Cell Customizations in ASP.NET MVC Schedule control

01 Dec 2021 / 4 minutes to read

The cells of the Scheduler can be easily customized either using the cell template or RenderCell event.

Setting cell dimensions in all views

The height and width of the Scheduler cells can be customized either to increase or reduce its size through the CssClass property, which overrides the default CSS applied on cells.

razor

data.cs

@using Syncfusion.EJ2.Schedule

@(Html.EJS().Schedule("schedule")
    .Width("100%")
    .Views(ViewBag.view)
    .EventSettings(new ScheduleEventSettings { DataSource = ViewBag.datasource })
    .CssClass("schedule-cell-dimension")
    .Height("550px")
    .SelectedDate(new DateTime(2018, 2, 15))
    .Render()
)

<style>
    .schedule-cell-dimension.e-schedule .e-vertical-view .e-date-header-wrap table col,
    .schedule-cell-dimension.e-schedule .e-vertical-view .e-content-wrap table col {
        width: 200px;
    }

    .schedule-cell-dimension.e-schedule .e-vertical-view .e-time-cells-wrap table td,
    .schedule-cell-dimension.e-schedule .e-vertical-view .e-work-cells {
        height: 100px;
    }

    .schedule-cell-dimension.e-schedule .e-month-view .e-work-cells,
    .schedule-cell-dimension.e-schedule .e-month-view .e-date-header-wrap table col {
        width: 200px;
    }

    .schedule-cell-dimension.e-schedule .e-month-view .e-work-cells {
        height: 200px;
    }
</style>

public ActionResult Index()
{
    ViewBag.datasource = GetEmployeeEventData();
    List<ScheduleView> viewOption = new List<ScheduleView>()
    {
        new ScheduleView {Option = Syncfusion.EJ2.Schedule.View.Day },
        new ScheduleView {Option = Syncfusion.EJ2.Schedule.View.Week },
        new ScheduleView {Option = Syncfusion.EJ2.Schedule.View.WorkWeek },
        new ScheduleView {Option = Syncfusion.EJ2.Schedule.View.Month }
    };
    ViewBag.view = viewOption;
    return View();
}

public List<EmployeeEventData> GetEmployeeEventData()
{
    List<EmployeeEventData> employeeEventData = new List<EmployeeEventData>();
    employeeEventData.Add(new EmployeeEventData
    { Id = 1,
        Subject = "Project Workflow Analysis",
        StartTime = new DateTime(2018, 2, 14, 9, 0, 0),
        EndTime = new DateTime(2018, 2, 14, 11, 0, 0),
        CategoryColor = "#1aaa55"
    });
    employeeEventData.Add(new EmployeeEventData
    {
        Id = 2,
        Subject = "Project Requirement Planning",
        StartTime = new DateTime(2018, 2, 15, 9, 0, 0),
        EndTime = new DateTime(2018, 2, 15, 11, 0, 0),
        CategoryColor = "#357cd2"
    });
    employeeEventData.Add(new EmployeeEventData
    {
        Id = 3,
        Subject = "Quality Analysis",
        StartTime = new DateTime(2018, 2, 16, 9, 0, 0),
        EndTime = new DateTime(2018, 2, 16, 11, 0, 0),
        CategoryColor = "#7fa900"
    });
    return employeeEventData;
}

public class EmployeeEventData
{
    public int Id { get; set; }
    public string Subject { get; set; }
    public DateTime StartTime { get; set; }
    public DateTime EndTime { get; set; }
    public string CategoryColor { get; set; }
}

Check for cell availability

You can check whether the given time range slots are available for event creation or already occupied by other events using the isSlotAvailable method. In the following code example, if a specific time slot already contains an appointment, then no more appointments can be added to that cell.

razor

data.cs

@using Syncfusion.EJ2.Schedule

@(Html.EJS().Schedule("schedule")
    .Width("100%")
    .Height("550px")
    .Views(ViewBag.view)
    .ActionBegin("onActionBegin")
    .EventSettings(new ScheduleEventSettings { DataSource = ViewBag.datasource })
    .SelectedDate(new DateTime(2018, 2, 15))
    .Render()
)

