addColumn

Adds a column and toggles edit mode.

Example

<div id="taskBoard"></div>

<script>
  var taskBoard = $("#taskBoard").kendoTaskBoard({
    dataOrderField: "order",
    dataSource: [
      { id: 1, order: 1, title: "Task 1", description: "Description 1", status: "backlog", category: "red" },
      { id: 2, order: 2, title: "Task 11", description: "Description 11", status: "backlog", category: "red" },
      { id: 3, order: 3, title: "Task 2", description: "Description 2", status: "doing", category: "green" },
      { id: 4, order: 4, title: "Task 22", description: "Description 22", status: "doing", category: "green" },
      { id: 5, order: 5, title: "Task 3", description: "Description 3", status: "done", category: "blue" }
    ],
    columns: [
      { text: "Doing", status: "doing" },
      { text: "Backlog", status: "backlog" },
      { text: "Done", status: "done" }
    ]
  }).data("kendoTaskBoard");

  taskBoard.addColumn({ text: "New column", status: "new" });
</script>

Example - using index

<div id="taskBoard"></div>

<script>
  var taskBoard = $("#taskBoard").kendoTaskBoard({
    dataOrderField: "order",
    dataSource: [
      { id: 1, order: 1, title: "Task 1", description: "Description 1", status: "backlog", category: "red" },
      { id: 2, order: 2, title: "Task 11", description: "Description 11", status: "backlog", category: "red" },
      { id: 3, order: 3, title: "Task 2", description: "Description 2", status: "doing", category: "green" },
      { id: 4, order: 4, title: "Task 22", description: "Description 22", status: "doing", category: "green" },
      { id: 5, order: 5, title: "Task 3", description: "Description 3", status: "done", category: "blue" }
    ],
    columns: [
      { text: "Doing", status: "doing" },
      { text: "Backlog", status: "backlog" },
      { text: "Done", status: "done" }
    ]
  }).data("kendoTaskBoard");

  taskBoard.addColumn(1, { text: "New column", status: "new" });
  taskBoard.saveColumn();
</script>

Parameters

index Number

Optional index parameter to define the index of the column.

data Object

Predefine data object for the column.