Create External Editor Forms in the Scheduler
Environment
| Product | Progress® Kendo UI® Scheduler for jQuery |
| Operating System | Windows 10 64bit |
| Visual Studio Version | Visual Studio 2017 |
| Preferred Language | JavaScript |
Description
How can I create an external editor form in the Scheduler?
Solution
The following example demonstrates how to achieve the desired scenario.
<div id="scheduler"></div>
<div id="editor"></div>
<script id="editor-template" type="text/kendo-x-tmpl">
<label>
Title:
<input data-role="textbox" data-bind="value: title" />
</label>
<label>
Start:
<input data-role="datetimepicker" data-bind="value: start" />
</label>
<label>
End:
<input data-role="datetimepicker" data-bind="value: end" />
</label>
<button id="save" class="k-button k-button-md k-button-rectangle k-rounded-md k-button-solid k-button-solid-base">Save</button>
<button id="cancel" class="k-button k-button-md k-button-rectangle k-rounded-md k-button-solid k-button-solid-base">Cancel</button>
</script>
<script>
$(function() {
$("#scheduler").kendoScheduler({
date: new Date("2022/6/13"),
startTime: new Date("2022/6/13 07:00 AM"),
height: 600,
views: [
"day",
{ type: "workWeek", selected: true },
"week",
"month",
"agenda"
],
editable: {
confirmation: false
},
timezone: "Etc/UTC",
dataSource: {
batch: true,
transport: {
read: {
url: "https://demos.telerik.com/kendo-ui/service/tasks",
dataType: "jsonp"
},
update: {
url: "https://demos.telerik.com/kendo-ui/service/tasks/update",
dataType: "jsonp"
},
create: {
url: "https://demos.telerik.com/kendo-ui/service/tasks/create",
dataType: "jsonp"
},
destroy: {
url: "https://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" }
}
}
},
filter: {
logic: "or",
filters: [
{ field: "ownerId", operator: "eq", value: 1 },
{ field: "ownerId", operator: "eq", value: 2 }
]
}
},
resources: [
{
field: "ownerId",
title: "Owner",
dataSource: [
{ text: "Alex", value: 1, color: "#f8a398" },
{ text: "Bob", value: 2, color: "#51a0ed" },
{ text: "Charlie", value: 3, color: "#56ca85" }
]
}
],
edit: function(e) {
e.preventDefault(); // Prevent the popup editing.
var dataSource = this.dataSource;
var event = e.event;
if (event.isNew()) {
setTimeout(function() {
dataSource.add(event);
editEvent(event);
});
} else {
editEvent(event);
}
}
});
var editor = $("#editor");
var template = kendo.template($("#editor-template").html());
var scheduler = $("#scheduler").data("kendoScheduler");
function destroyEditor() {
kendo.destroy(editor);
editor.find("button").off();
editor.html("");
}
var currentEvent;
function editEvent(event) {
destroyEditor();
editor.html(template({}));
kendo.bind(editor, event); // Bind the editor container (uses MVVM).
editor.find("#save").click(function() {
scheduler.dataSource.sync();
destroyEditor();
});
editor.find("#cancel").click(function() {
scheduler.dataSource.cancelChanges(currentEvent);
destroyEditor();
});
}
});
</script>