton
+      title='Create rundown'
+      bodyElements={bodyElements}
+      footerElements={footerElements}
+    />
  );
 }
@@ -131,6 +131,23 @@ export default function ManageRundowns() {
                </tr>
              </thead>
              <tbody>
+                {data?.rundowns?.length === 0 && (
+                  <Panel.TableEmpty
+                    title='No rundowns yet'
+                    description='A project can hold several rundowns. Create one to start building your show.'
+                    action={
+                      <Button
+                        variant='primary'
+                        onClick={() => {
+                          setActionError(null);
+                          newHandlers.open();
+                        }}
+                      >
+                        Create rundown <IoAdd />
+                      </Button>
+                    }
+                  />
+                )}
                {data?.rundowns?.map(({ id, numEntries, title }) => {
                  const isLoaded = data.loaded === id;
                  const isRenaming = renamingRundown === id;
@@ -157,7 +174,7 @@ export default function ManageRundowns() {
                      </td>
                      <td>
                        <DropdownMenu
-                          render={<IconButton variant='ghosted-white' />}
+                          render={<IconButton variant='ghosted-white' data-testId='rundown_menu' />}
                          items={[
                            {
                              type: 'item',
@@ -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'
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import { CustomField, CustomFieldKey } from 'ontime-types';
-import { useState } from 'react';
 import { IoPencil, IoTrash } from 'react-icons/io5';

 import IconButton from '../../../../../common/components/buttons/IconButton';
@@ -7,7 +6,6 @@ import CopyTag from '../../../../../common/components/copy-tag/CopyTag';
 import Swatch from '../../../../../common/components/input/colour-input/Swatch';
 import Tag from '../../../../../common/components/tag/Tag';
 import * as Panel from '../../../panel-utils/PanelUtils';
-import CustomFieldForm from './CustomFieldForm';

 import style from '../ManagePanel.module.scss';

@@ -16,35 +14,12 @@ interface CustomFieldEntryProps {
  label: string;
  fieldKey: string;
  type: CustomField['type'];
-  onEdit: (key: CustomFieldKey, patch: CustomField) => Promise<void>;
+  onEdit: () => void;
  onDelete: (key: CustomFieldKey) => Promise<void>;
 }

 export default function CustomFieldEntry(props: CustomFieldEntryProps) {
  const { colour, label, fieldKey, type, onEdit, onDelete } = props;
-  const [isEditing, setIsEditing] = useState(false);
-
-  const handleEdit = async (patch: CustomField) => {
-    await onEdit(fieldKey, patch);
-    setIsEditing(false);
-  };
-
-  if (isEditing) {
-    return (
-      <tr>
-        <td colSpan={99}>
-          <CustomFieldForm
-            onCancel={() => setIsEditing(false)}
-            onSubmit={handleEdit}
-            initialColour={colour}
-            initialLabel={label}
-            initialKey={fieldKey}
-            initialType={type}
-          />
-        </td>
-      </tr>
-    );
-  }

  return (
    <tr>
@@ -61,7 +36,7 @@ export default function CustomFieldEntry(props: CustomFieldEntryProps) {
        </CopyTag>
      </td>
      <Panel.InlineElements relation='inner' as='td'>
-        <IconButton variant='ghosted-white' aria-label='Edit entry' onClick={() => setIsEditing(true)}>
+        <IconButton variant='ghosted-white' aria-label='Edit entry' onClick={onEdit}>
          <IoPencil />
        </IconButton>
        <IconButton variant='ghosted-destructive' aria-label='Delete entry' onClick={() => onDelete(fieldKey)}>
@@ -8,13 +8,15 @@ import Button from '../../../../../common/components/buttons/Button';
 import Info from '../../../../../common/components/info/Info';
 import SwatchSelect from '../../../../../common/components/input/colour-input/SwatchSelect';
 import Input from '../../../../../common/components/input/input/Input';
+import Modal from '../../../../../common/components/modal/Modal';
 import RadioGroup from '../../../../../common/components/radio-group/RadioGroup';
 import useCustomFields from '../../../../../common/hooks-query/useCustomFields';
-import { preventEscape } from '../../../../../common/utils/keyEvent';
 import * as Panel from '../../../panel-utils/PanelUtils';

 import style from '../ManagePanel.module.scss';

+const formId = 'custom-field-form';
+
 interface CustomFieldsFormProps {
  onSubmit: (field: CustomField) => Promise<void>;
  onCancel: () => void;
@@ -84,8 +86,8 @@ export default function CustomFieldForm({
  // if initial values are given, we can assume we are in edit mode
  const isEditMode = initialKey !== undefined;

-  return (
-    <Panel.Indent as='form' onSubmit={handleSubmit(setupSubmit)} onKeyDown={(event) => preventEscape(event, onCancel)}>
+  const bodyElements = (
+    <form id={formId} onSubmit={handleSubmit(setupSubmit)} className={style.formColumn}>
      <Info>
        Please note that images can quickly deteriorate your app&apos;s performance.
        <br />
@@ -116,8 +118,8 @@ export default function CustomFieldForm({
                if (value.trim().length === 0) return 'Required field';
                if (!checkRegex.isAlphanumericWithSpace(value))
                  return 'Only alphanumeric characters and space are allowed';
-                if (!isEditMode) {
-                  if (isEditMode && Object.keys(data).includes(value)) return 'Custom fields must be unique';
+                if (!isEditMode && Object.hasOwn(data, customFieldLabelToKey(value) ?? '')) {
+                  return 'Custom fields must be unique';
                }
                return true;
              },
@@ -135,15 +137,30 @@ export default function CustomFieldForm({
        <Panel.Description>Colour</Panel.Description>
        <SwatchSelect name='colour' value={colour} handleChange={(_field, value) => handleSelectColour(value)} />
      </label>
+    </form>
+  );
+
+  const footerElements = (
+    <>
      {errors.root && <Panel.Error>{errors.root.message}</Panel.Error>}
-      <Panel.InlineElements relation='inner' align='end'>
-        <Button variant='ghosted' onClick={onCancel}>
-          Cancel
-        </Button>
-        <Button type='submit' variant='primary' disabled={!canSubmit} loading={isSubmitting}>
-          Save
-        </Button>
-      </Panel.InlineElements>
-    </Panel.Indent>
+      <Button variant='ghosted' onClick={onCancel}>
+        Cancel
+      </Button>
+      <Button type='submit' form={formId} variant='primary' disabled={!canSubmit} loading={isSubmitting}>
+        Save
+      </Button>
+    </>
+  );
+
+  return (
+    <Modal
+      isOpen
+      onClose={onCancel}
+      showBackdrop
+      showCloseButton
+      title={isEditMode ? 'Edit custom field' : 'Create custom field'}
+      bodyElements={bodyElements}
+      footerElements={footerElements}
+    />
  );
 }
@@ -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));
@@ -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';
@@ -35,6 +38,7 @@ const googleSheetDocsUrl = 'https://docs.getontime.no/features/import-spreadshee
 type ActiveSource =
  | {
      kind: 'excel';
+      fileName: string;
      worksheetNames: string[];
      initialWorksheetMetadata: SpreadsheetWorksheetMetadata | null;
      closedByUser: boolean;
@@ -53,9 +57,11 @@ export default function SourcesPanel() {
  const [error, setError] = useState('');
  const [hasFile, setHasFile] = useState<'none' | 'loading' | 'done'>('none');
  const [activeSource, setActiveSource] = useState<ActiveSource | null>(null);
+  const [completedRundownTitle, setCompletedRundownTitle] = useState('');

  const { data: currentRundown } = useRundown();
-  const { importRundown } = useSpreadsheetImport();
+  const { applyImport } = useSpreadsheetImport();
+  const navigate = useNavigate();

  const fileInputRef = useRef<HTMLInputElement>(null);

@@ -74,6 +80,7 @@ export default function SourcesPanel() {
      const worksheetOptions = await uploadExcel(fileToUpload);
      setActiveSource({
        kind: 'excel',
+        fileName: fileToUpload.name,
        worksheetNames: worksheetOptions.worksheets,
        initialWorksheetMetadata: worksheetOptions.metadata,
        closedByUser: false,
@@ -97,6 +104,7 @@ export default function SourcesPanel() {
    setHasFile('none');
    setActiveSource(null);
    setError('');
+    setCompletedRundownTitle('');
  };

  const openGSheetFlow = () => {
@@ -119,29 +127,41 @@ export default function SourcesPanel() {
    }
  };

-  const handleFinished = () => {
+  const handleFinished = (rundownTitle: string) => {
    setImportFlow('finished');
    setHasFile('none');
    setActiveSource(null);
    setError('');
+    setCompletedRundownTitle(rundownTitle);
  };

