onBeforeExternalDragIn

Description

Fires before some element starts to be dragged into the scheduler from an outside DHTMLX component (only with dnd extension enabled)

onBeforeExternalDragIn: (source: HTMLElement, dhtmlx: object, tArea: HTMLElement, tNode: HTMLElement, e: Event) => boolean

Parameters

• source - (required) HTMLElement - an HTML element that will be dragged into the scheduler
• dhtmlx - (required) object - a global DHTMLX object
• tArea - (required) HTMLElement - an HTML object of the scheduler's data area
• tNode - (required) HTMLElement - the target scheduler's HTML object (a column in the Day view, a section in the Timeline view, etc.)
• e - (required) Event - a native event object

Returns

• result - (boolean) - defines whether the default action of the event will be triggered (true) or canceled (false)

Example

scheduler.attachEvent("onBeforeExternalDragIn",function(source,dhtmlx,tArea,tNode,e)
{
    //any custom logic here
    return true;
});

Details

note

The event requires the outerdrag plugin to be activated.

The event is blockable. Return false and the external element won't be dragged to the scheduler.

Related API

• onExternalDragIn