Feature requests
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Screenshot pop-up window: pin to always on top
I like that I can now pop-out the screenshot pop-up window, but I would like this window to be 'pinnable' so that it stays on top of ManicTime while I am clicking back and forth, doing my timesheets.
1 votenot enough votes
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Selective Image Scrolling
Allow any kind of selection on the timeline and provide the ability to scroll through just the images for what is selected optionally removing or re-including the selection covered by the shown image for the final log entry and the end of the process.
1 voteNot enough votes.
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Better regex help
Add help text, a GUI, or similar to make regular expressions more discoverable and more easily used by users who are not advanced.
4 votesRegex are quite complex and to make a UI of this would be quite a task. I think there are a lot of good resources online for regex help.
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Option to change time format to 24hr
I prefer to use time in 24hr format e.g. 15:30 instead of 3:30 pm.
If there could be an option to set this I would be very appreciative.3 votesIf there are more votes for this we might add this, but currently it takes system settings. So if in windows you use 24h format, ManicTime will also use it.
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Space to select entries/folders, left-right to collapse-expand folders
When checking the "Day" view, on the left bottom pane you can use Space to select properly. It select/deselects the highlighted line.
BUT on the right bottom pane Space behaves oddly. To be precise it selects/deselects the checkbox the focus is on, not the line which is highlighted.
... and when you introduce folders also the only way to expand/collapse it apart from clicking on the +/- before it is to focus on the +/- icon and push "Space".
9 votesUpon testing, spacebar seems to work properly. Since there is a lack of votes, adding shortcuts for folders will have to take a backseat to other requested features.
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command line to exit the program
A command line option to exit the program would be helpful; that way I can automate backups even more.
1 voteExiting/stopping a service is already natively supported on all operating systems that ManicTime is available on therefore this feature is unnecessary.
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Possibility for copy the notice
I have to transfer it to another Programm. I would like to copy all notices simple. Sometimes you habe 3 entrys with different notices. At the moment you have to copy I from every entry :-(
1 voteWhat you can do is select multiple lines with CTRL or SHIFT select.
Then Copy(Ctrl-C), then paste to excel and Notes will be in its own column. Then you can just select that column and paste somewhere else.
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"treat sound as Active" exept some program
There is missing a very important thing in this option "treat sound as Active", there must be "except this programs" option. For example, some music apps didn't need to "treat sound".
3 votesNot enough votes
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Fix hour sheet calculation (currently double on scd. button press)
The hours in the hour sheet currently double on the second button press. Please fix this.
(ver. 4.6.20.0 Professional)3 votesI'm not sure if this is still a problem but if it is please contact our support and we will fix it.
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Use the same tag list for Tags and AutoTags
I almost always need to use the same set of tags for both manually tagging and auto-tagging, as auto-tagging will take care of applications and specific app titles or app title filters, but if I switch to more general apps like notepad/chrome/windows explorer in between the specific app, I still want to tag those apps under the same tag (say it's a project name for example). However currently the two lists are completely independent, and I have to create the same tag in both tag lists :(
3 votesNot enough votes. I will just add that Pick from tags is available when created auto tag.
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Quick select toolbar
I have used ManicTime for several years, and I think it's the best time tracker on the market. There is one thing, however, that continues to frustrate me.
The way the program works is perfect. However the amount of UI interaction required to do things is too high. For example:When allocating times:
- right click on the time block
- choose 'tag activity as'
- select activity (if on list, otherwise click 'add tag' and type text)this may have to be repeated for 10 or 12 activity blocks suring the day
Likewise, the timer feature is great in…
1 voteI think this is two tasks in one. One is better tagging, which I think is quite fast in ManicTime. You can just select and press a shortcut key to tag. Or just drag time and press down arrow and tag.
The other is for stopwatch with specific tag, which sounds interesting and we could work on it if there is support for the feature.
