getLightboxSection

returns the object of the lightbox's section

Parameters

name

string | number

the name of the section

Returns

object

the section object

Example

const time = gantt.getLightboxSection('time');
const descr = gantt.getLightboxSection('description');
 
//gets the value
const value = time.getValue();
const value1 = descr.getValue();
 
//sets the value
descr.setValue('New Task'); //for sections that contain the only control
time.setValue(null,{
    start_date:new Date(2020,03,10), 
    end_date:new Date(2022,03,10), 
    duration:5
}); //for multi-control sections: the 1st parameter is 'null', 2nd - a data object

The section object contains the following members:

Properties

• section - (object) the configuration object of the section
  • id - (string) the section id
  • name - (string) the section name. According to the name, the gantt takes the label for the section from the locale.labels collection. For example, for the 'description' section , the label will be taken as gantt.locale.labels.section_description
  • height - (number) the section height
  • map_to - (string) the name of a property mapped to the editor
  • type - (string) the editor type
  • focus - (boolean) if set to true, the related field will take the focus on opening the lightbox
• node - (HTMLElement) a div with the section body
• header - (HTMLElement) a div with the section header
• control - (HTML collection) a collection of controls used in the section

Methods

• getValue() - returns an object with the section's data
• setValue() - sets the value(s) for the section. As a parameter the method takes a value (or an object with values if the section has several controls) that should be set

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