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Timeline Format

This sample demonstrates displaying a timeline in a column. If the column value is empty, no circle will be displayed. The content of the column will be shown in a popup when you click on the dot.

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Shared by Tetsuya Kawahara
Updated May 14, 2021

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{
  "$schema": "https://developer.microsoft.com/json-schemas/sp/v2/column-formatting.schema.json",
  "elmType": "div",
  "style": {
    "position": "relative",
    "width": "100%",
    "height": "80px"
  },
  "children": [
    {
      "elmType": "div",
      "style": {
        "position": "absolute",
        "display": "flex",
        "align-items": "center",
        "justify-content": "center",
        "width": "100%",
        "height": "100%"
      },
      "children": [
        {
          "elmType": "div",
          "style": {
            "width": "5px",
            "height": "100%"
          },
          "attributes": {
            "class": "ms-bgColor-neutralSecondaryAlt"
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "elmType": "div",
      "style": {
        "position": "absolute",
        "display": "=if(@currentField, 'flex' , 'none')",
        "align-items": "center",
        "justify-content": "center",
        "width": "100%",
        "height": "100%"
      },
      "children": [
        {
          "elmType": "div",
          "style": {
            "width": "25px",
            "height": "25px",
            "border-radius": "50%",
            "cursor": "pointer"
          },
          "attributes": {
            "class": "ms-bgColor-themePrimary"
          },
          "customCardProps": {
            "directionalHint": "rightCenter",
            "openOnEvent": "click",
            "isBeakVisible": true,
            "formatter": {
              "elmType": "div",
              "style": {
                "width": "400px",
                "height": "200px",
                "padding": "10px 20px 10px 20px"
              },
              "children": [
                {
                  "elmType": "div",
                  "txtContent": "@currentField",
                  "style": {
                    "width": "100%",
                    "height": "100%"
                  }
                }
              ]
            }
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

{
  "$schema": "https://developer.microsoft.com/json-schemas/sp/v2/column-formatting.schema.json",
  "elmType": "div",
  "style": {
    "position": "relative",
    "width": "100%",
    "height": "80px"
  },
  "children": [
    {
      "elmType": "div",
      "style": {
        "position": "absolute",
        "display": "flex",
        "align-items": "center",
        "justify-content": "center",
        "width": "100%",
        "height": "100%"
      },
      "children": [
        {
          "elmType": "div",
          "style": {
            "width": "5px",
            "height": "100%"
          },
          "attributes": {
            "class": "ms-bgColor-neutralSecondaryAlt"
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "elmType": "div",
      "style": {
        "position": "absolute",
        "display": "=if(@currentField, 'flex' , 'none')",
        "align-items": "center",
        "justify-content": "center",
        "width": "100%",
        "height": "100%"
      },
      "children": [
        {
          "elmType": "div",
          "style": {
            "width": "25px",
            "height": "25px",
            "border-radius": "50%",
            "cursor": "pointer"
          },
          "attributes": {
            "class": "ms-bgColor-themePrimary"
          },
          "customCardProps": {
            "directionalHint": "rightCenter",
            "openOnEvent": "click",
            "isBeakVisible": true,
            "formatter": {
              "elmType": "div",
              "style": {
                "width": "400px",
                "height": "200px",
                "padding": "10px 20px 10px 20px"
              },
              "children": [
                {
                  "elmType": "div",
                  "txtContent": "@currentField",
                  "style": {
                    "width": "100%",
                    "height": "100%"
                  }
                }
              ]
            }
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

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This sample demonstrates displaying a timeline in a column. If the column value is empty, no circle will be displayed. The content of the column will be shown in a popup when you click on the dot.

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Solution	Author(s)
generic-timeline.json	Tetsuya Kawahara

Version history

Version	Date	Comments
1.0	May 14, 2021	Initial release

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