Input Behavior

Updated on May 7, 2026

The SchedulerInputBehavior is responsible for processing the keyboard and mouse input in RadScheduler.

Below are the methods which handle the respective events:

• HandleMouseDown

• HandleMouseMove

• HandleMouseUp

• HandleNavigationKey

• HandleMouseWheel

• HandleMouseEnter

• HandleMouseLeave

• HandleCellElementDoubleClick

• HandleAppointmentElementDoubleClick

• HandleCellElementKeyPress

Each of these methods can be overridden and the instance of the SchedulerInputBehavior used in RadScheduler can be replaced with a custom one. This allows you to modify the default behavior of the control. The following example demonstrates how to alter the default behavior and allow moving appointments via CTRL + arrow keys. In order to accomplish this, we need to inherit the SchedulerInputBehavior class and override the HandleKeyDown method:

Custom Input Behavior

C#

public class MySchedulerInputBehavior : SchedulerInputBehavior
{
    public MySchedulerInputBehavior(RadScheduler scheduler)
        : base(scheduler)
    {
    }

    public override bool HandleKeyDown(KeyEventArgs args)
    {
        bool isControl = (args.Modifiers & Keys.Control) == Keys.Control;
        IEvent selectedAppointment = this.Scheduler.SelectionBehavior.SelectedAppointment;
        if (isControl && selectedAppointment != null)
        {
            if ((args.KeyData & Keys.Up) == Keys.Up)
            {
                selectedAppointment.Start = selectedAppointment.Start.AddHours(-1);
                selectedAppointment.End = selectedAppointment.End.AddHours(-1);
            }
            else if ((args.KeyData & Keys.Down) == Keys.Down)
            {
                selectedAppointment.Start = selectedAppointment.Start.AddHours(1);
                selectedAppointment.End = selectedAppointment.End.AddHours(1);
            }
        }

        return base.HandleKeyDown(args);
    }
}

VB.NET

Public Class MySchedulerInputBehavior
    Inherits SchedulerInputBehavior
    Public Sub New(scheduler As RadScheduler)
        MyBase.New(scheduler)
    End Sub

    Public Overrides Function HandleKeyDown(args As KeyEventArgs) As Boolean
        Dim isControl As Boolean = (args.Modifiers And Keys.Control) = Keys.Control
        Dim selectedAppointment As IEvent = Me.Scheduler.SelectionBehavior.SelectedAppointment
        If isControl AndAlso selectedAppointment IsNot Nothing Then
            If (args.KeyData And Keys.Up) = Keys.Up Then
                selectedAppointment.Start = selectedAppointment.Start.AddHours(-1)
                selectedAppointment.[End] = selectedAppointment.[End].AddHours(-1)
            ElseIf (args.KeyData And Keys.Down) = Keys.Down Then
                selectedAppointment.Start = selectedAppointment.Start.AddHours(1)
                selectedAppointment.[End] = selectedAppointment.[End].AddHours(1)
            End If
        End If

        Return MyBase.HandleKeyDown(args)
    End Function
End Class

Now we need to assign this new input behavior to the SchedulerInputBehavior property of RadScheduler:

Set Behavior

C#

scheduler.SchedulerInputBehavior = new MySchedulerInputBehavior(scheduler);

VB.NET

scheduler.SchedulerInputBehavior = New MySchedulerInputBehavior(scheduler)

You can see the result below:

Figure 1: Custom Input Behavior

See Also

• Design Time
• Data Binding
• Views