Cards

28 Jun 201724 minutes to read

Customization

Cards can be customized with appropriate mapping fields from the database. The customizable mapping properties are listed as follows

Mapping Fields Description

content

Map the column name to use as content to cards.

tag

Map the column name to use as tag. Multiple tags can be given with comma separated. E.g. "API","SQL, Database".

color

Map the column name to use as colors to highlight cards left border.

colorMapping

Map the colors to use with column values which is mapped with `fields.color`.

imageUrl

Map the column name to use as image to cards.

primaryKey

Map the column name to use as primary key to cards.

priority

Map the column name to use as priority to cards.

title

Map the column name to use as title to cards. Default title is `primaryKey`.

allowTitle

Set as true to enable title for card.

The following code example describes the above behavior.

  • JAVASCRIPT
  • <!DOCTYPE html>
        <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en" ng-app="KanbanApp">
        <head>
            <title>Essential Studio for AngularJS: Kanban</title>        
        </head>
        <body ng-controller="KanbanCtrl">
            <div id="Kanban" ej-kanban e-datasource="data" e-allowtitle="true" e-keyfield="Status" e-fields-content="Summary" e-fields-primarykey="Id" e-fields-priority="RankId"
                e-fields-tag="Tags" e-fields-color="Type" e-fields-imageurl="ImgUrl" e-cardsettings-colormapping="colors">
                <div e-columns>
                    <div e-column e-headertext="Backlog" e-key="Open"></div>
                    <div e-column e-headertext="In Progress" e-key="InProgress"></div>
                    <div e-column e-headertext="Testing" e-key="Testing"></div>
                    <div e-column e-headertext="Done" e-key="Close"></div>
                </div>
            </div>
            <script>
                angular.module('KanbanApp', ['ejangular'])
                    .controller('KanbanCtrl', function ($scope) {
                        $scope.data = new ej.DataManager(window.kanbanData).executeLocal(ej.Query().take(30));
                        $scope.colors = {
                            "#cb2027": "Bug,Story",
                            "#67ab47": "Improvement",
                            "#fbae19": "Epic",
                            "#6a5da8": "Others",
                        };
                    });
            </script>
        </body>
        </html>

    The following output is displayed as a result of the above code example.

    Template

    Templates are used to create custom card layout as per the user convenient. HTML templates can be specified in the template property of the cardSettings as an ID of the template’s HTML element.

    You can use JsRender syntax in the template. For more information about JsRender syntax, please refer this link.

    The following code example describes the above behavior.

  • HTML
  • <script id="cardtemplate" type="text/x-jsrender">        
                <table>
                <tr>
                    <td class="photo">
                        <img src=".png">
                    </td>            
                    <td class="details">
                        <table>
                            <colgroup>
                                <col width="30%">
                                <col width="70%">
                            </colgroup>
                            <tbody>
                                <tr>
                                    <td class="CardHeader">   Name: </td>
                                    <td></td>
                                </tr>
                                <tr>
                                    <td class="CardHeader">   Task: </td>
                                    <td></td>
                                </tr>
                            </tbody>
                        </table>
                    </td>
                </tr>
                </table> 
            </script>
  • JAVASCRIPT
  • <!DOCTYPE html>
        <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en" ng-app="KanbanApp">
        <head>
            <title>Essential Studio for AngularJS: Kanban</title>        
        </head>
        <body ng-controller="KanbanCtrl">
            <div id="Kanban" ej-kanban e-datasource="data" e-allowtitle="true" e-keyfield="Status" e-fields-content="Summary" e-fields-primarykey="Id" e-cardSettings-template="#cardtemplate">
                <div e-columns>
                    <div e-column e-headertext="Backlog" e-key="Open"></div>
                    <div e-column e-headertext="In Progress" e-key="InProgress"></div>
                    <div e-column e-headertext="Testing" e-key="Testing"></div>
                    <div e-column e-headertext="Done" e-key="Close"></div>
                </div>
            </div>
            <script>
                angular.module('KanbanApp', ['ejangular'])
                    .controller('KanbanCtrl', function ($scope) {
                        $scope.data = new ej.DataManager(window.kanbanData).executeLocal(ej.Query().take(30));                
                    });
            </script>
            <script id="cardtemplate" type="text/x-jsrender">
                <table>
                    <tr>
                        <td class="photo">
                            <img src=".png">
                        </td>
                        <td class="details">
                            <table>
                                <colgroup>
                                    <col width="30%">
                                    <col width="70%">
                                </colgroup>
                                <tbody>
                                    <tr>
                                        <td class="CardHeader">   Name: </td>
                                        <td></td>
                                    </tr>
                                    <tr>
                                        <td class="CardHeader">   Task: </td>
                                        <td></td>
                                    </tr>
                                </tbody>
                            </table>
                        </td>
                    </tr>
                </table>
            </script>
        </body>
        </html>
  • CSS
  • <!--CSS for card template-->
            <style>
                .e-templatetable {
                    width: 100%;
                }
    
                .details > table {
                    margin-left: 2px;
                    border-collapse: separate;
                    border-spacing: 2px;
                    width: 100%;
                }
    
                .details td {
                    vertical-align: top;
                }
    
                .details {
                    padding: 8px 8px 10px 0;
                }
    
                .photo {
                    padding: 8px 6px 10px 6px;
                    text-align: center;
                }
    
                .CardHeader {
                    font-weight: bolder;
                    padding-right: 10px;
                }
            </style>

    The following output is displayed as a result of the above code example.

