Cards in ASP.NET Core Kanban
24 Sep 202124 minutes to read
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. |
|
color-mapping |
Map the colors to use with column values which is mapped with kanbanfields.color . |
|
image-url |
Map the column name to use as image to cards. |
|
primary-key |
Map the column name to use as primary key to cards. |
|
priority |
Map the column name to use as priority key to cards. |
|
title |
Map the column name to use as title to cards. Default title is primary-key . |
|
allow-title |
Set as true to enable title for card. |
The following code example describes the above behavior.
<ej-kanban id="KanbanBoard" key-field="Status" allow-title="true" dataSource="ViewBag.datasource">
<e-kanbancolumns>
<e-kanbancolumn header-text="Backlog" key=@(new List<string>(){"Open"})>
</e-kanbancolumn>
<e-kanbancolumn header-text="In Progress" key=@(new List<string>() {"InProgress"})></e-kanbancolumn>
<e-kanbancolumn header-text="Done" key=@(new List<string>() {"Close"})></e-kanbancolumn>
</e-kanbancolumns>
<e-kanbanfield content="Summary" primary-key="Id" priority="RankId" tag="Tags" color="Type" image-url="ImgUrl">
</e-kanbanfield>
<e-kanbancard-settings color-mapping=@(new Dictionary<string, object>() { { "#cb2027", "Bug,Story" }, { "#67ab47", "Improvement" }, { "#fbae19", "Epic" }, { "#6a5da8", "Others"} })>
</e-kanbancard-settings>
</ej-kanban>public partial class KanbanBoardController : Controller
{
List<Tasks> Task = new List<Tasks>();
public ActionResult Default()
{
Task.Add(new Tasks(1, "Open", "Analyze the new requirements gathered from the customer.", "Story", "Low", "Analyze,Customer", 3.5, "Nancy", "../content/images/kanban/1.png", 1));
Task.Add(new Tasks(2, "InProgress", "Improve application performance", "Improvement", "Normal", "Improvement", 6, "Andrew Fuller", "../content/images/kanban/2.png", 1));
Task.Add(new Tasks(3, "Open", "Arrange a web meeting with the customer to get new requirements.", "Others", "Critical", "Meeting", 5.5, "Janet Leverling", "../content/images/kanban/3.png", 2));
Task.Add(new Tasks(4, "InProgress", "Fix the issues reported in the IE browser.", "Bug", "Release Breaker", "IE", 2.5, "Janet Leverling", "../content/images/kanban/3.png", 2));
Task.Add(new Tasks(5, "Testing", "Fix the issues reported by the customer.", "Bug", "Low", "Customer", 3.5, "Steven walker", "../content/images/kanban/5.png", 1));
Task.Add(new Tasks(6, "Close", "Arrange a web meeting with the customer to get the login page requirements.", "Others", "Low", "Meeting", 2, "Michael Suyama", "../content/images/kanban/6.png", 1));
Task.Add(new Tasks(7, "Validate", "Validate new requirements", "Improvement", "Low", "Validation", 1.5, "Robert King", "../content/images/kanban/7.png", 4));
Task.Add(new Tasks(8, "Close", "Login page validation", "Story", "Release Breaker", "Validation,Fix", 2.5, "Laura Callahan", "../content/images/kanban/8.png", 2));
Task.Add(new Tasks(9, "Testing", "Fix the issues reported in Safari browser.", "Bug", "Release Breaker", "Fix,Safari", 1.5, "Nancy", "../content/images/kanban/1.png", 2));
Task.Add(new Tasks(10, "Close", "Test the application in the IE browser.", "Story", "Low", "Testing,IE", 5.5, "Margaret", "../content/images/kanban/4.png", 3));
Task.Add(new Tasks(11, "Validate", "Validate the issues reported by the customer.", "Story", "High", "Validation,Fix", 1, "Steven walker", "../content/images/kanban/5.png", 5));
Task.Add(new Tasks(12, "Testing", "Check Login page validation.", "Story", "Release Breaker", "Testing", 0.5, "Michael Suyama", "../content/images/kanban/6.png", 3));
