Custom column type

A very powerful feature on Jspreadsheet is give developers the hability to create their own custom columns. The following example shows how to integrate a thirdy party clock plugin as a custom column on Jspreadsheet Pro v5+.

A time custom column based on the clockpicker plugin by weareoutman.


Source code

<html>
<script src="https://jspreadsheet.com/v5/jspreadsheet.js"></script>
<script src="https://jspreadsheet.com/v5/jsuites.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://jspreadsheet.com/v5/jspreadsheet.css" type="text/css" />
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://jspreadsheet.com/v5/jsuites.css" type="text/css" />

<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="http://weareoutman.github.io/clockpicker/dist/jquery-clockpicker.min.css" />
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.4.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="http://weareoutman.github.io/clockpicker/dist/jquery-clockpicker.min.js"></script>

<div id="custom"></div>

<script>
var clockEditor = function() {
    var methods = {};

    methods.createCell = function(cell, value, x, y, instance, options) {
        cell.innerHTML = value;
    }

    methods.updateCell = function(cell, value, x, y, instance, options) {
        if (cell) {
            cell.innerHTML = value;
        }
    }

    methods.openEditor = function(cell, value, x, y, instance, options) {
        // Create input from the helpers
        var editor = jspreadsheet.helpers.createEditor('input', cell);
        editor.value = value;
        // Instance of the clock picker
        $(editor).clockpicker({
            afterHide:function() {
                setTimeout(function() {
                    // To avoid double call
                    if (cell.children[0]) {
                        instance.closeEditor(cell, true);
                    }
                });
            }
        });
        editor.focus();
    }

    methods.closeEditor = function(cell, save) {
        if (save) {
            cell.innerHTML = cell.children[0].value;
        } else {
            cell.innerHTML  = '';
        }

        return cell.innerHTML;
    }

    return methods;
}();

var data = [
    ['PHP', '14:00'],
    ['Javascript', '16:30'],
];

jspreadsheet(document.getElementById('custom'), {
    data: data,
    columns: [
        {
            type: 'text',
            title: 'Course Title',
            width: '300px'
        },
        {
            type: clockEditor,
            title: 'Time',
            width: '200px'
        },
     ],
     license: '39130-64ebc-bd98e-26bc4',
});
</script>
</html>