-  const handleApplyImport = async (preview: SpreadsheetPreviewResponse) => {
+  const handleApplyImport = async (
+    preview: SpreadsheetPreviewResponse,
+    mode: RundownImportMode,
+    newRundownTitle: string,
+    providedFields: ImportedFields,
+  ) => {
+    if (mode === 'new') {
+      const title = newRundownTitle.trim() || preview.rundown.title;
+      await applyImport({ mode: 'new', rundown: { ...preview.rundown, title }, customFields: preview.customFields });
+      handleFinished(title);
+      return;
+    }
+
    if (!currentRundown) {
      throw new Error('No current rundown loaded');
    }

-    await importRundown(
-      {
-        [currentRundown.id]: {
-          ...preview.rundown,
-          id: currentRundown.id,
-          title: currentRundown.title,
-        },
-      },
-      preview.customFields,
-    );
-    handleFinished();
+    // 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)
+    await applyImport({
+      mode,
+      targetRundownId: currentRundown.id,
+      rundown: preview.rundown,
+      customFields: preview.customFields,
+      providedFields,
+    });
+    handleFinished(currentRundown.title);
  };

  const loadWorksheetMetadata = useCallback(
@@ -208,6 +228,13 @@ export default function SourcesPanel() {
    if (activeSource.kind === 'excel') return 'excel';
    return `gsheet:${activeSource.sheetId}`;
  })();
+  // suggested name when importing into a new rundown: the spreadsheet file name (without extension)
+  // for Excel, or the document title for Google Sheets
+  const spreadsheetName = (() => {
+    if (!activeSource) return '';
+    if (activeSource.kind === 'excel') return removeFileExtension(activeSource.fileName);
+    return activeSource.title;
+  })();

  return (
    <Panel.Section>
@@ -267,11 +294,20 @@ export default function SourcesPanel() {
        {showCompleted && (
          <div className={style.finishSection}>
            <span className={style.finishBadge}>Import complete</span>
-            <div className={style.finishTitle}>Spreadsheet data applied.</div>
-            <div className={style.finishDescription}>You can close this flow or start another import.</div>
-            <Button variant='subtle-white' onClick={resetFlow}>
-              Reset flow
-            </Button>
+            <div className={style.finishTitle}>
+              Spreadsheet data applied to {completedRundownTitle || 'your rundown'}.
+            </div>
+            <div className={style.finishDescription}>
+              Review the imported rundown in the editor or start another import.
+            </div>
+            <div className={style.finishActions}>
+              <Button variant='primary' onClick={() => navigate('/editor')}>
+                Open editor
+              </Button>
+              <Button variant='subtle-white' onClick={resetFlow}>
+                Import another
+              </Button>
+            </div>
          </div>
        )}
        {isGSheetFlow && (
@@ -287,6 +323,7 @@ export default function SourcesPanel() {
          bodyElements={
            <SheetImportEditor
              sourceKey={sourceKey ?? 'spreadsheet'}
+              defaultRundownName={spreadsheetName}
              worksheetNames={activeSource?.worksheetNames ?? []}
              initialMetadata={activeSource?.initialWorksheetMetadata ?? null}
              loadMetadata={loadWorksheetMetadata}
@@ -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>
+  );
+}
@@ -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;
 }
@@ -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}>
-        <Button onClick={onCancel} disabled={isBusy}>
-          Cancel
-        </Button>
-        {onExport && (
-          <Button onClick={handleExportSubmit} disabled={!canPreview} loading={state.loading === 'export'}>
-            <IoArrowUpOutline />
-            Export
+      {importMode === 'merge' && !isIdColumnMapped(values) && (
+        <Panel.Description tone='warning'>
+          <IoWarningOutline /> No ID column mapped — merge matches entries by ID, so it will behave like Replace. Export
+          your rundown to a spreadsheet first to keep its IDs.
+        </Panel.Description>
+      )}
+      <Panel.InlineElements align='apart' wrap='wrap' className={style.editorFooter}>
+        <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>
-        )}
-        <Button
-          variant={state.preview ? undefined : 'primary'}
-          onClick={handlePreviewSubmit}
-          disabled={!canPreview}
-          loading={state.loading === 'preview'}
-        >
-          <IoEye />
-          Preview import
-        </Button>
-        <Button
-          variant='primary'
-          onClick={handleApply}
-          disabled={!state.preview || isBusy}
-          loading={state.loading === 'apply'}
-        >
-          Apply import
-        </Button>
+          {onExport && (
+            <Button onClick={handleExportSubmit} disabled={!canPreview} loading={state.loading === 'export'}>
+              <IoArrowUpOutline />
+              Export
+            </Button>
+          )}
+          <Button
+            variant={state.preview ? undefined : 'primary'}
+            onClick={handlePreviewSubmit}
+            disabled={!canPreview}
+            loading={state.loading === 'preview'}
+          >
+            <IoEye />
+            Preview import
+          </Button>
+          <ApplyImportButton
+            preview={state.preview}
+            mode={importMode}
+            disabled={!state.preview || isBusy}
+            loading={state.loading === 'apply'}
+            onApply={handleApply}
+          />
+        </Panel.InlineElements>
      </Panel.InlineElements>
    </Panel.Section>
  );
@@ -1,15 +1,21 @@
-import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';

 import {
  builtInFieldDefs,
  convertToImportMap,
  createDefaultFormValues,
+  defaultImportMode,
  getImportWarnings,
+  getPersistedImportMode,
+  getProvidedImportFields,
  getResolvedCustomFields,
+  isIdColumnMapped,
+  persistImportMode,
 } from '../importMapUtils';

 const cueIndex = builtInFieldDefs.findIndex((field) => field.label === 'Cue');
 const titleIndex = builtInFieldDefs.findIndex((field) => field.label === 'Title');
+const idIndex = builtInFieldDefs.findIndex((field) => field.importKey === 'id');

 describe('getImportWarnings()', () => {
  it('warns when two mappings target the same spreadsheet column', () => {
@@ -128,3 +134,64 @@ describe('convertToImportMap()', () => {
    });
  });
 });
+
+describe('getProvidedImportFields()', () => {
+  it('reports the mapped built-in and custom fields the sheet supplies', () => {
+    const values = createDefaultFormValues();
+    values.builtIn[titleIndex] = { header: 'title', enabled: true };
+    values.builtIn[cueIndex] = { header: '', enabled: false };
+    values.custom = [{ ontimeName: 'ignored', importName: 'FOH/Monitor' }];
+
+    const provided = getProvidedImportFields(convertToImportMap(values));
+
+    // enabled built-in mappings are reported as event fields, disabled ones are not
+    expect(provided.event).toContain('title');
+    expect(provided.event).not.toContain('cue');
+    // the id column is only used for matching, never overwritten
+    expect(provided.event).not.toContain('id');
+    // custom fields are reported symmetrically by their resolved Ontime name
+    expect(provided.custom).toStrictEqual(['FOH Monitor']);
+  });
+});
+
+describe('isIdColumnMapped()', () => {
+  it('is true when the ID field is enabled with a header', () => {
+    // the default form maps the ID column
+    expect(isIdColumnMapped(createDefaultFormValues())).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('is false when the ID field is disabled', () => {
+    const values = createDefaultFormValues();
+    values.builtIn[idIndex] = { header: 'id', enabled: false };
+    expect(isIdColumnMapped(values)).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it('is false when the ID field header is blank', () => {
+    const values = createDefaultFormValues();
+    values.builtIn[idIndex] = { header: '   ', enabled: true };
+    expect(isIdColumnMapped(values)).toBe(false);
+  });
+});
+
+describe('import mode persistence', () => {
+  const sourceKey = 'excel-test';
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    localStorage.clear();
+  });
+
+  it('defaults to override when nothing is persisted', () => {
+    expect(getPersistedImportMode(sourceKey)).toBe('override');
+    expect(defaultImportMode).toBe('override');
+  });
+
+  it('round-trips a persisted value', () => {
+    persistImportMode(sourceKey, 'merge');
+    expect(getPersistedImportMode(sourceKey)).toBe('merge');
+  });
+
+  it('falls back to the default when the persisted value is invalid', () => {
+    persistImportMode(sourceKey, 'nonsense' as never);
+    expect(getPersistedImportMode(sourceKey)).toBe('override');
+  });
+});
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import type { ImportedFields, RundownImportMode } from 'ontime-types';
 import type { ImportMap } from 'ontime-utils';

 import { makeStageKey } from '../../../../../../common/utils/localStorage';
@@ -49,6 +50,16 @@ export function createDefaultFormValues(): ImportFormValues {
  };
 }

+/**
+ * Whether the mapping supplies an ID column. Merge matches entries by ID, so without one every
+ * imported entry gets a fresh id and nothing can reconcile with the current rundown.
+ */
+export function isIdColumnMapped(values: ImportFormValues): boolean {
+  const idIndex = builtInFieldDefs.findIndex((def) => def.importKey === 'id');
+  const field = values.builtIn[idIndex];
+  return Boolean(field?.enabled && field.header.trim());
+}
+
 function sanitiseOntimeCustomFieldLabel(importName: string): string {
  // Replace punctuation with spaces, then collapse repeated whitespace into single spaces.
  const sanitised = importName
@@ -81,6 +92,24 @@ export function getResolvedCustomFields(customFields: ImportFormValues['custom']
  });
 }

