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Timeline Header Rows in React Schedule component

12 May 2022 / 5 minutes to read

The Timeline views can have additional header rows other than its default date and time header rows. It is possible to show individual header rows for displaying year, month and week separately using the HeaderRowDirective. This is applicable only on the timeline views. The possible rows which can be added using HeaderRowDirective are as follows.

  • Year
  • Month
  • Week
  • Date
  • Hour

The Hour row is not applicable for Timeline month view.

Learn to add and customize additional header rows in the Timeline views of React Scheduler from this video:

The following example shows the Scheduler displaying all the available header rows on timeline views.

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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
    <title>Syncfusion React Schedule</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
    <meta name="description" content="Essential JS 2 for React Components" />
    <meta name="author" content="Syncfusion" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.1.55/ej2-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.1.55/ej2-react-buttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.1.55/ej2-react-calendars/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.1.55/ej2-react-dropdowns/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.1.55/ej2-react-inputs/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.1.55/ej2-react-navigations/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.1.55/ej2-react-popups/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.1.55/ej2-react-schedule/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="index.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/systemjs/0.19.38/system.js"></script>
    <script src="systemjs.config.js"></script>
     <style>
        #loader {
            color: #008cff;
            height: 40px;
            left: 45%;
            position: absolute;
            top: 45%;
            width: 30%;
        }
    </style>
</head>

<body>
        <div id='schedule'>
            <div id='loader'>Loading....</div>
        </div>
</body>

</html>
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import * as React from 'react';
import * as ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
import {
  ScheduleComponent,  HeaderRowDirective, HeaderRowsDirective, TimelineViews, Inject,
  ViewsDirective, ViewDirective
} from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-schedule';
import { scheduleData } from './datasource';
import { extend } from '@syncfusion/ej2-base';

class App extends React.Component<{}, {}>{
  private data: Object[] = extend([], scheduleData, null, true) as Object[];
  render() {
return <ScheduleComponent width='100%' height='550px' selectedDate={new Date(2018, 11, 31)}
eventSettings= { { dataSource: this.data } } startHour='09:00' endHour='13:00'>
    <HeaderRowsDirective>
      <HeaderRowDirective option='Year' />
      <HeaderRowDirective option='Month' />
      <HeaderRowDirective option='Week' />
      <HeaderRowDirective option='Date' />
      <HeaderRowDirective option='Hour' />
    </HeaderRowsDirective>
    <ViewsDirective>
      <ViewDirective option='TimelineWeek'/>
    </ViewsDirective>
  <Inject services={[TimelineViews]} />
</ScheduleComponent>
  }
};
ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById('schedule'));

Importing HeaderRowsDirective and HeaderRowDirective is mandatory.

Display year and month rows in timeline views

To display the timeline Scheduler simply with year and month names alone, define the option Year and Month within the HeaderRowDirective.

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index.html
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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
    <title>Syncfusion React Schedule</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
    <meta name="description" content="Essential JS 2 for React Components" />
    <meta name="author" content="Syncfusion" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.1.55/ej2-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.1.55/ej2-react-buttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.1.55/ej2-react-calendars/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.1.55/ej2-react-dropdowns/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.1.55/ej2-react-inputs/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.1.55/ej2-react-navigations/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.1.55/ej2-react-popups/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.1.55/ej2-react-schedule/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="index.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/systemjs/0.19.38/system.js"></script>
    <script src="systemjs.config.js"></script>
     <style>
        #loader {
            color: #008cff;
            height: 40px;
            left: 45%;
            position: absolute;
            top: 45%;
            width: 30%;
        }
    </style>
</head>

<body>
        <div id='schedule'>
            <div id='loader'>Loading....</div>
        </div>
</body>

