Copypasterecords in Vue Gantt component

16 Mar 20236 minutes to read

You can copy and paste a record in the Gantt chart by using the addRecord method and custom context menu. It is also possible to copy and paste the parent record with multiple hierarchical child records on the required position.

app.vue

<template>
     <div>
        <ejs-gantt ref='gantt' id="customContextMenu" :dataSource="data" :taskFields = "taskFields" :height = "height" :editSettings="editSettings" :enableContextMenu="true" :contextMenuItems="contextMenuItems" :contextMenuClick = "contextMenuClick" :contextMenuOpen= "contextMenuOpen" :addChildRecords= "addChildRecords"></ejs-gantt>
    </div>
</template>
<script>
import Vue from "vue";
import { GanttPlugin, ContextMenu, Edit, Selection } from "@syncfusion/ej2-vue-gantt";
import { editingData } from './data-source.js';
Vue.use(GanttPlugin);
var copiedRecord;
export default {
  data: function() {
      return{
        data: editingData,
        height: '450px',
        taskFields: {
            id: 'TaskID',
            name: 'TaskName',
            startDate: 'StartDate',
            duration: 'Duration',
            progress: 'Progress',
            dependency: 'Predecessor',
            child: 'subtasks'
        },
        editSettings: {
        allowAdding: true,
        allowEditing: true,
        allowDeleting: true
        },
        contextMenuItems: [{ text: 'Copy', target: '.e-content', id: 'copy' },
        { text: 'Paste', target: '.e-content', id: 'paste' }
        ],
    };
  },
  provide: {
      gantt: [ ContextMenu, Edit, Selection]
  },
  methods: {
        contextMenuClick: function (args) {
        var gantt = document.getElementById('customContextMenu').ej2_instances[0];
        if (args.item.id === 'copy') {
            copiedRecord = args.rowData;
            copiedRecord.taskData.TaskID = gantt.currentViewData.length + 1;
        }
        if (args.item.id === 'paste') {
            gantt.addRecord(copiedRecord.taskData,'Below',args.rowData.index);
            if(copiedRecord.hasChildRecords) {
                addChildRecords(copiedRecord, args.rowData.index + 1);
            }
            copiedRecord = undefined;
        }
        },
        contextMenuOpen: function (args) {
        if (args.type !== 'Header') {
            if (copiedRecord) {
                args.hideItems.push('Copy');
            } else {
                args.hideItems.push('Paste');
             }
        }
        },
        addChildRecords(record, index) {
          for(var i=0; i<record.childRecords.length; i++) {
          var childRecord = record.childRecords[i];
          childRecord.taskData.TaskID = gantt.currentViewData.length + 1;
          gantt.addRecord(childRecord.taskData,'Child',index);
          if(childRecord.hasChildRecords) {
              addChildRecords(childRecord, index + (i+1));
          }
    }
  }
    }
};
</script>