+/**
+ * Returns the fields the import map supplies — the complete description of what the incoming data
+ * provides, for both built-in and custom fields. A merge uses this to patch exactly these fields
+ * onto a matched event and keep everything else (e.g. automations) untouched.
+ * Import-map keys are OntimeEvent field names; `worksheet`/`custom` are meta and `id` is only used
+ * for matching, not overwritten.
+ */
+export function getProvidedImportFields(importMap: ImportMap): ImportedFields {
+  const event: string[] = [];
+  for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(importMap)) {
+    if (key === 'worksheet' || key === 'custom' || key === 'id') continue;
+    if (typeof value === 'string' && value.trim() !== '') {
+      event.push(key);
+    }
+  }
+  return { event, custom: Object.keys(importMap.custom) };
+}
+
 export function convertToImportMap(values: ImportFormValues): ImportMap {
  const custom = getResolvedCustomFields(values.custom).reduce<Record<string, string>>(
    (accumulator, { ontimeName, importName }) => {
@@ -130,12 +159,12 @@ function isPersistedFormValues(obj: unknown): obj is ImportFormValues {
 export function getPersistedImportState(sourceKey: string): { values: ImportFormValues; isPersisted: boolean } {
  const storageKey = getImportMapKey(sourceKey);
  try {
-    const raw = localStorage.getItem(storageKey);
-    if (!raw) {
+    const persistedData = localStorage.getItem(storageKey);
+    if (!persistedData) {
      return { values: createDefaultFormValues(), isPersisted: false };
    }

-    const parsed: unknown = JSON.parse(raw);
+    const parsed: unknown = JSON.parse(persistedData);
    if (isPersistedFormValues(parsed)) {
      return { values: parsed, isPersisted: true };
    }
@@ -150,6 +179,32 @@ export function getPersistedImportState(sourceKey: string): { values: ImportForm
  }
 }

+/**
+ * The import mode (new / merge / override) is persisted separately from the field mapping
+ * so the mapping schema guard stays untouched.
+ */
+
+/** Default import mode: replace matched elements in the current rundown */
+export const defaultImportMode: RundownImportMode = 'override';
+
+function getImportModeKey(sourceKey: string) {
+  return makeStageKey(`import-mode:${sourceKey}`);
+}
+
+/** Persists the import mode for a given source */
+export function persistImportMode(sourceKey: string, mode: RundownImportMode) {
+  localStorage.setItem(getImportModeKey(sourceKey), mode);
+}
+
+/** Reads the persisted import mode for a source, falling back to the default when absent or invalid */
+export function getPersistedImportMode(sourceKey: string): RundownImportMode {
+  const persisted = localStorage.getItem(getImportModeKey(sourceKey));
+  if (persisted === 'new' || persisted === 'merge' || persisted === 'override') {
+    return persisted;
+  }
+  return defaultImportMode;
+}
+
 /**
 * Validates import mappings and generates warnings for duplicate or missing spreadsheet columns.
 */
@@ -1,27 +1,8 @@
-.emptyState {
-  height: 100%;
-  min-height: 16rem;
-  display: grid;
-  place-content: center;
-  gap: 0.35rem;
-  padding: 1.5rem;
-  text-align: center;
-}
-
-.emptyTitle {
-  color: $ui-white;
-  font-size: 1rem;
-  font-weight: 600;
-}
-
-.emptyBody {
-  color: $gray-400;
-  font-size: 0.95rem;
-}
-
 .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 +15,101 @@
  }

  th {
-    font-weight: 400;
-    color: $gray-400;
-    text-transform: capitalize;
-    vertical-align: top;
+    color: $gray-300;
+    font-size: 0.8rem;
+    font-weight: 600;
+    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) {
-    background-color: $white-1;
+  tbody tr {
+    --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;
-  min-width: 4.5rem;
+  left: 0;
+  width: 3.25rem;
+  min-width: 3.25rem !important;
+  color: $gray-400;
+  text-align: right;
 }

 .rowType {
-  width: 7rem;
-  min-width: 7rem;
+  left: 3.25rem;
+  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;
 }
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
 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 * as Panel from '../../../../../panel-utils/PanelUtils';
 import { getCellValue } from './previewTableUtils';

 import style from './PreviewTable.module.scss';
@@ -9,14 +14,85 @@ 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 +100,51 @@ 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.emptyBody}>{emptyContent}</div>
-      </div>
+      <Panel.EmptyState
+        title={emptyTitle}
+        description={emptyContent}
+        action={
+          needsPreviewRefresh && (
+            <Button variant='primary' onClick={onRefresh} disabled={!canRefresh} loading={isRefreshing}>
+              Refresh preview
+            </Button>
+          )
+        }
+      />
    );
  }

-  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 +153,29 @@ export default function PreviewTable({
        {preview.rundown.flatOrder.map((entryId) => {
          const entry = preview.rundown.entries[entryId];
          const isEvent = isOntimeEvent(entry);
-          if (isEvent) eventIndex++;
-          const hasType = isEvent || isOntimeGroup(entry) || isOntimeMilestone(entry);
+          const entryMetadata = previewMetadata?.[entryId];
+          const { rowClassName, entryColour, entryType } = getEntryDisplay(entry, entryMetadata?.groupColour);

          return (
-            <tr key={entryId}>
-              <td className={style.rowNumber}>{isEvent ? eventIndex : ''}</td>
-              <td className={style.rowType}>{hasType ? entry.type : ''}</td>
-              {columnLabels.map((label, colIndex) => (
-                <td key={`${entryId}-${colIndex}`}>{getCellValue(label, entry, customFieldKeyByLabel)}</td>
-              ))}
+            <tr key={entryId} className={rowClassName} style={{ '--entry-colour': entryColour } as CSSProperties}>
+              <td className={style.rowNumber}>{isEvent ? entryMetadata?.eventIndex : ''}</td>
+              <td className={style.rowType}>
+                <Tag>{entryType}</Tag>
+              </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>
          );
        })}
@@ -1,7 +1,13 @@
 import { useQuery, useQueryClient } from '@tanstack/react-query';
-import type { SpreadsheetPreviewResponse, SpreadsheetWorksheetMetadata } from 'ontime-types';
-import { millisToString } from 'ontime-utils';
-import { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useReducer, useRef } from 'react';
+import type {
+  ImportedFields,
+  RundownImportMode,
+  SpreadsheetPreviewResponse,
+  SpreadsheetWorksheetMetadata,
+} from 'ontime-types';
+import { isOntimeGroup, isOntimeMilestone } from 'ontime-types';
+import { millisToString, removeTrailingZero } from 'ontime-utils';
+import { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useReducer, useRef, useState } from 'react';
 import { useFieldArray, useForm } from 'react-hook-form';

 import { maybeAxiosError } from '../../../../../../common/api/utils';
@@ -11,8 +17,11 @@ import {
  builtInFieldDefs,
  convertToImportMap,
  getImportWarnings,
+  getPersistedImportMode,
  getPersistedImportState,
+  getProvidedImportFields,
  getResolvedCustomFields,
+  persistImportMode,
  persistImportState,
 } from './importMapUtils';
 import { deriveHeaderOptionsState } from './spreadsheetImportUtils';
@@ -24,7 +33,7 @@ type ImportAction =
  | { type: 'previewSuccess'; preview: SpreadsheetPreviewResponse }
  | { type: 'applySuccess' }
  | { type: 'exportSuccess' }
-  | { type: 'clearPreview'; error?: string }
+  | { type: 'clearPreview'; error?: string; needsRefresh?: boolean }
  | { type: 'failure'; error: string }
  | { type: 'reset' };

