Refactor appointment model and views to use a single date field; update tooltip and calendar display for improved functionality

app/controllers/customer_appointments_controller.rb

@@ -41,8 +41,7 @@ class CustomerAppointmentsController < ApplicationController
   def new
     @appointment = CustomerAppointment.new
     @appointment.project = @project
-    @appointment.start_date = (params[:start_date].to_date + 9.hours) if params[:start_date].present?
+    @appointment.date = (params[:start_date].to_date + 9.hours) if params[:start_date].present?
-    @appointment.end_date = @appointment.start_date + 1.hour if @appointment.start_date.present?
   end
 
   def create
@@ -89,8 +88,7 @@ class CustomerAppointmentsController < ApplicationController
         :description,
         :status,
         :user_id,
-        :start_date,
+        :date,
-        :end_date,
         :estimated_hours,
         :estimate_id,
         :duration

app/models/customer_appointment.rb

@@ -17,8 +17,7 @@ class CustomerAppointment < ActiveRecord::Base
   belongs_to :estimate, optional: true
 
   validates :subject, presence: true
-  validates :start_date, presence: true
+  validates :date, presence: true
-  validate :date_order
 
   STATUSES = %w[
       Scheduled
@@ -29,9 +28,15 @@ class CustomerAppointment < ActiveRecord::Base
       Cancelled
   ]
 
+  # Cast datetime to Date for Redmine Calendar compatibility
+  def start_date
+    date&.to_date
+  end
+
   def due_date
-    return end_date&.to_date if end_date.present?
+    return nil unless date
-    return start_date&.to_date
+    # Accounts for multi-day duration spanning across dates
+    start_date + ([duration.to_i, 1].max - 1).days
   end
 
   def self.visible(user)
@@ -40,15 +45,6 @@ class CustomerAppointment < ActiveRecord::Base
 
   private
 
-  def date_order
-    return if end_date.blank?
-    return if start_date.blank?
-
-    if end_date < start_date
-      errors.add( :end_date, "cannot be before start date")
-    end
-  end
-
   def log(msg)
     Rails.logger.info "[Event] #{msg}"
   end

app/views/customer_appointments/_form.html.erb

@@ -24,10 +24,9 @@
       <%= f.collection_select :user_id, User.active.sorted, :id, :name, { include_blank: true }, { label: false } %>
     </p>
 
-    <p><%= f.datetime_local_field :start_date %></p>
+    <p><%= f.datetime_local_field :date %></p>
-    <p><%= f.date_field :end_date, size: 10 %></p>
 
-    <p><%= f.number_field :estimated_hours, step: 0.1, size: 6 %></p>
+    <p><%= f.number_field :estimated_hours, step: 1, size: 6 %></p>
     <p><%= f.number_field :duration, step: 1, size: 6, label: :label_duration %></p>
 
     <p><%= f.select :status, CustomerAppointment::STATUSES, label: :field_status %></p>

app/views/customer_appointments/_tooltip.html.erb

@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
 
   <tr>
     <th><%= l(:label_end_date) %></th>
-    <td><%= format_date(appointment.end_date || appointment.start_date) %></td>
+    <td><%= format_date(appointment.due_date ) %></td>
   </tr>
 
   <tr>

app/views/customer_appointments/show.html.erb

@@ -15,57 +15,12 @@
 
   <span class="appointment-dates">
     (<%= format_date(@appointment.start_date) %> 
-    <% if @appointment.end_date && @appointment.start_date != @appointment.end_date %>
+    <% if @appointment.duration > 1 %>
-      - <%= format_date(@appointment.end_date) %>
+      - <%= format_date(@appointment.due_date) %>
     <% end %>)
   </span>
 </h2>
 
