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Clone Scheduler Events on Ctrl+move

Environment

ProductProgress® Kendo UI® Scheduler for jQuery
Operating SystemWindows 10 64bit
Visual Studio VersionVisual Studio 2017
Preferred LanguageJavaScript

Description

How can I clone events in the Scheduler on Ctrl+Move?

Solution

The following example demonstrates how to achieve the desired scenario. To see the result, open the example in Dojo in the Full-screen mode.

    <div id="example">
      <div id="team-schedule">
        <div id="people">
          <input checked type="checkbox" id="alex" value="1" />
          <input checked type="checkbox" id="bob" value="2" />
          <input type="checkbox" id="charlie" value="3" />
        </div>
      </div>
      <div id="scheduler"></div>
    </div>
    <script>
      $(function () {
        var ctrlKey = false;
        var scheduler = $("#scheduler")
          .kendoScheduler({
            date: new Date("2025/6/13"),
            startTime: new Date("2025/6/13 07:00 AM"),
            height: 600,
            views: [
              "day",
              { type: "workWeek", selected: true },
              "week",
              "month",
              "agenda",
            ],
            moveEnd: function (e) {
              if (ctrlKey) {
                e.preventDefault();

                //https://docs.telerik.com/kendo-ui/api/javascript/data/schedulerevent/methods/clone
                var newEvent = e.event.clone({
                  start: e.start,
                  end: e.end,
                });

                this.dataSource.add(newEvent);
                this.dataSource.sync();
              }
            },
            timezone: "Etc/UTC",
            dataSource: {
              batch: true,
              transport: {
                read: {
                  url: "https://demos.telerik.com/service/v2/core/tasks",
                },
                update: {
                  url: "https://demos.telerik.com/service/v2/core/tasks/update",
                  type: "POST",
                  contentType: "application/json",
                },
                create: {
                  url: "https://demos.telerik.com/service/v2/core/tasks/create",
                  type: "POST",
                  contentType: "application/json",
                },
                destroy: {
                  url: "https://demos.telerik.com/service/v2/core/tasks/destroy",
                  type: "POST",
                  contentType: "application/json",
                },
                parameterMap: function (options, operation) {
                  if (operation !== "read" && options.models) {
                    return kendo.stringify(options.models);
                  }
                },
              },
              schema: {
                model: {
                  id: "taskId",
                  fields: {
                    taskId: { from: "TaskID", type: "number" },
                    title: {
                      from: "Title",
                      defaultValue: "No title",
                      validation: { required: true },
                    },
                    start: { type: "date", from: "Start" },
                    end: { type: "date", from: "End" },
                    startTimezone: { from: "StartTimezone" },
                    endTimezone: { from: "EndTimezone" },
                    description: { from: "Description" },
                    recurrenceId: { from: "RecurrenceID" },
                    recurrenceRule: { from: "RecurrenceRule" },
                    recurrenceException: { from: "RecurrenceException" },
                    ownerId: { from: "OwnerID", defaultValue: 1 },
                    isAllDay: { type: "boolean", from: "IsAllDay" },
                  },
                },
              },
              filter: {
                logic: "or",
                filters: [
                  { field: "ownerId", operator: "eq", value: 1 },
                  { field: "ownerId", operator: "eq", value: 2 },
                ],
              },
            },
            resources: [
              {
                field: "ownerId",
                title: "Owner",
                dataSource: [
                  { text: "Alex", value: 1, color: "#f8a398" },
                  { text: "Bob", value: 2, color: "#51a0ed" },
                  { text: "Charlie", value: 3, color: "#56ca85" },
                ],
              },
            ],
          })
          .data("kendoScheduler");

        $(document)
          .on("keydown", function (e) {
            ctrlKey = e.ctrlKey;
          })
          .on("keyup", function (e) {
            ctrlKey = e.ctrlKey;
          });

        $("#people :checkbox").change(function (e) {
          var checked = $.map($("#people :checked"), function (checkbox) {
            return parseInt($(checkbox).val());
          });

          var scheduler = $("#scheduler").data("kendoScheduler");

          scheduler.dataSource.filter({
            operator: function (task) {
              return $.inArray(task.ownerId, checked) >= 0;
            },
          });
        });
      });
    </script>
    <style scoped>
      .k-nav-current > .k-link span + span {
        max-width: 200px;
        display: inline-block;
        white-space: nowrap;
        text-overflow: ellipsis;
        overflow: hidden;
        vertical-align: top;
      }

      #team-schedule {
        background: url("../content/web/scheduler/team-schedule.png")
          transparent no-repeat;
        height: 115px;
        position: relative;
      }

        scheduler.dataSource.filter({
            operator: function(task) {
                return $.inArray(task.ownerId, checked) >= 0;
            }
        });
    });
});
</script>
<style scoped>
.k-nav-current > .k-link span + span {
    max-width: 200px;
    display: inline-block;
    white-space: nowrap;
    text-overflow: ellipsis;
    overflow: hidden;
    vertical-align: top;
}

#team-schedule {
    background: url('https://demos.telerik.com/kendo-ui/content/web/scheduler/team-schedule.png') transparent no-repeat;
    height: 115px;
    position: relative;
}

#people {
    background: url('https://demos.telerik.com/kendo-ui/content/web/scheduler/scheduler-people.png') no-repeat;
    width: 345px;
    height: 115px;
    position: absolute;
    right: 0;
}
#alex {
    position: absolute;
    left: 4px;
    top: 81px;
}
#bob {
    position: absolute;
    left: 119px;
    top: 81px;
}
#charlie {
    position: absolute;
    left: 234px;
    top: 81px;
}
</style>

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