Open event editor manually in EJ2 TypeScript Scheduler control

18 Mar 20258 minutes to read

The Scheduler control provides flexibility in how you interact with event creation and editing. While the default behavior opens the editor when double-clicking on cells or appointments, you can also trigger the editor programmatically. This guide demonstrates different approaches to manually open the event editor window in your Scheduler application.

Open Editor Window externally

The Scheduler allows the user to manually open the event editor on specific time or on certain events using openEditor method. To open the editor on specific range of time, user need to pass the cell details as first argument and Add as second argument whereas to open it on event pass that event detail and Save as arguments. In the following code example, on clicking the respective button will open the respective editor window manually.

import { Schedule, Day, Week, WorkWeek, Month } from '@syncfusion/ej2-schedule';
import { Button } from '@syncfusion/ej2-buttons';
import { scheduleData } from './datasource.ts';

Schedule.Inject(Day, Week, WorkWeek, Month);

let scheduleObj: Schedule = new Schedule({
    height: '550px',
    selectedDate: new Date(2018, 1, 15),
    views: ['Day', 'Week', 'WorkWeek', 'Month'],
    eventSettings: { dataSource: scheduleData }
});
scheduleObj.appendTo('#Schedule');

let button1: Button = new Button();
button1.appendTo('#btn1');

let button2: Button = new Button();
button2.appendTo('#btn2');

button1.element.onclick = (): void => {
    let cellData: Object = {
        startTime: new Date(2018, 1, 15, 10, 0),
        endTime: new Date(2018, 1, 15, 11, 0),
    };
    scheduleObj.openEditor(cellData, 'Add');
};

button2.element.onclick = (): void => {
    let eventData: Object = {
        Id: 4,
        Subject: 'Meteor Showers in 2018',
        StartTime: new Date(2018, 1, 14, 13, 0),
        EndTime: new Date(2018, 1, 14, 14, 30)
    };
    scheduleObj.openEditor(eventData, 'Save');
};
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
    <title>Schedule Typescript Control</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
    <meta name="description" content="Typescript Schedule Control" />
    <meta name="author" content="Syncfusion" />
    <link href="index.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/29.1.33/ej2-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/29.1.33/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/29.1.33/ej2-calendars/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/29.1.33/ej2-dropdowns/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/29.1.33/ej2-inputs/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/29.1.33/ej2-navigations/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/29.1.33/ej2-popups/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />    
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/29.1.33/ej2-schedule/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/systemjs/0.19.38/system.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
    <script src="systemjs.config.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/syncfusion-helper.js" type ="text/javascript"></script>
</head>

<body>
    <div id='loader'>LOADING....</div>
        <div class="col-lg-12 property-section">
            <button id="btn1">Open editor on cell</button>
            <button id="btn2">Open editor on event</button>
        </div>
        <div id="container">
            <div id="Schedule"></div>
        </div>
</body>

</html>

Open editor window on single click

By default, Scheduler Editor window will open when double clicking the cells or appointments. You can also open the editor window with single click by using openEditor method in eventClick and cellClick events of scheduler and setting false to showQuickInfo. The following example shows how to open editor window on single click of cells and appointments.

import { Schedule, Day, Week, WorkWeek, Month, CellClickEventArgs, EventClickArgs } from '@syncfusion/ej2-schedule';
import { schedulerData } from './datasource.ts';

Schedule.Inject(Day, Week, WorkWeek, Month);

let scheduleObj: Schedule = new Schedule({
    height: '550px',
    selectedDate: new Date(2021, 7, 15),
    views: ['Day', 'Week', 'WorkWeek', 'Month'],
    eventSettings: { dataSource: schedulerData },
    showQuickInfo: false,
    cellClick: (args: CellClickEventArgs) => {
        scheduleObj.openEditor(args, 'Add');
    },
    eventClick: (args: EventClickArgs) => {
        if (!(args.event as any).RecurrenceRule) {
            scheduleObj.openEditor(args.event, 'Save');
        }
        else {
            scheduleObj.quickPopup.openRecurrenceAlert();
        }
    }
});
scheduleObj.appendTo('#Schedule');
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
    <title>Schedule Typescript Control</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, user-scalable=no" />
    <meta name="description" content="Typescript Schedule Control" />
    <meta name="author" content="Syncfusion" />
    <link href="index.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/29.1.33/ej2-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/29.1.33/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/29.1.33/ej2-calendars/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/29.1.33/ej2-dropdowns/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/29.1.33/ej2-inputs/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/29.1.33/ej2-navigations/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/29.1.33/ej2-popups/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/29.1.33/ej2-schedule/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/systemjs/0.19.38/system.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
    <script src="systemjs.config.js" type="text/javascript"></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="Schedule"></div>
    </div>
</body>

</html>