-<style>
-  .calendar-badge {
-    display: inline-block;
-    width: 38px;
-    border: 1px solid #b8c0c8;
-    border-radius: 4px;
-    overflow: hidden;
-    text-align: center;
-    vertical-align: middle;
-    box-shadow: 0 1px 3px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1);
-    margin-right: 8px;
-    line-height: 1;
-    background: #fff;
-  }
-
-  .calendar-badge .month {
-    background-color: #c22b2b; /* Redmine primary red tone */
-    color: #ffffff;
-    font-size: 9px;
-    font-weight: bold;
-    padding: 3px 0 2px 0;
-    text-transform: uppercase;
-    letter-spacing: 0.5px;
-  }
-
-  .calendar-badge .day {
-    color: #333333;
-    font-size: 16px;
-    font-weight: bold;
-    padding: 4px 0 3px 0;
-  }
-
-  .appointment-title {
-    vertical-align: middle;
-  }
-
-  .appointment-dates {
-    font-size: 70%;
-    color: #666;
-    margin-left: 8px;
-    font-weight: normal;
-    vertical-align: middle;
-  }
-</style>
-
 <div class="issue details">
   <div class="attributes">
     <div class="splitcontent">

assets/stylesheets/customer_appointments.css

@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ table.cal td {
     background: #edf4ff;
     border: 1px solid #c5d8f3;
     border-radius: 3px;
-    font-size: 10px;
+    font-size: 0.9em; /* Matches Redmine calendar default text size */
-    line-height: 1.2;
+    line-height: 1.3;
     overflow: visible !important; /* Allows tooltip popover to extend outside */
     width: 100%;
     max-width: 100%;
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ table.cal td {
 .appointment-hours {
     flex-shrink: 0;
     color: #444;
-    font-size: 9px;
+    font-size: 0.85em; /* Slightly smaller than main text to keep layout balanced */
     font-weight: bold;
     margin-left: auto;
 }
@@ -108,11 +108,11 @@ table.cal td {
 /* Option B: Multi-line wrapping for details */
 .appointment-detail {
     color: #555;
-    font-size: 9px;
+    font-size: 0.9em; /* Matches calendar item body text */
     white-space: normal;
     overflow-wrap: anywhere;
     word-break: break-word;
-    margin-top: 1px;
+    margin-top: 2px;
     min-width: 0;
 }
 
@@ -203,4 +203,47 @@ table.cal td {
 .appointment-block .tip .buttons {
     margin: 0;
     text-align: right;
+}
+
+.calendar-badge {
+    display: inline-block;
+    width: 38px;
+    border: 1px solid #b8c0c8;
+    border-radius: 4px;
+    overflow: hidden;
+    text-align: center;
+    vertical-align: middle;
+    box-shadow: 0 1px 3px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1);
+    margin-right: 8px;
+    line-height: 1;
+    background: #fff;
+}
+
+.calendar-badge .month {
+    background-color: #c22b2b; /* Redmine primary red tone */
+    color: #ffffff;
+    font-size: 9px;
+    font-weight: bold;
+    padding: 3px 0 2px 0;
+    text-transform: uppercase;
+    letter-spacing: 0.5px;
+}
+
+.calendar-badge .day {
+    color: #333333;
+    font-size: 16px;
+    font-weight: bold;
+    padding: 4px 0 3px 0;
+}
+
+.appointment-title {
+    vertical-align: middle;
+}
+
+.appointment-dates {
+    font-size: 70%;
+    color: #666;
+    margin-left: 8px;
+    font-weight: normal;
+    vertical-align: middle;
 }

db/migrate/001_create_customer_appointments.rb

@@ -15,8 +15,7 @@ class CreateCustomerAppointments < ActiveRecord::Migration[7.0]
       t.text :subject, null: false
       t.text :description, null: false
       
-      t.datetime :start_date, null: false
+      t.datetime :date, null: false
-      t.datetime :end_date
       t.integer :duration, default: 1
       t.integer :estimated_hours, default: 1
 
@@ -31,7 +30,7 @@ class CreateCustomerAppointments < ActiveRecord::Migration[7.0]
 
     end
 
-    add_index :customer_appointments, :start_date
+    add_index :customer_appointments, :date
     
   end
 end