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Please add ctrl+A screenshot to select entire day in timeline
Once I finished tracking all periods in a day, I like to select all the rest and assign a generic non-billable task, so I know that the entire day is accounted for. This would make that task much faster.
3 votesNot enough votes. There is also a workaround that doesn't require much time or work, simply set selections to "Select only untagged activities" (the dropdown is next to the "Add tag" button, in older versions this isn't in a dropdown but position is the same), click on any timeline that has activities over the entire tracked period (usually the Computer usage or Applications timelines), and select all activities in the activity list on the bottom left (the checkbox in the header checks out all checkboxes in the list). At most this is a 3-step process, for some in may even be shorter depending on your usual work flow.
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More Recent Tags options
Expand the Settings -> Tagging configuration to change the way Recent Tags is displayed:
- Recent Tags (Globally)
- Recent Tags (Individually)
- Recent Tags (Filtered for the Application and/or Document being tagged)
3 is huge. If the same Application and/or Document is always tagged the same - why do we still need to sift through the recent tags list each and every time.
1 voteNot enough votes. If an application and/or document is always tagged the same then the AutoTag feature is perfect for you. You can also transfer auto tags to tags so the process is fairly easy.
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Track the folders wgere the project files are located
It would be nice if it was possible to track the Folder were the files are located. Most businesess use a folder structure that represents all the projects that are running. This way you only need to track the folder P:\clients\project.. and all files with this string will be tracked for one project.
Thanks,
Jaap3 votesMT tracks folders for specific applications. There is no way to get project file for any open application, so it is not something we can do for all applications which exist. We can support this for specific applications.
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Minimize Day ribbon
I need ability to minimize ribbon for "Day" section to enlarge working space
Is it possible to realize?3 votesnot enough votes
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Multiple monitors registrations
It will be usefull, in a muli-monitor enviroment, to have a timeline for every monitor.
Sometime I see that the product register Outlook for long time, only because I was working on the other monitor.
Have a timeline for every monitor will be usefull3 votesManicTime will only track active application, not all applications running.
You can set screenshots to capture all desktops at one if that maybe helps.
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When exporting a timesheet offer to open the file in the associated app
When I export a timesheet to Excel my very next action is to open it in Excel which I suspect is a common next action for many people. Currently it's a manual process; run Excel, locate where I saved the file and open it. If I'm processing many exports this can be a significant percentage of the time spent.
I'm about to write an autohotkey script to automate this for myself however it would be nice if Manictime offered the option to directly open the exported file after saving.1 votenot enough votes, I will just mention that you could copy, open excel and paste, if that helps.
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Ability to assign monthly hours goal per tag
Be able to add in tags and assign a monthly goal for hours assigned to this tag. Actively track actual time assigned to tag vs. goal.
3 votesNot enough votes.
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Function to distinguish 2 programs that share the same .exe name?
I don't know where to ask this so might as well do it here.
I have 2 video games that use the same engine, so when I launched them they both have the same name (ex: engine.exe) but they both have different title name of course. The application tracker treats them as the same thing and lump their hours up together. Is there a way to separate them somehow?3 votesYou could use autotags like Alexander suggested.
ManicTime used to work this way, we used whole path to distinguish apps, but then the problem was then when for example new Firefox came, and it was in a different folder it created a different entry, so you were stuck with two Firefoxes for example. Then we decided to just use the executable for apps and it came in handy on the server as well, where you can it shows a single Firefox from multiple machines.
If this gets some more support, we might add some way where you could tell ManicTime to make an exception for specific apps.
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Track the conversation in Skype
Skype gets tracked correctly when it is running, however not which conversation it is showing. Ideally MT would show which skype thread is being discussed and track against that project. Currently skype title just says "Skype" which is pretty useless. Is it possible to auto detect the chat that is active?
Using:
Skype version 8.65.0.784 votesAs of May 2025 Skype will no longer be available, therefore this is removed from our plans.
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