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

bikrrr
bikrrr Posts: 7 Member
edited August 2022 in Feature Suggestions and Ideas
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: 928 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: 6,987 Member
    alexfairchild4302 wrote: »
    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
  • pdcoupland
    pdcoupland Posts: 2 Member
    I would also like the ability to set the Diary tab as my default "home" screen. Thank you.
  • nicoliames
    nicoliames Posts: 1 Member
    Yes please this!
    I can understand why the marketing department wants to push us to the dashboard, so we'll use other features... But please let premium users have this option! I pay so I can have the full features diary, which is amazing.
  • johngbaker
    johngbaker Posts: 1 Member
    The long delay created by the dashboard is exactly why I no longer subscribe to premium. I want the app to be fast and easy like it used to be. Please pay attention to your customers.

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