Task bar editing in EJ2 TypeScript Gantt control

3 Jul 202324 minutes to read

Modify the task details through user interaction such as resizing and dragging the taskbar by enabling the allowTaskbarEditing property.

index.ts
index.html
import { Gantt, Edit } from '@syncfusion/ej2-gantt';
import { GanttData } from 'datasource.ts';

Gantt.Inject(Edit);

let gantt: Gantt = new Gantt({
    dataSource: GanttData,
    height: '450px',
    taskFields: {
        id: 'TaskID',
        name: 'TaskName',
        startDate: 'StartDate',
        duration: 'Duration',
        progress: 'Progress',
        child: 'subtasks'
    },
    editSettings: {
        allowTaskbarEditing: true
    }
});
gantt.appendTo('#Gantt');
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
    <title>EJ2 Gantt</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
    <meta name="description" content="Typescript Gantt Controls" />
    <meta name="author" content="Syncfusion" />
    <link href="index.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/material.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"/>
    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/systemjs/0.19.38/system.js"></script>
    <script src="systemjs.config.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/syncfusion-helper.js" type ="text/javascript"></script>
</head>

<body>
       
    <div id='loader'>Loading....</div>
    <div id='container'>
        <div id='Gantt'></div>        
    </div>
</body>

</html>

Prevent editing for specific tasks

On taskbar edit action, the taskbarEditing event will be triggered. You can prevent the taskbar from editing using the taskbarEditing event. This can be done by setting cancel property of taskbarEditing event argument to true. And we can hide the taskbar editing indicators like taskbar resizer, progress resizer and connector points by using queryTaskbarInfo event. The following code example shows how to achieve this.

index.ts
index.html
import { Gantt, Edit } from '@syncfusion/ej2-gantt';
import { GanttData } from 'datasource.ts';

Gantt.Inject(Edit);

let gantt: Gantt = new Gantt({
    dataSource: GanttData,
    height: '450px',
    taskFields: {
        id: 'TaskID',
        name: 'TaskName',
        startDate: 'StartDate',
        duration: 'Duration',
        progress: 'Progress',
        child: 'subtasks'
    },
    taskbarEditing: function (args: any) {
        if (args.data.TaskID == 4) // We can't edit Task Id 4
            args.cancel = true;
    },
    queryTaskbarInfo: function (args) {
        if (args.data.TaskID == 6) {
            args.taskbarElement.className += ' e-preventEdit' // Taskbar editing indicators are hidden
        }
    },
    editSettings: {
        allowTaskbarEditing: true
    }
});
gantt.appendTo('#Gantt');
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
    <title>EJ2 Gantt</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
    <meta name="description" content="Typescript Gantt Controls" />
    <meta name="author" content="Syncfusion" />
    <link href="index.css" rel="stylesheet" />
	<link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/material.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"/>
    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/systemjs/0.19.38/system.js"></script>
    <script src="systemjs.config.js"></script>

    <style> 
        .e-gantt-chart .e-preventEdit .e-right-resize-gripper, 
        .e-gantt-chart .e-preventEdit .e-left-resize-gripper, 
        .e-gantt-chart .e-preventEdit .e-progress-resize-gripper, 
        .e-gantt-chart .e-preventEdit .e-left-connectorpoint-outer-div, 
        .e-gantt-chart .e-preventEdit .e-right-connectorpoint-outer-div { 
                         display: none; 
        } 
    </style>
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/syncfusion-helper.js" type ="text/javascript"></script>
</head>

<body>
       
    <div id='loader'>Loading....</div>
    <div id='container'>
        <div id='Gantt'></div>        
    </div>
</body>

</html>

Task dependencies

In the Gantt control, you can update the dependencies between the tasks and link the tasks interactively. The task dependencies can be mapped from the data source using the dependency property.

You can update the task dependencies using the following ways:

Mouse interactions: Using connector points in the taskbar, you can perform drag and drop action to create task dependency links.
Edit dialog: Create or remove the task dependencies using the Dependency tab in the edit dialog.
Cell editing: Create or remove the task links using cell editing.

