Stopwatches and Timers

CoCalc allows you to start one or more stopwatches and timers in any project.

Creating a Stopwatch or Timer 

To create a stopwatch or timer, open a file with the extension “.time”. This extension is added automatically if you click “(+)New”, enter a filename, and then click “Stopwatches and Timers”.

dialog to create a new timer file — Using (+)New to create a stopwatch or timer

When a new time file is first created, it displays a single stopwatch, ready to start counting up. For a countdown timer, click “New Timer”. You can add and delete as many of each type of counter in this file as you want.

a new timer file has been created — Stopwatch / Timer file just after it is created

You can also create a stopwatch or timer within a CoCalc Whiteboard.

When a Timer Counts Down to Zero 

When a timer counts down to zero, a notification pop-up is diplayed if the timer file is open.

timer expired pop-up — notification displayed when timer expires