    Tooltip

    You can enable HTML tooltip for Kanban card elements by setting enable property as true in tooltipSettings.

    The following code example describes the above behavior.

  • JAVASCRIPT
  • <!DOCTYPE html>
        <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en" ng-app="KanbanApp">
        <head>
            <title>Essential Studio for AngularJS: Kanban</title>
        </head>
        <body ng-controller="KanbanCtrl">
            <div id="Kanban" ej-kanban e-datasource="data" e-allowtitle="true" e-keyfield="Status" e-fields-content="Summary" e-fields-primarykey="Id" e-fields-tag="Tags" e-tooltipSettings-enable="true">
                <div e-columns>
                    <div e-column e-headertext="Backlog" e-key="Open"></div>
                    <div e-column e-headertext="In Progress" e-key="InProgress"></div>
                    <div e-column e-headertext="Testing" e-key="Testing"></div>
                    <div e-column e-headertext="Done" e-key="Close"></div>
                </div>
            </div>
            <script>
                angular.module('KanbanApp', ['ejangular'])
                    .controller('KanbanCtrl', function ($scope) {
                        $scope.data = new ej.DataManager(window.kanbanData).executeLocal(ej.Query().take(30));                
                    });
            </script>   
        </body>
        </html>

    The following output is displayed as a result of the above code example.

    Tooltip Template

    By making use of template feature with tooltip, all the field names that are mapped from the dataSource can be accessed to define the template tooltip for card. The tooltipSettings.enable must be enabled first.

    The following code example describes the tooltip template.

  • HTML
  • <script id="tooltipTemp" type="text/x-jsrender">
                <div class='e-kanbantooltiptemplate'>
                    <table>
                        <tr>
                            <td class="photo">
                                <img src="">
                            </td>
                            <td class="details">
                                <table>
                                    <colgroup>
                                        <col width="30%">
                                        <col width="70%">
                                    </colgroup>
                                    <tbody>
                                        <tr>
                                            <td class="CardHeader">Assignee:</td>
                                            <td></td>
                                        </tr>
                                        <tr>
                                            <td class="CardHeader">Type:</td>
                                            <td></td>
                                        </tr>                                
                                        <tr>
                                            <td class="CardHeader">Estimate:</td>
                                            <td></td>
                                        </tr>                                
                                        <tr>
                                            <td class="CardHeader">Summary:</td>
                                            <td></td>
                                        </tr>
                                    </tbody>
                                </table>
                            </td>
                        </tr>
                    </table>
                </div>
        </script>
  • JAVASCRIPT
  • <!DOCTYPE html>
        <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en" ng-app="KanbanApp">
        <head>
            <title>Essential Studio for AngularJS: Kanban</title>  
        </head>
        <body ng-controller="KanbanCtrl">
            <div id="Kanban" ej-kanban e-datasource="data" e-allowtitle="true" e-keyfield="Status" e-fields-content="Summary" e-fields-primarykey="Id" e-fields-tag="Tags" e-tooltipsettings-enable="true" e-tooltipsettings-template="#tooltipTemp">
                <div e-columns>
                    <div e-column e-headertext="Backlog" e-key="Open"></div>
                    <div e-column e-headertext="In Progress" e-key="InProgress"></div>
                    <div e-column e-headertext="Testing" e-key="Testing"></div>
                    <div e-column e-headertext="Done" e-key="Close"></div>
                </div>
            </div>
            <script>
                angular.module('KanbanApp', ['ejangular'])
                    .controller('KanbanCtrl', function ($scope) {
                        $scope.data = new ej.DataManager(window.kanbanData).executeLocal(ej.Query().take(30));                
                    });
            </script>   
        </body>
        </html>
  • CSS
  • <!--toolTip template releated css -->
        <style> 
            .details >table {
                width: 100%;
                margin-left:2px;           
                border-collapse: separate;
                border-spacing: 1px;
            }
            .e-kanbantooltiptemplate {
                width: 250px;
                padding: 3px;
            }
            .e-kanbantooltiptemplate > table {
                width: 100%;
            }
            .e-kanbantooltiptemplate td {
                vertical-align: top;
            }
            td.details {
                padding-left: 10px;
            }
            .CardHeader {
                font-weight: bolder;
            }
        </style>

    The following output is displayed as a result of the above code example.