New Alpha List Calendar

[peteconway]

Very impressive.

[CharlesParker]

I think they could use some calendar color options, and a couple of default layout choices to include an image/svg icon, etc. the thing about a calendar is you should be able to tell what is going on with out much more than a glance at it. I think they said they were looking for more ideas to incorporate so there's a couple! It should also have an option to go to change the view based on screen orientation. At any rate it's good to see the new work being done on it.

[Lance Gurd]

I have had some great fun over the weekend playing around with this and have managed to get it working with a mySQL database and use British format dates but for the life of me cannot find how to set the default date to today rather than 1/1/2019.

The only issue I have found and reported is when you set the JSON for the layout settings and the javascript for an event it all works, but if you go back to it its not there to be able to edit, you have to paste in again then edit.

[lvasic]

Fantastic! I needed it yesterday.

[scrimej]

Did you see anything related to them supporting recurring event scheduling?

I also didn't see in the video where you maintain the description for the event. Other calendars allow you to double click an appointment and get a popup to edit the description, etc.

Other than that it looks great so far.

[Lance Gurd]

I did manage to get the double click working, it did seem temperamental but I used a docked panel to edit the appointment.

The recurring event would need to be a field in the underlying data/table which I think needs a rethink on alpha's side. I would prefer end time to duration for instance.

[iRadiate]

I have had some great fun over the weekend playing around with this and have managed to get it working with a mySQL database and use British format dates but for the life of me cannot find how to set the default date to today rather than 1/1/2019.

The only issue I have found and reported is when you set the JSON for the layout settings and the javascript for an event it all works, but if you go back to it its not there to be able to edit, you have to paste in again then edit.

Lance, did you ever figure out how to set the default date? I have been informed that this can be done by setting the layout.date which is the starting date for the rendered range.
I have been trying to set this without any success .. mainly because I have done precious little with JSON before and my syntax always fails when I try to add in the sample code from the settings object documentation.

I 'think' it goes something like ..

[COLOR=#a31515]"layout"[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]:{[/COLOR]
[COLOR=#a31515]"date"[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]: { [/COLOR][COLOR=#008000]// settings for a date in the navigator[/COLOR]
[COLOR=#a31515]"className"[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]: 'listItem', [/COLOR][COLOR=#008000]// the class name for a date[/COLOR]
[COLOR=#a31515]"selectedClassName"[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]: 'listItemSelected', [/COLOR][COLOR=#008000]// the selected class name for a date[/COLOR]
[COLOR=#a31515]"style"[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]: 'padding: [/COLOR][COLOR=#09885a]6[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]px; text-align: center;', [/COLOR][COLOR=#008000]// the style for a date[/COLOR]
[COLOR=#a31515]"html"[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]: 'default' [/COLOR][COLOR=#008000]// the HTML for a date - a value of "default" will use a reasonable default, or a template or function can be used[/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000]}[/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000]}[/COLOR]

.. or something like that, perhaps using now ..

now: { // the current date/time marker
show: true, // whether to show the current date/time marker
className: '', // the current date/time marker class name
style: 'border: 1px dotted #ff351c;', // the current date/time marker style (every border except the logical best will be set to a type of none automatically)
label: { // the current date/time marker label
location: 'after-end', // the current date/time marker label location - values can be "none", "before-start", "before-end", "after-start", "after-end", "on-start", or "on-end"
html: 'h:mm am', // the current date/time marker label format (see Date.toFormat)
className: '', // the current date/time marker label class name
style: 'background: #ff351c; color: #fff; border-radius: 2px; padding: 2px 4px; font-size: 60%; margin: -1px;' // the current date/time marker label style
}
}
},

[Lance Gurd]

Hi Stephen,

Still not got it to work, seems to me both those settings alter the style of the date and the current time indicator not the actual date.

[tracieok]

Game changer! Calendar type functionality is built in to a LOT of programs. Thanks Alpha!

[iRadiate]

Hi Stephen,

Still not got it to work, seems to me both those settings alter the style of the date and the current time indicator not the actual date.

This is the exact reply I got back from Alpha on this .. Can be done by setting the layout.date - that is the starting point for the rendered range.

I'm still trying to figure this out but the reply was really not very helpful to someone not familiar with manipulating JSON data. Strange, but this is something I have never needed to do before.
The calendar is also still in very early stages so I won't get to worried about it, it's a very exciting addition and I'm sure Alpha will only make it great over time!

[Lance Gurd]

Have tried various different combinations and no luck.

[peteconway]

We all need to remember why we have access to this tool at this time, its to observe, try different use cases, make suggestions, and add value to current documentation so that 'when ready for release' the product does mostly what people need, and have a learning curve that everyone is comfortable with, it's certainly not to go into production with or get frustrated with, just digest what you see and report suggestions and bugs to the development team, not here. I think its has tremendous potential and hopefully when I have completed my evaluation in a couple of weeks, i'll submit my results, I will have helped it to happen.

Then i'll go into production.

Pete, and please everyone stay safe.

[iRadiate]

We all need to remember why we have access to this tool at this time, its to observe, try different use cases, make suggestions, and add value to current documentation so that 'when ready for release' the product does mostly what people need, and have a learning curve that everyone is comfortable with, it's certainly not to go into production with or get frustrated with, just digest what you see and report suggestions and bugs to the development team, not here. I think its has tremendous potential and hopefully when I have completed my evaluation in a couple of weeks, i'll submit my results, I will have helped it to happen.

Then i'll go into production.

Pete, and please everyone stay safe.

I have already submitted several suggestions directly to Alpha, so I'm not sure what you are eluding to with that comment.
Lance and I were simply discussing how to set the start date, something that is supposedly possible to do, and trying to work through with each others help.

[peteconway]

Sorry if I offended you both, just wanted to keep focus on the testing process.

Pete

[scrimej]

Perhaps this question/concern is a little premature but I'm troubled about the need to obtain a "Feature Key" in order to beta the Calendar.
Does this mean that when this control is released it will be an "add-on" feature that you'll have to purchase in order to use?