</html>
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import * as React from 'react';
import * as ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
import {
  ScheduleComponent,  HeaderRowDirective, HeaderRowsDirective, TimelineMonth, Inject,
  ViewsDirective, ViewDirective
} from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-schedule';
import { scheduleData } from './datasource';
import { extend } from '@syncfusion/ej2-base';

class App extends React.Component<{}, {}>{
  private data: Object[] = extend([], scheduleData, null, true) as Object[];
  render() {
return <ScheduleComponent width='100%' height='550px' selectedDate={new Date(2018, 11, 31)}
eventSettings= { { dataSource: this.data } }>
    <HeaderRowsDirective>
      <HeaderRowDirective option='Year' />
      <HeaderRowDirective option='Month' />
    </HeaderRowsDirective>
    <ViewsDirective>
      <ViewDirective option='TimelineMonth' interval= {24}/>
    </ViewsDirective>
  <Inject services={[TimelineMonth]} />
</ScheduleComponent>
  }
};
ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById('schedule'));

Display week numbers in timeline views

The week number can be displayed in a separate header row of the timeline Scheduler by setting Week option within HeaderRowDirective.

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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
    <title>Syncfusion React Schedule</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
    <meta name="description" content="Essential JS 2 for React Components" />
    <meta name="author" content="Syncfusion" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.1.55/ej2-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.1.55/ej2-react-buttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.1.55/ej2-react-calendars/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.1.55/ej2-react-dropdowns/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.1.55/ej2-react-inputs/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.1.55/ej2-react-navigations/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.1.55/ej2-react-popups/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.1.55/ej2-react-schedule/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="index.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/systemjs/0.19.38/system.js"></script>
    <script src="systemjs.config.js"></script>
     <style>
        #loader {
            color: #008cff;
            height: 40px;
            left: 45%;
            position: absolute;
            top: 45%;
            width: 30%;
        }
    </style>
</head>

<body>
        <div id='schedule'>
            <div id='loader'>Loading....</div>
        </div>
</body>

</html>
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import * as React from 'react';
import * as ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
import {
  ScheduleComponent,  HeaderRowDirective, HeaderRowsDirective, TimelineMonth, TimelineViews, Inject,
  ViewsDirective, ViewDirective
} from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-schedule';
import { scheduleData } from './datasource';
import { extend } from '@syncfusion/ej2-base';

class App extends React.Component<{}, {}>{
  private data: Object[] = extend([], scheduleData, null, true) as Object[];
  render() {
return <ScheduleComponent width='100%' height='550px' selectedDate={new Date(2018, 11, 31)}
eventSettings= { { dataSource: this.data } }>
    <HeaderRowsDirective>
      <HeaderRowDirective option='Week' />
      <HeaderRowDirective option='Date' />
      <HeaderRowDirective option='Hour' />
    </HeaderRowsDirective>
    <ViewsDirective>
      <ViewDirective option='TimelineMonth' interval= {24}/>
      <ViewDirective option='TimelineWeek' interval= {3}/>
      <ViewDirective option='TimelineDay' interval= {4}/>
    </ViewsDirective>
  <Inject services={[TimelineMonth, TimelineViews]} />
</ScheduleComponent>
  }
};
ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById('schedule'));

Timeline view displaying dates of a complete year

It is possible to display a complete year in a timeline view by setting interval value as 12 and defining TimelineMonth view option within the ViewDirective of Scheduler.

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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
    <title>Syncfusion React Schedule</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
    <meta name="description" content="Essential JS 2 for React Components" />
    <meta name="author" content="Syncfusion" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.1.55/ej2-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.1.55/ej2-react-buttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.1.55/ej2-react-calendars/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.1.55/ej2-react-dropdowns/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.1.55/ej2-react-inputs/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.1.55/ej2-react-navigations/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.1.55/ej2-react-popups/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.1.55/ej2-react-schedule/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="index.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/systemjs/0.19.38/system.js"></script>
    <script src="systemjs.config.js"></script>
     <style>
        #loader {
            color: #008cff;
            height: 40px;
            left: 45%;
            position: absolute;
            top: 45%;
            width: 30%;
        }
    </style>
</head>

<body>
        <div id='schedule'>
            <div id='loader'>Loading....</div>
        </div>
</body>

