The scheduler features a time grid - vertically scrollable daily and weekly views and a timeline - horizontally scrollable view with multiple resource support.
The three views - scheduler, calendar, agenda - can be combined to create the perfect user experience on mobile, desktop and everything in-between.
The capabilities like recurring events, all-day, multi-day events, responsiveness are supported by all three views.
As part of Event calendar and scheduler it can be picked up with Scheduling & Calendaring or with the Complete license.
Scheduler - Mobile daily schedule
View daily schedules with a fixed week view at the top and a scrollable schedule for the day. The week view is optional and can be turned off.
All-day events are fixed at the top below the header and calendar.
The dates can be quickly navigated by clicking on the month & year indicator.
Scheduler - Desktop daily schedule
Daily schedules can be displayed on large screens as well as small screens.
All-day events are fixed at the top below the header and calendar, while the schedule view is scrollable.
The dates can be quickly navigated by clicking on the month & year indicator.
Scheduler - Mobile weekly schedule
A full week can be rendered on small screens if needed. The header with the days of the week fixed at the top while the schedule is scrollable.
The screen can easily become crowded so it might be a good idea to think in a responsive implementation - daily schedule on small screens and weekly schedule on bigger screens.
Scheduler - Desktop weekly schedule
Render a full weeks worth of schedule on the screen. The header with days of the week remains planted at the top while the grid with the hours of the week and scheduled events is scrollable.
The current hour is displayed so that upcoming events can be spotted easily.
Scheduler - Responsive behavior
The scheduler is fully responsive, it adapts to the available space and fills the screen to look good everywhere.
Use the responsive option to configure how the scheduler behaves on different sized screens. You can set it up as a daily schedule view on small screens and a weekly schedule on bigger screens.
The responsive option is equipped with five breakpoints - xsmall, small, medium, large, xlarge - and custom values can be added for a perfect fine-tune.
Scheduler - Show/hide all-day events
Hide the all-day events section of the scheduler by setting the allDay property under the view.scheduler option.
Scheduler - Colored backgrounds
Color the background of entire days or time ranges with the colors option.
You can specify backgrounds as exact dates, ranges or set up recurring rules. The recurring object works the same way as for the events.
Use the onPageLoading lifecycle event to color backgrounds runtime. You can learn about lifecycle events and places where to drop logic to customize the experience.
Scheduler - Event customization
Above the built in rendering mode you can either customize the full event or just the content of the event. If we break up the event into pieces there are four fields that we are interested in:
- The event
startandendtime - Whether it is an
allDayevent or not - The event
color - The event
title
The scheduler takes care of positioning the event container and everything else is your responsability. You will have to place and provide styling to all event fields. Beside the ones mentioned above you'll be able to render other custom fields, like description, location, participants ... and add buttons, custom interactions.
Pass a custom rendering function to the renderScheduleEvent option. All original event fields along with computed fields like isMultiDay, lastDay can be reached inside the function.
Scheduler - Work calendar
Customize the scheduler by not only See disabling certain hours but hide them through setting the startTime and endTime properties of the view.scheduler option. Quikcly set up a work calendar that goes from Monday though Friday with the startDay and endDay properties and renders the schedule from 8AM to 6PM.
You can easily add breaks - like a "Lunch break" - or disable times with the invalid option.
Scheduler - Switching views
Dynamically switch views within one instance. Use a UI control to let users do the switching or do it programatically.
The example features a month view with with events as labels, a weekly schedule view, a daily schedule and a weekly agenda.
Use the setOptions method to dynamically change the settings.
Scheduler - Visible hours and days
Customize the visible days and hours along with the scale of the time grid through the schedule object under the view option. You can control the days to display (eg. Weekdays), the visible time range (eg. 8AM to 6PM), set the time scale (eg. 30 minutes) and set the labels shown (eg. every 15 minutes).