@@ -32,12 +41,14 @@ type ImportState = {
  loading: '' | 'preview' | 'apply' | 'export';
  error: string;
  preview: SpreadsheetPreviewResponse | null;
+  needsPreviewRefresh: boolean;
 };

 const initialImportState: ImportState = {
  loading: '',
  error: '',
  preview: null,
+  needsPreviewRefresh: false,
 };

 function importReducer(state: ImportState, action: ImportAction): ImportState {
@@ -49,15 +60,15 @@ function importReducer(state: ImportState, action: ImportAction): ImportState {
    case 'startExport':
      return { ...state, loading: 'export', error: '' };
    case 'previewSuccess':
-      return { loading: '', error: '', preview: action.preview };
+      return { loading: '', error: '', preview: action.preview, needsPreviewRefresh: false };
    case 'applySuccess':
    case 'exportSuccess':
      return { ...state, loading: '' };
    case 'clearPreview':
-      return { ...state, error: action.error ?? '', preview: null };
+      return { ...state, error: action.error ?? '', preview: null, needsPreviewRefresh: action.needsRefresh ?? false };
    case 'failure': {
      if (state.loading === 'preview') {
-        return { loading: '', error: action.error, preview: null };
+        return { loading: '', error: action.error, preview: null, needsPreviewRefresh: false };
      }
      return { ...state, loading: '', error: action.error };
    }
@@ -100,16 +111,23 @@ function buildColumnLabels(values: ImportFormValues): string[] {

 interface UseSheetImportFormProps {
  sourceKey: string;
+  defaultRundownName: string;
  worksheetNames: string[];
  initialMetadata: SpreadsheetWorksheetMetadata | null;
  loadMetadata: (worksheet: string) => Promise<SpreadsheetWorksheetMetadata>;
  previewImport: (importMap: ReturnType<typeof convertToImportMap>) => Promise<SpreadsheetPreviewResponse>;
-  onApply: (preview: SpreadsheetPreviewResponse) => Promise<void>;
+  onApply: (
+    preview: SpreadsheetPreviewResponse,
+    mode: RundownImportMode,
+    newRundownTitle: string,
+    providedFields: ImportedFields,
+  ) => Promise<void>;
  onExport?: (importMap: ReturnType<typeof convertToImportMap>) => Promise<void>;
 }

 export function useSheetImportForm({
  sourceKey,
+  defaultRundownName,
  worksheetNames,
  initialMetadata,
  loadMetadata,
@@ -170,6 +188,8 @@ export function useSheetImportForm({
  const columnLabels = buildColumnLabels(values);

  const [state, dispatch] = useReducer(importReducer, initialImportState);
+  const [importMode, setImportMode] = useState<RundownImportMode>(() => getPersistedImportMode(sourceKey));
+  const [newRundownTitle, setNewRundownTitle] = useState(defaultRundownName);
  const warnings = getImportWarnings(values, headers);
  const warningCount = Object.values(warnings).filter(Boolean).length;
  const previewRef = useRef<SpreadsheetPreviewResponse | null>(null);
@@ -182,6 +202,12 @@ export function useSheetImportForm({
    dispatch({ type: 'reset' });
  }, [initialFormValues, reset]);

+  // Update import mode and rundown name if the source changes
+  useEffect(() => {
+    setImportMode(getPersistedImportMode(sourceKey));
+    setNewRundownTitle(defaultRundownName);
+  }, [sourceKey, defaultRundownName]);
+
  // Keep the worksheet selection valid if the available worksheets change underneath the form.
  useEffect(() => {
    if (worksheetNames.length === 0) return;
@@ -198,7 +224,7 @@ export function useSheetImportForm({
    const sub = watch(() => {
      if (!previewRef.current) return;
      previewRef.current = null;
-      dispatch({ type: 'clearPreview' });
+      dispatch({ type: 'clearPreview', needsRefresh: true });
    });
    return () => sub.unsubscribe();
  }, [watch]);
@@ -241,13 +267,15 @@ export function useSheetImportForm({

    try {
      dispatch({ type: 'startApply' });
-      await onApply(state.preview);
+      const providedFields = getProvidedImportFields(convertToImportMap(getValues()));
+      await onApply(state.preview, importMode, newRundownTitle, providedFields);
      persistImportState(sourceKey, getValues());
+      persistImportMode(sourceKey, importMode);
      dispatch({ type: 'applySuccess' });
    } catch (error) {
      dispatch({ type: 'failure', error: maybeAxiosError(error) });
    }
-  }, [getValues, onApply, sourceKey, state.preview]);
+  }, [getValues, importMode, newRundownTitle, onApply, sourceKey, state.preview]);

  const handleExport = useCallback(
    async (formValues: ImportFormValues) => {
@@ -272,15 +300,37 @@ export function useSheetImportForm({
  }, [append]);

  const toolbarStatus = (() => {
-    const warningText = warningCount > 0 ? ` | warnings: ${warningCount}` : '';
-
    if (!state.preview) {
-      return `entries: – | start: – | end: – | duration: –${warningText}`;
+      return {
+        entries: '–',
+        groups: '–',
+        milestones: '–',
+        start: '–',
+        end: '–',
+        duration: '–',
+        warnings: warningCount,
+      };
    }

-    const { flatOrder } = state.preview.rundown;
+    const { entries, flatOrder } = state.preview.rundown;
    const { start, end, duration } = state.preview.summary;
-    return `entries: ${flatOrder.length} | start: ${millisToString(start)} | end: ${millisToString(end)} | duration: ${formatDuration(duration)}${warningText}`;
+    let groups = 0;
+    let milestones = 0;
+    for (const entryId of flatOrder) {
+      const entry = entries[entryId];
+      if (isOntimeGroup(entry)) groups++;
+      else if (isOntimeMilestone(entry)) milestones++;
+    }
+
+    return {
+      entries: flatOrder.length,
+      groups,
+      milestones,
+      start: removeTrailingZero(millisToString(start)),
+      end: removeTrailingZero(millisToString(end)),
+      duration: formatDuration(duration),
+      warnings: warningCount,
+    };
  })();

  return {
@@ -300,6 +350,10 @@ export function useSheetImportForm({
    isBusy,
    canPreview,
    displayError,
+    importMode,
+    setImportMode,
+    newRundownTitle,
+    setNewRundownTitle,
    handlePreviewSubmit: handleSubmit(handlePreview),
    handleExportSubmit: handleSubmit(handleExport),
    handleApply,
@@ -1,30 +1,17 @@
-import { useQueryClient } from '@tanstack/react-query';
-import { CustomFields, ProjectRundowns } from 'ontime-types';
+import { RundownImportPayload } from 'ontime-types';
 import { useCallback } from 'react';

-import { CUSTOM_FIELDS, RUNDOWN } from '../../../../../common/api/constants';
-import { patchData } from '../../../../../common/api/db';
+import { importRundownWithOptions } from '../../../../../common/api/rundown';

 export default function useSpreadsheetImport() {
-  const queryClient = useQueryClient();
-
-  /** applies rundown and customFields to current project */
-  const importRundown = useCallback(
-    async (rundowns: ProjectRundowns, customFields: CustomFields) => {
-      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],
-  );
+  /** applies a spreadsheet import: override or merge into the current rundown, or create a new one */
+  const applyImport = useCallback(async (payload: RundownImportPayload) => {
+    // the backend broadcasts a refetch once the rundown is parsed and applied, so the caches update
+    // through that single path rather than racing it with an optimistic write from here
+    await importRundownWithOptions(payload);
+  }, []);

  return {
-    importRundown,
+    applyImport,
  };
 }
@@ -68,6 +68,12 @@ export default function ClientList() {
            </tr>
          </thead>
          <tbody>
+            {ontimeClients.length === 0 && (
+              <Panel.TableEmpty
+                title='No Ontime clients connected'
+                description='Editor, cuesheet and operator windows appear here as they connect.'
+              />
+            )}
            {ontimeClients.map(([key, client]) => {
              const { identify, name, path } = client;
              const isCurrent = id === key;
@@ -125,6 +131,12 @@ export default function ClientList() {
            </tr>
          </thead>
          <tbody>
+            {otherClients.length === 0 && (
+              <Panel.TableEmpty
+                title='No other clients connected'
+                description='Views and integrations connected to this server are listed here.'
+              />
+            )}
            {otherClients.map(([key, client]) => {
              const { name, type } = client;

@@ -1,29 +1,21 @@
 import { ChangeEvent, useRef, useState } from 'react';
 import { IoAdd } from 'react-icons/io5';
-import { useSearchParams } from 'react-router';

 import { uploadProjectFile } from '../../../../common/api/db';
 import { invalidateAllCaches, maybeAxiosError } from '../../../../common/api/utils';
 import Button from '../../../../common/components/buttons/Button';
 import { validateProjectFile } from '../../../../common/utils/uploadUtils';
 import * as Panel from '../../panel-utils/PanelUtils';
-import ProjectCreateForm from './ProjectCreateForm';
+import useAppSettingsNavigation from '../../useAppSettingsNavigation';
 import ProjectList from './ProjectList';

 export default function ManageProjects() {
-  const [searchParams, setSearchParams] = useSearchParams();
+  const { setLocation } = useAppSettingsNavigation();
  const [error, setError] = useState('');
  const [loading, setLoading] = useState<'import' | null>(null);

  const fileInputRef = useRef<HTMLInputElement>(null);

-  const isCreatingProject = searchParams.get('new') === 'true';
-
-  const handleToggleCreate = () => {
-    searchParams.set('new', isCreatingProject ? 'false' : 'true');
-    setSearchParams(searchParams);
-  };
-
  const handleSelectFile = () => {
    fileInputRef.current?.click();
  };
@@ -49,11 +41,6 @@ export default function ManageProjects() {
    setLoading(null);
  };

