Calendar Input Settings is located under My Calendar > Settings > Input.

Input settings govern which fields are visible when adding events in the admin. For more efficient event creation, it can be helpful to remove sections that you won’t use.

My Calendar > Settings > Input
My Calendar > Settings > Input

Calendar Input Fields

Event editing fields to show – Restrict your event authors from using certain fields, or reduce the number of fields you see when creating or editing events. Use these options to remove fields you don’t plan to use.

Example: Uncheck Categories and Event Location. Click Save Input Settings. Go to add an event or edit an existing event. Notice that Categories and Event Location inputs have been removed. This will remove Categories and Event Locations for all users.

An alternative method is to use Screen Options in the Add Event or existing event screen to hide fields. Example: Categories and Event Location for all events. This will remove Categories and Event Locations just for my user.

Screenshot showing the Screen Options for editing event fields.
Event: Screen Options. Event editing fields to show.

Location Controls

With Location Controls you can define the values available when adding a new location. Save custom values to change location text fields into dropdowns. One field per line.

Format: saved_value,Displayed Value

We can add adjustments to the following Input Settings Location Controls Fields:

  • Name of Location.
  • City
  • State/Province
  • Postal Code
  • Region
  • Country

Changing any of the above name/value pairs will also change the name (value) seen in the Location fields, but does not change previously saved data.

Example: Adding Montana – MT, Minnesota – MN and Maine – ME to the location controls for State/Province.

Expanded state/province control showing three custom values
My Calendar > Settings > Input > Location Controls

Add New Location

After making this change, you will see a dropdown in the State/Province field. The field shows the options assigned as the display value, but will save the value set as the saved value.

The value you choose as a saved value is important, as that is the value that will be used for searching and filtering.

Dropdown in location editor showing limited values.
My Calendar > Add New Location > State/Province drop down

Being able to control saved location values gives us the opportunity to fine tune setup when adding a new location.

If you’re making use of filters on the front-end, this ensures that all users add the values in the same way. If your users enter mixed values – some indicating “Montana”, others “MT”, or “Mont.”, then filters won’t work properly.

Next: My Calendar > Settings > Permissions.