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Ability to set the Diary tab as my default "home" screen

bikrrr
bikrrr Posts: 7 Member
Currently, the app seems to default to the Dashboard tab. If I switch to Diary, then go to another app and come back, it won't change. But if I leave MyFitnessPal for a while and come back, it'll open to the Dashboard tab.

I'd like to be able to set the Diary tab as my default. I prefer the day view because seeing what I already logged helps me remember what things I still need to log.

Plus, it's easier to make sure my entries get tagged with the right meal types (breakfast, lunch, etc.) from Diary than Dashboard. Though you can ignore this point if you implement my other suggestion about automatic meal names.
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  • syamane421
    syamane421 Posts: 1 Member
    Ever since I started pre-planning my meals for the day, I've noticed this problem a lot. I need the Diary page to see what I've pre-planned for each meal, but the app keeps going to the Dashboard tab and I need to switch it over to Diary tab multiple times a day.

    As a premium subscriber, since I've got my macros remaining at the top of the Diary, I rarely need anything on the Dashboard and would rather not have to see it unless I explicitly ask for it.

    Like what bikrrr noted, if I leave the app running on the Diary tab, many times, when I come back to the app, I'll see the Diary and start to interact with it and the app will blip back to the Dashboard tab. Many times, I end up activating something on the Dashboard, then have to hit the back arrow and go to Diary all over again.
  • Jean
    Jean Posts: 845 MFP Staff
    I've seen this suggestion a bit before, and I can definitely see how this would be helpful to others as well. Please note that I've passed this along to our internal team to consider for a future update!
  • Florian_42
    Florian_42 Posts: 1 Member
    Any progress on that?

    I don’t believe it to be that hard to add a setting for this, right?

    Everytime starting the app I have to switch to diary. I don’t want to see the Dashboard, I want to track my food.
  • alexfairchild4302
    alexfairchild4302 Posts: 2 Member
    Upvote!!! How do I upvote an idea, by the way?
  • joeboyer1
    joeboyer1 Posts: 3 Member
    Any progress on this?
  • Lietchi
    Lietchi Posts: 6,834 Member
    Upvote!!! How do I upvote an idea, by the way?

    You can tap on the square with the number of votes, either in the topic itself or in the list of suggestions