- Specify the first and last day - Use the
startDayandendDayproperties - Set the visible time range - Use the
startTimeandendTimeproperties - Control the granularity of the time grid - Use the
timeCellStepandtimeLabelStepproperties
Scheduler - Timezones
The event calendar works with local times by default, but ships with support for changing the timezone. The conversions and correct output relies on either of the two external libraries: luxon or moment-timezone. For installing and using these libraries check out this guide.
There are two angles regarding timezones:
dataTimezone- the calendar expects this format and returns this format. It is'local'by default if the date-times don't contain any timezone informationdisplayTimezone- the calendar displays the events in this timezone. The date-times will be converted from thedataTimezoneand displayed accordingly. It is'local'by default
Scheduler - Switching timezones
If the context requires users being able to change the timezone on the fly, you can add a custom dropdown with the desired timezones to the event calendar header. This can be of course placed externally to the calendar as well, eg. setting page.
Set the timezone of the incoming data through the dataTimezone - eg. 'utc', and set the display timezone thorugh the displayTimezone - eg. 'America/Los_Angeles'
Scheduler - Timeline vs time grid
The scheduler can be laid out in two different ways - as a timegrid or a timeline.
The times rendered vertically, with one or more resources rendered horizontally as a time grid. Day views are great on small screens which can be dynamically switched to work week or full week views and even timeline views on bigger screens. Play around with the responsive API.
Alternatively you can render the times/days horizontally and the resources vertically as a timeline view. The timeline can easily accommodate a large number of resources thanks to the vertical scroll that is easy to understand for users. This plays well on larger screens and in landscape containers.
You can switch between the two modes by dynamically setting the event calendar options or you can set it up responsively using the responsive option. Eg. show a day grid on mobile and a timeline on desktop.
Scheduler - Configure the timeline
Customize the visible days along with the scale of the timeline through the timeline object under the view option. You can control the days shown (eg. Weekdays), set the time scale (eg. 30 minutes) and set the labels shown (eg. every 15 minutes).
- Specify the first and last day - Use the
startDayandendDayproperties - Control the granularity of the timeline - Use the
timeCellStepandtimeLabelStepproperties
Scheduler - Day, week, work week
Scheduling people, teams or an entire workforce requires different views. Sometimes you'll be needing a helicopter view of a week and other times you might want to dig into a specific day. This all can be served through a simple switching mechanism implemented with a segmented control right in the header of the calendar.
By dynamically changing the options you can set the level of detail you wan to see. Eg. Show a daily timeline with hourly steps, show the work week with the same resolution or zoom out for a full week-view with 12 hour steps.
Scheduler - Monthly timeline
Get an overview across all resources over a full month. Easily zoom in by controlling the timeCellSteps and timeLabelSteps as seen in this example. By default the timeline: { type: 'month' } as configured under the view option renders with 24 hour cell and label steps.
Scheduler - Resource grid
The resources rendered vertically can be as simple as plain text or have a custom template implemented. This example utilizes the properties of the resource objects which are conference rooms with capacity. This can be rendered a simple grid with the name and available seats.
Scheduler - Custom track height
The height of the timeline tracks have a minimum height of 48px. This means that regardless of the available vertical space the height of the timeline rows never shrinks below that number.
If there is more vertical space available the rows automatically grow to fill it. Eg. if the parent container is 250px and there are only two resources, their height will grow to fill the full height minus the calendar header.
This can however be overridden with a custom CSS rule:
.md-timeline-height .mbsc-timeline-resource,
.md-timeline-height .mbsc-timeline-row {
min-height: 120px;
}Scheduler - Custom event template
Timeline events can be customized with the help of the renderScheduleEvent option. How the events look are fully up to you. Base event fields along with custom fields can be accessed when writing the rendering function.
