In dent and out dent in EJ2 JavaScript Gantt control

2 May 20233 minutes to read

Indent and Outdent of a task are used to update the level of task in the hierarchical order of the task. It can be performed by enabling the editSettings.allowEditing property.

Indent - Selected task can be indented to the level of task to the hierarchical order. It can be performed by using in-built context menu or toolbar items. It can also be invoked by using the indent method dynamically on any action like external button click. The following code example shows how to enable indent option in the Gantt chart.

Outdent - Selected task can be outdented to the level of task from the hierarchical order. It can be performed by using in-built context menu or toolbar items. It can also be invoked by using the outdent method dynamically on any action like external button click. The following code example shows how to enable outdent option in the Gantt chart.

ej.gantt.Gantt.Inject(ej.gantt.Toolbar,ej.gantt.Edit);

var ganttChart = new ej.gantt.Gantt({
        dataSource: GanttData,
		height:'450px',
		taskFields: {
            id: 'TaskID',
            name: 'TaskName',
            startDate: 'StartDate',
			duration: 'Duration',
            progress: 'Progress',
			child: 'subtasks'
        },
		toolbar: ['Indent', 'Outdent'],
    editSettings: {
        allowEditing: true
    }
});
var ind= new ej.buttons.Button();
ind.appendTo('#indent');
var out= new ej.buttons.Button();
out.appendTo('#outdent');
document.getElementById('indent').addEventListener('click', function() {
   ganttChart.indent();
});
document.getElementById('outdent').addEventListener('click', function() {
   ganttChart.outdent();
});
ganttChart.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://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/25.1.35/dist/ej2.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="es5-datasource.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/syncfusion-helper.js" type ="text/javascript"></script>
</head>

<body>
       
     
    <div id="container">
	   <button id="indent">Indent</button>
       <button id="outdent">Outdent</button>
        <div id="Gantt"></div>
    </div>


<script>
var ele = document.getElementById('container');
if(ele) {
  ele.style.visibility = "visible";
}   
      </script>
<script src="index.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</body></html>