Task.Add(new Tasks(13, "Open", "API improvements.", "Improvement", "High", "Grid,API", 3.5, "Robert King", "../content/images/kanban/7.png", 3));
Task.Add(new Tasks(14, "InProgress", "Add responsive support to application", "Epic", "Critical", "Responsive", 6, "Laura Callahan", "../content/images/kanban/8.png", 3));
Task.Add(new Tasks(15, "Open", "Show the retrieved data from the server in grid control.", "Story", "High", "Database,SQL", 5.5, "Margaret", "../content/images/kanban/4.png", 4));
ViewBag.datasource = Task;
return View();
}
}
public class Tasks
{
public Tasks()
{
}
public Tasks(int Id, string Status, string Summary, string Type, string Priority, string Tags, double Estimate, string Assignee, string ImageUrl, int RankId)
{
this.Id = Id;
this.Status = Status;
this.Summary = Summary;
this.Type = Type;
this.Priority = Priority;
this.Tags = Tags;
this.Estimate = Estimate;
this.Assignee = Assignee;
this.ImageUrl = ImageUrl;
this.RankId = RankId;
}
public int Id { get; set; }
public string Status { get; set; }
public string Summary { get; set; }
public string Type { get; set; }
public string Priority { get; set; }
public string Tags { get; set; }
public double Estimate { get; set; }
public string Assignee { get; set; }
public string ImageUrl { get; set; }
public int RankId { get; set; }
}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 [kanbancard-settings] 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.
<script id="cardtemplate" type="text/x-jsrender">
<table class="e-templatetable">
<colgroup>
<col width=@("10%")>
<col width=@("90%")>
</colgroup>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td class="photo">
<img src="../lib/syncfusion-javascript/Content/images/kanban/{{:Priority}}.png"/>
</td>
<td class="details">
<table>
<colgroup>
<col width=@("10%")>
<col width=@("90%")>
</colgroup>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td class="CardHeader"> Assignee: </td>
<td>{{:Assignee}}</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="CardHeader"> Summary: </td>
<td>{{:Summary}}</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="CardHeader"> Type: </td>
<td>{{:Type}}</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</script><!--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><ej-kanban id="KanbanBoard" key-field="Status" allow-title="true" dataSource="ViewBag.datasource">
<e-kanbancolumns>
<e-kanbancolumn header-text="Backlog" key=@(new List<string>(){"Open"})>
</e-kanbancolumn>
<e-kanbancolumn header-text="In Progress" key=@(new List<string>() {"InProgress"})></e-kanbancolumn>
<e-kanbancolumn header-text="Done" key=@(new List<string>() {"Close"})></e-kanbancolumn>
</e-kanbancolumns>
<e-kanbanfield primary-key="Id">
</e-kanbanfield>
<e-kanbancard-settings template="#cardtemplate">
</e-kanbancard-settings>
</ej-kanban>public partial class KanbanBoardController : Controller
{
List<Tasks> Task = new List<Tasks>();
public ActionResult Default()
{
Task.Add(new Tasks(1, "Open", "Analyze the new requirements gathered from the customer.", "Story", "Low", "Analyze,Customer", 3.5, "Nancy", "../content/images/kanban/1.png", 1));
Task.Add(new Tasks(2, "InProgress", "Improve application performance", "Improvement", "Normal", "Improvement", 6, "Andrew Fuller", "../content/images/kanban/2.png", 1));
Task.Add(new Tasks(3, "Open", "Arrange a web meeting with the customer to get new requirements.", "Others", "Critical", "Meeting", 5.5, "Janet Leverling", "../content/images/kanban/3.png", 2));
Task.Add(new Tasks(4, "InProgress", "Fix the issues reported in the IE browser.", "Bug", "Release Breaker", "IE", 2.5, "Janet Leverling", "../content/images/kanban/3.png", 2));
