JavaScript Timeline Dual Synchronized Flight Scheduling

For creating complex dashboards like for managing jet bookings sometimes two separate timeline instances are necessary.

Sticking two instances together with synchronized horizontal scrolling allows for a setup where the top timeline is a list of bookings with one flight per rows and the bottom timeline holds available aircrafts.

Only moving events from the top timeline is allowed and events are fixed in time, meaning the start and end cannot be changed. Things like eventOverlap is set to false to avoid overlapping events.

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Use synchronized Timeline views to build a flight scheduling UI — drag flights to assign them to aircraft, with fixed event times and conflict detection.

Code

mobiscroll.setOptions({
  locale:  ,
  theme: ' ',
  themeVariant: ' '
});

function handleFirstScroll(ev) {
  if (secondCalCont && !skipSecondScroll) {
    skipFirstScroll = true;
    secondCalCont.scrollLeft = ev.target.scrollLeft;
  }
  skipFirstScroll = false;
}

function handleSecondScroll(ev) {
  if (firstCalCont && !skipFirstScroll) {
    skipSecondScroll = true;
    firstCalCont.scrollLeft = ev.target.scrollLeft;
  }
  skipSecondScroll = false;
}

var bookings = [
  {
    start: '2026-11-04T06:00',
    end: '2026-11-04T10:00',
    title: 'Budapest - Ljubljana',
    resource: 1,
  },
  {
    start: '2026-11-04T15:00',
    end: '2026-11-04T18:00',
    title: 'Ljubljana - Berlin',
    resource: 1,
  },
  {
    start: '2026-11-04T04:00',
    end: '2026-11-04T12:00',
    title: 'Los Angeles - Dublin',
    resource: 2,
  },
  {
    start: '2026-11-04T18:00',
    end: '2026-11-04T23:00',
    title: 'Dublin - Bucharest',
    resource: 2,
  },
  {
    start: '2026-11-04T06:00',
    end: '2026-11-04T14:00',
    title: 'Chicago - Amsterdam',
    resource: 3,
  },
  {
    start: '2026-11-04T17:00',
    end: '2026-11-04T22:00',
    title: 'Amsterdam - Cairo',
    resource: 3,
  },
  {
    start: '2026-11-04T10:00',
    end: '2026-11-04T14:00',
    title: 'Hong Kong - Sydney',
    resource: 4,
  },
  {
    start: '2026-11-04T15:00',
    end: '2026-11-04T21:00',
    title: 'Sydney - Tokyo',
    resource: 4,
  },
  {
    start: '2026-11-04T04:00',
    end: '2026-11-04T12:00',
    title: 'Paris - Washington, D.C.',
    resource: 5,
  },
  {
    start: '2026-11-04T12:00',
    end: '2026-11-04T18:00',
    title: 'Washington, D.C. - Los-Angeles',
    resource: 5,
  },
  {
    start: '2026-11-04T03:00',
    end: '2026-11-04T11:00',
    title: 'Los Angeles - Dublin',
    resource: 6,
  },
  {
    start: '2026-11-04T13:00',
    end: '2026-11-04T18:00',
    title: 'Dublin - Rome',
    resource: 6,
  },
  {
    start: '2026-11-04T05:00',
    end: '2026-11-04T12:00',
    title: 'Barcelona - Dubai',
    resource: 7,
  },
  {
    start: '2026-11-04T13:00',
    end: '2026-11-04T20:00',
    title: 'Dubai - Tokyo',
    resource: 7,
  },
  {
    start: '2026-11-04T03:30',
    end: '2026-11-04T13:00',
    title: 'Rome - Toronto',
    resource: 8,
  },
  {
    start: '2026-11-04T16:00',
    end: '2026-11-04T19:00',
    title: 'Toronto - New-York',
    resource: 8,
  },
  {
    start: '2026-11-04T03:00',
    end: '2026-11-04T14:00',
    title: 'Vienna - Shanghai',
    resource: 9,
  },
  {
    start: '2026-11-04T16:00',
    end: '2026-11-04T23:30',
    title: 'Shanghai - Moscow',
    resource: 9,
  },
  {
    start: '2026-11-04T08:00',
    end: '2026-11-04T13:00',
    title: 'London - Cairo',
    resource: 10,
  },
  {
    start: '2026-11-04T15:30',
    end: '2026-11-04T19:30',
    title: 'Cairo - Sofia',
    resource: 10,
  },
  {
    start: '2026-11-04T02:00',
    end: '2026-11-04T13:00',
    title: 'Istanbul - New York',
    resource: 11,
  },
  {
    start: '2026-11-04T16:00',
    end: '2026-11-04T20:00',
    title: 'New York - Montreal',
    resource: 11,
  },
  {
    start: '2026-11-04T05:00',
    end: '2026-11-04T11:00',
    title: 'Seattle - Miami',
    resource: 12,
  },
  {
    start: '2026-11-04T12:00',
    end: '2026-11-04T21:00',
    title: 'Miami - Buenos-Aires',
    resource: 12,
  },
  {
    start: '2026-11-05T04:00',
    end: '2026-11-05T16:00',
    title: 'Hong Kong - Sydney',
    resource: 1,
  },
  {
    start: '2026-11-05T06:00',
    end: '2026-11-05T10:00',
    title: 'Los Angeles - Dublin',
    resource: 2,
  },
  {
    start: '2026-11-05T03:00',
    end: '2026-11-05T11:00',
    title: 'Budapest - Ljubljana',
    resource: 4,
  },
  {
    start: '2026-11-05T05:00',
    end: '2026-11-05T12:00',
    title: 'Los Angeles - Dublin',
    resource: 6,
  },
  {
    start: '2026-11-05T13:00',
    end: '2026-11-05T23:00',
    title: 'London - Cairo',
    resource: 7,
  },
  {
    start: '2026-11-05T03:00',
    end: '2026-11-05T14:00',
    title: 'Miami - Buenos-Aires',
    resource: 9,
  },
  {
    start: '2026-11-05T06:00',
    end: '2026-11-05T12:00',
    title: 'Barcelona - Dubai',
    resource: 10,
  },
  {
    start: '2026-11-05T08:00',
    end: '2026-11-05T22:00',
    title: 'Istanbul - New York',
    resource: 11,
  },
  {
    start: '2026-11-05T05:00',
    end: '2026-11-05T11:00',
    title: 'Vienna - Shanghai',
    resource: 12,
  },
];

