moveStart

Fired when the user starts to drag a task.

The event handler function context (available via the this keyword) will be set to the widget instance.

Event Data

e.task kendo.data.GanttTask

The task which is being moved.

e.preventDefault Function

If invoked prevents the action.

e.sender kendo.ui.Gantt

The widget instance which fired the event.

Example - subscribe to the "moveStart" event during initialization

<div id="gantt"></div>
<script>
$("#gantt").kendoGantt({
  dataSource: [
    {
      id: 1,
      orderId: 0,
      parentId: null,
      title: "Task1",
      start: new Date("2014/6/17 9:00"),
      end: new Date("2014/6/17 11:00")
    }
  ],
  moveStart: function(e) {
/* The result can be observed in the DevTools(F12) console of the browser. */
    console.log("Move start ", e.task.title);
  }
});
</script>

Example - subscribe to the "moveStart" event after initialization

<div id="gantt"></div>
<script>
function gantt_moveStart(e) {
/* The result can be observed in the DevTools(F12) console of the browser. */
  console.log("Move start ", e.task.title);
}
$("#gantt").kendoGantt({
  dataSource: [
    {
      id: 1,
      orderId: 0,
      parentId: null,
      title: "Task1",
      start: new Date("2014/6/17 9:00"),
      end: new Date("2014/6/17 11:00")
    }
  ]
});
var gantt = $("#gantt").data("kendoGantt");
gantt.bind("moveStart", gantt_moveStart);
</script>
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