# getState

### Description

@short: Gets the current state of the scheduler

@signature: getState: () =\> any

### Returns
- `state` - (object) - the state object

### Example

~~~jsx
var mode = scheduler.getState().mode;
if(mode == "day"){
    // custom logic here
}
else {
    // custom logic here
}
~~~

### Related samples
- [Fully custom lightbox](https://docs.dhtmlx.com/scheduler/samples/02_customization/16_custom_form.html)
- [Removing needless hours from the time scale](https://docs.dhtmlx.com/scheduler/samples/06_timeline/09_drag_duration.html)

### Details

The state object reflects inner UI configuration of the scheduler and has the following properties:

<table class="webixdoc_links">
  <tbody>
  <tr>
  <td class="webixdoc_links0"><b>mode</b></td>
  <td>(<i>string</i>) the currently opened view</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
  <td class="webixdoc_links0"><b>date</b></td>
  <td>(<i>Date</i>) the active date</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
  <td class="webixdoc_links0"><b>min_date</b></td>
  <td>(<i>Date</i>) the date that events are displayed in the currently opened view from </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
  <td class="webixdoc_links0"><b>max_date</b></td>
  <td>(<i>Date</i>) the date that events are displayed in the currently opened view till </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
  <td class="webixdoc_links0"><b>editor_id</b></td>
  <td>(<i>string</i>) the id of an event that is currently being edited in the inline editor. 'Undefined' or 'null', if no events are being edited in the inline editor.</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
  <td class="webixdoc_links0"><b>lightbox_id</b></td>
  <td>(<i>string</i>) the id of an event that is currently opened in the lightbox. 'Undefined' or 'null', if no events are opened in the lightbox.</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
  <td class="webixdoc_links0"><b>new_event</b></td>
  <td>(<i>Date</i>) a flag that indicates whether a new event is being creating at the current moment. Current date, if a new event is being created in the scheduler. 'Undefined' or 'null', if no new events are being created in the scheduler.</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
  <td class="webixdoc_links0"><b>select_id</b></td>
  <td>(<i>string</i>) the id of the currently selected event. 'Undefined' or 'null', if no events are selected in the scheduler.</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
  <td class="webixdoc_links0"><b>expanded</b></td>
  <td>(<i>boolean</i>) gets <i>true</i>, when the scheduler is expanded. 'Undefined' or 'null', if the scheduler is in its normal size or the [expand](guides/extensions-list.md#expand) extension isn't enabled in the app.</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
  <td class="webixdoc_links0"><b>drag_id</b></td>
  <td>(<i>string</i>) the id of an event that the user is currently dragging in the scheduler. 'Undefined' or 'null', if no tasks are being dragged in the scheduler.</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
  <td class="webixdoc_links0"><b>drag_mode</b></td>
  <td>(<i>'move','resize','create', 'new-size'</i>) the drag mode. 'Underfined' or 'null', if no events are being dragged in the scheduler.</td>
  </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

:::note

Note, scheduler's behavior can not be changed by modifying this object.
 
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