RadControls for WPF
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This section defines the terms and the concepts used in the scope of RadScheduler which you have to get familiar with before you continue reading this help.

This is the default appearance of the standard RadScheduler control.

 

  • View - the view is hosted in the central content area of the RadScheduler control. Its purpose is to visualize the appointments using different kinds of views: DayView, WeekView, MonthView or TimelineView. Each one of those four views is meant to display different date range, as you can guess watching their names. Read more
  • View Navigation - this is the navigation element that gives you the option to change the current view. It is located in the upper part of the RadScheduler and contains four items: Day, Week, Month and Timeline. Clicking on one of the items will change the currently selected view.

 

  • Back and Forward Navigation - these two buttons help you navigate back and forward in time. The step of both buttons depends on the type of the current view, i.e. if your current view is MonthView, the back button will navigate to the previous month while the forward button will navigate to the next month.
  • Calendar Navigation - this is a standard calendar control that makes easier the navigation to a specific day. Just select the date you want and it will be displayed by the current view.
  • Appointment - the appointments are the dynamic content of the RadScheduler. They are always displayed within the day(s) they belong to. To find out more about the appointment's visual elements take a look at the next section of this chapter. Read more
  • Scrollbar - the scrollbars are horizontal or vertical and their scroll behavior depends on the current view i.e. in MonthView they act exactly like the Back and Forward Navigation buttons, showing you the previous/next month. Read more
  • Today - today is always marked with a thin border or different background color depending on the current view.

Appointment Elements

 

  • Recurrency Arrows - two rotating arrows placed in the right part of the appointment which mark it as recurrent. If you edit one particular appearance of that sequence then the two rotating arrows will be crossed off by a thin line. This comes to indicate that the particular appointment is no longer part of the sequence it belonged to, because it has been manually modified.
  • Subject - the subject is displayed as text on each appointment in the RadScheduler. You can edit it either in-line in the calender or via the edit appointment dialog. Read more
  • Delete Button - when you hover your mouse over an appointment a small delete button appears in the right part of the appointment container. If you click it, a delete confirmation dialog will pop-up asking you if you really want to delete that appointment.
  • Background Color - the background color of each appointment indicates the category to which the appointment belongs.
  • Time Marker - a small colorized marker placed in the left part of the appointment, indicates how its time should be treated: Free, Busy, Out of Office or Tentative. Read more
  • ToolTip - when you hover your mouse over an appointment a tool tip appears. By default it shows the start time, the end time, the subject and the priority of the appointment. To customize it read how to create custom appointment tool tip.

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