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Handling left mouse clicks in calendar
I need to find a way to create in Calendar new events by clicking on left mouse button. Currently in calendar I can handle range select events by adding handler RangeSelectHandler.rangeSelect or right clicks with actions (actually context menus).
From my code:
setHandler(new CalendarComponentEvents.RangeSelectHandler() {
@Override
public void rangeSelect(CalendarComponentEvents.RangeSelectEvent event) {
ScheduleEvent scheduleEvent = scheduleEventForm.buildEvent(event.getStart()
, event.getEnd()); // creates new event in selected range
addEvent(scheduleEvent);
}
});
But I want something like this:
setHandler(new CalendarComponentEvents.CellSelectHandler() {
@Override
public void cellSelect(CalendarComponentEvents.CellSelectEvent event) {
ScheduleEvent scheduleEvent = scheduleEventForm.buildEvent(event.getDate()
, DateUtils.addHours(event.getDate(), 1)); // just plus one hour
addEvent(scheduleEvent);
}
});
Any ideas? Workarounds? Suggestions?
I would appreciate any kind of help :)
My idea is to have another component in the calendar container layout. In that component is where you create your event. When you want to create a event, set visible that component, and when you create or cancel the creation, set visible the calendar.
setHandler(new CalendarComponentEvents.RangeSelectHandler() {
@Override
public void rangeSelect(CalendarComponentEvents.RangeSelectEvent event) {
eventsComponent.setVisible(true);
calendar.setVisible(false);
}
});