# Event Active Areas (JavaScript Event Calendar) | DayPilot Pro for JavaScript Demo

> Hold a cursor on an event to see the active areas. The [event active areas](https://doc.daypilot.org/calendar/event-active-areas/) [doc.daypilot.org] can be used to display custom action buttons, drag handlers, icons, and other objects.

## Links

- Canonical HTML: /demo/calendar/eventareas.html
- Source HTML folder: /demo/calendar/
- Catalog root: /demo/
- Catalog: /demo/llms.txt

## Source

### Inline demo script 1

```javascript
const dp = new DayPilot.Calendar("dp", {
            viewType: "Week",
            startDate: DayPilot.Date.today(),
            onTimeRangeSelected: async args => {
                const modal = await DayPilot.Modal.prompt("New event name:", "Event");
                if (modal.canceled) {
                    return;
                }
                dp.events.add({
                    start: args.start,
                    end: args.end,
                    id: DayPilot.guid(),
                    resource: args.resource,
                    text: modal.result
                });
                dp.clearSelection();
                dp.message("Created");
            },
            onBeforeEventRender: args => {
                args.data.areas = [
                    {
                        right: 5,
                        top: 5,
                        width: 16,
                        height: 16,
                        symbol: "../icons/daypilot.svg#minichevron-down-2",
                        cssClass: "event-action",
                        action: "ContextMenu",
                    },
                    {
                        right: 30,
                        top: 5,
                        width: 16,
                        height: 16,
                        symbol: "../icons/daypilot.svg#x-2",
                        cssClass: "event-action",
                        visibility: "Hover",
                        onClick: args => {
                            dp.events.remove(args.source);
                            dp.message("Deleted");
                        }
                    }
                ]
            },
            contextMenu: new DayPilot.Menu({
                items: [
                    {
                        text: "Delete",
                        onClick: args => {
                            dp.events.remove(args.source);
                            dp.message("Deleted");
                        }
                    }
                ]
            })
        });
        dp.init();

        const app = {
            init() {
                this.loadEventData();
            },
            loadEventData() {
                const events = [
                    {
                        start: DayPilot.Date.today().firstDayOfWeek().addDays(1).addHours(11),
                        end: DayPilot.Date.today().firstDayOfWeek().addDays(1).addHours(14),
                        id: DayPilot.guid(),
                        text: "Event 1"
                    },
                    {
                        start: DayPilot.Date.today().firstDayOfWeek().addDays(1).addHours(15),
                        end: DayPilot.Date.today().firstDayOfWeek().addDays(1).addHours(17),
                        id: DayPilot.guid(),
                        text: "Event 2"
                    },
                ];
                dp.update({events});
            }
        };
        app.init();
```