Set Slot Background Color by Using Slot Templates

You can set the cell background color based on the slot date in the Scheduler.

The following example demonstrates how to achieve this behavior by using the slotTemplate and allDaySlotTemplate configuration options.

    <div id="scheduler"></div>
    <style>
      /* Remove the padding of scheduler slots */
      .k-scheduler-table td, .k-scheduler-table th
      {
        padding: 0;
      }
    </style>
    <script>
      function getColorBasedOnHour(date) {
        var difference = date.getTime() - kendo.date.getDate(date);
        var hours = difference / kendo.date.MS_PER_HOUR;

        if (hours >= 8 && hours < 12) {
          return "#CC66FF";
        } else if (hours >= 13 && hours < 17) {
          return "#CC0099";
        } else {
          return "#33CCFF";
        }
      }

      $(function() {
        $("#scheduler").kendoScheduler({
          date: new Date("2013/6/13"),
          startTime: new Date("2013/6/13 07:00 AM"),
          height: 600,
          allDaySlotTemplate: "<div style='background:\\#A2A2AA; height: 100%;width: 100%;'></div>",
          slotTemplate: "<div style='background:#=getColorBasedOnHour(date)#; height: 100%;width: 100%;'></div>",
          views: [
            "day",
            { type: "workWeek", selected: true },
            "week",
            "month",
            "agenda",
            { type: "timeline", eventHeight: 50}
          ],
          timezone: "Etc/UTC",
          dataSource: {
            batch: true,
            transport: {
              read: {
                url: "//demos.telerik.com/kendo-ui/service/tasks",
                dataType: "jsonp"
              },
              update: {
                url: "//demos.telerik.com/kendo-ui/service/tasks/update",
                dataType: "jsonp"
              },
              create: {
                url: "//demos.telerik.com/kendo-ui/service/tasks/create",
                dataType: "jsonp"
              },
              destroy: {
                url: "//demos.telerik.com/kendo-ui/service/tasks/destroy",
                dataType: "jsonp"
              },
              parameterMap: function(options, operation) {
                if (operation !== "read" && options.models) {
                  return {models: kendo.stringify(options.models)};
                }
              }
            },
            schema: {
              model: {
                id: "taskId",
                fields: {
                  taskId: { from: "TaskID", type: "number" },
                  title: { from: "Title", defaultValue: "No title", validation: { required: true } },
                  start: { type: "date", from: "Start" },
                  end: { type: "date", from: "End" },
                  startTimezone: { from: "StartTimezone" },
                  endTimezone: { from: "EndTimezone" },
                  description: { from: "Description" },
                  recurrenceId: { from: "RecurrenceID" },
                  recurrenceRule: { from: "RecurrenceRule" },
                  recurrenceException: { from: "RecurrenceException" },
                  ownerId: { from: "OwnerID", defaultValue: 1 },
                  isAllDay: { type: "boolean", from: "IsAllDay" }
                }
              }
            }
          },
          resources: [
            {
              field: "ownerId",
              title: "Owner",
              dataSource: [
                { text: "Alex", value: 1},
                { text: "Bob", value: 2},
                { text: "Charlie", value: 3}
              ]
            }
          ]
        });
      });
    </script>

See Also

• Scheduler JavaScript API Reference
• How to Create Recurrence Editor Using Mobile Editor
• How to Export to iCal
• How to Modify Editor Template upon New Events
• How to Prevent Moving AllDay Events outside the AllDay Header
• How to Retrieve Current View Date Range
• How to Use Different Date Formats
• How to Use Remote Validation
• How to Work with Scheduler Offline
• How to Show Тooltip on hover
• How to Wrap Scheduler in Custom Directives

For more runnable examples on the Kendo UI Scheduler, browse its How To documentation folder.