Scheduler - Move, resize & create
Drag & drop is a core feature of the event calendar and it is composed of four sub-features:
- Click to create events - double click to create events. This can be turned off or set to single click
- Drag to create events - tap/click to start creating an event and drag to the desired length
- Move events - grab an event and move it wherever needed
- Resize events - change the length of en event, grab it from either end and resize it
You have granular control over features through the clickToCreate,
dragToCreate, dragToMove and
dragToResize options, which are false by default.
Use the dragTimeStep option (defaults to 15 minutes) to set the snap resolution of all drag actions.
Events can be marked as fixed by setting their editable property to false. This turns delete, drag & drop move and resize off for the event.
Scheduler - Blocked out times
Entire days and time ranges can blocked out to manage event creation and editing more efficiently.
To disable specific times, ranges, days or recurring days and times you can pass an array to the invalid option. A couple of examples:
- To disable weekends, use the recurring object -
recurring: { repeat: 'weekly', weekDays: 'SA,SU' } - Lunch break between 12 PM and 1 PM with
title-{ start: "12:00", end: "13:00", title: 'Lunch break', recurring: { repeat: 'weekly', weekDays: 'MO,TU,WE,TH,FR' }
When dragging events onto disabled days or time-slots, they will automatically be denied and onEventCreateFailed/onEventUpdateFailed events will be triggered, from which custom logic can be executed to show a toast or maybe a modal for data correction. The built-in logic of how the calendar handles validation on user interaction can be controlled through the invalidateEvent option:
'strict'- Strict being the default, no event overlap is allowed with invalid ranges.'start-end'- With start-end validation the calendar checks if the start or end of the event coincides with any invalid range. Other overlaps are allowed.
Scheduler - Prevent event overlap
Sometimes it is necessary to guarantee that events don't overlap - eg. when scheduling workorders, interacting with a work calendar.
Use the onEventCreate and onEventUpdate events to reject the updates, additions and let the user know about it.
These two lifecycle events run before the event is actually created or updated whenever someone interacts with the scheduler through drag & drop. For a complete list of lifecycle events take a look at this interactive exmaple.
Scheduler - External drag and drop
Events can be created and scheduled by dragging and dropping an external resource onto the scheduler. In order for that to work you will need to have two things set up:
- Enable the scheduler to receive external events by setting
externalDroptotrue. - Initialize the external events (containers) as
draggablecomponents.
Set up a container as draggable with the mbsc-draggable attribute. Pass a skeleton event definition through the data-drag-data attribute as a stingified json object. This will be added to the event calendar on drop. If omitted, a default event will be created. For a more programmatic approach you might want to use the component initialization where the draggable is initialized in js code and the dragData can be passed as an object.
Learn more from the external drag & drop documentation.
Use the onEventCreate and onEventCreateFailed for triggering a custom logic on drop like showing a toast. The appropriate lifecycle event will be triggered if the drop is successful or fails.
Scheduler - External d&d presets
Use external draggable events to create preset tasks that people can quickly copy and spawn events from. A great example is an auto repair shop where among others, mechanics have to perform the same predefined tasks.
Print a list of predefined tasks and initialize them as draggable elements. Enable externalDrop for the scheduler and set up the predefined event skeletons for the draggable component.
Whenever there is more information to be captured, like a detailed task notes, customer information, the name of the technician... you can trigger a popup with the task form in the onEventCreate lifecycle event. For failed drops (trying to schedule a task during lunch breaks or weekends) the onEventCreateFailed event will be triggered.
Scheduler - Multiple resources
The scheduler can handle multiple resources inside a single instance. Pass the resource list to the resources option with an id, name and color.
id- This is an id that can be referenced in the eventdataname- The name of the resource that will be printed at the top of the respective columncolor- The color controls the default event color of the resource. Event colors can be specific above this. If the color is ommited the underlying events will inherit the default calendar color.
Events can be shared between resources and it is possible to move events between resources. The move is handled automatically however you can block it if moving an event from one resource to the other is prohibited. Learn about lifecycle event hooks.
