Blocklist does not work with multiple words or phrases

[f0ggy987]

Is there an existing issue for this?

• I have searched the existing issues

Current Behavior

Entering:

PC,Pay Day

into the blocklist will not block any events, even when these words appear in the event title.

Additionally the documentation is not clear on formatting required for the blocklist:

• How are multiple words to be specified (comma separated?)
• How are phrases to be specified (single or double quotes?)

Expected behaviour

Entering:

PC,Pay Day

into the blocklist should block events with either PC or the phrase Pay Day in their title from appearing

Example title - Expected behavior:

PC session - should be blocked
Pay Day - should be blocked
Pay the Day Cleaner - should NOT be blocked

Steps To Reproduce

Enter a comma separated list of words into the blocklist

Mode

Event (default)

Card Version

7.7.1

Home Assistant Version

2023.9.2

Configuration

type: custom:atomic-calendar-revive
name: Calendar
enableModeChange: true
entities:
  - entity: calendar.family
    name: Family
  - entity: calendar.boston_celtics_calendar_nba
    name: Boston celtics calendar (nba)
  - entity: calendar.[redacted]
    name: Google Calendar
  - entity: calendar.holidays_in_united_states
    name: Holidays in united states
  - entity: calendar.[redacted]
    name: [redacted]
    blocklist: PC,Pay Day
compactMode: false
hoursOnSameLine: false
sortByStartTime: true
showLocation: true
showDate: true
showCurrentEventLine: true
showDescription: false
showFullDayProgress: false
showDatePerEvent: true
showAllDayHours: true
showCalendarName: false
showEventDate: true
showMultiDay: true
showMultiDayEventParts: false
showMonth: false
showEventIcon: false
showTimeRemaining: false
maxDaysToShow: 7
showLoader: false
showRelativeTime: false
offsetHeaderDate: true
showProgressBar: false
showWeekDay: true
showNoEventsForToday: true

Relevant log output

N/A

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If this is a bug report, please provide your configuration and any screenshots that would assist troubleshooting, otherwise we can not help you.

[marksie1988]

The description states that it takes regex in the documentation, try this

(PC|Pay Day)

Or

(?:PC|Pay Day)

[f0ggy987]

Thank you for the quick response! From a quick test it looks like the solution is:

(PC|Pay Day)

I thought I had previously tried a RegEx, unsuccessfully but I guess I must have typed it incorrectly :-)

Someone on the forum claimed a comma-separated list worked for them, which sent me down that path.

Thanks again!

[marksie1988]

When I first implemented this it was comma separated, but I realised that limited the filter somewhat so moved to regex to allow much more flexibility.

There may even be scenarios where Commas would work for single word filters