Always active tracker

[pe1uca]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
I don't like having small gaps between stopping the current tracker and starting a new one.
Or even some big ones when I stopped the tracker and I quickly got away from the screen.
Sometimes overlaps are fine, but most of the time a single tracker is what I aim for.

Describe the solution you'd like
I'd like to be able to stop the last active tracker and for traggo to automatically start a new one which can I later properly tag.

Describe alternatives you've considered
Either deal with gaps between entries or overlap them.
If I get away quickly having to manually enter the entry after getting back.

[jmattheis]

I don't think this is a common use-case, so I don't think this will be included into this project.

It should be possible to write a small script that enlarges existing time spans to remove the gaps or stop a time span and directly start a new one.

[pe1uca]

Yeah, in hindsight the issue with the gaps is negligible.

Still the "Always active tracker" seems like a nice to have.
Will save just one click tho, i.e. from click "Stop" on current tracker and click "Start" on new one to just click "Stop" on current tracker, so no big issue.

[jmattheis]

Okay, I'm keeping this issue open then, and let's see feedback from other users.

[esszed]

Hi, I also think this is could be useful. It is not crucial for me but it would be nice having my workday fully covered without the gaps or overlaps.

I think a good way of implementing this could be adding new option to the context menu which would start the new tracker and stop all the active ones. Albeit it may need little bit more consideration from the UX perspective as it would change the current nature of the context menu, which is limited to switching between types of time spans being added. So just a suggestion.

[shadow431]

I just want to add my support of the idea for this and or some combo of it along with #216 and #202. It would be great to be able to quickly switch timers with a single click. Not start another, but switch. Weather that's a continue button or a "quick pick" type list, I'd Love to be able to single click stop the one and start the next.