Scheduler - Resource grouping
Resources show up in the header of the calendar as the primary group and below them are the days. This can be switched up through the groupBy option that expects 'resource' or 'day'.
Combined with the day and week-view you can help people quickly find what they are looking for. Learn how to add an integrated segmented control to the header.
Scheduler - Show/hide resources
Resources can be dynamically turned on and off. This will show or hide the resource and can be done runtime the same way as for any other calendar option.
Scheduler - Resource template
Use the renderResource option for rendering a custom resource header. Customize how the resource headers look and what they show. Utilize properties passed in the resources array.
Scheduler - Event properties
The event data structure for the scheduler is straightforward with a couple of base properties that the component understands and uses to render the UI. Besides the base properties you can add any custom property, like location, description ...
id- A unique ID for the event. If not specified a unique id will be generatedtitle- Defines the event text. This can be plaintext or HTMLcolor- Defines the event colorstart- Sets the start date and time for the event. It can be a js date object, ISO date string or moment.js object. Learn about date formatsend- Sets the end date and time for the event. The same formats are supported as forstartallDay- Configures the event as a full-day eventrecurring- Configures the recurring rules for the event. Learn about recurring eventsresource- Links the event to one or more resources. Expects a list of IDs from theresourcesarrayeditable- Denotes if the event is editable. If settrue, the event cannot be dragged, resized or deleted even if globally enabled
Scheduler - Supported date formats
Understanding how to work with dates inside the scheduler is essential.
You can pass to the data, marked, colors and labels in four different formats.
The scheduler can work with Javascript date objects, ISO strings and Moment.js objects.
Scheduler - Recurrence rules
Configure daily, weekly,monthly and yearly recurring events. On top of setting up recurrence, you can exclude specific and recurring days. This is especially useful in cases when a single occurence of an event is deleted or is moved to a different time.
You can pass the recurrence rule in the recurring property of the event as an object or a string in RRULE format. Learn about the event data structure and where to place the recurring rules.
Use the configurator to experiment, build strings and objects that you can grab and use.
Scheduler - Loading inline data
What is a scheduler without any events in it? To populate it with events all you have to do is pass the event array to the data option.
In a real-world scenario you would probabaly load the events from a remote resource or event better, load them on demand. However the point of this example is to understand how easy it is to add events to the scheduler.
Scheduler - Events from remote API
The scheduler can be populated by passing an array to the data option, that you can construct either inline or by getting it from a remote API. The important thing to remember is that events need to be in a format that the scheduler understands.
Scheduler - Loading events on demand
The scheduler supports remote and local data sources. Besides that, events can be populated on initialization or loaded on demand.
Getting the events in real time as the user navigates improves load performance and always serves the most recent data.
Use the onPageLoading lifecycle event to load the data runtime. You can learn about lifecycle events and places where to drop logic to customize the experience.
Scheduler - Events from Google calendar
Event data can be loaded from remote sources. Even if initially you don't get it in the same format the scheduler understands, you can easily convert it. Set the base properties and custom fields and let the calendar render the events or create custom event templates.
In this example you'll see how you can load events from a public calendar using the googleSDK. Make sure to set your API key and Client ID, that you can get from here.
Scheduler - Add/edit/delete events
After looking at the different operations of event creation, edit/update and delete it all can be all put together in a choesive example.
Drag to create and click to create is enabled. Events can be created by dragging or with double click. As soon as the initial posion is confirmed, a temporary event is created and a custom edit dialog is shown for refinement. On cancel the temporary event will be removed and on confirmation the event will stay in the calendar.
Drag to resize and drag to move is enabled. Events can be reordered and resized. In addtion to that, clicking on the event will open a custom dialog that enables editing the various properties.
Delete can be implmented inside the edit dialog with a button. It's just a matter of removing it from the data object. If a dialog is not shown on click, focused events can be deleted with the backspace and delete keys.
