diff --git a/activate-linux.qml b/activate-linux.qml
index d5e442e..64b58b0 100644
--- a/activate-linux.qml
+++ b/activate-linux.qml
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ import Quickshell
 import Quickshell.Wayland
 
 ShellRoot {
+	// Add a property to control activation widget visibility
+	property bool isActivationWidgetVisible: false
+
 	Variants {
 		// Create the panel once on each monitor.
 		model: Quickshell.screens
@@ -36,6 +39,9 @@ ShellRoot {
 			// fullscreen windows.
 			WlrLayershell.layer: WlrLayer.Overlay
 
+			// Only show when isActivationWidgetVisible is true
+			visible: root.isActivationWidgetVisible
+
 			ColumnLayout {
 				id: content
 
@@ -51,6 +57,14 @@ ShellRoot {
 					font.pointSize: 14
 				}
 			}
+
+			// Add a click handler to close the widget
+			MouseArea {
+				anchors.fill: parent
+				onClicked: {
+					root.isActivationWidgetVisible = false
+				}
+			}
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/modules/bar/Bar.qml b/modules/bar/Bar.qml
index 1696649..b3723f2 100644
--- a/modules/bar/Bar.qml
+++ b/modules/bar/Bar.qml
@@ -87,6 +87,17 @@ Item {
             anchors.horizontalCenter: parent.horizontalCenter
             anchors.top: parent.top
             anchors.topMargin: Appearance.padding.large
+
+            MouseArea {
+                anchors.fill: parent
+                onClicked: {
+                    // Toggle the activation widget visibility
+                    const v = Visibilities.screens[QsWindow.window.screen];
+                    if (v) {
+                        v.isActivationWidgetVisible = !v.isActivationWidgetVisible;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
         }
 
