// create groups
var numberOfGroups = 3;
var groups = new vis.DataSet()
for (var i = 0; i < numberOfGroups; i++) {
groups.add({
id: i,
content: 'Truck ' + i
})
}
// create items
var numberOfItems = 10;
var items = new vis.DataSet();
var itemsPerGroup = Math.round(numberOfItems / numberOfGroups);
for (var truck = 0; truck < numberOfGroups; truck++) {
var date = new Date();
for (var order = 0; order < itemsPerGroup; order++) {
date.setHours(date.getHours() + 4 * (Math.random() < 0.2));
var start = new Date(date);
date.setHours(date.getHours() + 2 + Math.floor(Math.random() * 4));
var end = new Date(date);
items.add({
id: order + itemsPerGroup * truck,
group: truck,
start: start,
end: end,
content: 'Order ' + order
});
}
}
// specify options
var options = {
stack: true,
start: new Date(),
end: new Date(1000 * 60 * 60 * 24 + (new Date()).valueOf()),
editable: true,
orientation: 'top',
onDropObjectOnItem: function(objectData, item, callback) {
if (!item) { return; }
alert('dropped object with content: "' + objectData.content + '" to item: "' + item.content + '"');
}
};
// create a Timeline
var container = document.getElementById('mytimeline');
timeline1 = new vis.Timeline(container, items, groups, options);
function handleDragStart(event) {
var dragSrcEl = event.target;
event.dataTransfer.effectAllowed = 'move';
var itemType = event.target.innerHTML.split('-')[1].trim();
var item = {
id: new Date(),
type: itemType,
content: event.target.innerHTML.split('-')[0].trim()
};
// set event.target ID with item ID
event.target.id = new Date(item.id).toISOString();
var isFixedTimes = (event.target.innerHTML.split('-')[2] && event.target.innerHTML.split('-')[2].trim() == 'fixed times')
if (isFixedTimes) {
item.start = new Date();
item.end = new Date(1000 * 60 * 10 + (new Date()).valueOf());
}
event.dataTransfer.setData("text", JSON.stringify(item));
// Trigger on from the new item dragged when this item drag is finish
event.target.addEventListener('dragend', handleDragEnd.bind(this), false);
}
function handleDragEnd(event) {
// Last item that just been dragged, its ID is the same of event.target
var newItem_dropped = timeline1.itemsData.get(event.target.id);
var html = "<b>id: </b>" + newItem_dropped.id + "<br>";
html += "<b>content: </b>" + newItem_dropped.content + "<br>";
html += "<b>start: </b>" + newItem_dropped.start + "<br>";
html += "<b>end: </b>" + newItem_dropped.end + "<br>";
document.getElementById('output').innerHTML = html;
}
function handleObjectItemDragStart(event) {
var dragSrcEl = event.target;
event.dataTransfer.effectAllowed = 'move';
var objectItem = {
content: 'objectItemData',
target: 'item'
};
event.dataTransfer.setData("text", JSON.stringify(objectItem));
}
var items = document.querySelectorAll('.items .item');
var objectItems = document.querySelectorAll('.object-item');
for (var i = items.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
var item = items[i];
item.addEventListener('dragstart', handleDragStart.bind(this), false);
}
for (var i = objectItems.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
var objectItem = objectItems[i];
objectItem.addEventListener('dragstart', handleObjectItemDragStart.bind(this), false);
}
li.item {
list-style: none;
width: 150px;
color: #1A1A1A;
background-color: #D5DDF6;
border: 1px solid #97B0F8;
border-radius: 2px;
margin-bottom: 5px;
padding: 5px 12px;
}
li.item:before {
content: "≣";
font-family: Arial, sans-serif;
display: inline-block;
font-size: inherit;
cursor: move;
}
li.object-item {
list-style: none;
width: 150px;
color: #1A1A1A;
background-color: #D5DDF6;
border: 1px solid #97B0F8;
border-radius: 2px;
margin-bottom: 5px;
padding: 5px 12px;
}
li.object-item:before {
content: "≣";
font-family: Arial, sans-serif;
display: inline-block;
font-size: inherit;
cursor: move;
}
.items-panel {
display: flex;
justify-content: space-around;
}
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8" />
<title>Timeline | Drag & Drop</title>
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/vis/4.21.0/vis.min.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/vis/4.21.0/vis.min.css" />
</head>
<body>
<h1>Timeline Drag & Drop Example</h1>
<p>For this to work, you will have to define your own <code>'dragstart'</code> eventListener on each item in your list of items (make sure that any new item added to the list is attached to this eventListener 'dragstart' handler). This 'dragstart' handler
must set <code>dataTransfer</code> - notice you can set the item's information as you want this way.</p>
<div id="mytimeline"></div>
<div class='items-panel'>
<div class='side' style="max-width:350px;overflow:auto">
<h3>Last item just been dragged on timeline:</h3>
<pre id="output"></pre>
</div>
<div class='side'>
<h3>Items:</h3>
<ul class="items">
<li draggable="true" class="item">
item 1 - box
</li>
<li draggable="true" class="item">
item 2 - point
</li>
<li draggable="true" class="item">
item 3 - range
</li>
<li draggable="true" class="item">
item 3 - range - fixed times -
<br> (start: now, end: now + 10 min)
</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class='side'>
<h3>Object with "target:'item'":</h3>
<li draggable="true" class="object-item">
object with target:'item'
</li>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>