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Dynamically Change columns in JavaScript (ES5) Kanban control

08 May 2023 / 1 minute to read

You can dynamically change the Kanban columns by using the columns property.

In the below sample, you can dynamically change the allowToggle property at the particular column when you click on the button. You can also change the initially created columns to the new Kanban columns by using the columns property when you click on the button.

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var kanbanObj = new ej.kanban.Kanban({
    dataSource: kanbanData,
    keyField: 'Status',
    columns: [
        { headerText: 'Backlog', keyField: 'Open' },
        { headerText: 'In Progress', keyField: 'InProgress' },
        { headerText: 'Testing', keyField: 'Testing' },
        { headerText: 'Done', keyField: 'Close' }
    ],
    cardSettings: {
        contentField: 'Summary',
        headerField: 'Id'
    }
});
kanbanObj.appendTo('#Kanban');
var particularColumn = document.getElementById('particularColumn');
var column = document.getElementById('column');
particularColumn.onclick = function () {
    kanbanObj.columns[1].allowToggle= true;
};
column.onclick = function () {
    kanbanObj.columns = [
        { headerText: 'To Do', keyField: 'Open' },
        { headerText: 'Done', keyField: 'Close' }
    ]
};
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<!DOCTYPE html><html lang="en"><head>
            
    <title>Kanban Card without Header</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
    <meta name="description" content="Kanban card without header">
    <meta name="author" content="Syncfusion">
    <link href="index.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/21.2.3/ej2-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/21.2.3/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/21.2.3/ej2-inputs/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/21.2.3/ej2-dropdowns/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/21.2.3/ej2-layouts/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/21.2.3/ej2-navigations/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/21.2.3/ej2-popups/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/21.2.3/ej2-kanban/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    
    
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/21.2.3/dist/ej2.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="es5-datasource.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</head>

<body>
    
    <div id="container">
        <div class="content-wrapper">
		    <button class="e-btn" id="particularColumn">Enable Allow Toggle</button>
            <button class="e-btn" id="column">Change Columns</button>
            <div id="Kanban"></div>
        </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>
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