monicahq/monica

Mass edit imported contacts

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#1479 opened on Jun 13, 2018

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Description

I just imported 733 people into Monica with a vCard. But as you all know vCards will have many errors and I want to use the occasion to really clean up my address book.

It would really help if Monica had all or some of these features:

  • keyboard navigation to quickly move to the next contact, edit, save etc.
  • move from one contact to another, w/o having to go back to the complete list
  • Batch edit multiple contacts (add a tag to all "best friends" or "family members" at once. for example)

I could maybe do this before the import. But I hope that Monica can really become my mothership of contacts and calendars... (it has all the potential to become so ;-) )

Contributor guide

Tech stack
phplaravelvue
Domain
full stack
Issue type
feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
4
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
3-5 days
Activity statusHow available the issue appears right now: fresh, active, stale, blocked, or waiting on maintainer input.
stale
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
needs investigation
Prerequisites
Laravel basicsVue.js basicsSQL batch updatesMonica contact structure
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
25
Research direction
Review the current contact editing flow in Monica's frontend (Vue components) and backend (Laravel controllers). Identify the database tables involved (contacts, relationships). The issue requests keyboard navigation and batch editing, so explore the existing contact list view and edit page. The issue has 8 comments indicating interest but no maintainer direction. Start by prototyping a batch edit UI for adding tags to multiple contacts. Consider using Vue's reactivity for bulk updates.