Info Panel
The Info Panel displays the details of the selected event. The info panel can be displayed as a floating window by double-clicking an event.
Or the info panel can be displayed as an embedded panel below the To Do list on the bottom right side. To display the embedded info panel, click the info (i) button on the lower right.
To select the info panel using the keyboard, select an event in the calendar and type Command-Return. You may then move between fields in the info panel with the tab key. Then type Command-Return again to commit your changes.
Tip: You may open/select the info panel by default whenever you create a new event by selecting "Open info panel for new events" in BusyCal > Preferences > General.
Info Panel Preferences
The info panel can be customized to show only the fields that are desired. Below is an example of the info panel with the default fields shown, and the info panel with all fields shown.
To choose which fields to display, select Info Panel Preferences from the BusyCal menu, or click the 'i' icon on the upper right corner of the info panel window, and select from the following options:
- Location — Displays a text field for entering location info.
- Location URL — Displays a URL field for entering location URLs, like a link to Google Maps.
- Start time zone — Displays a time zone menu for the event start time. See Time Zones for more info.
- End time zone — Displays a time zone menu for the event end time. See Time Zones for more info.
- First occurrence — Displays first occurrence date of a repeating event and current sequence #.
- Multiple alarms — Displays multiple alarms per event.
- URL — Displays a URL field for inserting links.
- Tags — Displays a field for entering tags. See Tags for more info.
- Graphic — Displays a field for attaching graphics. See Graphics for more info.
- Attachments — Displays a menu for attaching files.
- Attendees — Displays a field for adding attendees. See Meetings for more info.
- Privacy — Syncs with Google Calendar.
- Last edit time — Displays time and user who last modified the event.
- Free/Busy — Displays a checkbox to indicate whether an event affects your availability as free or busy.
- My alarms — Private alarms that are stored locally and do not sync with other apps and services.
- My tags — Private tags that are stored locally and do not sync with other apps and services.
- My URL — Private URLs that are stored locally and do not sync with other apps and services. You can drag files, email messages, bookmarks, contacts, and other items to the my URL field to create links that open the source document.
- My notes — Private notes that are stored locally and do not sync with other apps and services.