Primary Tag — Scan Your Transactions At A Glance

Promote one tag per transaction to "primary"; it pins as a corner-star badge on the list so you can scan #vacation or #shared without opening anything.

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Why scanning a long list for one tag is hard

Scanning a long transaction list for one tag is hard. Budgie's primary-tag concept solves it visually — the most important tag for that row gets a corner-star badge.

Long-press a tag chip on the card to rotate which one is primary. The choice persists across edits, and the badge stays through bank-sync re-imports.

What you get

Corner-star badge on the transaction list — scan without opening rows

Long-press to rotate which tag is primary — single gesture

Persists across edits and bank-sync re-imports

One per transaction — never ambiguous, always quick to scan

Optional — transactions without a primary tag stay clean and badge-free

How it works

Each transaction's tag list has an isPrimary flag on at most one tag. The badge component renders the primary tag in a corner star. The selector UI surfaces the rotate-primary action on long-press.

Frequently Asked Questions

What does "primary" actually do?

Visual emphasis. The primary tag renders as a corner-star badge on the transaction list so you can scan a long list for #vacation or #shared without opening any row.

How do I set a primary tag?

Long-press a tag chip on the transaction card. The tap rotates which of that transaction's tags is primary.

Is the primary tag preserved across edits?

Yes. Editing a transaction keeps its primary-tag designation; bank-sync re-imports also preserve it.

Can a transaction have no primary tag?

Yes — by default, none is primary. The badge appears only when you explicitly promote one.

Related Features

Transaction Tags for Multi-Dimensional Tracking

Layer tags on top of categories — one transaction can be Groceries (category) and #vacation, #shared, #reimbursable (tags).

Tag-Based Spending Analytics

#vacation, #shared, #reimbursable — quantified, with an "Untagged" bucket for completeness.

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