<script type="text/javascript">
    function onActionBegin(args) {
        var scheduleObj = document.getElementById('schedule').ej2_instances[0];
        if (args.requestType === 'eventCreate' && args.data.length > 0) {
            var eventData = args.data[0];
            var eventField = scheduleObj.eventFields;
            var startDate = eventData[eventField.startTime];
            var endDate = eventData[eventField.endTime];
            args.cancel = !scheduleObj.isSlotAvailable(startDate, endDate);
        }
    }
</script>

public ActionResult Index()
{
    ViewBag.datasource = GetScheduleData();
    List<ScheduleView> viewOption = new List<ScheduleView>()
    {
        new ScheduleView {Option = Syncfusion.EJ2.Schedule.View.Week },
        new ScheduleView {Option = Syncfusion.EJ2.Schedule.View.WorkWeek }
    };
    ViewBag.view = viewOption;
    return View();
}

public List<AppointmentData> GetScheduleData()
{
    List<AppointmentData> appData = new List<AppointmentData>();
    appData.Add(new AppointmentData
    { Id = 1, Subject = "Blue Moon Eclipse", StartTime = new DateTime(2018, 2, 14, 9, 30, 0), EndTime = new DateTime(2018, 2, 14, 11, 0, 0) });
    appData.Add(new AppointmentData
    { Id = 2, Subject = "Meteor Showers in 2018", StartTime = new DateTime(2018, 2, 15, 9, 30, 0), EndTime = new DateTime(2018, 2, 15, 11, 0, 0) });
    appData.Add(new AppointmentData
    { Id = 3, Subject = "Milky Way as Melting pot", StartTime = new DateTime(2018, 2, 16, 9, 30, 0), EndTime = new DateTime(2018, 2, 16, 11, 0, 0) });
    return appData;
}
    
public class AppointmentData
{
    public int Id { get; set; }
    public string Subject { get; set; }
    public DateTime StartTime { get; set; }
    public DateTime EndTime { get; set; }
}

Customizing cells in all the views

It is possible to customize the appearance of the cells using both template options and RenderCell event on all the views.

Using template

The CellTemplate option accepts the template string and is used to customize the cell background with specific images or appropriate text on the given date values.

razor

data.cs

@using Syncfusion.EJ2.Schedule

@{
    var template = "${if(type === 'monthCells')}<div class='templatewrap'>${getCellContent(data.date)}</div>${/if}";
}

@(Html.EJS().Schedule("schedule")
    .Width("100%")
    .Views(ViewBag.view)
    .Height("550px")
    .CellTemplate(@template)
    .SelectedDate(new DateTime(2017, 12, 15))
    .Render()
)

<style>
    .e-schedule .e-month-view .e-work-cells {
        position: relative;
    }
    .e-schedule .templatewrap {
        text-align: center;
        position: absolute;
        width: 100%;
    }
    .e-schedule .templatewrap img {
        width: 25px;
        height: 25px;
    }
    .e-schedule .caption {
        overflow: hidden;
        text-overflow: ellipsis;
        vertical-align: middle;
    }
</style>

<script type="text/javascript">
    function getCellContent(date) {
        if (date.getMonth() === 9 && date.getDate() === 31) {
            return '<div class="caption">Thanksgiving day</div>';
        } else if (date.getMonth() === 11 && date.getDate() === 9) {
            return '<div class="caption">Party time</div>';
        } else if (date.getMonth() === 11 && date.getDate() === 13) {
            return '<div class="caption">Party time</div>';
        } else if (date.getMonth() === 11 && date.getDate() === 22) {
            return '<div class="caption">Happy birthday</div>';
        } else if (date.getMonth() === 11 && date.getDate() === 24) {
            return '<div class="caption">Christmas Eve</div>';
        } else if (date.getMonth() === 11 && date.getDate() === 25) {
            return '<div class="caption">Christmas Day</div>';
        } else if (date.getMonth() === 0 && date.getDate() === 1) {
            return '<div class="caption">New Year"s Day</div>';
        } else if (date.getMonth() === 0 && date.getDate() === 14) {
            return '<div class="caption">Get together</div>';
        }
        return '';
    }
</script>

public ActionResult Index()
{
    List<ScheduleView> viewOption = new List<ScheduleView>()
    {
        new ScheduleView { Option = Syncfusion.EJ2.Schedule.View.Month }
    };
    ViewBag.view = viewOption;
    return View();
}

Using renderCell event

An alternative to CellTemplate is the RenderCell event, which can also be used to customize the cells with appropriate images or formatted text values.

razor

data.cs

@using Syncfusion.EJ2.Schedule

@(Html.EJS().Schedule("schedule")
    .Width("100%")
    .Views(ViewBag.view)
    .Height("550px")            
    .RenderCell("onRenderCell")
    .SelectedDate(new DateTime(2018, 2, 15))
    .Render()
)

