addEventNow

Description

Adds a new event and opens the lightbox to confirm

addEventNow: (event: any) => string

Parameters

• event - (required) object - the event object

Returns

• id - (string) - the event's id

Example

scheduler.addEventNow();
//or
scheduler.addEventNow({
    start_date: new Date(2013,0,10,8,30),
    end_date:     new Date(2013,0,10,10,30),
    text:    "Meeting",
    holder:    "John", //userdata
    room:    "5"     //userdata
});

Related samples

• Default values for lightbox controls
• Handling the pointer highlighting
• Material skin

Details

The event object can have the following properties:

start_date	(Date, string) the date, when the event is scheduled to begin. By default, the current date. If the property is specified as a string, the '%d-%m-%Y %H:%i' format should be used (to change the default format, use the api_date option)
end_date	(Date, string) the date, when the event is scheduled to be completed. By default, the current date + time_step value. If the property is specified as a string, the '%d-%m-%Y %H:%i' format should be used (to change the default format, use the api_date option)
text	(string) the event's text
id	(string) the event's id. If not specified, the id for the event will be generated automatically
userdata	(hash) a collection of custom properties presented as 'key-value' pairs

Related API

• api_date
• time_step
• addEvent

Related Guides

• Adding/Deleting Events