JavaScript/jQuery Scheduler - Current Time Indicator

The JavaScript Scheduler indicates the current time if you enable the showCurrentTimeIndicator property. Use the indicatorUpdateInterval property to specify how frequently the indicator should change its position.

You can also shade the timetable up to the current time. To enable this feature, set the shadeUntilCurrentTime property to true.

In this example, you can use the controls under the JavaScript Scheduler to change the above mentioned properties at runtime.

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Backend API

$(() => { const scheduler = $('#scheduler').dxScheduler({ dataSource: data, views: ['week', 'timelineWeek'], currentView: 'week', showCurrentTimeIndicator: true, indicatorUpdateInterval: 10000, showAllDayPanel: false, shadeUntilCurrentTime: true, currentDate: new Date(), editing: false, height: 600, resources: [{ fieldExpr: 'movieId', dataSource: moviesData, }], appointmentTemplate(model) { const movieInfo = getMovieById(model.appointmentData.movieId) || {}; return $(`${"<div class='movie'>" + "<img src='"}${movieInfo.image}' alt='${movieInfo.text} poster' />` + `<div class='movie-text'>${movieInfo.text}</div>` + '</div>'); }, onContentReady(e) { e.component.scrollTo(new Date()); }, onAppointmentClick(e) { e.cancel = true; }, onAppointmentDblClick(e) { e.cancel = true; }, }).dxScheduler('instance'); $('#show-indicator').dxSwitch({ value: true, onValueChanged(e) { scheduler.option('showCurrentTimeIndicator', e.value); }, }); $('#allow-shading').dxSwitch({ value: true, onValueChanged(e) { scheduler.option('shadeUntilCurrentTime', e.value); }, }); $('#update-interval').dxNumberBox({ min: 1, max: 1200, value: 10, step: 10, showSpinButtons: true, width: '100px', format: '#0 s', inputAttr: { 'aria-label': 'Interval' }, onValueChanged(e) { scheduler.option('indicatorUpdateInterval', e.value * 1000); }, }); function getMovieById(id) { return DevExpress.data.query(moviesData) .filter('id', id) .toArray()[0]; } });

<!DOCTYPE html> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en"> <head> <title>DevExtreme Demo</title> <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge" /> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=5.0" /> <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.5.1/jquery.min.js"></script> <script>window.jQuery || document.write(decodeURIComponent('%3Cscript src="js/jquery.min.js"%3E%3C/script%3E'))</script> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="https://cdn3.devexpress.com/jslib/25.1.3/css/dx.light.css" /> <script src="js/dx.all.js"></script> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="styles.css" /> <script src="data.js"></script> <script src="index.js"></script> </head> <body class="dx-viewport"> <div class="demo-container"> <div id="scheduler"></div> <div class="options"> <div class="column"> <div class="option"> <div class="label">Current time indicator</div> <div class="value"> <div id="show-indicator"></div> </div> </div> <div class="option"> <div class="label">Shading until current time</div> <div class="value"> <div id="allow-shading"></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="column"> <div class="option"> <div class="label">Update position in</div> <div class="value"> <div id="update-interval"></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </body> </html>

.dx-scheduler-appointment { color: #000; font-weight: 500; background-color: #e4e4e4; } .dx-scheduler-appointment-recurrence .dx-scheduler-appointment-content { padding: 5px 0 5px 7px; } .options { background-color: rgba(191, 191, 191, 0.15); margin-top: 20px; display: flex; align-items: flex-start; } .column { width: 40%; display: inline-block; margin: 15px 3%; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; } .option { padding: 5px 0; display: flex; align-items: center; } .label, .value { display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle; } .label { width: 180px; } .value { width: 30%; } .movie img { height: 70px; } .movie-text { font-size: 90%; white-space: normal; } #allow-shading, #show-indicator { height: 36px; }