Show Duration of External Drag and Drop Event

This example uses the generic HTML5 drag and drop API and that doesn't allow reading the source object properties until drop. So unfortunately, this is not possible.

If you use the built-in external drag and drop support it will display the duration but it doesn't allow dragging items from another browser window:

https://doc.daypilot.org/scheduler/external-drag-and-drop/

Hi Dan, thanks for getting back to me so quickly.

I'm using the built-in external drag and drop and it works perfectly, but we also need to popout the (to be scheduled) event list into its own browser window, as this will aid our users workflow (for multi-monitor use).

Can you tell me if this functionality is on the roadmap, or if there might be another way to achieve this effect?

Many thanks,

Chris.

Hi Chris,

Unfortunately, this is not possible. Browsers don't allow reading the dragged object for security reasons and that prevents reading the duration from the source. We would prefer using the native HTML5 drag and drop API for all external drag and drop but this is a major limitation that makes it impossible.