DayPilot » Knowledge Base » How to open an event edit dialog from a context menu (Calendar)

Opening a modal dialog with event details (editing) from a context menu is easy:

1. Create Edit.aspx page with the edit form and include editEvent() function in the page with the Calendar control as described here:

• How to show event details in a modal dialog (modal.js)

2. Add a new item to the context menu that will call editEvent() function:

    <daypilot:daypilotmenu id="DayPilotMenu1" runat="server" CssClassPrefix="menu_" ShowMenuTitle="true">
        <DayPilot:MenuItem Text="Open" Action="JavaScript" JavaScript="edit(e);" ></DayPilot:MenuItem>
    </daypilot:daypilotmenu>