The following code example demonstrates how to enable task dependency editing in the Gantt chart using the editSettings property.

index.ts
index.html
import { Gantt, Edit } from '@syncfusion/ej2-gantt';

let GanttData: Object[] = [
    {
        TaskID: 1,
        TaskName: 'Project Initiation',
        StartDate: new Date('04/02/2019'),
        EndDate: new Date('04/21/2019'),
        isParent: true,
        subtasks: [
            { TaskID: 2, TaskName: 'Identify Site location', StartDate: new Date('04/02/2019'), Duration: 0, Progress: 50 },
            { TaskID: 3, TaskName: 'Perform Soil test', StartDate: new Date('04/02/2019'), Duration: 4, Progress: 50 },
            { TaskID: 4, TaskName: 'Soil test approval', StartDate: new Date('04/02/2019'), Duration: 4, Predecessor: "2FS", Progress: 50 },
        ]
    },
    {
        TaskID: 5,
        TaskName: 'Project Estimation',
        StartDate: new Date('04/02/2019'),
        EndDate: new Date('04/21/2019'),
        isParent: true,
        subtasks: [
            { TaskID: 6, TaskName: 'Develop floor plan for estimation', StartDate: new Date('04/04/2019'), Duration: 3, Progress: 50 },
            { TaskID: 7, TaskName: 'List materials', StartDate: new Date('04/04/2019'), Duration: 3, Progress: 50 },
            { TaskID: 8, TaskName: 'Estimation approval', StartDate: new Date('04/04/2019'), Duration: 0, Predecessor: "6SS", Progress: 50 }
        ]
    },
];

Gantt.Inject(Edit);

let gantt: Gantt = new Gantt({
    dataSource: GanttData,
    height: '450px',
    taskFields: {
        id: 'TaskID',
        name: 'TaskName',
        startDate: 'StartDate',
        duration: 'Duration',
        progress: 'Progress',
        dependency: 'Predecessor',
        child: 'subtasks'
    },
    editSettings: {
        allowTaskbarEditing: true,
        allowEditing: true,
        mode: 'Auto'
    }
});

gantt.appendTo('#Gantt');
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
    <title>EJ2 Gantt</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
    <meta name="description" content="Typescript Gantt Controls" />
    <meta name="author" content="Syncfusion" />
    <link href="index.css" rel="stylesheet" />
	<link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/material.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"/>
    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/systemjs/0.19.38/system.js"></script>
    <script src="systemjs.config.js"></script>

    <style> 
        .e-gantt-chart .e-preventEdit .e-right-resize-gripper, 
        .e-gantt-chart .e-preventEdit .e-left-resize-gripper, 
        .e-gantt-chart .e-preventEdit .e-progress-resize-gripper, 
        .e-gantt-chart .e-preventEdit .e-left-connectorpoint-outer-div, 
        .e-gantt-chart .e-preventEdit .e-right-connectorpoint-outer-div { 
                         display: none; 
        } 
    </style>
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/syncfusion-helper.js" type ="text/javascript"></script>
</head>

<body>
       
    <div id='loader'>Loading....</div>
    <div id='container'>
        <div id='Gantt'></div>        
    </div>
</body>

</html>

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Updating with mouse interaction action

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Updating with cell edit

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Updating with dialog

Note: When the edit mode is set to Auto, on performing double-click action on TreeGrid side, the cells will be changed to editable mode and on performing double-click action on chart side, the edit dialog will appear for editing the task details.

Update task values using method

Tasks’ value can be dynamically updated by using the updateRecordById method. You can call this method on any custom action. The following code example shows how to use this method to update a task.

