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What are the available editors in Gantt columns in .NET MVC?

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Besides default columns generated by the ASP.NET MVC Gantt control, a user can also add custom columns with the below edit types, using load client side event.

The list of editors available in Gantt for custom columns are:

  1. String
  2. Numeric
  3. Drop down
  4. Boolean
  5. Currency
  6. Percentage
  7. Mask Edit

Please refer the below code snippets for more details.

Code snippets:

<body>
@(Html.EJ().Gantt("Gantt").
//...
ClientSideEvents(eve=>
{
eve.Load("Load");
}).
.Datasource(ViewBag.dataSource)
)
@(Html.EJ().ScriptManager())
<script type="text/javascript">
//Sample Data for dropdown box
var dropDownData = [
{ text: "Open", value: "Open" },
{ text: "Progress", value: "Progress" },
{ text: "Testing", value: "Testing" },
{ text: "Completed", value: "Completed" }];
 
function Load(args) {
var columns = this.getColumns();
//Checkbox column with boolean edit 
columns.push(
{
field: "State",
headerText: "State",
editType: "booleanedit",
mappingName: "State",
width: "180px",
});
//Column with drop down list 
columns.push(
{
field: "TaskStatus",
headerText: "Task Status",
editType: "dropdownedit",
mappingName: "TaskStatus",
dropdownData: dropDownData,
width: "180px",
});
//Column with String text box
columns.push(
{
field: "Description",
headerText: "Description",
editType: "stringedit",
mappingName: "Description",
width: "180px",
});
//Column with Numeric textbox
columns.push(
{
field: "Value",
headerText: "Value",
editType: "numericedit",
mappingName: "Value",
width: "180px",
});
//Column with NumericEdit currency textbox
columns.push(
{
field: "Amount",
headerText: "Total",
editType: "numericedit",
mappingName: "Amount",
width: "180px",
format: "{0:C2}"
});
//column with NumericEdit percentage textbox
columns.push(
{
field: "Percentage",
headerText: "Percentage",
editType: "numericedit",
mappingName: "Percentage",
width: "180px",
format: "{0:P0}",
editParams: { decimalPlaces: 2, incrementStep: 0.01 }
});
//column with mask edit textbox
columns.push(
{
field: "MaskedColumn",
headerText: "Masked Text",
editType: "maskedit",
mappingName: "MaskedColumn",
width: "180px",
editParams: { maskFormat: "9999" }
});
}           
</script>
</body>    

Sample link

A sample for updating the dimensions of Gantt chart is available in the following link. Sample

 

 

Conclusion

I hope you enjoyed learning about the available editors in Gantt columns in .NET MVC.

You can refer to our ASP.NET MVC Gantt Chart feature tour page to know about its other groundbreaking feature representations and documentation, and how to quickly get started for configuration specifications. You can also explore our ASP.NET MVC Gantt example to understand how to create and manipulate data.

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