Issue 1044: Jquery UI Dialog(with draggable) conflicts with calendar drag and drop
Status:  Done
Owner: ----
Closed:  Aug 2011
Reported by choboJ...@gmail.com, Jul 22, 2011
I am using <a href="http://arshaw.com/fullcalendar/docs/"> full calendar </a> with the jquery ui dialog box.

So basically this is what happens. I have some draggable events that user can drag onto their calendar. Once on their calendar they can click on that event to load up a dialog box for editing. 

This is a jquery ui dialog that is also draggable. Now what I am finding is that if I move the jquery dialog(this dialog is right above the calendar) around it will try to hook itself to the calendar. When this happens I have an ajax request that fires to save the where the draggable event landed. 

Of course since this is not the kind of event I was expecting the request fails and crashes.

any ideas on how to stop this?

Here is an example file that I modified to show what is happening.

You need to grab jquery fullcalendar and modify the link to make this work.


    <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
    <html>
    <head>
    <link rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' href='../fullcalendar/fullcalendar.css' />
    <link rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' href='http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.7.0/themes/ui-darkness/jquery-ui.css'  />
    
    <script type='text/javascript' src='../jquery/jquery-1.5.2.min.js'></script>
    <script type='text/javascript' src='../fullcalendar/fullcalendar.min.js'></script>
    <script type='text/javascript' src='https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.8.14/jquery-ui.min.js'></script>
    
    <script type='text/javascript'>
    
    	$(document).ready(function() {
    	
    			$( "#dialog" ).dialog();
    		/* initialize the external events
    		-----------------------------------------------------------------*/
    	
    		$('#external-events div.external-event').each(function() {
    		
    			// create an Event Object (http://arshaw.com/fullcalendar/docs/event_data/Event_Object/)
    			// it doesn't need to have a start or end
    			var eventObject = {
    				title: $.trim($(this).text()) // use the element's text as the event title
    			};
    			
    			// store the Event Object in the DOM element so we can get to it later
    			$(this).data('eventObject', eventObject);
    			
    			// make the event draggable using jQuery UI
    			$(this).draggable({
    				zIndex: 999,
    				revert: true,      // will cause the event to go back to its
    				revertDuration: 0  //  original position after the drag
    			});
    			
    		});
    	
    	
    		/* initialize the calendar
    		-----------------------------------------------------------------*/
    		
    		$('#calendar').fullCalendar({
    			header: {
    				left: 'prev,next today',
    				center: 'title',
    				right: 'month,agendaWeek,agendaDay'
    			},
    			editable: true,
    			droppable: true, // this allows things to be dropped onto the calendar !!!
    			drop: function(date, allDay) { // this function is called when something is dropped
    			
    				alert('dropped');
    				// retrieve the dropped element's stored Event Object
    				var originalEventObject = $(this).data('eventObject');
    				
    				// we need to copy it, so that multiple events don't have a reference to the same object
    				var copiedEventObject = $.extend({}, originalEventObject);
    				
    				// assign it the date that was reported
    				copiedEventObject.start = date;
    				copiedEventObject.allDay = allDay;
    				
    				// render the event on the calendar
    				// the last `true` argument determines if the event "sticks" (http://arshaw.com/fullcalendar/docs/event_rendering/renderEvent/)
    				$('#calendar').fullCalendar('renderEvent', copiedEventObject, true);
    				
    				// is the "remove after drop" checkbox checked?
    				if ($('#drop-remove').is(':checked')) {
    					// if so, remove the element from the "Draggable Events" list
    					$(this).remove();
    				}
    				
    			}
    		});
    		
    		
    	});
    
    </script>
    <style type='text/css'>
    
    	body {
    		margin-top: 40px;
    		text-align: center;
    		font-size: 14px;
    		font-family: "Lucida Grande",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;
    		}
    		
    	#wrap {
    		width: 1100px;
    		margin: 0 auto;
    		}
    		
    	#external-events {
    		float: left;
    		width: 150px;
    		padding: 0 10px;
    		border: 1px solid #ccc;
    		background: #eee;
    		text-align: left;
    		}
    		
    	#external-events h4 {
    		font-size: 16px;
    		margin-top: 0;
    		padding-top: 1em;
    		}
    		
    	.external-event { /* try to mimick the look of a real event */
    		margin: 10px 0;
    		padding: 2px 4px;
    		background: #3366CC;
    		color: #fff;
    		font-size: .85em;
    		cursor: pointer;
    		}
    		
    	#external-events p {
    		margin: 1.5em 0;
    		font-size: 11px;
    		color: #666;
    		}
    		
    	#external-events p input {
    		margin: 0;
    		vertical-align: middle;
    		}
    
    	#calendar {
    		float: right;
    		width: 900px;
    		}
    
    </style>
    </head>
    <body>
    <div id='wrap'>
    
    <div id='external-events'>
    <h4>Draggable Events</h4>
    <div class='external-event'>My Event 1</div>
    <div class='external-event'>My Event 2</div>
    <div class='external-event'>My Event 3</div>
    <div class='external-event'>My Event 4</div>
    <div class='external-event'>My Event 5</div>
    <p>
    <input type='checkbox' id='drop-remove' /> <label for='drop-remove'>remove after drop</label>
    </p>
    </div>
    
    <div id='calendar'></div>
    
    <div id="dialog" title="Basic dialog">
    	<p>This is the default dialog which is useful for displaying information. The dialog window can be moved, resized and closed with the 'x' icon.</p>
    </div>
    
    
    <div style='clear:both'></div>
    </div>
    </body>
    </html>


Aug 21, 2011
Project Member #1 adamrs...@gmail.com
seems like you'd want to use dropAccept:

http://arshaw.com/fullcalendar/docs/dropping/dropAccept/

but beyond that, I can't help you any more. Good Luck
Status: Done