Dears,
My purpose related to a tracking app like Toggl (that was recommended for me recently) is to track how much time I spent in particular apps or types or apps - automatically, without pressing Start and Stop each time when I switch between apps I want to track.
I found an interesting Toggl option ‘Autotracker’ in Settings/Preferences (Windows version) and it works really well for automatic starting tracking (according to rule/active window name), but the issue is with automatic stop tracking after I switch to app (window name) that is not defined in rules (that I don’t want to track) - so when I switch to such app, tracking still counting time in the app/rule I don’t use, causing incorrectly time tracking. The automatic stop works only when I switch to app that is defined in another autotracking rule.
Can you please advice how can I solve that taking into account my purpose and the issue I mentioned above?
Thanks in advance.
@Christopher Thanks for posting this feedback! If you don’t mind, I’ll move this to the Product Feedback - Toggl Community category as it is a great suggestion and is currently not available with the settings you have for the Autotracker feature.
I can suggest using the Timeline feature, which tracks all your activity and allows you to easily convert the accumulated data into time entries, as a workaround.
@Support I turned on that Timeline/Record activity feature yesterday morning, and today I wanted to check “all my activity to easily convert the accumulated data into time entries” (projects/tags, etc.) - but I cannot find where all those yesterday’s activities have been saved. Could you help with that?
Thanks in advance for a path/step-by-step
Yes, thank you. However, one more question by the way - how can I split the time block (e.g. that one as on the screenshot attached) into 3 different tasks/projects say Teams, Citrix, and Notes?
I see that I can convert it to time entry, but (probably) only one.
Unfortunately, it is impossible to split that segment automatically - you’d need to convert it into a time entry in its entirety and then make edits from there later to shorten it and create two more based on the details of that tracked activity. I am sharing this as feedback with the team.
I don’t mean to sound rude, but how on Earth did you guys implement an Autotracker feature without an autostop? It defeats the entire purpose if I need to remember to stop a timer. I can’t imagine it must be very hard to implement, just give the option so that if the target window is unfocused the timer stops. Is this ever going to be implemented? The way it is right now is unusable for me.
It should stop the timer only if the new window being focused has its own trigger in place. If it does have a trigger, it will stop the running timer and start a new one. If the newly-focused window does NOT have a trigger, the timer will not stop.
I see. Well that’s a shame, it would be nice to have an option to just stop the timer whenever the window with a trigger becomes unfocused. Thank you anyway.
Hello! If I can add something to this idea, I’d say to ask if we want to track our time all the time or during working hours. Maybe even find a way to show when it’s during working hours and when it’s not.
@JulienLagx You can actually achieve this by using the Track browser extension, which has a feature to stop timers at a specific time each day (like when you’re normally done with work).
If a timer is started via the desktop app by a trigger, it will sync with the extension, and the extension’s auto-stop feature will end any running timer at your set time.
This should give you the automated stop you’re looking for