-  const handleCloseForm = () => {
-    searchParams.delete('new');
-    setSearchParams(searchParams);
-  };
-
  return (
    <Panel.Section>
      <input
@@ -68,21 +55,16 @@ export default function ManageProjects() {
        <Panel.SubHeader>
          Manage projects
          <Panel.InlineElements>
-            <Button
-              onClick={handleSelectFile}
-              disabled={Boolean(loading) || isCreatingProject}
-              loading={loading === 'import'}
-            >
+            <Button onClick={handleSelectFile} disabled={Boolean(loading)} loading={loading === 'import'}>
              Import
            </Button>
-            <Button onClick={handleToggleCreate} disabled={Boolean(loading) || isCreatingProject}>
+            <Button onClick={() => setLocation('project__create')} disabled={Boolean(loading)}>
              New <IoAdd />
            </Button>
          </Panel.InlineElements>
        </Panel.SubHeader>
        {error && <Panel.Error>{error}</Panel.Error>}
        <Panel.Divider />
-        {isCreatingProject && <ProjectCreateForm onClose={handleCloseForm} />}
        <ProjectList />
      </Panel.Card>
    </Panel.Section>
@@ -1,84 +0,0 @@
-import { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
-import { useForm } from 'react-hook-form';
-
-import { createProject } from '../../../../common/api/db';
-import { maybeAxiosError } from '../../../../common/api/utils';
-import Button from '../../../../common/components/buttons/Button';
-import Input from '../../../../common/components/input/input/Input';
-import { preventEscape } from '../../../../common/utils/keyEvent';
-import * as Panel from '../../panel-utils/PanelUtils';
-
-import style from './ProjectPanel.module.scss';
-
-interface ProjectCreateFromProps {
-  onClose: () => void;
-}
-
-type ProjectCreateFormValues = {
-  title?: string;
-  description?: string;
-  info?: string;
-  url?: string;
-  custom?: { title: string; value: string }[];
-};
-
-export default function ProjectCreateForm({ onClose }: ProjectCreateFromProps) {
-  const [error, setError] = useState<string | null>(null);
-
-  const {
-    handleSubmit,
-    register,
-    formState: { isSubmitting, isValid },
-    setFocus,
-  } = useForm<ProjectCreateFormValues>({
-    defaultValues: { title: '' },
-    values: { title: '' },
-    resetOptions: {
-      keepDirtyValues: true,
-    },
-  });
-
-  // set focus to first field
-  useEffect(() => {
-    setFocus('title');
-  }, [setFocus]);
-
-  const handleSubmitCreate = async (values: ProjectCreateFormValues) => {
-    try {
-      setError(null);
-
-      const filename = values.title ?? 'untitled';
-
-      await createProject({ filename });
-
-      onClose();
-    } catch (error) {
-      setError(maybeAxiosError(error));
-    }
-  };
-
-  return (
-    <Panel.Indent
-      as='form'
-      onSubmit={handleSubmit(handleSubmitCreate)}
-      onKeyDown={(event) => preventEscape(event, onClose)}
-    >
-      <Panel.Title>
-        Create new project
-        <Panel.InlineElements>
-          <Button onClick={onClose} variant='ghosted' disabled={isSubmitting}>
-            Cancel
-          </Button>
-          <Button disabled={!isValid} type='submit' loading={isSubmitting} variant='primary'>
-            Create project
-          </Button>
-        </Panel.InlineElements>
-      </Panel.Title>
-      {error && <Panel.Error>{error}</Panel.Error>}
-      <Panel.Section className={style.innerColumn}>
-        <Panel.Description>Project title</Panel.Description>
-        <Input fluid placeholder='Your project name' {...register('title')} />
-      </Panel.Section>
-    </Panel.Indent>
-  );
-}
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ export default function ProjectList() {

  if (status === 'pending') {
    return (
-      <div className={style.empty}>
+      <div className={style.loaderBox}>
        <Panel.Loader isLoading />
      </div>
    );
@@ -74,6 +74,12 @@ export default function ProjectList() {
          </tr>
        </thead>
        <tbody>
+          {numProjects === 0 && (
+            <Panel.TableEmpty
+              title='No projects yet'
+              description='Projects are the show files Ontime saves your rundown and settings into. Create one to get started.'
+            />
+          )}
          {data.reorderedProjectFiles.map((project) => (
            <ProjectListItem
              key={project.filename}
@@ -158,13 +158,7 @@ export default function ProjectListItem({
          </>
        )}
      </tr>
-      {showMergeForm && (
-        <tr>
-          <td colSpan={99}>
-            <ProjectMergeForm onClose={handleCancel} fileName={filename} />
-          </td>
-        </tr>
-      )}
+      {showMergeForm && <ProjectMergeForm onClose={handleCancel} fileName={filename} />}
      <Dialog
        isOpen={isDeleteOpen}
        onClose={() => setDeleteOpen(false)}
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { getDb, patchData } from '../../../../common/api/db';
 import { maybeAxiosError } from '../../../../common/api/utils';
 import Button from '../../../../common/components/buttons/Button';
 import Info from '../../../../common/components/info/Info';
+import Modal from '../../../../common/components/modal/Modal';
 import Switch from '../../../../common/components/switch/Switch';
 import { cx } from '../../../../common/utils/styleUtils';
 import * as Panel from '../../panel-utils/PanelUtils';
@@ -14,6 +15,8 @@ import { makeProjectPatch } from './project.utils';

 import style from './ProjectPanel.module.scss';

+const formId = 'project-merge-form';
+
 interface ProjectMergeFromProps {
  onClose: () => void;
  fileName: string;
@@ -76,20 +79,8 @@ export default function ProjectMergeForm({ onClose, fileName }: ProjectMergeFrom
    }
  };

-  return (
-    <Panel.Section as='form' onSubmit={handleSubmit(handleSubmitCreate)}>
-      <Panel.Title>
-        Partial project merge
-        <Panel.InlineElements>
-          <Button onClick={onClose} variant='ghosted' disabled={isSubmitting}>
-            Cancel
-          </Button>
-          <Button type='submit' disabled={!isValid || !isDirty} loading={isSubmitting} variant='primary'>
-            Merge
-          </Button>
-        </Panel.InlineElements>
-      </Panel.Title>
-      {error && <Panel.Error>{error}</Panel.Error>}
+  const bodyElements = (
+    <form id={formId} onSubmit={handleSubmit(handleSubmitCreate)}>
      <Panel.Section className={cx([style.innerColumn, style.inlineLabels])}>
        <Panel.Description>
          Select data from <i>{`"${fileName}"`}</i> to merge into the current project.
@@ -139,6 +130,30 @@ export default function ProjectMergeForm({ onClose, fileName }: ProjectMergeFrom
          Automation Settings
        </label>
      </Panel.Section>
-    </Panel.Section>
+    </form>
+  );
+
+  const footerElements = (
+    <>
+      {error && <Panel.Error>{error}</Panel.Error>}
+      <Button onClick={onClose} variant='ghosted' disabled={isSubmitting}>
+        Cancel
+      </Button>
+      <Button type='submit' form={formId} disabled={!isValid || !isDirty} loading={isSubmitting} variant='primary'>
+        Merge
+      </Button>
+    </>
+  );
+
+  return (
+    <Modal
+      isOpen
+      onClose={onClose}
+      showBackdrop
+      showCloseButton
+      title='Partial project merge'
+      bodyElements={bodyElements}
+      footerElements={footerElements}
+    />
  );
 }
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
  margin-bottom: 1rem;
 }

-.empty {
+.loaderBox {
  height: 300px;
  position: relative;
 }
@@ -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>
+  );
+}
@@ -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 />
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+.footer {
+  width: 100%;
+}
@@ -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 defaultValues = useMemo(() => {
-    const values: Record<string, string> = {};
-    Object.keys(langEn).forEach((key) => {
-      values[toFormKey(key)] = userTranslation[key as keyof TranslationObject] || '';
-    });
-    return values;
-  }, [userTranslation]);
+  const customTranslationFormValues = useMemo(() => toFormValues(userTranslation), [userTranslation]);

  const {
    handleSubmit,
@@ -33,13 +28,17 @@ export default function CustomTranslationModal({ isOpen, onClose }: CustomTransl
    formState: { isSubmitting, isDirty, errors, isValid },
    setError,
  } = useForm({
-    defaultValues,
-    resetOptions: {
-      keepDirtyValues: true,
-    },
+    defaultValues: customTranslationFormValues,
    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('.', '_');
 }
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ export type SettingsOption = {
  label: string;
  secondary?: Readonly<SettingsOption[]>;
  highlight?: string;
+  /** alternative terms a user may search for when looking for this section */
+  keywords?: Readonly<string[]>;
 };

