Modern jQuery agenda
Use it in responsive mobile & desktop web apps with jQuery
The agenda supports a configurable range listing along with daily, monhtly and yearly presets.
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 the Framework and Complete licenses or with the component license.
Agenda - Compact daily schedule
With the agenda you can list out events for any range grouped by days. Use it as a stand alone UI component or combine it with a calendar week view to make navigation easier.
You can add the components - like the calendar and agenda - and configure them in the view option.
Agenda - How to initialize
Initialize the agenda on any div by simply calling the $('#myDiv').mobiscroll().eventcalendar(); function. You can pass the options as an object: ... .eventcalendar({ theme: 'ios', view: { agenda: {type: 'month' } } });
The events can be passed in a couple different ways. In this example we are loading them through an external API.
Agenda - Customize the range
Use the agenda object inside the view option to configure the agenda. type and size can be set as follows:
- day -
agenda: { type: 'day', size: 20 }can be configured for a single day or a range of days - week -
agenda: { type: 'week', size: 3 }can be configured for a single or multiple weeks - month -
agenda: { type: 'month' }can be configured for one or more months - year -
agenda: { type: 'year' }can be configured for one or more years
Agenda - Synchronized views
You can usually get away with using a single instance, but being able to use and synchronize multiple views can come in handy.
In this example we have a two-pane layout with a calendar view on the left and a large agenda view on the right. Because the default rendering of agenda below the calendar doesn't fit we'll be needing two instances.
The sync has to happen for both. The day view calls the navigate method of the calendar in its onPageChange event, while the calendar sets the day view with navigate from its onSetDate event.
Agenda - Content customization
Above the built in look & feel, the events can be customized in two ways. You can either do a full event customization where the agenda only takes care of positioning and everything else is your responsibility.
When customizing only the content, the calendar handles the event start and end times, allDay and color rendering.
You will have to place and provide styling to the title field and any other custom fields you are using, like description, location, participants ...
You can pass a rendering function to the renderEventContent option. All original event fields along with computed fields like isMultiDay, lastDay are passed to the function.
Agenda - Full event customization
The agenda ships with a predefined way of rendering events. There is a variation of how the events look on the screen depending on the theme.
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
If you would like to keep the styling of the start/end times, allDay and color you will want to customize the content only, not the full event. In case of the full event customization the agenda 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 ...
You can pass a rendering function to the renderEvent option. All original event fields along with computed fields like isMultiDay, lastDay are passed to the function.
Agenda - Event properties
The event data structure for the agenda 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 events
Agenda - Supported date formats
Understanding how to work with dates inside the agenda is essential.
You can pass to the data, marked, colors and labels in four different formats.
The agenda can work with Javascript date objects, ISO strings and Moment.js objects.
Agenda - Understanding recurring events
Configure daily, weekly,monthly and yearly recurring events.
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.
Agenda - Loading inline data
What is an agenda 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 agenda.
Agenda - Events from a remote API
The agenda 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 agenda understands.
Agenda - Loading events on demand
The agenda 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.
Agenda - Events from Google calendar
Data can be loaded from any number of places. The idea is to load the data and make sure to convert it into a format that the agenda understands. You can use base fields and add custom fields that you can then render with the help of templates.
You can show events coming from google calendars. 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.
Agenda - Customizing the header
You can customize how the header of the agenda looks and how the components are arranged. Besides that you can also add custom functionality, like a segmented control that lets people switch between agenda 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; }Agenda - In-header filtering
The header of the agenda 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:
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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.
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; }Agenda - Theming capabilities
The look and feel of the agenda can be deeply customized. There are four levels of customization:
- Base themes: Choose between
Mobiscroll,iOS,Android MaterialandWindows. - 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.
Agenda - Lifecycle events
The agenda 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.
Agenda - Calendar systems
The agenda 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
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