</html>
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import * as React from 'react';
import * as ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
import {
  ScheduleComponent,  HeaderRowDirective, HeaderRowsDirective, TimelineMonth, Inject,
  ViewsDirective, ViewDirective
} from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-schedule';
import { eventData } from './datasource';
import { extend } from '@syncfusion/ej2-base';

class App extends React.Component<{}, {}>{
  private data: Object[] = extend([], eventData, null, true) as Object[];
  render() {
return <ScheduleComponent width='100%' height='550px' selectedDate={new Date(2018, 0, 1)}
eventSettings= { { dataSource: this.data } }>
    <HeaderRowsDirective>
      <HeaderRowDirective option='Month' />
      <HeaderRowDirective option='Date' />
    </HeaderRowsDirective>
    <ViewsDirective>
      <ViewDirective option='TimelineMonth' interval= {12}/>
    </ViewsDirective>
  <Inject services={[TimelineMonth]} />
</ScheduleComponent>
  }
};
ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById('schedule'));

Customizing the header rows using template

You can customize the text of the header rows and display any images or formatted text on each individual header rows using the built-in template option available within the HeaderRowDirective.

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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
    <title>Syncfusion React Schedule</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
    <meta name="description" content="Essential JS 2 for React Components" />
    <meta name="author" content="Syncfusion" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.1.55/ej2-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.1.55/ej2-react-buttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.1.55/ej2-react-calendars/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.1.55/ej2-react-dropdowns/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.1.55/ej2-react-inputs/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.1.55/ej2-react-navigations/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.1.55/ej2-react-popups/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.1.55/ej2-react-schedule/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="index.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/systemjs/0.19.38/system.js"></script>
    <script src="systemjs.config.js"></script>
     <style>
        #loader {
            color: #008cff;
            height: 40px;
            left: 45%;
            position: absolute;
            top: 45%;
            width: 30%;
        }
    </style>
</head>

<body>
        <div id='schedule'>
            <div id='loader'>Loading....</div>
        </div>
</body>

</html>
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import * as React from 'react';
import * as ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
import {
  ScheduleComponent, getWeekNumber, HeaderRowDirective, HeaderRowsDirective, TimelineMonth, Inject,
  ViewsDirective, ViewDirective
} from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-schedule';
import { scheduleData } from './datasource';
import { Internationalization, extend } from '@syncfusion/ej2-base';

class App extends React.Component<{}, {}>{
  private data: Object[] = extend([], scheduleData, null, true) as Object[];
  private instance: Internationalization = new Internationalization();
  private getYearDetails(value: CellTemplateArgs) {
return 'Year: ' + this.instance.formatDate((value as CellTemplateArgs).date, { skeleton: 'y' });
  }
  private getMonthDetails(value: CellTemplateArgs) {
return 'Month: ' + this.instance.formatDate((value as CellTemplateArgs).date, { skeleton: 'M' });
  }
  private getWeekDetails(value: CellTemplateArgs) {
return 'Week ' + getWeekNumber((value as CellTemplateArgs).date);;
  }
  private yearTemplate(props): JSX.Element {
return (<span className="year">{this.getYearDetails(props)}</span>);
  }
  private monthTemplate(props): JSX.Element {
return (<span className="month">{this.getMonthDetails(props)}</span>);
  }
  private weekTemplate(props): JSX.Element {
return (<span className="week">{this.getWeekDetails(props)}</span>);
  }
  render() {
return <ScheduleComponent width='100%' height='550px' selectedDate={new Date(2018, 0, 1)}
eventSettings= { { dataSource: this.data } }>
    <HeaderRowsDirective>
       <HeaderRowDirective option='Year' template={this.yearTemplate.bind(this)} />
       <HeaderRowDirective option='Month' template={this.monthTemplate.bind(this)} />
       <HeaderRowDirective option='Week' template={this.weekTemplate.bind(this)} />
       <HeaderRowDirective option='Date' />
    </HeaderRowsDirective>
    <ViewsDirective>
      <ViewDirective option='TimelineMonth'/>
    </ViewsDirective>
  <Inject services={[TimelineMonth]} />
</ScheduleComponent>
  }
};
ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById('schedule'));

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

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