Note:
You can
customize the day cells (background color, header text, CSS, HTML, business status) in the monthly calendar.
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- Cell Customization (Open-Source JavaScript Monthly Calendar) | DayPilot Lite for JavaScript Demo
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- DayPilot JavaScript Demo
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- Description
- Note:
You can customize the day cells (background color, header text, CSS, HTML, business status) in the monthly calendar.
Inline demo script 1
const dp = new DayPilot.Month("dp", {
startDate: DayPilot.Date.today(),
onTimeRangeSelected: async function (args) {
const colors = [
{name: "Blue", id: "#3c78d8"},
{name: "Green", id: "#6aa84f"},
{name: "Yellow", id: "#f1c232"},
{name: "Red", id: "#cc0000"},
];
const form = [
{name: "Text", id: "text"},
{name: "Color", id: "barColor", options: colors}
];
const data = {
text: "Event",
barColor: "#6aa84f"
};
const modal = await DayPilot.Modal.form(form, data);
dp.clearSelection();
if (modal.canceled) {
return;
}
dp.events.add({
start: args.start,
end: args.end,
id: DayPilot.guid(),
text: modal.result.text,
barColor: modal.result.barColor
});
},
onBeforeCellRender: args => {
if (args.cell.start === DayPilot.Date.today()) {
args.cell.properties.backColor = "#fff8e1";
args.cell.properties.html = "Today";
}
}
});
// generate and load events
for (let i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
const duration = Math.floor(Math.random() * 1.2);
const start = Math.floor(Math.random() * 6) - 3; // -3 to 3
dp.events.add({
start: new DayPilot.Date("2026-03-04T00:00:00").addDays(start),
end: new DayPilot.Date("2026-03-04T12:00:00").addDays(start).addDays(duration),
id: DayPilot.guid(),
text: "Event " + i
});
}
dp.init();