Gantt Control

• Jun 04, 2020
• 2 minutes to read

The GanttControl represents a Gantt chart — a bar chart that illustrates a project schedule. The control consists of a task list and a chart that shows task start and finish dates, progress, and dependencies.

Learn the Basics

Overview Describes the available features and end-user capabilities. Get Started Shows how to bind the control to sample data, specify workweek schedule, customize behavior and appearance. Tree List Features The GanttControl is a TreeList descendant. In the Gantt Control, you can use all features that the Tree List provides.

Data Source

Data Source Learn how to bind the control to a data source and specify the data source fields that contain task names, start and finish dates, dependencies, etc. The control supports multiple data source types.

Customization

Tasks, Summaries, and Milestones The control supports regular tasks, summary tasks, and milestones. Task Dependencies The control supports finish-to-start, finish-to-finish, start-to-start, and start-to-finish dependencies. Task Progress A task’s progress is a value that indicates the percentage of work completed. Interactive Editing and Automatic Scheduling Users can use the mouse to edit tasks in the chart. Workweek Schedule and Exceptions Specify a regular workweek rule and exceptions. Timescale Specify measure units, zoom mode, etc. View Options and Appearances Use appearance settings to customize background colors for working and non-working hours, timescale ruler, etc. Localization Localize captions and date-time formats. Ribbon Commands Display Gantt control commands in a Ribbon control.