app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml

@@ -88,6 +88,20 @@
             android:excludeFromRecents="true"
             android:launchMode="singleTask" />
 
+        <!-- Quick Settings tile: a one-tap "New event" shortcut in the QS panel.
+             Exported with BIND_QUICK_SETTINGS_TILE so only the system QS host can
+             bind it; the action mirrors the launcher "New event" shortcut. -->
+        <service
+            android:name=".qs.NewEventTileService"
+            android:exported="true"
+            android:icon="@drawable/ic_qs_new_event"
+            android:label="@string/qs_tile_new_event_label"
+            android:permission="android.permission.BIND_QUICK_SETTINGS_TILE">
+            <intent-filter>
+                <action android:name="android.service.quicksettings.action.QS_TILE" />
+            </intent-filter>
+        </service>
+
         <!-- The provider broadcasts EVENT_REMINDER at reminder time but posts
              no notification itself — a calendar app must (v1.4, Etar model).
              Exported: the broadcast arrives from the provider's process. -->

app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/qs/NewEventTileService.kt

@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+package de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula.qs
+
+import android.app.PendingIntent
+import android.os.Build
+import android.service.quicksettings.TileService
+import de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula.MainActivity
+import kotlinx.datetime.TimeZone
+import kotlinx.datetime.toLocalDateTime
+import kotlin.time.Clock
+
+/**
+ * Quick Settings tile: tapping it opens the create-event form on today — the
+ * same action as the launcher "New event" shortcut and the agenda widget's "+".
+ * A stateless action tile, so there is no on/off state to keep in sync.
+ */
+class NewEventTileService : TileService() {
+
+    // The pre-34 branch intentionally uses the deprecated Intent overload: it is
+    // the only form available below UpsideDownCake, and is reached only there.
+    @Suppress("DEPRECATION", "StartActivityAndCollapseDeprecated")
+    override fun onClick() {
+        super.onClick()
+        val today = Clock.System.now()
+            .toLocalDateTime(TimeZone.currentSystemDefault()).date
+        val intent = MainActivity.openCreateIntent(this, today)
+        // Launch only once the device is unlocked: creating an event behind the
+        // keyguard makes no sense, and the shade can't start an activity over a
+        // locked screen anyway.
+        unlockAndRun {
+            if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.UPSIDE_DOWN_CAKE) {
+                val pending = PendingIntent.getActivity(
+                    this,
+                    0,
+                    intent,
+                    PendingIntent.FLAG_IMMUTABLE or PendingIntent.FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT,
+                )
+                startActivityAndCollapse(pending)
+            } else {
+                startActivityAndCollapse(intent)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}

app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/ui/CalendarHost.kt

@@ -137,16 +137,37 @@ fun CalendarHost(
         }
     }
 
+    // Close every overlay that can sit over the calendar, so an externally
+    // requested destination (a widget/shortcut/QS-tile launch) is revealed on
+    // top instead of underneath whatever the user had open.
+    fun dismissCoveringOverlays() {
+        showSettings = false
+        showCalendars = false
+        detailKey = null
+        editKey = null
+        importUri = null
+        importForm = null
+    }
+
     // A home-screen widget launch asks to open a date (→ day view) or start a
     // create. Handled once and cleared, mirroring [requestedDetailKey].
     LaunchedEffect(widgetNavRequest) {
         when (val req = widgetNavRequest) {
             is WidgetNavRequest.OpenDate -> {
+                // Reveal the day view: drop any overlay that would cover it, so
+                // an external date-open doesn't land under an open Settings/form.
+                dismissCoveringOverlays()
+                createDateIso = null
                 pendingDayIso = req.dateIso
                 view = CalendarView.Day
                 onWidgetNavConsumed()
             }
             is WidgetNavRequest.Create -> {
+                // External "new event" entries (QS tile / launcher shortcut /
+                // widget) must land on top of whatever is open — the form overlay
+                // sits below Settings/calendars in the Box, so without this it
+                // would open hidden underneath them.
+                dismissCoveringOverlays()
                 val iso = req.dateIso ?: Clock.System.now()
                     .toLocalDateTime(TimeZone.currentSystemDefault()).date.toString()
                 heldCreateIso = iso

app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/ui/settings/SettingsScreen.kt