Task.Add(new Tasks(5, "Testing", "Fix the issues reported by the customer.", "Bug", "Low", "Customer", 3.5, "Steven walker", "../content/images/kanban/5.png", 1));
Task.Add(new Tasks(6, "Close", "Arrange a web meeting with the customer to get the login page requirements.", "Others", "Low", "Meeting", 2, "Michael Suyama", "../content/images/kanban/6.png", 1));
Task.Add(new Tasks(7, "Validate", "Validate new requirements", "Improvement", "Low", "Validation", 1.5, "Robert King", "../content/images/kanban/7.png", 4));
Task.Add(new Tasks(8, "Close", "Login page validation", "Story", "Release Breaker", "Validation,Fix", 2.5, "Laura Callahan", "../content/images/kanban/8.png", 2));
Task.Add(new Tasks(9, "Testing", "Fix the issues reported in Safari browser.", "Bug", "Release Breaker", "Fix,Safari", 1.5, "Nancy", "../content/images/kanban/1.png", 2));
Task.Add(new Tasks(10, "Close", "Test the application in the IE browser.", "Story", "Low", "Testing,IE", 5.5, "Margaret", "../content/images/kanban/4.png", 3));
Task.Add(new Tasks(11, "Validate", "Validate the issues reported by the customer.", "Story", "High", "Validation,Fix", 1, "Steven walker", "../content/images/kanban/5.png", 5));
Task.Add(new Tasks(12, "Testing", "Check Login page validation.", "Story", "Release Breaker", "Testing", 0.5, "Michael Suyama", "../content/images/kanban/6.png", 3));
Task.Add(new Tasks(13, "Open", "API improvements.", "Improvement", "High", "Grid,API", 3.5, "Robert King", "../content/images/kanban/7.png", 3));
Task.Add(new Tasks(14, "InProgress", "Add responsive support to application", "Epic", "Critical", "Responsive", 6, "Laura Callahan", "../content/images/kanban/8.png", 3));
Task.Add(new Tasks(15, "Open", "Show the retrieved data from the server in grid control.", "Story", "High", "Database,SQL", 5.5, "Margaret", "../content/images/kanban/4.png", 4));
ViewBag.datasource = Task;
return View();
}
}
public class Tasks
{
public Tasks()
{
}
public Tasks(int Id, string Status, string Summary, string Type, string Priority, string Tags, double Estimate, string Assignee, string ImageUrl, int RankId)
{
this.Id = Id;
this.Status = Status;
this.Summary = Summary;
this.Type = Type;
this.Priority = Priority;
this.Tags = Tags;
this.Estimate = Estimate;
this.Assignee = Assignee;
this.ImageUrl = ImageUrl;
this.RankId = RankId;
}
public int Id { get; set; }
public string Status { get; set; }
public string Summary { get; set; }
public string Type { get; set; }
public string Priority { get; set; }
public string Tags { get; set; }
public double Estimate { get; set; }
public string Assignee { get; set; }
public string ImageUrl { get; set; }
public int RankId { get; set; }
}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 [kanbantooltip-settings].
The following code example describes the above behavior.
<ej-kanban id="KanbanBoard" key-field="Status" dataSource="ViewBag.datasource" allow-title="true">
<e-kanbancolumns>
<e-kanbancolumn header-text="Backlog" key=@(new List<string>(){"Open"})>
</e-kanbancolumn>
<e-kanbancolumn header-text="In Progress" key=@(new List<string>() {"InProgress"})></e-kanbancolumn>
<e-kanbancolumn header-text="Done" key=@(new List<string>() {"Close"})></e-kanbancolumn>
</e-kanbancolumns>
<e-kanbantooltip-settings enable="true">
</e-kanbantooltip-settings>
<e-kanbanfield content="Summary" primary-key="Id" tag="Tags">
</e-kanbanfield>
</ej-kanban>public partial class KanbanBoardController : Controller
{
List<Tasks> Task = new List<Tasks>();
public ActionResult Default()
{