 const staticOptions = [
@@ -15,51 +17,94 @@ const staticOptions = [
    id: 'settings',
    label: 'Settings',
    secondary: [
-      { id: 'settings__data', label: 'Project data' },
-      { 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__data', label: 'Project data', keywords: ['title', 'description', 'logo', 'url', 'info'] },
+      {
+        id: 'settings__general',
+        label: 'General settings',
+        keywords: ['pin', 'password', 'lock', 'language', 'time format', 'timezone', '12 hour', '24 hour'],
+      },
+      {
+        id: 'settings__view',
+        label: 'View settings',
+        keywords: ['css', 'style', 'theme', 'override', 'translation', 'freeze', 'overtime'],
+      },
+      { id: 'settings__custom-views', label: 'Custom views', keywords: ['html', 'upload', 'external', 'embed'] },
+      { id: 'settings__mcp', label: 'MCP Server', keywords: ['ai', 'agent', 'model context protocol'] },
+      ...(isDocker
+        ? []
+        : [{ id: 'settings__port', label: 'Server port', keywords: ['http', 'network', 'address', 'listen'] }]),
    ],
  },
  {
    id: 'project',
    label: 'Project',
    secondary: [
-      { id: 'project__create', label: 'Create...' },
-      { id: 'project__list', label: 'Manage projects' },
+      { id: 'project__create', label: 'Create...', keywords: ['new project', 'quick start', 'wizard'] },
+      {
+        id: 'project__list',
+        label: 'Manage projects',
+        keywords: ['load', 'open', 'rename', 'duplicate', 'delete', 'download', 'import', 'backup', 'merge'],
+      },
    ],
  },
  {
    id: 'manage',
    label: 'Project settings',
    secondary: [
-      { id: 'manage__defaults', label: 'Rundown defaults' },
-      { id: 'manage__custom', label: 'Custom fields' },
-      { id: 'manage__rundowns', label: 'Manage rundowns' },
-      { id: 'manage__sheets', label: 'Import spreadsheet' },
-      { id: 'manage__sheets', label: 'Sync with Google Sheet' },
+      {
+        id: 'manage__defaults',
+        label: 'Rundown defaults',
+        keywords: ['duration', 'warning time', 'danger time', 'defaults'],
+      },
+      {
+        id: 'manage__custom',
+        label: 'Custom fields',
+        keywords: ['metadata', 'columns', 'extra data', 'image field'],
+      },
+      {
+        id: 'manage__rundowns',
+        label: 'Manage rundowns',
+        keywords: ['rundown', 'xlsx', 'excel', 'duplicate', 'load'],
+      },
+      {
+        id: 'manage__sheets',
+        label: 'Import spreadsheet',
+        keywords: ['google sheet', 'sync', 'spreadsheet', 'xlsx', 'excel', 'csv', 'export'],
+      },
    ],
  },
  {
    id: 'automation',
    label: 'Automation',
    secondary: [
-      { id: 'automation__settings', label: 'Automation settings' },
-      { id: 'automation__automations', label: 'Manage automations' },
-      { id: 'automation__triggers', label: 'Manage triggers' },
+      {
+        id: 'automation__settings',
+        label: 'Automation settings',
+        keywords: ['osc input', 'port', 'enable', 'remote control'],
+      },
+      {
+        id: 'automation__automations',
+        label: 'Manage automations',
+        keywords: ['osc', 'http', 'webhook', 'integration', 'api', 'output', 'action'],
+      },
+      {
+        id: 'automation__triggers',
+        label: 'Manage triggers',
+        keywords: ['lifecycle', 'on load', 'on start', 'on finish', 'on update'],
+      },
    ],
  },
  {
    id: 'sharing',
    label: 'Sharing and reporting',
    secondary: [
-      { id: 'sharing__presets', label: 'URL Presets' },
+      { id: 'sharing__presets', label: 'URL Presets', keywords: ['alias', 'link', 'url', 'shortcut'] },
      {
        id: 'sharing__link',
        label: 'Share link',
+        keywords: ['qr code', 'guest', 'cuesheet link', 'permissions', 'read only'],
      },
-      { id: 'sharing__report', label: 'Runtime report' },
+      { id: 'sharing__report', label: 'Runtime report', keywords: ['actual times', 'csv', 'export', 'history'] },
    ],
  },
  {
@@ -69,20 +114,24 @@ const staticOptions = [
      {
        id: 'network__log',
        label: 'Event log',
+        keywords: ['debug', 'errors', 'console', 'export log'],
      },
      {
        id: 'network__clients',
        label: 'Manage clients',
+        keywords: ['redirect', 'identify', 'rename client', 'connected'],
      },
    ],
  },
  {
    id: 'about',
    label: 'About',
+    keywords: ['version', 'update', 'licence', 'license', 'credits'],
  },
  {
    id: 'shutdown',
    label: 'Shutdown',
+    keywords: ['quit', 'exit', 'close ontime'],
  },
 ] as const;

@@ -91,23 +140,48 @@ export type SettingsOptionId =
  | (typeof staticOptions)[number]['id']
  | Extract<(typeof staticOptions)[number], { secondary: object }>['secondary'][number]['id'];

+function matchesQuery(option: SettingsOption, query: string): boolean {
+  if (option.label.toLowerCase().includes(query)) {
+    return true;
+  }
+  return Boolean(option.keywords?.some((keyword) => keyword.includes(query)));
+}
+
+/**
+ * Filters the settings menu against a user query.
+ * A group is kept if it matches itself (with all its children) or if any of its children match.
+ */
+export function filterSettingsOptions(options: Readonly<SettingsOption[]>, query: string): SettingsOption[] {
+  const normalised = query.trim().toLowerCase();
+  if (!normalised) {
+    return [...options];
+  }
+
+  return options.reduce<SettingsOption[]>((accumulator, option) => {
+    if (matchesQuery(option, normalised)) {
+      accumulator.push(option);
+      return accumulator;
+    }
+
+    const secondary = option.secondary?.filter((child) => matchesQuery(child, normalised));
+    if (secondary?.length) {
+      accumulator.push({ ...option, secondary });
+    }
+    return accumulator;
+  }, []);
+}
+
 export function useAppSettingsMenu() {
  const { data } = useAppVersion();

  const options: Readonly<SettingsOption[]> = useMemo(
    () =>
-      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,
+      staticOptions.map((option) =>
        // 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],
  );

@@ -73,6 +73,10 @@
  margin-right: 0.25rem;
 }

+.tagOvertime {
+  color: $playback-over;
+}
+
 .time {
  color: $section-white;
  font-size: $text-body-size;
@@ -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 { formatDuration } from '../../../../common/utils/time';
+import { useTimerProgress } from '../../../../common/hooks/useSocket';
+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(finishedMs);
+  const finish = millisToString(expectedFinish === null ? null : normaliseWallClock(expectedFinish));

  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>
    </>
@@ -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}
@@ -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;
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ interface OperatorEventProps {
  isLinkedToLoaded: boolean;
  isSelected: boolean;
  isPast: boolean;
+  groupColour?: string;
  selectedRef?: RefObject<HTMLDivElement | null>;
  showStart: boolean;
  subscribed: Subscribed;
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@ function OperatorEvent({
  isLinkedToLoaded,
  isSelected,
  isPast,
+  groupColour,
  selectedRef,
  showStart,
  subscribed,
@@ -68,7 +70,12 @@ function OperatorEvent({
  const mouseHandlers = useLongPress(handleLongPress);
  const cueColours = colour && getAccessibleColour(colour);

-  const operatorClasses = cx([style.event, isSelected && style.running, isPast && style.past]);
+  const operatorClasses = cx([
+    style.event,
+    groupColour && style.grouped,
+    isSelected && style.running,
+    isPast && style.past,
+  ]);

  const hasFields = subscribed.some((field) => field.value);
  const columnCount = subscribed.length ? Math.min(subscribed.length, 4) : 0;
@@ -85,8 +92,10 @@ function OperatorEvent({
      data-testid={cue}
      ref={selectedRef}
      onContextMenu={handleLongPress}
+      style={groupColour ? ({ '--group-colour': groupColour } as CSSProperties) : undefined}
      {...mouseHandlers}
    >
+      {groupColour && <div className={style.groupRail} />}
      <div className={style.binder} style={{ ...cueColours }}>
        <span className={style.cue}>{cue}</span>
      </div>
@@ -153,11 +162,11 @@ function OperatorEventSchedule({
  isLinkedToLoaded,
 }: OperatorEventScheduleProps) {
  if (isPast) {
-    return <span className={style.timeUntil}>DONE</span>;
+    return <span className={cx([style.timeUntil, style.done])}>DONE</span>;
  }

  if (isSelected) {
-    return <span className={style.timeUntil}>LIVE</span>;
+    return <span className={cx([style.timeUntil, style.live])}>LIVE</span>;
  }

  return (
@@ -186,7 +195,7 @@ function TimeUntil({ timeStart, delay, dayOffset, totalGap, isLinkedToLoaded }:
  const timeUntilString = isDue ? 'DUE' : `${formatDuration(Math.abs(timeUntil), timeUntil > 2 * MILLIS_PER_MINUTE)}`;

  return (
-    <span className={style.timeUntil} data-testid='time-until'>
+    <span className={cx([style.timeUntil, isDue && style.due])} data-testid='time-until'>
      {timeUntilString}
    </span>
  );
@@ -1,13 +1,33 @@
 .group {
  width: 100%;
-  padding: 0.25rem 0.5rem;
+  min-height: 2.5rem;
+  padding: 0.4rem 0.75rem;
+  border-left: 0.35rem solid var(--group-colour, $gray-500);
  background-color: $gray-1350;
+  background: color-mix(in srgb, transparent 88%, var(--group-colour, $gray-500) 12%);
  font-size: 1.25rem;
+  font-weight: 600;
+
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 1rem;
+  letter-spacing: 0;
 }

