Gantt Selected Task in javascript

[Jerry]

I have added a custom button in place of the "Add Task" but can't seem to figure out how I can find the selected task from the gantt chart in javascript.  I am trying to force a popup so that the user can only select from a list of items to add as a task, depending on level they are selecting.  Any samples or ideas would be great.

Thanks!

[Peter Milchev]

Hello Jerry,

For convenience and better visibility from the community, I am sharing the answer from the related support thread:

You can reuse the demo's code to create a custom toolbar button where you can find the selected task and show your custom popup:

• https://demos.telerik.com/aspnet-ajax/gantt/examples/functionality/client-templates/defaultcs.aspx 

Here is a modification of the handler code that accesses the selected task and the level of the task:

<script>
    function findTaskByUid(gantt, uid) {
        for (var i = 0; i < gantt.get_allTasks().length; i++) {
            var task = gantt.get_allTasks()[i];
            if (task._uid == uid) {
                return task;
            }
        }
    }
    function findTaskByID(gantt, id) {
        for (var i = 0; i < gantt.get_allTasks().length; i++) {
            var task = gantt.get_allTasks()[i];
            if (task.get_id() == id) {
                return task;
            }
        }
    }

    function toolbar_click(button, ev) {
        var gantt = $telerik.$(button).closest(".RadGantt")[0].control;
        var tasksInProgressCount = 0;
        var selectedRow = gantt.get_kendoWidget().select();

        var selectedTaskUid = selectedRow.attr("data-uid");
        var task = findTaskByUid(gantt, selectedTaskUid);
        if (task) {
            var level = 0;
            var parentTask;
            while (task.get_parentId()) {
                task = findTaskByID(gantt, task.get_parentId())
                level++;
            }
            alert("task level: " + level)
        }

// show a popup with custom tasks here...return false;
    }
</script>

 

Depending on your implementation, once you select the task from the list, you can directly make a postback and update the database to add the task and set the correct ParentID.

Regards,
Peter Milchev
Progress Telerik