NOTE: Using the updateRecordById method, you cannot update the task ID value.

index.ts
index.html
import { Gantt, Edit } from '@syncfusion/ej2-gantt';
import { Button } from '@syncfusion/ej2-buttons';
import { GanttData } from 'datasource.ts';

Gantt.Inject(Edit);

let gantt: Gantt = new Gantt({
    dataSource: GanttData,
    height: '450px',
    taskFields: {
        id: 'TaskID',
        name: 'TaskName',
        startDate: 'StartDate',
        duration: 'Duration',
        progress: 'Progress',
        child: 'subtasks'
    },
    editSettings: {
        allowEditing: true
    }
});

gantt.appendTo('#Gantt');

let updateBtn: Button = new Button();
updateBtn.appendTo('#updateRecord');

document.getElementById('updateRecord').addEventListener('click', () => {
    let data: Object = {
        TaskID: 3,
        TaskName: 'Updated by index value',
        StartDate: new Date('04/02/2019'),
        Duration: 4,
        Progress: 50
    };
    gantt.updateRecordByID(data);
});
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
    <title>EJ2 Gantt</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
    <meta name="description" content="Typescript Gantt Controls" />
    <meta name="author" content="Syncfusion" />
    <link href="index.css" rel="stylesheet" />
	<link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/material.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"/>
    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/systemjs/0.19.38/system.js"></script>
    <script src="systemjs.config.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/syncfusion-helper.js" type ="text/javascript"></script>
</head>

<body>
    <button id="updateRecord">Update Record</button>
    <div id='loader'>Loading....</div>
    <div id='container'>
        <div id='Gantt'></div>        
    </div>
</body>

</html>

Cell edit type and its params

The columns.editType is used to define the edit type for any particular column.
You can set the columns.editType based on data type of the column.

numericedit - NumericTextBox component for integers, double, and decimal data types.
defaultedit - TextBox component for string data type.
dropdownedit - DropDownList component to show all unique values related to that field.
booleanedit - CheckBox component for boolean data type.
datepickeredit - DatePicker component for date data type.
datetimepickeredit - DateTimePicker component for date time data type.

Also, you can customize the behavior of the editor component through the columns.edit.params.

The following table describes cell edit type component and their corresponding edit params of the column.

Edit Type	Component	Example
`numericedit`	`NumericTextBox`	params: { decimals: 2, value: 5 }
`dropdownedit`	`DropDownList`	params: { value: ‘Germany’ }
`booleanedit`	`Checkbox`	params: { checked: true}
`datepickeredit`	`DatePicker`	params: { format:’dd.MM.yyyy’ }
`datetimepickeredit`	`DateTimePicker`	params: { value: new Date() }

index.ts
index.html
import { Gantt, Edit } from '@syncfusion/ej2-gantt';
import { GanttData } from 'datasource.ts';

Gantt.Inject(Edit);
function durationFormat(field: string, data: Object, column: Object): string {
    return data[field];
}
let gantt: Gantt = new Gantt({
    dataSource: GanttData,
    height: '450px',
    taskFields: {
        id: 'TaskID',
        name: 'TaskName',
        startDate: 'StartDate',
        duration: 'Duration',
        progress: 'Progress',
        child: 'subtasks'
    },
    editSettings: {
        allowEditing: true
    },
    toolbar: ['Edit'],
    columns: [
        { field: 'TaskID', headerText: 'Task ID' },
        { field: 'TaskName', headerText: 'Task Name' },
        { field: 'StartDate', headerText: 'Start Date'  },
        { field: 'Duration', headerText: 'Duration', editType:'numericedit', edit: { params: { min:1 } }, valueAccessor: durationFormat },
        { field: 'Progress', headerText: 'Progress', edit: { params: { showSpinButton: false }  } },
    ],
});

gantt.appendTo('#Gantt');
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
    <title>EJ2 Gantt</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
    <meta name="description" content="Typescript Gantt Controls" />
    <meta name="author" content="Syncfusion" />
    <link href="index.css" rel="stylesheet" />
	<link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/material.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"/>
    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/systemjs/0.19.38/system.js"></script>
    <script src="systemjs.config.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/syncfusion-helper.js" type ="text/javascript"></script>
</head>

<body>
       
    <div id='loader'>Loading....</div>
    <div id='container'>
        <div id='Gantt'></div>        
    </div>
</body>