-// tablet
-@media (min-width: $min-tablet) {
-  .group {
-    padding: 0.25rem 1rem;
-  }
+.title {
+  flex: 1 1 auto;
+  min-width: 0;
+  overflow: hidden;
+  text-overflow: ellipsis;
+  white-space: nowrap;
+}
+
+.meta {
+  display: flex;
+  flex: 0 0 auto;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 0.5rem;
+  color: color-mix(in srgb, currentColor 60%, transparent);
+  font-size: 0.875rem;
+  font-weight: 500;
 }
@@ -1,12 +1,29 @@
-import { memo } from 'react';
+import { CSSProperties, memo } from 'react';
+
+import { getAccessibleColour } from '../../../common/utils/styleUtils';
+import { formatDuration } from '../../../common/utils/time';

 import style from './OperatorGroup.module.scss';

 interface OperatorGroup {
  title: string;
+  colour: string;
+  count: number;
+  duration: number;
 }

 export default memo(OperatorGroup);
-function OperatorGroup({ title }: OperatorGroup) {
-  return <div className={style.group}>{title}</div>;
+function OperatorGroup({ title, colour, count, duration }: OperatorGroup) {
+  const groupColour = colour || '#929292';
+  const groupColours = getAccessibleColour(groupColour);
+
+  return (
+    <div className={style.group} style={{ ...groupColours, '--group-colour': groupColour } as CSSProperties}>
+      <span className={style.title}>{title}</span>
+      <span className={style.meta}>
+        <span>{`${count} ${count === 1 ? 'event' : 'events'}`}</span>
+        <span>{formatDuration(duration)}</span>
+      </span>
+    </div>
+  );
 }
@@ -105,12 +105,29 @@ export default function Rundown({ order, flatOrder, entries, id, rundownMetadata
    handleCollapseGroup,
  });

+  // Jump to the current element on demand: the running event in Run mode, the edit cursor otherwise.
+  // Scrolls only (no selection change) so jumping to the running event does not hijack the edit cursor.
+  const jumpToCurrent = useCallback(() => {
+    const targetId = editorMode === AppMode.Run ? featureData?.selectedEventId : cursor;
+    if (!targetId) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    // Open parent group if the target is inside a collapsed group
+    const entry = entries[targetId];
+    if (entry && 'parent' in entry) {
+      expandGroup(entry.parent);
+    }
+    scrollToEntry(targetId);
+  }, [editorMode, featureData?.selectedEventId, cursor, entries, expandGroup, scrollToEntry]);
+
  // Keyboard shortcuts
  useRundownKeyboard({
    cursor,
    commands,
    clearSelectedEvents,
    setEntryCopyId,
+    jumpToCurrent,
  });

  // DND handlers
@@ -322,7 +339,9 @@ export default function Rundown({ order, flatOrder, entries, id, rundownMetadata
            increaseViewportBy={{ top: 200, bottom: 400 }}
            style={{ height: '100%' }}
            components={{
-              Header: isEditMode ? () => <QuickAddButtons previousEventId={null} parentGroup={null} /> : undefined,
+              Header: isEditMode
+                ? () => <QuickAddButtons previousEventId={null} nextEventId={order[0]} parentGroup={null} />
+                : undefined,
              Footer: () => (
                <>
                  {isEditMode && (
@@ -3,58 +3,94 @@
  height: 100%;
  max-height: 100%;
  overflow-y: auto;
-  padding: 0.5rem;
+  padding: 1rem 1.5rem;

  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
-  overflow-x: auto;
 }

 .shortcutSection {
  flex: 1;
-  margin-top: 15vh;
+  width: min(100%, 48rem);
+  margin-top: clamp(1.5rem, 8vh, 5rem);
  margin-inline: auto;
-  gap: 1rem;
 }

 .shortcuts {
-  font-size: calc(1rem - 3px);
-  border-collapse: separate;
-  border-spacing: 4rem 0;
+  display: grid;
+  gap: 0.875rem;
+  margin-top: 0.875rem;
+}

-  tr {
-    white-space: nowrap;
-    td:nth-child(odd) {
-      text-align: left;
-    }
-    td:nth-child(even) {
-      text-align: right;
-    }
+.shortcutGroup {
+  h3 {
+    margin: 0 0 0.375rem;
+    color: $ui-white;
+    font-size: calc(1rem - 3px);
+    font-weight: 600;
+    text-transform: uppercase;
  }
 }

-.spacer {
-  height: 1rem;
+.shortcutList {
+  display: grid;
+  gap: 0.25rem;
+}
+
+.shortcutRow {
+  min-height: 1.625rem;
+  display: grid;
+  grid-template-columns: minmax(10rem, 1fr) minmax(0, auto);
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 0.75rem;
+  font-size: calc(1rem - 3px);
+}
+
+.shortcutLabel {
+  min-width: 0;
+  line-height: 1.2;
+}
+
+.shortcutKeys {
+  display: inline-flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  flex-wrap: wrap;
+  justify-content: flex-end;
+  gap: 0.25rem 0.5rem;
+  min-width: 0;
+}
+
+.keyCombo {
+  display: inline-flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  flex-wrap: nowrap;
+  gap: 0.25rem 0;
+}
+
+.separator {
+  color: $gray-500;
+  font-size: calc(1rem - 5px);
 }