Task.Add(new Tasks(1, "Open", "Analyze the new requirements gathered from the customer.", "Story", "Low", "Analyze,Customer", 3.5, "Nancy", "../content/images/kanban/1.png", 1));
Task.Add(new Tasks(2, "InProgress", "Improve application performance", "Improvement", "Normal", "Improvement", 6, "Andrew Fuller", "../content/images/kanban/2.png", 1));
Task.Add(new Tasks(3, "Open", "Arrange a web meeting with the customer to get new requirements.", "Others", "Critical", "Meeting", 5.5, "Janet Leverling", "../content/images/kanban/3.png", 2));
Task.Add(new Tasks(4, "InProgress", "Fix the issues reported in the IE browser.", "Bug", "Release Breaker", "IE", 2.5, "Janet Leverling", "../content/images/kanban/3.png", 2));
Task.Add(new Tasks(5, "Testing", "Fix the issues reported by the customer.", "Bug", "Low", "Customer", 3.5, "Steven walker", "../content/images/kanban/5.png", 1));
Task.Add(new Tasks(6, "Close", "Arrange a web meeting with the customer to get the login page requirements.", "Others", "Low", "Meeting", 2, "Michael Suyama", "../content/images/kanban/6.png", 1));
Task.Add(new Tasks(7, "Validate", "Validate new requirements", "Improvement", "Low", "Validation", 1.5, "Robert King", "../content/images/kanban/7.png", 4));
Task.Add(new Tasks(8, "Close", "Login page validation", "Story", "Release Breaker", "Validation,Fix", 2.5, "Laura Callahan", "../content/images/kanban/8.png", 2));
Task.Add(new Tasks(9, "Testing", "Fix the issues reported in Safari browser.", "Bug", "Release Breaker", "Fix,Safari", 1.5, "Nancy", "../content/images/kanban/1.png", 2));
Task.Add(new Tasks(10, "Close", "Test the application in the IE browser.", "Story", "Low", "Testing,IE", 5.5, "Margaret", "../content/images/kanban/4.png", 3));
Task.Add(new Tasks(11, "Validate", "Validate the issues reported by the customer.", "Story", "High", "Validation,Fix", 1, "Steven walker", "../content/images/kanban/5.png", 5));
Task.Add(new Tasks(12, "Testing", "Check Login page validation.", "Story", "Release Breaker", "Testing", 0.5, "Michael Suyama", "../content/images/kanban/6.png", 3));
Task.Add(new Tasks(13, "Open", "API improvements.", "Improvement", "High", "Grid,API", 3.5, "Robert King", "../content/images/kanban/7.png", 3));
Task.Add(new Tasks(14, "InProgress", "Add responsive support to application", "Epic", "Critical", "Responsive", 6, "Laura Callahan", "../content/images/kanban/8.png", 3));
Task.Add(new Tasks(15, "Open", "Show the retrieved data from the server in grid control.", "Story", "High", "Database,SQL", 5.5, "Margaret", "../content/images/kanban/4.png", 4));
ViewBag.datasource = Task;
return View();
}
}
public class Tasks
{
public Tasks()
{
}
public Tasks(int Id, string Status, string Summary, string Type, string Priority, string Tags, double Estimate, string Assignee, string ImageUrl, int RankId)
{
this.Id = Id;
this.Status = Status;
this.Summary = Summary;
this.Type = Type;
this.Priority = Priority;
this.Tags = Tags;
this.Estimate = Estimate;
this.Assignee = Assignee;
this.ImageUrl = ImageUrl;
this.RankId = RankId;
}
public int Id { get; set; }
public string Status { get; set; }
public string Summary { get; set; }
public string Type { get; set; }
public string Priority { get; set; }
public string Tags { get; set; }
public double Estimate { get; set; }
public string Assignee { get; set; }
public string ImageUrl { get; set; }
public int RankId { get; set; }
}The following output is displayed as a result of the above code example.
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 [kanbantooltip-settings.enable] must be enabled first.
The following code example describes the tooltip template.
