actionClick

Fires when an action for an event is clicked.

Event Data

e.sender kendo.ui.Timeline

The widget instance which fired the event.

e.dataItem kendo.data.Model

The data item asociated with the action that is clicked.

e.element jQuery

The action DOM element that is clicked.

Example - hooking up to the actionClick event

<div id="timeline"></div>

<script>

$("#timeline").kendoTimeline({
    dataSource: {
        data:[ {"id":1,"title":"Bowling tournament","subtitle":"Location: Sterling Lanes","description":"Summer Bowling tournament in Michigan","date":"2025-06-30T21:00:00.000Z","actions":[{"text":"Visit the Bowling tournament page"}] },
                {"id":2,"title":"Charlie's first football game","subtitle":"Location: City Football Stadium","description":"Call coach Williams","date":"2022-10-22T21:00:00.000Z"},
                {"id":3,"title":"Alex's Birthday","subtitle":"Location: Alex's House","description":"Buy birthday cake and some fruits","date":"2010-01-09T22:00:00.000Z","images":[{"src":"https://demos.telerik.com/kendo-ui/content/web/foods/4.jpg"},{"src":"https://demos.telerik.com/kendo-ui/content/web/foods/16.jpg"}]},
                {"id":4,"title":"Vacation in Mexico","subtitle": "Location: Cabo San Lucas","description":"Check-in for the flight","date":"2017-12-24T22:00:00.000Z"}],
        schema: {
            model: {
            fields: {
                date: {
                type: "date"
                }
            }
            }
        }
    },
    collapsibleEvents: true,
    orientation: "vertical",
    actionClick: function(e) {
/* The result can be observed in the DevTools(F12) console of the browser. */
        console.log("data: ", e.dataItem);
        //handle event
    }
});
</script>
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