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#31
Repertoire Help / Feature Request: Pin Currently...
Last post by Insider0203 - June 08, 2026, 05:14:18 AMFor my band, we all use a Split View layout with the song list on the left and document viewer on the right. For the vast of majority of songs, most of us don't ever need lyrics or documents so the document viewer just displays the title of the song placeholder. Most of us have gotten used to always seeing the title of the current song in this spot.
On a recent gig, one of the band members forgot his iPad and I suggested he just use his phone. This worked out great but one thing he noted that since his phone layout was just using the song list view, if he scrolled the song list, he wouldn't be able to see the current song title unless he scrolled back.
This was mostly a non issue and just took some getting used to but it got me thinking of a new feature:
Pin the current song to the top of the song list. It would behave much like how the Set list names are pinned to the top.
This also might be useful for another one of my requests: a live song queue. When a user wants to load another song to be the next song, it gets pinned to the top below the current song. They keep queuing songs and pinning them to the top, basically making a new playlist. If it gets too long, there probably should be a way to expand and collapse the top pinned queue list.
On a recent gig, one of the band members forgot his iPad and I suggested he just use his phone. This worked out great but one thing he noted that since his phone layout was just using the song list view, if he scrolled the song list, he wouldn't be able to see the current song title unless he scrolled back.
This was mostly a non issue and just took some getting used to but it got me thinking of a new feature:
Pin the current song to the top of the song list. It would behave much like how the Set list names are pinned to the top.
This also might be useful for another one of my requests: a live song queue. When a user wants to load another song to be the next song, it gets pinned to the top below the current song. They keep queuing songs and pinning them to the top, basically making a new playlist. If it gets too long, there probably should be a way to expand and collapse the top pinned queue list.
#32
Repertoire Help / Re: Foot Switch to Adjust Auto...
Last post by arlo - June 04, 2026, 09:58:24 PMYou could use any foot switch to trigger the Stop/Start Auto-Scroll actions, which would pause the auto-scroll in the case you get ahead of it, or you need more time for a long solo.
You could also trigger the Scroll Document Up or Scroll Document Down actions, which would have the same effect as slowing down or speeding up the auto-scroll.
Instructions for setting up a foot switch are here:
https://www.bandhelper.com/tutorials/app_control.html#bluetooth
You could also trigger the Scroll Document Up or Scroll Document Down actions, which would have the same effect as slowing down or speeding up the auto-scroll.
Instructions for setting up a foot switch are here:
https://www.bandhelper.com/tutorials/app_control.html#bluetooth
#33
Repertoire Help / Foot Switch to Adjust Auto-Scr...
Last post by Strupified - June 04, 2026, 02:09:08 PMThanks for the great information on this product!
I am not necessarily looking for something to help turn or scroll through pages per se. I am looking for a product that would work with Bandhelper to speed up, slow down, or even stop the auto-scroll I have set up for songs. There are times that my band speeds up a bit, and I need to have the scrolling speed up a bit. Would this product (or even the Stomp mini) work? Or, is there another product you would recommend to help meet my need?
I am not necessarily looking for something to help turn or scroll through pages per se. I am looking for a product that would work with Bandhelper to speed up, slow down, or even stop the auto-scroll I have set up for songs. There are times that my band speeds up a bit, and I need to have the scrolling speed up a bit. Would this product (or even the Stomp mini) work? Or, is there another product you would recommend to help meet my need?
#34
Schedule Help / Re: Formatted Text in iCal Fee...
Last post by arlo - June 03, 2026, 11:11:36 AMOkay, I'll put the formatting with X-ALT-DESC on my wish list.
Meanwhile, I just updated the iCal feed to put custom field headings and values on separate lines. iCal feeds are cached on both ends, so you'll need to add or update an event in BandHelper and induce your calendar app to refresh (that's difficult with Google) before you see the change.
Meanwhile, I just updated the iCal feed to put custom field headings and values on separate lines. iCal feeds are cached on both ends, so you'll need to add or update an event in BandHelper and induce your calendar app to refresh (that's difficult with Google) before you see the change.
#35
Schedule Help / Re: Formatted Text in iCal Fee...
Last post by Blainew - June 03, 2026, 10:56:14 AMHere's an example of one of our events. We have a number of custom fields set to provide basic gig info to the team. In plan text, it not the easiest to read.
Ideally, we could simply bold the custom field names (e.g. 'Parking / Loading Information') and maybe put the field values on a new line below the names.
I have users that consume the iCal feed in Google, Outlook, and Apple.
Ideally, we could simply bold the custom field names (e.g. 'Parking / Loading Information') and maybe put the field values on a new line below the names.
I have users that consume the iCal feed in Google, Outlook, and Apple.
#36
Schedule Help / Re: Formatted Text in iCal Fee...
Last post by arlo - June 03, 2026, 10:03:34 AMCan you post a screen shot showing an example of what you want formatting added to?
Also, what calendar app are you using to view the iCal feed?
Also, what calendar app are you using to view the iCal feed?
#37
Schedule Help / Re: Formatted Text in iCal Fee...
Last post by Blainew - June 03, 2026, 04:32:19 AMNo, I'm talking about the iCal feed.
I think most modern Calendar apps support some HTML rendering now. The iCalendar site has this to say: https://icalendar.org/the-icalendar-standard-2.html
HTML In Event Descriptions
The original iCalendar standard allowed only plain text as part of an event description. HTML markup, such as font attributes (bold, underline) and layout (div, table) was not allowed in the text description field. First seen in Microsoft Outlook, the X-ALT-DESC parameter provides a method to add HTML to an event description. "X-" fields are allowed for non-standard, experimental parameters. This field has become the method of choice when including HTML in a description. When using HTML, both fields must be included so that iCalendar readers that do not support the X-ALT-DESC field can still read the text version.
I've not personally tried this, though.
I think most modern Calendar apps support some HTML rendering now. The iCalendar site has this to say: https://icalendar.org/the-icalendar-standard-2.html
HTML In Event Descriptions
The original iCalendar standard allowed only plain text as part of an event description. HTML markup, such as font attributes (bold, underline) and layout (div, table) was not allowed in the text description field. First seen in Microsoft Outlook, the X-ALT-DESC parameter provides a method to add HTML to an event description. "X-" fields are allowed for non-standard, experimental parameters. This field has become the method of choice when including HTML in a description. When using HTML, both fields must be included so that iCalendar readers that do not support the X-ALT-DESC field can still read the text version.
I've not personally tried this, though.
#38
Repertoire Help / Re: “User is refusing live sha...
Last post by arlo - June 02, 2026, 12:39:15 PMI just added this to the 2026-05-22 release notes.
If you submit a help ticket from the email address you use for your BandHelper account, I can look up the email notice.
If you submit a help ticket from the email address you use for your BandHelper account, I can look up the email notice.
#39
Repertoire Help / Re: “User is refusing live sha...
Last post by Insider0203 - June 02, 2026, 11:20:58 AMI don't believe I received that email. I have system emails turned on. I searched my inbox and found no record of it. The last email I got was a month ago about a survey about live sharing, which I did.
This also isn't mentioned in any of the most recent update release notes.
This also isn't mentioned in any of the most recent update release notes.
#40
Schedule Help / Re: Formatted Text in iCal Fee...
Last post by arlo - June 02, 2026, 08:52:20 AMFor the iCal feed, all the display is handled by the calendar app that is reading the feed. As far as I know, there is no way to tell the calendar app how to format the content.
Are you actually asking about the website widget or JSON feed?
Are you actually asking about the website widget or JSON feed?