@@ -1,12 +1,16 @@
 package de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula.ui.settings
 
 import android.Manifest
+import android.app.StatusBarManager
+import android.content.ComponentName
 import android.content.Context
 import android.content.Intent
 import android.content.pm.PackageManager
+import android.graphics.drawable.Icon
 import android.os.Build
 import android.os.PowerManager
 import android.provider.Settings
+import androidx.annotation.RequiresApi
 import android.text.format.DateFormat
 import androidx.activity.compose.rememberLauncherForActivityResult
 import androidx.activity.result.contract.ActivityResultContracts
@@ -80,6 +84,7 @@ import de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula.data.prefs.CalendarReminderOverride
 import de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula.data.prefs.ThemeMode
 import de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula.data.prefs.WeekStartPref
 import de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula.domain.EventFormField
+import de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula.qs.NewEventTileService
 import de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula.ui.crash.CrashReportDialog
 import de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula.ui.crash.openIssueTracker
 import de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula.ui.crash.submitCrashReport
@@ -514,9 +519,39 @@ private fun EventFormScreen(
                 )
             },
         )
+
+        // One-tap add of the "New event" Quick Settings tile. The system prompt
+        // is API 33+; on older versions the tile is still addable manually from
+        // the QS editor, so the row simply doesn't appear there.
+        if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.TIRAMISU) {
+            Spacer(Modifier.height(24.dp))
+            val context = LocalContext.current
+            GroupedRow(
+                title = stringResource(R.string.settings_qs_tile),
+                summary = stringResource(R.string.settings_qs_tile_hint),
+                position = Position.Alone,
+                onClick = { requestAddQsTile(context) },
+            )
+        }
     }
 }
 
+/**
+ * Ask the system to add the "New event" Quick Settings tile (API 33+). The OS
+ * shows its own confirmation dialog and handles the already-added case, so no
+ * result handling is needed here.
+ */
+@RequiresApi(Build.VERSION_CODES.TIRAMISU)
+private fun requestAddQsTile(context: Context) {
+    val statusBar = context.getSystemService(StatusBarManager::class.java) ?: return
+    statusBar.requestAddTileService(
+        ComponentName(context, NewEventTileService::class.java),
+        context.getString(R.string.qs_tile_new_event_label),
+        Icon.createWithResource(context, R.drawable.ic_qs_new_event),
+        context.mainExecutor,
+    ) { /* result code unused — the system surfaces its own feedback */ }
+}
+
 /**
  * Reminder-notifications toggle (v1.4), mirroring the onboarding step.
  * Turning it on re-requests `POST_NOTIFICATIONS` when missing (API 33+) —

app/src/main/res/drawable/ic_qs_new_event.xml

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!-- Quick Settings tile icon ("New event"): a flat calendar+plus glyph. QS tile
+     icons are tinted by the system from their alpha, so this is a bare white
+     glyph on a transparent background (no brand circle, unlike the launcher
+     shortcut icon). -->
+<vector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
+    android:width="24dp"
+    android:height="24dp"
+    android:viewportWidth="24"
+    android:viewportHeight="24"
+    android:tint="#FFFFFFFF">
+    <path
+        android:fillColor="#FFFFFFFF"
+        android:pathData="M19,3h-1V1h-2v2H8V1H6v2H5C3.89,3 3.01,3.9 3.01,5L3,19c0,1.1 0.89,2 2,2h14c1.1,0 2,-0.9 2,-2V5C21,3.9 20.1,3 19,3zM19,19H5V8h14V19z" />
+    <path
+        android:fillColor="#FFFFFFFF"
+        android:pathData="M11.5,10.5h1v2h2v1h-2v2h-1v-2h-2v-1h2z" />
+</vector>

app/src/main/res/values-de/strings.xml

@@ -247,6 +247,11 @@
     <string name="shortcut_new_event_short">Neuer Termin</string>
     <string name="shortcut_new_event_long">Neuen Termin erstellen</string>
 
+    <!-- Schnelleinstellungen-Kachel -->
+    <string name="qs_tile_new_event_label">Neuer Termin</string>
+    <string name="settings_qs_tile">Schnelleinstellungen-Kachel hinzufügen</string>
+    <string name="settings_qs_tile_hint">Eine Kachel „Neuer Termin“ zu den Schnelleinstellungen hinzufügen.</string>
+
     <!-- Kalender-Filter (M3) -->
     <string name="filter_title">Kalender</string>
 

app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml

@@ -361,6 +361,11 @@
     <string name="shortcut_new_event_short">New event</string>
     <string name="shortcut_new_event_long">Create a new event</string>
 
+    <!-- Quick Settings tile -->
+    <string name="qs_tile_new_event_label">New event</string>
+    <string name="settings_qs_tile">Add Quick Settings tile</string>
+    <string name="settings_qs_tile_hint">Add a “New event” tile to the Quick Settings panel.</string>
+
     <string name="about_source_url" translatable="false">https://gitea.jeanlucmakiola.de/makiolaj/calendula</string>
     <string name="about_license_url" translatable="false">https://gitea.jeanlucmakiola.de/makiolaj/calendula/src/branch/main/LICENSE</string>