Questions Tagged how-to
Scheduler: Get RowHeaderColumns value
Answered: You can get the DayPilot.Row object using rows.find() method:
const row = dp.rows.find(args.resource);
Then you can access the original data object using row.data:
const country = row.data.coun...
how to add text in cells ?
Answered: You can write to cells using onBeforeCellRender event handler: https://api.daypilot.org/daypilot-scheduler-onbeforecellrender/ In order to make the text accessible even if there is an event scheduled...
How to set the width of an event indicator
Answered: You can increase the margin on the right side of a calendar column using "columnMarginRight" property: https://api.daypilot.org/daypilot-calendar-columnmarginright/ By default it uses 5 pixels.
Remove non Business Hours
Answered: This is possible - you need to add heightSpec: "BusinessHoursNoScroll" to the config: https://api.daypilot.org/daypilot-calendar-heightspec/ It's supported in the Lite version as well. In the Pro ver...
Remove seconds
Answered: Yes, you're right. There seems to be a problem with timeHeaderCellDuration values other than 60. It should be fixed now in the latest sandbox build (2021.2.5010): https://javascript.daypilot.org/sand...
Custom HTML code
Answered: In the Pro version, XSS protection is enabled by default and content specified using "text" property is automatically HTML encoded. You can use "html" property to specify raw HTML or you can disable ...
Can't hide sundays
Answered: You should take a look at the viewType property. It lets you hide weekends: https://doc.daypilot.org/calendar/work-week-view/ If you only want to hide Sundays, you can use viewType="Days", days=6 and...
Manage startHour and endHour for events in Month Calendar
Answered: In the Month component, the events are always displayed as all-day events (the width is aligned with cells). You can display the start and end time using eventStartTime and eventEndTime properties: h...
Show HTML on resources
Answered: In order to set raw HTML you can use the "html" property of the resources[] array items: https://api.daypilot.org/daypilot-scheduler-resources/ You can also customize the HTML dynamically using onBef...
How to update event text value after click on a button.
Answered: You need to get the DayPilot.Event instance first using events.find(). Then you can update the event using events.update().
const dp = this.scheduler.control;
const e = dp.events.find("1");
e.dat...
Background color for children resources
Answered: Nvm, I managed to find it. If anyone is looking for a solution, args.row.data.children[i].areas. Iterate over the row children
Active area not working for multiple column row headers
Answered: > I tried the simple tutorial that is available to get the active area working. How can I have it working on a specific column of my row header? If you define custom row header columns (rowHeaderColu...
Scheduler ContextMenu with async loaded data
Answered: Yes, it works as you describe. At this moment, the args.async option is not supported in the onShow() method but you can switch to manual event click/right click handling and open the context menu wh...
Problems when exporting Gantt as jpeg
Answered: You can customize the image export using the onBeforeEventExport method of the internal scheduler object: https://api.daypilot.org/daypilot-scheduler-onbeforeeventexport/ For cells, use the onBeforeC...
Customization of Alert popup using HTML
Answered: You can use DayPilot.Modal.form() instead to customize the content: https://api.daypilot.org/daypilot-modal-form/ The following example would display a list:
const form = [
{text: "Would you lik...
Events Multiple rows copy and Multiple row paste
Answered: Please take a look at the following tutorial: https://code.daypilot.org/72047/javascript-scheduler-copy-multiple-events
How to open and close the modal using script
Answered: I recommend using DayPilot.Modal.form() to edit event details (or to enter new event data). This method lets you define the modal form fields programmatically and all the logic stays at the original ...
Modifying the left barColor styling?
Answered: You can control the bar width and other properties using CSS. The bar is built using two nested divs with the following CSS classes (applies to the default "calendar_default" theme): calendar_default...
How to show the recourse image
Answered: I answer to myself Private Sub ParkingDP_BeforeResHeaderRender(sender As Object, e As BeforeResHeaderRenderEventArgs) Handles ParkingDP.BeforeResHeaderRender Dim htm As String = "<img src=data:image/...
Scheduler Persist row (resource) moving
Answered: You can take a look at the following tutorial to see how to handle row moving and persist the row order (in JavaScript/Node.js): https://code.daypilot.org/95340/react-activity-planning-system-node-ex...
Scheduler Event sorting drag & drop
Answered: The Scheduler lets you specify custom event order but unfortunately it doesn't support reordering events (inside cells) using drag and drop.
Kanban - Insert new card at specific position
Answered: The Kanban component respects the original order of items (in cards.list). You can insert the card at the desired location there and call update().
Setting lower margin-lefts for children in row header
Answered: You can control the indent width using treeIndent property: https://api.daypilot.org/daypilot-scheduler-treeindent/
Create schedule with only start date and duration
Answered: No, this is not supported at the moment. You'll need to calculate the start and end dates before displaying the data in DayPilot.
Multiple resources on a date...
Answered: Yes, this is possible: https://javascript.daypilot.org/demo/calendar/daysresources.html https://doc.daypilot.org/calendar/column-header-hierarchy/ You can also take a look at the Scheduler that can d...
wait message before Posting
Answered: Solved by changing to manual BIND TimeRangeSelectedHandling="JavaScript" TimeRangeSelectedJavaScript="btn_navigateClick();"
Multiple row copy paste
Answered: Please take a look at the following tutorial: https://code.daypilot.org/72047/javascript-scheduler-copy-multiple-events
Show only current month days in month view
Answered: It's not possible to hide the boxes but you can use onBeforeCellRender event to remove the day numbers (args.cell.headerHtml) and use a different background color (args.cell.backColor). See also: htt...
Show/Hide Columns using checkbox list instead of context menu
Answered: Unfortunately, the menu doesn't support checkbox items so it can't be used for this purpose. You'd have to create a custom panel to show the checkboxes.