<script id="tooltipTemp" type="text/x-jsrender">
<div class='e-kanbantooltiptemplate'>
<table>
<tr>
<td class="photo">
<img src="{{:ImgUrl}}">
</td>
<td class="details">
<table>
<colgroup>
<col width=@("30%")>
<col width=@("70%")>
</colgroup>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td class="CardHeader">Assignee:</td>
<td>{{:Assignee}}</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="CardHeader">Type:</td>
<td>{{:Type}}</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="CardHeader">Estimate:</td>
<td>{{:Estimate}}</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="CardHeader">Summary:</td>
<td>{{:Summary}}</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
</script><!--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><ej-kanban id="KanbanBoard" key-field="Status" dataSource="ViewBag.datasource">
<e-kanbancolumns>
<e-kanbancolumn header-text="Backlog" key=@(new List<string>(){"Open"})>
</e-kanbancolumn>
<e-kanbancolumn header-text="In Progress" key=@(new List<string>() {"InProgress"})></e-kanbancolumn>
<e-kanbancolumn header-text="Done" key=@(new List<string>() {"Close"})></e-kanbancolumn>
</e-kanbancolumns>
<e-kanbantooltip-settings enable="true" template="#tooltipTemp">
</e-kanbantooltip-settings>
<e-kanbanfield content="Summary" primary-key="Id" tag="Tags">
</e-kanbanfield>
</ej-kanban>public partial class KanbanBoardController : Controller
{
List<Tasks> Task = new List<Tasks>();
public ActionResult Default()
{
Task.Add(new Tasks(1, "Open", "Analyze the new requirements gathered from the customer.", "Story", "Low", "Analyze,Customer", 3.5, "Nancy", "../content/images/kanban/1.png", 1));
Task.Add(new Tasks(2, "InProgress", "Improve application performance", "Improvement", "Normal", "Improvement", 6, "Andrew Fuller", "../content/images/kanban/2.png", 1));
Task.Add(new Tasks(3, "Open", "Arrange a web meeting with the customer to get new requirements.", "Others", "Critical", "Meeting", 5.5, "Janet Leverling", "../content/images/kanban/3.png", 2));
Task.Add(new Tasks(4, "InProgress", "Fix the issues reported in the IE browser.", "Bug", "Release Breaker", "IE", 2.5, "Janet Leverling", "../content/images/kanban/3.png", 2));
Task.Add(new Tasks(5, "Testing", "Fix the issues reported by the customer.", "Bug", "Low", "Customer", 3.5, "Steven walker", "../content/images/kanban/5.png", 1));
Task.Add(new Tasks(6, "Close", "Arrange a web meeting with the customer to get the login page requirements.", "Others", "Low", "Meeting", 2, "Michael Suyama", "../content/images/kanban/6.png", 1));
Task.Add(new Tasks(7, "Validate", "Validate new requirements", "Improvement", "Low", "Validation", 1.5, "Robert King", "../content/images/kanban/7.png", 4));
Task.Add(new Tasks(8, "Close", "Login page validation", "Story", "Release Breaker", "Validation,Fix", 2.5, "Laura Callahan", "../content/images/kanban/8.png", 2));
Task.Add(new Tasks(9, "Testing", "Fix the issues reported in Safari browser.", "Bug", "Release Breaker", "Fix,Safari", 1.5, "Nancy", "../content/images/kanban/1.png", 2));
Task.Add(new Tasks(10, "Close", "Test the application in the IE browser.", "Story", "Low", "Testing,IE", 5.5, "Margaret", "../content/images/kanban/4.png", 3));
Task.Add(new Tasks(11, "Validate", "Validate the issues reported by the customer.", "Story", "High", "Validation,Fix", 1, "Steven walker", "../content/images/kanban/5.png", 5));
Task.Add(new Tasks(12, "Testing", "Check Login page validation.", "Story", "Release Breaker", "Testing", 0.5, "Michael Suyama", "../content/images/kanban/6.png", 3));
Task.Add(new Tasks(13, "Open", "API improvements.", "Improvement", "High", "Grid,API", 3.5, "Robert King", "../content/images/kanban/7.png", 3));
Task.Add(new Tasks(14, "InProgress", "Add responsive support to application", "Epic", "Critical", "Responsive", 6, "Laura Callahan", "../content/images/kanban/8.png", 3));
Task.Add(new Tasks(15, "Open", "Show the retrieved data from the server in grid control.", "Story", "High", "Database,SQL", 5.5, "Margaret", "../content/images/kanban/4.png", 4));
ViewBag.datasource = Task;
return View();
}
}
public class Tasks
{
public Tasks()
{
}
public Tasks(int Id, string Status, string Summary, string Type, string Priority, string Tags, double Estimate, string Assignee, string ImageUrl, int RankId)
{
this.Id = Id;
this.Status = Status;
this.Summary = Summary;
this.Type = Type;
this.Priority = Priority;
this.Tags = Tags;
this.Estimate = Estimate;
this.Assignee = Assignee;
this.ImageUrl = ImageUrl;
this.RankId = RankId;
}
public int Id { get; set; }
public string Status { get; set; }
public string Summary { get; set; }
public string Type { get; set; }
public string Priority { get; set; }
public string Tags { get; set; }
public double Estimate { get; set; }
public string Assignee { get; set; }
public string ImageUrl { get; set; }
public int RankId { get; set; }
}The following output is displayed as a result of the above code example.
