Scroll Gantt whilst dragging task or drawing new link

Gantt
#1

Hi

Is it possible to have the Gantt scroll horizontally when dragging a task or when trying to draw a new link?

Moving a task is possible by moving a bit then scrolling manually then moving a bit more and so on, although this process seems cumbersome.

However, drawing a new link can’t be done in stages. If it isn’t possible to get the source task on screen at the same time as the destination one, then I can’t work out how you can draw the link between them.

Am I missing something?

#2

Hello,

You can drag the task and at the same time scroll page to the left or right by using mouse wheel + Shift button. Use the same way while drawing new link.

#3

OK, thanks. That does work.

Is there a plan to make this slightly less dexterously challenging and also more intuitive?

Whilst using the mouse wheel does work, I think the user interface would benefit from improvement in this regard as a built-in feature. If this is considered, then expanding the timeline whilst scrolling left or right would also be a good addition.

Many thanks again.

Best regards

Keith White
Synergist Express Ltd, UK.

#4

Also you can use zoom for displaying whole gantt chart on the screen. In this case you don’t have to use the scroll
docs.dhtmlx.com/gantt/samples/03 … o_fit.html

#5

Thanks. The zoom does avoid the horizontal scroll, which will help.

Ideally the user interface would scroll both horizontally or vertically as needed during a task or link drag. For dragging tasks horizontally, widening the scale dynamically during a drag would also be great UX improvement.

Thanks again.

Best regards

Keith