Capture global mousedown/up event

It's not possible to hook the mousedown and mouseup events on the scheduler div reliably because it is usually consumed by the internal handlers.

However, it might be possible to add an event for the start and end of drag and drop interaction - this is already tracked by the scheduler for similar reasons (to prevent autorefresh and other activities).

Ok thanks.

I've tried experimenting with intercepting the dragstart and dragstop events without any success so far. I've looked at "External Drag and Drop" documentation ( http://doc.daypilot.org/scheduler/external-drag-and-drop/ ) but that's not exactly what I want.

I want to get notified when any dragstart and dragstop events occur regardless of their origin (external/internal).

The reason I need this is because:
When an event is saved, clients will get notified by signalR that the scheduler needs to be refreshed. So if a user is NOT interacting with the scheduler, a commandCallback should be fired to refresh the scheduler.

Instead of getting notified when drag events occur I've also tried implementing the "is user interacting" check you mentioned like so:
// skip if an operation is active
if (!DayPilotScheduler.resizing && !DayPilotScheduler.moving && !DayPilotScheduler.drag && !DayPilotScheduler.range) {
(copied from daypilot-scheduler.src.js _doRefresh).

But the resizing, moving, drag and range members are all undefined a the momemt when I try access them.
Is there some other way of accessing the information provided by the DayPilotScheduler object?

Or is there an easier way to detect when a user is interacting with the scheduler?

Any suggestions?
I just need a way to prevent any commandCallbacks from being invoked (clientside) when a mousedown has occured.

Hi Simon,

I'm working on a set of events that will allow you to do this. onInteractionStart/onInteractionEnd will be fired at the beginning and end of user drag and drop interaction (event moving, event resizing, time range selecting). I will let you know as soon as it is implemented.

Sounds perfect. Thanks!