var reservations = [
  {
    id: 1,
    name: 'Alison Reyes',
  },
  {
    id: 2,
    name: 'Shauna Perry',
  },
  {
    id: 3,
    name: 'Jan Whitney',
  },
  {
    id: 4,
    name: 'Freddie Durham',
  },
  {
    id: 5,
    name: 'William Dillon',
  },
  {
    id: 6,
    name: 'Tyrell Edwards',
  },
  {
    id: 7,
    name: 'Caitlyn Riddle',
  },
  {
    id: 8,
    name: 'Liam Mays',
  },
  {
    id: 9,
    name: 'Frank Medina',
  },
  {
    id: 10,
    name: 'Calvin Larsen',
  },
  {
    id: 11,
    name: 'Heather Walsh',
  },
  {
    id: 12,
    name: 'Conner Paul',
  },
];

var jets = [
  {
    id: 'Op 1',
    name: 'Prestige Air',
    eventCreation: false,
    children: [
      {
        id: 1,
        code: '#AF 7703',
        crew: 52,
        name: 'Red Bolt',
        color: '#1dab2f',
        img: 'https://img.mobiscroll.com/demos/jet-1.jpg',
      },
      {
        id: 2,
        code: '#BQ 4718',
        crew: 47,
        name: 'Skyroar',
        color: '#1dab2f',
        img: 'https://img.mobiscroll.com/demos/jet-2.jpg',
      },
      {
        id: 3,
        code: '#ZM 8430',
        crew: 24,
        name: 'Agile Raven',
        color: '#1dab2f',
        img: 'https://img.mobiscroll.com/demos/jet-3.jpg',
      },
    ],
  },
  {
    id: 'Op 2',
    name: 'Elite Wings',
    eventCreation: false,
    children: [
      {
        id: 4,
        code: '#XG 5500',
        crew: 43,
        name: 'Monsterbolt',
        color: '#1dab2f',
        img: 'https://img.mobiscroll.com/demos/jet-4.jpg',
      },
      {
        id: 5,
        code: '#FL 2531',
        crew: 22,
        name: 'Airrise',
        color: '#1dab2f',
        img: 'https://img.mobiscroll.com/demos/jet-5.jpg',
      },
      {
        id: 6,
        code: '#PA 6487',
        crew: 84,
        name: 'Starblast',
        color: '#1dab2f',
        img: 'https://img.mobiscroll.com/demos/jet-6.jpg',
      },
      {
        id: 7,
        code: '#PP 9812',
        crew: 28,
        name: 'Ebonfire',
        color: '#1dab2f',
        img: 'https://img.mobiscroll.com/demos/jet-7.jpg',
      },
    ],
  },
  {
    id: 'Op 3',
    name: 'Luxury Skies',
    eventCreation: false,
    children: [
      {
        id: 8,
        code: '#DN 3191',
        crew: 36,
        name: 'Dark Bee',
        color: '#1dab2f',
        img: 'https://img.mobiscroll.com/demos/jet-8.jpg',
      },
      {
        id: 9,
        code: '#ZW 2328',
        crew: 76,
        name: 'Keen Sparrow',
        color: '#1dab2f',
        img: 'https://img.mobiscroll.com/demos/jet-9.jpg',
      },
      {
        id: 10,
        code: '#RX 9898',
        crew: 37,
        name: 'Jagged Bolt',
        color: '#1dab2f',
        img: 'https://img.mobiscroll.com/demos/jet-10.jpg',
      },
    ],
  },
];