</html>

Cell Edit Template

The cell edit template is used to create a custom component for a particular column by invoking the following functions:

create - It is used to create the element at the time of initialization.
write - It is used to create the custom component or assign default value at the time of editing.
read - It is used to read the value from the component at the time of save.
destroy - It is used to destroy the component.

index.ts
index.html
import { Gantt, Edit } from '@syncfusion/ej2-gantt';
import { DropDownList } from '@syncfusion/ej2-dropdowns';
import { GanttData } from 'datasource.ts';

Gantt.Inject(Edit);
let elem: HTMLElement;
let dropdownlistObj: DropDownList;

let gantt: Gantt = new Gantt({
    dataSource: GanttData,
    height: '450px',
    taskFields: {
        id: 'TaskID',
        name: 'TaskName',
        startDate: 'StartDate',
        duration: 'Duration',
        progress: 'Progress',
        child: 'subtasks'
    },
    editSettings: {
        allowEditing: true
    },
    columns: [
        { field: 'TaskID', headerText: 'Task ID' },
        {
            field: 'TaskName', headerText: 'Task Name',
            edit: {
                create: () => {
                    elem = document.createElement('input');
                    return elem;
                },
                read: () => {
                   return dropdownlistObj.value;
                },
                destroy: () => {
                    dropdownlistObj.destroy();
                },
                write: (args: Object) => {
                    dropdownlistObj = new DropDownList({
                        dataSource: gantt.treeGrid.grid.dataSource,
                        fields: { value: 'TaskName' },
                        value: args.rowData[args.column.field],
                        floatLabelType: 'Auto',
                    });
                    dropdownlistObj.appendTo(elem);
                }
            }
        },
        { field: 'StartDate', headerText: 'Start Date' },
        { field: 'Duration', headerText: 'Duration' },
        { field: 'Progress', headerText: 'Progress' },
    ],

});

gantt.appendTo('#Gantt');
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
    <title>EJ2 Gantt</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
    <meta name="description" content="Typescript Gantt Controls" />
    <meta name="author" content="Syncfusion" />
    <link href="index.css" rel="stylesheet" />
	<link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/material.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"/>
    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/systemjs/0.19.38/system.js"></script>
    <script src="systemjs.config.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/syncfusion-helper.js" type ="text/javascript"></script>
</head>

<body>
       
    <div id='loader'>Loading....</div>
    <div id='container'>
        <div id='Gantt'></div>        
    </div>
</body>

</html>

Disable editing for particular column

You can disable editing for particular columns, by using the columns.allowEditing property.

In the following demo, editing is disabled for the TaskName column.

index.ts
index.html
import { Gantt, Edit } from '@syncfusion/ej2-gantt';
import { GanttData } from 'datasource.ts';

Gantt.Inject(Edit);

let gantt: Gantt = new Gantt({
    dataSource: GanttData,
    height: '450px',
    taskFields: {
        id: 'TaskID',
        name: 'TaskName',
        startDate: 'StartDate',
        duration: 'Duration',
        progress: 'Progress',
        child: 'subtasks'
    },
    editSettings: {
        allowEditing: true
    },
    toolbar: ['Edit'],
    columns: [
        { field: 'TaskID', headerText: 'Task ID' },
        { field: 'TaskName', headerText: 'Task Name', allowEditing: false },
        { field: 'StartDate', headerText: 'Start Date', },
        { field: 'Duration', headerText: 'Duration' },
        { field: 'Progress', headerText: 'Progress'  },
    ],
});

gantt.appendTo('#Gantt');
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
    <title>EJ2 Gantt</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
    <meta name="description" content="Typescript Gantt Controls" />
    <meta name="author" content="Syncfusion" />
    <link href="index.css" rel="stylesheet" />
	<link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/material.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"/>
    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/systemjs/0.19.38/system.js"></script>
    <script src="systemjs.config.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/syncfusion-helper.js" type ="text/javascript"></script>
</head>

<body>
       
    <div id='loader'>Loading....</div>
    <div id='container'>
        <div id='Gantt'></div>        
    </div>
</body>

</html>