DateRangePicker

The DateRangePicker control combines an input text field with a RangeCalendar which allows displaying a date range selected by a user in the input. You can align the popup with calendars relative to the input, set the width of the popup, apply the desired date format, use a placeholder in the input, display a selected date range and hide calendar buttons.

Related resources

• Get the widget by installing the @wx/svelte-core package.
• Check DateRangePicker API Reference to see the list of configuration properties and events.
• Explore the samples to visualize the available features.

Initialization

To create a DateRangePicker instance on a page, you need to complete two steps:

• import the source file of the control on a page:

App.svelte

<script>
    import { DateRangePicker } from "@wx/svelte-core";
</script>

• apply the <DateRangePicker> tag to initialize a date range picker:

App.svelte

<DateRangePicker />

A default date range picker is initialized with no date range selected.

Setting the value

You can select a particular date range in calendars and show it in the input of a date range picker. Use the value property for this purpose. The value of this property is an object with the start and end dates of a range. Set each date as a Date object created by the new Date() constructor and pass the desired dates in the year, month, day format.

Note

Pay attention that months' enumeration starts with 0.

<script>
    const date = {
        start: new Date(2020, 1, 1),
        end: new Date(2021, 3, 3)
    };
</script>

<DateRangePicker value={date} />

The specified date range will appear in the date range picker input and the days of the range will be highlighted in the calendars, if visible.

Related sample: DateRangePicker

Getting the current value

You can get the current value of the DateRangePicker control. For this, you need to:

• declare a variable that will contain the control's value (it may contain the initial value):

<script>
    import { DateRangePicker } from "@wx/svelte-core";

    let daterange= {
        start: new Date(2020, 1, 1),
        end: new Date(2021, 3, 3),
    };
</script>

• bind the variable to the value property of the control:

<DateRangePicker bind:value={daterange} />

If the name of the variable matches its value, you can use the shorthand while binding the property:

<script>
    import { DateRangePicker } from "@wx/svelte-core";

    let value;
</script>

<DateRangePicker bind:value />

After that the value assigned to the bound variable will be updated on each change of the date range.

Catching the change of the selected date

In case you need to catch the change of the selected date range, you can do it by handling the select event. Inside the event you can get the newly selected date range in the following way:

<script>
    import { DateRangePicker } from "@wx/svelte-core";

    import { getContext } from "svelte";
    // importing helpers
    const wh = getContext("wx-helpers");
    // specifying the handler function
    function showChanges(ev) {
        // using the showNotice() helper function to show a message on change of the date
        wh.showNotice({
            text: `Date changed to ${JSON.stringify(ev.detail.selected)}`,
        });
    }
</script>

<DateRangePicker on:select={showChanges} />

The handler function of the select event takes the CustomEvent object as a parameter and returns an object with the new value of the date picker (start and end dates of the selected range).

Related sample: DateRangePicker

Setting the number of calendars

A default DateRangePicker has 2 calendars for selection of a date range. You can also use one month to select a date range by specifying the months property with the 1 value.

<DateRangePicker months={1} />

Related sample: DateRangePicker

Setting the date format

The default format of displaying a date in DateRangePicker is "%m/%d/%Y". You can change it and set your own format with the help of the format property.

<DateRangePicker value={date} format="%d %F, %Y" />

SVAR DateRangePicker uses the date-fns library for handling dates. You can find format specifications in the corresponding article.

Related sample: DateRangePicker

Aligning the calendars

The popup with calendars which appears on click in the input of DateRangePicker is automatically aligned to the bottom left of the input (align="start", by default). You can control its alignment with the align property.

<DateRangePicker align="center"/>

In the above example the popup is aligned to the center of the input field.

Adjusting the calendars width

The width of the popup adjusts to the calendars inside it so that they will be visible. If needed, you can change the popup's width using the width property. It works in the same way as the width CSS property. The value should be set as a string, e.g.:

<DateRangePicker width="100%" />

Hiding the Today and Clear buttons

The calendars of DateRangePicker has the Today and Clear buttons in the lower part. If needed, you can switch those buttons off. Set the buttons property to false to achieve this purpose:

<DateRangePicker buttons={false} />

Enabling the Done button

DateRangePicker is supplied with the Done button that confirms the choice of a date range in calendars and closes the popup. By default this button is disabled. To switch it on, set the done property to true.

<DateRangePicker done={true} />

Related sample: DateRangePicker

Localizing the calendars

You can translate the labels of the calendars used inside the DateRangePicker control. Read the detailed information at the Calendar page. Take the following simple steps:

• import the Locale object:

<script>
    import { DateRangePicker, Locale } from "@wx/svelte-core";
</script>

• include the necessary locales package on a page:

<script>
    import { DateRangePicker, Locale } from "@wx/svelte-core";
    import { de } from "@wx/core-locales";
</script>

• wrap the DateRangePicker tag in the <Locale> tags and use the words property to set the locale:

Applying German locale

<script>
    import { DateRangePicker, Locale } from "@wx/svelte-core";
    import { de } from "@wx/core-locales";
</script>

<Locale words={de}>
    <DateRangePicker />
</Locale>

Customizing position of the icon

The "wxi-calendar" icon is placed in the rightmost part of the date range picker input by default. You can put the icon in the leftmost part of the input (before the selected date range) with the help of the css property of the control. Specify the name of the icon as "wx-icon-left":

<DateRangePicker value={date} css="wx-icon-left" />

Related sample: DateRangePicker

Adding a title

A title is a tooltip text that appears on hovering the mouse cursor over the input and may contain some extra information about the control. Use the title property to add a tooltip for a date range picker:

<DateRangePicker error title="Invalid date" />

Related sample: DateRangePicker

Adding a placeholder for the input

You can add a placeholder inside the date range picker's input. The placeholder can contain some prompting message to make interaction with the control simpler. All you need is to set your message as a value of the placeholder property:

<DateRangePicker placeholder="Select a range date"/>

note

For a placeholder to be visible in the input, a date picker should be initialized without the initial value specified.

Setting the disabled state

Whenever you need to render a disabled date range picker, you can do it with the help of the disabled property. You can either set the property to true or set it without any value.

<DateRangePicker disabled={true}/>

//or
<DateRangePicker disabled />

Related sample: DateRangePicker

Adding a label

A default date range picker has no label. To add it, you can use the Field component and complete several steps:

• include the Field source file on a page, declare the <Field> tag and complete it with the necessary props:
  • add a desired label via the label property
  • set the position="left" property, if you want to place the label to the left of the date range picker
  • specify the id variable to bind the field and date range picker controls

<script>
    import { DateRangePicker, Field } from "@wx/svelte-core";
</script>

<Field label="Select a date range" let:id/>

After that, wrap the date range picker in question into the <Field> tags and specify the id property for the date range picker to link the controls:

<Field label="Select a date range" let:id>
    <DateRangePicker {id} />
</Field>

Related sample: DateRangePicker

Styling a date range validation error

When you use a date range picker inside a form and a wrong date range value is passed to the control, you can use error styling to show that validation has failed. Once you've set the error property to true (or just specified the property without a value):

<DateRangePicker error={true}/> <!-- equals to <DateRangePicker error/> -->

the input's border, the selected date range and the calendar icon become red. To make the label red as well, wrap a date range picker into the Field control tags and use the error property of Field:

<script>
    import { DateRangePicker, Field } from "@wx/svelte-core";
</script>

<Field label="Error" error let:id>
    <DateRangePicker error={true} {id}/>
</Field>

Related sample: DateRangePicker