However, when added to emClient, they get totally different names like “Calendar” instead of what they were named in Google. Renaming then in emClient doesn’t work. They get renamed immediately by emClient back to their (useless) names like “Calendar”.
There are other differences like “Holidays in the United States” somehow becomes “Holidays” on emClient. Similarly, another calendar which is blurred out (for security) has a different name in emClient.
Ironically, they all pretty much seem to get the correct colors from Google, but not the names.
V7 takes the name from google of my own calendar, but not any other private calendar.
V8 lets me rename another private calendar (but not my own) - and then changes it back to the google account.
not quite right - needs some improvement.
Yes, that is correct. The base calendar from a Google calendar is named as Calendar locally in eM Client. You can’t rename that.
Any other calendar folders you create in your calendar will use the names you give them. If you change that name either in eM Client or in the web interface, the name will sync across.
I understand what you are saying, but it’s not entirely true. And certainly, it is not a desired or expected behavior.
For example in terms of certain parts of the user experience: when I create a new calendar event, and the Calendar Name is displayed (next to the Save-Close button) - it says Calendar - regardless of the actual Google Calendar’s name. In that respect, I have 4 calendars called CALENDAR.
Why would EM Client not have a rename feature for *all calendars - especially the Primary google calendar?
Is this feature (renaming all calendars) scheduled for the EM Client roadmap?
There is no work around. As @Gary says your only option is to “rename the Google email address” (above the word Calendar) to whatever name you want to call it.
I’ve personally had Google Calendar accounts for years and “that’s exactly what I do” to distinguish between my primary calendars using eM Client.
Note:- The only thing with renaming the calendar email address to a different name, is that it also affects the other sections of eM Client. So if you rename your calendar email address to eg: My Google Home Calendar “which is done via the account setup area”, if you then go to your eg: Mail section of eM Client, it will also say My Google Home Calendar which then looks weird for the mail section. So if you do rename the email address to a different name, think about how it will look in other sections.
Is that feature included in the EM Client roadmap?
We don’t know on this free community forum what could or might change in the future in the GUI.
Suggest to put your idea / suggestion on the eM Client Sleekplan webpage.
The Sleekplan page lets users vote, share ideas, and track eM Client’s roadmap for the future.
The larger question is indeed one for EM CLient: why does the program not pull the correct name from the Primary calendar? This is what any email client app I have ever worked with has done - so, that would be the expected behavior.