Scheduler - Customizing the header
You can customize how the header of the scheduler looks and how the components are arranged. Besides that you can also add custom functionality, like a segmented control that lets people switch between scheduler and calendar.
Use the renderHeader option for passing a custom header layout. There are predefined components - shorthands if you will - that can be used to assemble the header:
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Navigation component -
<div mbsc-calendar-nav></div>. Use the.md-header-filter-controlsCSS class for custom overrides. -
Today button -
<button mbsc-calendar-today></button>. Use the.md-header-filter-todayCSS class for custom overrides. -
Previous month button -
<button mbsc-calendar-prev></button>. Use the.md-header-filter-prevCSS class for custom overrides. -
Next month button -
<button mbsc-calendar-next></button>. Use the.md-header-filter-nextCSS class for custom overrides.
For changing the order the controls are laid out, you only need to set up the
renderHeader.
This example sets a consistent order and layout across all themes and shows a custom control at the far right end.
For a custom order on a theme to theme basis, you will need to use a little CSS. Flex layout makes reordering easy. It's just a matter of setting the order in CSS. For material use the .mbsc-material, for windows the .mbsc-windows prefix and for iOS it is .mbsc-ios class. Eg.:
.mbsc-material .md-header-filter-prev { order: 1; }
.mbsc-material .md-header-filter-next { order: 2; }
.mbsc-material .md-header-filter-controls { order: 3; }
.mbsc-material .md-header-filter-today { order: 4; }Scheduler - Custom component in header
The header of the scheduler is a canvas and an opportunity for customization. You can add custom components and enable new interaction in context.
Such an example would be a custom filter block created with the help of a segmented control and placed between the standard UI components, which are:
-
Navigation component -
<div mbsc-calendar-nav></div>. Use the.md-header-filter-controlsCSS class for custom overrides. -
Today button -
<button mbsc-calendar-today></button>. Use the.md-header-filter-todayCSS class for custom overrides. -
Previous month button -
<button mbsc-calendar-prev></button>. Use the.md-header-filter-prevCSS class for custom overrides. -
Next month button -
<button mbsc-calendar-next></button>. Use the.md-header-filter-nextCSS class for custom overrides.
For changing the order the controls are laid out, you only need to set up the
renderHeader.
For a custom order on a theme to theme basis, you will need to use a little CSS. Flex layout makes reordering easy. It's just a matter of setting the order in CSS. For material use the .mbsc-material, for windows the .mbsc-windows prefix and for iOS it is .mbsc-ios class. Eg.:
.mbsc-material .md-header-filter-prev { order: 1; }
.mbsc-material .md-header-filter-next { order: 2; }
.mbsc-material .md-header-filter-controls { order: 3; }
.mbsc-material .md-header-filter-today { order: 4; }Scheduler - Theming capabilities
The look and feel of the scheduler can be deeply customized. There are four levels of customization:
- Base themes: Choose between iOS, Material and Windows.
- Light or dark: Every theme has a
lightanddarkvariant. Setting thethemeVariantto'auto'will switch based on system settings. - Custom themes: Use the theme builder to customize the colors and make it match your brand.
- Custom CSS: If you need further customization, the sky is the limit with CSS overrides.
You can also see how every example looks by changing the theme from the header.
Scheduler - Calendar systems
The scheduler supports multiple calendar systems. You can control it with the calendarSystem setting, and it supports the following options:
- Gregorian - it is included by default
- Jalali - it is the default system of the Persian calendar and is inlcuded within the Farsi language pack
- Hijri - it is included in the Arabic language pack
Scheduler - Lifecycle events
The scheduler ships with different hooks for deep customization. Events are triggered through the lifecycle of the component where you can tie in custom functionality and code.
While users interact with the UI events like onEventClick, onInit, onSelectedDateChange ... will be triggered.
Scheduler - Localization
The components are fully localized. In case of the scheduler this covers date and time format, button copy, rtl and more. You can see how each example shows up by clicking on the small flag icon or checking the examples below.
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