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update-task

Description​

Fires when updating a task

Usage​

"update-task": ({
    id:  string | number,
    task: object,
    diff?: number,
    inProgress?: boolean
}) => boolean | void;

Parameters​

The callback of the update-task action can take an object with the following parameters:

  • id - (required) the task ID
  • task - (required) the task object. The list of parameters you can see here: tasks. You can also specify the following parameters:
    • level - (required) the nesting level of a task in the tasks tree
    • data - (optional) an array of objects with child tasks objects if any (parameters are the same as for the task object)
    • key - (required) the name of the data field which should be unique for each control type (e.g., text, duration, progress, etc.)
  • diff - (optional) the number of units for the start or/and end date values to be changed (in the tasks object)
  • inProgress - (optional) if true, marks that the task update is in progress

Example​

The example below shows how to clear the task text when opening the Editor dialog for it. 

<script>
  import { getData } from "./common/data";
  import { Gantt } from "@wx/svelte-gantt";
  
  const data = getData();
  
  let api;

  function clearTaskText() {
      api.exec("update-task",
      { id: 3, task: { text: "" } 
    });
  };

</script>

<Gantt
 bind:api
 tasks={data.tasks}
 on:show-editor={clearTaskText} />

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