var flights = [
  {
    start: '2026-11-04T10:00',
    end: '2026-11-04T17:00',
    title: 'Barcelona - Dubai',
    resource: 4,
  },
  {
    start: '2026-11-04T07:30',
    end: '2026-11-04T16:00',
    title: 'Toronto - Rome',
    resource: 8,
  },
  {
    start: '2026-11-04T04:00',
    end: '2026-11-04T08:00',
    title: 'Ljubljana - Budapest',
    resource: 1,
  },
  {
    start: '2026-11-04T02:00',
    end: '2026-11-04T10:00',
    title: 'Paris - Washington, D.C.',
    resource: 2,
  },
  {
    start: '2026-11-04T12:00',
    end: '2026-11-04T23:00',
    title: 'New York - Istanbul',
    resource: 7,
  },
  {
    start: '2026-11-04T15:00',
    end: '2026-11-04T23:00',
    title: 'Moscow - Tokyo',
    resource: 3,
  },
];

var firstDay;
var firstCalCont;
var secondCalCont;
var skipFirstScroll;
var skipSecondScroll;

mobiscroll.eventcalendar('#demo-drag-drop-bw-inst-first', {
  view: {
    timeline: {
      type: 'day',
      size: 1,
    },
  },
  dragToMove: false,
  dragToCreate: false,
  dragToResize: false,
  eventDelete: true,
  externalDrag: true,
  data: bookings,
  resources: reservations,
  onPageLoading: function (args) {
    firstDay = args.firstDay;
    if (secondCalendar) {
      secondCalendar.navigate(firstDay);
    }
  },
  onPageLoaded: function () {
    if (!firstCalCont) {
      firstCalCont = document.querySelector('.md-drag-drop-bw-inst-first .mbsc-timeline-grid-scroll');
      firstCalCont.addEventListener('scroll', handleFirstScroll);
    }
  },
  onDestroy: function () {
    if (firstCalCont) {
      firstCalCont.removeEventListener('scroll', handleFirstScroll);
    }
  },
});

var secondCalendar = mobiscroll.eventcalendar('#demo-drag-drop-bw-inst-second', {
  view: {
    timeline: {
      type: 'day',
      size: 1,
    },
  },
  data: flights,
  showControls: false,
  dragToCreate: false,
  dragToMove: true,
  dragToResize: false,
  dragInTime: false,
  externalDrop: true,
  eventDelete: true,
  eventOverlap: false,
  resources: jets,
  renderResource: function (resource) {
    if (!resource.children) {
      return (
        '<div class="mbsc-flex mbsc-align-items-center mbsc-justify-content-start">' +
        '<img class="md-drag-drop-bw-inst-avatar" src="' +
        resource.img +
        '"/>' +
        '<div class="md-drag-drop-bw-inst-details mbsc-flex-col mbsc-flex-1-0">' +
        '<div>' +
        resource.name +
        '</div>' +
        '<div class="md-aircraft-code mbsc-flex mbsc-justify-content-between">' +
        '<div>' +
        resource.code +
        '</div>' +
        '<div>' +
        '👨🏾‍✈' +
        resource.crew +
        '</div>' +
        '</div>' +
        '</div>' +
        '</div>'
      );
    }
    return '<div>' + resource.name + '</div>';
  },
  onEventCreated: function (args) {
    flights.push(args.event);
    mobiscroll.toast({
      display: 'center',
      message: 'Flight scheduled',
    });
  },
  onEventDeleted: function (args) {
    flights = flights.filter(function (flight) {
      return flight.id !== args.event.id;
    });
  },
  onEventCreateFailed: function () {
    mobiscroll.toast({
      display: 'center',
      message: "There's already a flight on this date",
    });
  },
  onEventUpdateFailed: function () {
    mobiscroll.toast({
      display: 'center',
      message: "There's already a flight on this date",
    });
  },
  onEventDragStart: function (args) {
    var unavailable = {};
    var invalid = {
      cssClass: 'md-drag-drop-invalid',
      recurring: { repeat: 'daily' },
      resource: [],
    };
    // Filter unavailable jets
    flights.forEach(function (flight) {
      if (
        flight.id !== args.event.id &&
        new Date(flight.start) < new Date(args.event.end) &&
        new Date(flight.end) > new Date(args.event.start)
      ) {
        unavailable[flight.resource] = true;
      }
    });
    flights.forEach(function (flight) {
      if (unavailable[flight.resource]) {
        flight.cssClass = 'md-drag-drop-faded';
      }
    });
    jets.forEach(function (group) {
      group.children.forEach(function (jet) {
        if (unavailable[jet.id]) {
          invalid.resource.push(jet.id);
        }
      });
    });
    secondCalendar.setOptions({ invalid: [invalid] });
  },
  onEventDragEnd: function () {
    flights.forEach(function (flight) {
      delete flight.cssClass;
    });
    secondCalendar.setOptions({ invalid: [] });
  },
  onPageLoaded: function () {
    if (!secondCalCont) {
      secondCalCont = document.querySelector('.md-drag-drop-bw-inst-second .mbsc-timeline-grid-scroll');
      secondCalCont.addEventListener('scroll', handleSecondScroll);
    }
  },
  onDestroy: function () {
    if (secondCalCont) {
      secondCalCont.removeEventListener('scroll', handleSecondScroll);
    }
  },
});
  

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