         StyledRect {
diff --git a/modules/bar/popouts/Calendar.qml b/modules/bar/popouts/Calendar.qml
index 2b4141a..ffea53f 100644
--- a/modules/bar/popouts/Calendar.qml
+++ b/modules/bar/popouts/Calendar.qml
@@ -262,24 +262,155 @@ Column {
             // Add mouse wheel scrolling
             MouseArea {
                 anchors.fill: parent
+                property bool canScroll: true
+                property Timer scrollTimer: Timer {
+                    interval: 100  // Debounce time between scrolls
+                    onTriggered: parent.canScroll = true
+                }
+
+                // Configurable scroll direction
+                property bool invertScrollDirection: false  // Set to true to invert the scroll direction
+
                 onWheel: {
-                    if (wheel.angleDelta.y > 0) {
-                        // Going to previous month
-                        if (monthView.currentIndex === 0) {
-                            root.currentYear--
-                            monthView.currentIndex = 11
+                    if (!canScroll) return
+                    
+                    // Handle two-finger scroll (horizontal)
+                    if (wheel.angleDelta.x !== 0) {
+                        const scrollRight = wheel.angleDelta.x > 0
+                        const shouldGoBack = invertScrollDirection ? !scrollRight : scrollRight
+                        
+                        if (shouldGoBack) {
+                            // Going to previous month
+                            if (monthView.currentIndex === 0) {
+                                root.currentYear--
+                                monthView.currentIndex = 11
+                            } else {
+                                monthView.decrementCurrentIndex()
+                            }
                         } else {
-                            monthView.decrementCurrentIndex()
+                            // Going to next month
+                            if (monthView.currentIndex === 11) {
+                                root.currentYear++
+                                monthView.currentIndex = 0
+                            } else {
+                                monthView.incrementCurrentIndex()
+                            }
                         }
-                    } else {
-                        // Going to next month
-                        if (monthView.currentIndex === 11) {
-                            root.currentYear++
-                            monthView.currentIndex = 0
+                    }
+                    // Handle vertical scroll (optional, can be removed if not needed)
+                    else if (wheel.angleDelta.y !== 0) {
+                        const scrollDown = wheel.angleDelta.y < 0
+                        const shouldGoBack = invertScrollDirection ? !scrollDown : scrollDown
+                        
+                        if (shouldGoBack) {
+                            // Going to previous month
+                            if (monthView.currentIndex === 0) {
+                                root.currentYear--
+                                monthView.currentIndex = 11
+                            } else {
+                                monthView.decrementCurrentIndex()
+                            }
                         } else {
-                            monthView.incrementCurrentIndex()
+                            // Going to next month
+                            if (monthView.currentIndex === 11) {
+                                root.currentYear++
+                                monthView.currentIndex = 0
+                            } else {
+                                monthView.incrementCurrentIndex()
+                            }
                         }
                     }
+                    
+                    // Prevent rapid scrolling
+                    canScroll = false
+                    scrollTimer.restart()
+                }
+            }
+
+            // Add touch gesture support with percentage-based scrolling
+            MouseArea {
+                anchors.fill: parent
+                property real startX: 0
+                property bool isDragging: false
+                property real scrollPercentage: 0.0  // 0.0 to 1.0, represents progress to next/prev month
+                property real scrollSpeed: 0.1  // Adjust this to control how fast months change (lower = slower)
+
+                onPressed: (mouse) => {
+                    startX = mouse.x
+                    isDragging = true
+                    scrollPercentage = 0.0
+                }
+
+                onReleased: {
+                    isDragging = false
+                    scrollPercentage = 0.0
+                }
+
+                onPositionChanged: (mouse) => {
+                    if (!isDragging) return
+                    
+                    const dragDistance = mouse.x - startX
+                    const maxDragDistance = monthView.width * 0.5  // Half the width for full month transition
+                    
+                    // Calculate scroll percentage (-1.0 to 1.0)
+                    scrollPercentage = Math.max(-1.0, Math.min(1.0, dragDistance / maxDragDistance))
+                    
+                    // Only trigger month change when we've scrolled enough
+                    if (Math.abs(scrollPercentage) >= scrollSpeed) {
+                        if (scrollPercentage > 0) {
+                            // Scrolling right - previous month
+                            if (monthView.currentIndex === 0) {
+                                root.currentYear--
+                                monthView.currentIndex = 11
+                            } else {
+                                monthView.decrementCurrentIndex()
+                            }
+                        } else {
+                            // Scrolling left - next month
+                            if (monthView.currentIndex === 11) {
+                                root.currentYear++
+                                monthView.currentIndex = 0
+                            } else {
+                                monthView.incrementCurrentIndex()
+                            }
+                        }
+                        // Reset scroll percentage after month change
+                        scrollPercentage = 0.0
+                        startX = mouse.x
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
+            // Add Today button
+            Rectangle {
+                id: todayButton
+                visible: root.currentYear !== new Date().getFullYear() || monthView.currentIndex !== new Date().getMonth()
+                anchors {
+                    top: parent.top
+                    horizontalCenter: parent.horizontalCenter
+                    topMargin: -24
+                }
+                width: todayText.width + 20
+                height: 25
+                color: mouseArea.containsMouse ? "#3d3d3d" : "#2d2d2d"
+                radius: 4
+
+                Text {
+                    id: todayText
+                    anchors.centerIn: parent
+                    text: "Today"
+                    color: "#ffffff"
+                    font.pixelSize: 12
+                }
+
+                MouseArea {
+                    id: mouseArea
+                    anchors.fill: parent
+                    hoverEnabled: true
+                    onClicked: {
+                        root.currentYear = new Date().getFullYear()
+                        monthView.currentIndex = new Date().getMonth()
+                    }
                 }
             }
 
@@ -308,7 +439,11 @@ Column {
 
                 // Day headers
                 Repeater {
-                    model: ["Mo", "Tu", "We", "Th", "Fr", "Sa", "Su"]
+                    // English notation
+                    // model: ["Mo", "Tu", "We", "Th", "Fr", "Sa", "Su"]
+
+                    // German notation
+                    model: ["Mo", "Di", "Mi", "Do", "Fr", "Sa", "So"]
                     
                     StyledText {
                         width: 30
diff --git a/modules/drawers/Drawers.qml b/modules/drawers/Drawers.qml
index 9930c6d..5a8930f 100644
--- a/modules/drawers/Drawers.qml
+++ b/modules/drawers/Drawers.qml
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ Variants {
                 property bool session
                 property bool launcher
                 property bool dashboard
+                property bool isActivationWidgetVisible
 
                 Component.onCompleted: Visibilities.screens[scope.modelData] = this
             }