 .prompt {
-  margin-left: 4rem;
-}
-
-.divider {
-  display: inline-block;
-  text-align: center;
-  width: 1em;
-}
-
-.kbd {
-  font-family: monospace;
-  white-space: nowrap;
-  font-size: calc(1rem - 2px);
-  padding: 0.125rem 0.5rem;
-  background-color: $gray-1200;
  color: $ui-white;
-  border-radius: 2px;
-  font-weight: 400;
-  box-shadow: 0px 0px 3px 0px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4);
+}
+
+@media (max-width: 680px) {
+  .entryEditor {
+    padding: 0.75rem 1rem;
+  }
+
+  .shortcutSection {
+    margin-top: 1rem;
+  }
+
+  .shortcutRow {
+    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
+    gap: 0.25rem;
+  }
+
+  .shortcutKeys {
+    justify-content: flex-start;
+  }
 }
--- a/Show More
+++ b/Show More
Author	SHA1	Message	Date
Claude	b1848d2982	refactor(settings): unify empty states, move entity forms to modals, add sidebar search The settings UI had accumulated three inconsistencies. This addresses all three without renaming any group or breaking `?settings=` deep links. Empty states - Add `Panel.EmptyState` / `Panel.TableEmpty` (title + description + action), promoting the treatment previously local to the spreadsheet PreviewTable. - Add missing empty states to Custom fields, Projects, Rundowns and both Client tables, which previously rendered bare column headers. - Convert the remaining `TableEmpty` call sites off the generic "No data yet". - Rename `.empty` to `.loaderBox` in ProjectPanel, where it meant a loader box rather than an empty state. Entity forms in modals - Add `useEntityModal`, replacing six different open/close mechanisms. - Move the multi-field create/edit forms into `Modal`: automations (wide), triggers, URL presets, custom fields, custom views, new rundown and project merge. Single-field row renames stay inline. - Create and edit now share one surface instead of rendering above the table and in-place respectively, and the list is no longer interactive underneath. - Remove the duplicate project create form; the "New" button now routes to the existing QuickStart modal. Sidebar - Add a search box with per-section keywords, so sections are reachable by the term users have in mind (osc, alias, google sheet, pin...). - Fix duplicated `manage__sheets` id, which highlighted two entries at once. Also - Close button no longer floats over content; drop the 300px padding hack. - Tables scroll with the panel instead of owning a nested scroll area. - Derive divider/table/list padding from a card padding custom property. - Fix an unreachable branch that stopped duplicate custom field labels from being rejected. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01UP4knuna8kLe79NAuNDhUJ	2026-07-26 06:25:20 +00:00
Carlos Valente	5cf36f049a	refactor(modal): allow wider modals	2026-07-25 14:28:45 +02:00
Carlos Valente	c6248b0c72	refactor(import): improve preview UI	2026-07-25 14:28:45 +02:00
Alex Christoffer Rasmussen	2a890cf2b3	fix: issue where a countToEnd would lead to incorrect expected times (#2149 ) * 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	2026-07-25 11:22:24 +02:00
Carlos Valente	a8c611911d	refactor(rundown): new entries are appended to rundown	2026-07-22 07:17:39 +02:00
Carlos Valente	8363f06a5c	chore(rundown): improve documentation of insert logic	2026-07-22 07:17:39 +02:00
will@t1d.dev	5f040092cb	fix: timer-legacy view not served in desktop distributions The server serves html/timer-legacy.html and html/login.html from disk at runtime, relative to the bundled server. The Docker image copies these files but the electron packaging did not, so the view 404ed in all desktop distributions. Additionally, AppImages mount at /tmp/.mount_*, a hidden directory. Express sendFile refuses paths containing dot-segments by default (returns 404 without touching disk), so the view failed on Linux even with the file packaged. Allow dotfiles for this route; the request path is fixed so no user input is affected.	2026-07-19 10:02:45 +02:00
Carlos Valente	347c748dd9	feat(rundown): add shortcut to jump to current element	2026-07-18 17:03:02 +02:00
Carlos Valente	f234a1f892	fix(rundown): prevent skipped events from influencing day calculations	2026-07-18 16:52:36 +02:00
Carlos Valente	0c5e87b7e7	fix(ui): prevent warning indicator from overflowing container	2026-07-18 16:52:36 +02:00
Carlos Valente	64082ceac0	refactor(rundown): improve visibility of count to end	2026-07-18 16:45:55 +02:00
Carlos Valente	f598e8dab1	refactor(time control): improve handling of overtime and count to end	2026-07-18 16:45:55 +02:00
Carlos Valente	0c84a3ff9e	fix: delays account for midnight	2026-07-18 16:45:55 +02:00
Carlos Valente	c8760b5e9c	bump version to 4.11.0	2026-07-18 15:24:25 +02:00
Claude	34360a5b8f	feat(import): add merge strategy and new-rundown destination to spreadsheet import Co-authored-by: Carlos Valente <34649812+cpvalente@users.noreply.github.com>	2026-07-17 22:26:19 +02:00
Claude	5e6debcce0	fix(views): center timer digits with flexbox for embedded browser compatibility The Stage Timer and PiP Timer views relied on `align-content: center` to vertically center the timer digits inside `.timer-container`, which is a plain block element. Aligning children of a block container via `align-content` only works in Chromium 123+ (Firefox 125+, Safari 17.4+). Embedded browsers such as vMix Browser Input (CEF V115) and other older CEF/Chromium-based production tools ignore the property, so the digits fall back to the top of the container while every other element renders correctly. Make `.timer-container` a real flex column and center with `justify-content: center`, which is universally supported and matches the centering approach used elsewhere in the codebase. The removed `justify-self`/`align-self` were no-ops on a full-width flex item. Fixes #2126 Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_014T6ENZ3r6JXZb1fpYw2oNY	2026-07-17 20:59:49 +02:00
Carlos Valente	c191786e50	refactor(navigation): clear params from editor drawer	2026-07-17 15:50:42 +02:00
Carlos Valente	6911e37c18	refactor(automation): improve automation UX	2026-07-17 10:53:45 +02:00
Claude	86b2132cdc	feat(automation): expose group title and allow setting secondary text Surface {{groupNow.*}} template variables (title, note, colour, times, custom fields) in the automation template autocomplete so events inside a group can reference their group. The runtime store already carries groupNow, so substitution and filters worked already; this makes it discoverable. Extend the message-secondary action with an optional text field so an automation can set the secondary message content, not just its source. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01LZYPZVdZLWowU7DyzGkWyy	2026-07-17 10:53:45 +02:00
Carlos Valente	25f0dba83a	chore: add codegraph to gitignore	2026-07-16 10:46:10 +02:00
Carlos Valente	daa032e92c	ux(finder): add navigation shortcuts	2026-07-14 12:04:44 +02:00
Carlos Valente	ae65ec97d6	fix(shortcut): correct shortcut to delete	2026-07-14 12:04:44 +02:00
Carlos Valente	e7e4302100	refactor(shortcuts): improve readability of info element	2026-07-14 12:04:44 +02:00
Carlos Valente	7e7d35980a	refactor(op): improve status recognition	2026-07-14 11:58:59 +02:00
Carlos Valente	5001dda284	feat(op): add group visual relation	2026-07-14 11:58:59 +02:00
Carlos Valente	a75d35bdc0	refactor(op): improve delay indicator styles	2026-07-14 11:58:59 +02:00
Claude	2e631194e1	fix(ui): improve progress bar with local interpolation Co-authored-by: Carlos Valente <34649812+cpvalente@users.noreply.github.com>	2026-07-14 11:25:22 +02:00
Carlos Valente	f39892dc6e	feat(navigation): persist view params customisation	2026-07-13 18:44:38 +02:00
Carlos Valente	6bcfd87851	refactor(rundown): show locked duration group indicator	2026-07-13 17:34:11 +02:00
Claude	4addb50ca4	feat(countdown): allow counting down to a group	2026-07-13 17:29:56 +02:00
Carlos Valente	161ab3fe13	refactor(timer): elapsed is active time from start	2026-07-13 15:34:31 +02:00
Carlos Valente	4f4626a163	refactor: allow larger settings panels	2026-07-13 15:33:23 +02:00
Claude	82d5f02ea0	refactor(mcp): guide agents through creating clean rundowns	2026-07-13 15:33:23 +02:00
Claude	05aaeddf22	resolver: drop dead ignoreDeprecations from tsconfig.dts.json Confirmed empirically that it now suppresses nothing under TS 7.0.2: compiling tsconfig.dts.json directly with this flag set to "6.0", "7.0", or removed entirely all produce identical (clean) output. It was a leftover suppression the previous tsdown mode never actually needed once nothing in the config triggers a deprecation warning.	2026-07-13 14:27:31 +02:00
Claude	949ab2b7dc	Upgrade TypeScript to 7.0.2 (native Go compiler) TypeScript 7 ships as a native Go binary and drastically trims the package's public JS API surface (no more `main`, and `exports['.']` now only resolves to lib/version.cjs) since the programmatic compiler API isn't stable again until 7.1. This broke apps/resolver's tsdown build, which used rolldown-plugin-dts' tsc-program mode (import ts from 'typescript'; ts.createProgram(...)) for declaration generation. Fix by switching that build to isolatedDeclarations, which lets rolldown-plugin-dts generate .d.ts via its oxc-based path instead of the TS compiler API entirely. That surfaced two isolatedDeclarations violations in ontime-types (array/Object.keys initializers lacking explicit annotations), fixed with explicit `string[]` types matching their existing inferred type. Also bumped tsdown to pick up its latest rolldown-plugin-dts, and disabled allowJs in tsconfig.dts.json since it's incompatible with isolatedDeclarations. Full workspace typecheck, lint, build, and test suite (1186 tests) pass under TypeScript 7.0.2.	2026-07-13 14:27:31 +02:00
Alex Christoffer Rasmussen	f12d3ca59c	Small cleanup (#2114 ) * refactor: propper memo for `ScheduleContext` value * chore: removed unused file `cuesheet.utils.ts` * fix: memoize event in ScheduleProvider	2026-07-11 22:20:32 +02:00
Carlos Valente	42147d4d5b	allow editing cuesheet link permissions	2026-07-01 13:24:47 +02:00
Carlos Valente	7850358039	bump ontime to version 4.10.0	2026-07-01 13:20:04 +02:00
Claude	52cae1e22f	feat(timeline): add group reference Co-authored-by: Carlos Valente <carlosvalente@pm.me>	2026-07-01 12:48:58 +02:00
Carlos Valente	48f9fb2609	expose mcp server in ontime	2026-07-01 12:48:40 +02:00
Carlos Valente	ce8a4d230b	refactor(translations): allow resetting to default values	2026-07-01 09:02:13 +02:00
Carlos Valente	1553573b94	feat(url-presets): allow presets to appear as nav menu items (#2110 )	2026-06-28 18:07:02 +02:00
Alex Christoffer Rasmussen	41a09bf5c3	fix: send refetch on all rundown edits (#2098 ) * fix(server): send refetch on all rundown edits * fix(test): cuesheet tabing * chore: remove unneeded async * refactor: small cleanups * chore: spelling Co-authored-by: Carlos Valente <34649812+cpvalente@users.noreply.github.com> * chore: remove unneded async/await --------- Co-authored-by: Carlos Valente <34649812+cpvalente@users.noreply.github.com>	2026-06-20 12:21:11 +02:00
Claude	5dbe7afae8	feat(client): add rundown default to inherit parent group colour	2026-06-20 10:46:34 +02:00
Carlos Valente	6633cfc869	chore: minor server package upgrades	2026-06-20 09:15:23 +02:00
Carlos Valente	d127367df9	chore: minor client package upgrades	2026-06-20 09:15:23 +02:00
Carlos Valente	b21ec41ffd	chore: upgrade base-ui	2026-06-20 09:15:23 +02:00
Carlos Valente	66292bc0cf	chore: upgrade react packages	2026-06-20 09:15:23 +02:00
Alex Christoffer Rasmussen	b946b245c2	feat: create the first event from the cuesheet (#2105 ) * feat: create the first event from the cuesheet * chore: cleanup css * test: cuesheet beckground edit from empty state * feat: only show +event button when user is in edit mode and have full write perms	2026-06-17 22:31:13 +02:00
Carlos Valente	c238147b75	chore: bump node version	2026-06-11 18:58:00 +02:00