<script type="text/javascript">
    function onRenderCell(args) {
        if (args.element.classList.contains('e-work-hours') && (args.date.getDay() === 1)) {
            args.element.style.background = '#1aaa55';
        } else if (args.element.classList.contains('e-work-hours') && (args.date.getDay() === 2)) {
            args.element.style.background = '#357cd2';
        } else if (args.element.classList.contains('e-work-hours') && (args.date.getDay() === 3)) {
            args.element.style.background = '#e2ff89';
        } else if (args.element.classList.contains('e-work-hours') && (args.date.getDay() === 4)) {
            args.element.style.background = '#f57f17';
        } else if (args.element.classList.contains('e-work-hours') && (args.date.getDay() === 5)) {
            args.element.style.background = '#00bdae';
        }
    }
</script>

public ActionResult Index()
{
    List<ScheduleView> viewOption = new List<ScheduleView>()
    {
        new ScheduleView { Option = Syncfusion.EJ2.Schedule.View.Day },
        new ScheduleView { Option = Syncfusion.EJ2.Schedule.View.Week },
        new ScheduleView { Option = Syncfusion.EJ2.Schedule.View.WorkWeek }
    };
    ViewBag.view = viewOption;
    return View();
}

You can customize cells such as work cells, month cells, all-day cells, header cells, resource header cells using RenderCell event by checking the elementType option within the event. You can check elementType with any of the following.

Element type	Description
`dateHeader`	triggers on header cell rendering.
`monthDay`	triggers on header cell in month view rendering.
`resourceHeader`	triggers on resource header cell rendering.
`alldayCells`	triggers on all day cell rendering.
`emptyCells`	triggers on empty cell rendering on header bar.
`resourceGroupCells`	triggers on rendering of work cells for parent resource.
`workCells`	triggers on work cell rendering.
`monthCells`	triggers on month cell rendering.
`majorSlot`	triggers on major time slot cell rendering.
`minorSlot`	triggers on minor time slot cell rendering.
`weekNumberCell`	triggers on cell displaying week number.

Customizing cell header in month view

The month header of each date cell in the month view can be customized using the CellHeaderTemplate option which accepts the string or HTMLElement. The corresponding date can be accessed with the template.

razor

@using Syncfusion.EJ2.Schedule

@{
    var template = "<div>${getCellHeaderContent(data.date)}</div>";
}

@(Html.EJS().Schedule("schedule")
    .Views(view => { view.Option(View.Month).Add(); })
    .Height("550px")
    .CellHeaderTemplate(@template)
    .Render()
)

<script type="text/javascript">
    var instance = new ej.base.Internationalization();
    function getCellHeaderContent(date) {
        return instance.formatDate(date, { skeleton: "Ed" });
    }
</script>

Month view cell header template

Customizing the minimum and maximum date values

Providing the minDate and maxDate property with some date values, allows the Scheduler to set the minimum and maximum date range. The Scheduler date that lies beyond this minimum and maximum date range will be in a disabled state so that the date navigation will be blocked beyond the specified date range.

razor

data.cs

@using Syncfusion.EJ2.Schedule

@(Html.EJS().Schedule("schedule")
    .Width("100%")
    .Views(ViewBag.view)
    .Height("550px")
    .EventSettings(new ScheduleEventSettings { DataSource = ViewBag.datasource })
    .SelectedDate(new DateTime(2018, 2, 17))
    .minDate(new DateTime(2017, 4, 17))
    .maxDate(new DateTime(2018, 5, 17))
    .Render()
)

public ActionResult Index()
{
    List<ScheduleView> viewOption = new List<ScheduleView>()
    {
        new ScheduleView { Option = Syncfusion.EJ2.Schedule.View.Week },
        new ScheduleView { Option = Syncfusion.EJ2.Schedule.View.TimelineDay }
    };
    ViewBag.view = viewOption;
    return View();
}

By default, the minDate property value is set to new Date(1900, 0, 1) and maxDate property value is set to new Date(2099, 11, 31). The user can also set the customized minDate and maxDate property values.

How to disable multiple cell and row selection in Schedule

By default, the AllowMultiCellSelection and AllowMultiRowSelection properties of the Schedule are set to true. So, the Schedule allows user to select multiple cells and rows. If the user want to disable this multiple cell and row selection. The user can disable this feature by setting up false to these properties.

You can refer to our ASP.NET MVC Scheduler feature tour page for its groundbreaking feature representations. You can also explore our ASP.NET MVC Scheduler example to knows how to present and manipulate data.

Contents

Setting cell dimensions in all views
Check for cell availability
Customizing cells in all the views
Using template
Using renderCell event
Customizing cell header in month view
Customizing the minimum and maximum date values
How to disable multiple cell and row selection in Schedule

Contents

Setting cell dimensions in all views
Check for cell availability
Customizing cells in all the views
Using template
Using renderCell event
Customizing cell header in month view
Customizing the minimum and maximum date values
How to disable multiple cell and row selection in Schedule

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