Questions Tagged how-to
Adding Link Button to Cell of Calendar & Scheduler Component
Answered: Please take a look at the following tutorial: https://code.daypilot.org/31933/javascript-monthly-calendar-max-events-expand-button
Is clearSelection available?
Answered: Yes, the clearSelection() client-side method is available in the ASP.NET WebForms version as well. You can find an example in the main Scheduler demo: https://aspnet.daypilot.org/demo/Scheduler/ The ...
Spacing on right of events
Answered: You can set the margin width using the columnMarginRight property: https://api.daypilot.org/daypilot-calendar-columnmarginright/
dp.columnMarginRight = 0;
Show an icon when hovering a cell with crosshair on
Answered: The full crosshair (crosshairType = "Full") is displayed above the cells and masks access to them. So unfortunately, it's not possible to combine the full crosshair with hover styles for cells. I rec...
How to scroll to "currenttime" cell on start
Answered: The Calendar should scroll to the first business hour (businessBeginsHour) by default. If you want to scroll to a different hour, you can use scrollToHour() method: https://api.daypilot.org/daypilot-...
How to hide resources without events
Answered: Please take a look at the following tutorial: https://code.daypilot.org/97960/html5-scheduler-hiding-rows-without-events
DayPilot Block specific resource or time
Answered: Yes, you can use BeforeCellRender event to mark cells as disabled. That will prevent all drag and drop operations: https://doc.daypilot.org/scheduler/disabled-cells/
DayPilotScheduler change date , Incorrect time!
Answered: Now that the problem is solved： value-format="yyyy-MM-dd"
Move per 15 minutes
Answered: Yes, it is possible. Please take a look at the following tutorial: https://code.daypilot.org/39403/javascript-scheduler-customized-snap-to-grid Just remember that the smallest possible step is one pi...
How to add search on child row?
Answered: The args.row property holds a DayPilot.Row object and you can access the original resource data object (from resources[] array) using "data" property: https://api.daypilot.org/daypilot-row-properties...
Resize shadow doesn't match event time
Answered: You'd need to turn off the "snap to grid" feature (https://doc.daypilot.org/scheduler/snap-to-grid/) to prevent this behavior:
dp.snapToGrid = false;
Move events on drag with blocks of 12 hours
Answered: Yes, please take a look at the following tutorial: https://code.daypilot.org/39403/javascript-scheduler-customized-snap-to-grid Another option would be to change the cell duration to 12 hours using t...
How can I add more columns on each row in headers?
Answered: If you display multiple rows in the column header you can specify the child column content using "children" property - the columns are organized in a hierarchy (see also https://doc.daypilot.org/cale...
Custom rendering requirements during PNG export
Answered: There are two options: 1. You can switch the built-in bar (displayed at the top of the event) to "progress" mode: https://doc.daypilot.org/scheduler/percent-complete/ 2. You can build the progress ba...
Add multiple events on same date and time
Answered: The best way would be to increase the margin width using columnMarginRight property: https://doc.daypilot.org/calendar/column-margin/
Displaying several properties of an event in different active areas, during PNG export
Answered: The active areas will be included in the exported image. The area dimensions must be fully specified (it doesn't work if you only specify "left" but not "width" or "right"). If you only want to inclu...
Popover using onEventRightClick
Answered: I've solved with the following code: Added a unique class on event inside onBeforeEventRender: args.data.cssClass = args.data.id; Later, inside onEventRightClick I just look for that class and I acti...
Duration bar for some events only
Answered: You can use barHidden property of the event to hide the duration bar. You can add it to the source data object or you can add it using onBeforeEventRender:
dp.onBeforeEventRender = args => {
arg...
How switch between line = 0 and line = 'dedicated' in a Event?
Answered: The "line" property can't be changed in onBeforeEventRender (that's too late). You need to set it in the data source before the Scheduler loads it. You can preprocess the data like this:
const even...
Width calculation in custom HTML, for trimmed events
Answered: You can turn off the "floating events" feature using floatingEvents property: https://doc.daypilot.org/scheduler/floating-events/ When floating events are disabled, only the div #1 will be displayed.
Adding a Color Bar using Active Areas doesn't work
Answered: If you enable columns (https://doc.daypilot.org/scheduler/row-header-columns/) you need to specify the areas for the respective args.row.columns[] item instead:
onBeforeRowHeaderRender: function (a...
How validate if current cell has Events (Scheduler)?
Answered: In the JavaScript version, you can use the following methods: 1. To check a time range (for all resources), use the events.forRange() method: https://api.daypilot.org/daypilot-scheduler-events-forran...
How can I install .tar.gz
Answered: We provide the Vue package at https://npm.daypilot.org. The Vue package is ready to use and you can install it by following the instructions. With reference to a related question (https://forums.dayp...
vue npm error!
Answered: You are trying to install the Angular package ("daypilot-pro-angular") instead of the Vue package.
Clean solution to import custom scheduler theme with prefix CSS in Angular project
Answered: Two steps are required: 1. Include the theme in the global CSS (styles.css):
@import url('themes/your_theme.css');
2. Activate it using the "theme" config property:
config: DayPilot.SchedulerCo...
Month Event Prerender not working
Answered: You'll need to change the attribute to:
OnBeforeEventRender="DayPilotMonth1_BeforeEventRender"
or add "Handles" to the the method signature:
Protected Sub DayPilotMonth1_BeforeEventRender(ByVal...
Using DayPilot.Calendar.makeDraggable and native drag/drop on the same html element
Answered: Unfortunately, the makeDraggable() method can't be combined with the native HTML5 drag and drop API. However, there is now a new registerDropTarget() method available in the latest sandbox build (202...
How can I make sticky date header of Angular Gantt view?
Answered: The horizontal (date/time) header is sticky by default. You just need to set the height properly. For all options, please see the Scheduler height topic in the documentation (the Gantt chart uses the...
Delete on mobile
Answered: You can use an active area with the following properties. This will ensure that the active area will be always visible:
visibility: "Visible"
Or you can make it permanently visible on touch devic...
Changing cell width without changing the cell duration
Answered: You can do that by increasing the cellWidth value:
scale: 'CellDuration',
cellDuration: 10,
cellWidth: 20,
See also: https://doc.daypilot.org/scheduler/cell-width/