Datepicker

Datepicker component enables users to enter a date either through text input or selecting a date from the Calendar dropdown.

The Datepicker component combines text input, and calendar in dropdown.

Use Datepicker to ask user's for date input in forms, modals, or filtering.

Import

import { Datepicker } from '@contentful/f36-components';
// or
import { Datepicker } from '@contentful/f36-datepicker';

Examples

Basic

Display Datepicker component with text input

Date Formats

Datepicker supports printing out different formats to users, see https://date-fns.org/v2.16.1/docs/format

At Contentful we use dd LLL yyyy format to communicate date to users, example 31 Jan 2021

Visual States

Visual states indicates to users certain messages through UI.

Communicate to the users in text why the Datepicker is in a specific state, example:

Disabled: "You don't have access to edit this field!" Invalid: "Please enter a valid date!"

Wrapped in FormControl

You can use Datepicker with the FormControl in order to enhance layout with input label, help text or validation message.

Open by default

Open the dropdown and display the Calendar by default without user interaction

Custom

If you need a custom solution, you can build it by leveraging our lower-level components, such as Calendar, Popover, and TextInput. For example, Datepicker that uses text input as a trigger without a button.

Props (API reference)

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Name

Type

Default

onSelect
required
(day: Date) => void

Callback fired when the day is selected

captionLayout
"dropdown"
"buttons"

Change the layout of the caption: - `buttons` (default): display prev/right buttons - `dropdown`: display drop-downs to change the month and the year **Note:** the `dropdown` layout is available only when `fromDate`, `fromMonth` or`fromYear` and `toDate`, `toMonth` or `toYear` are set.

className
string

CSS class to be appended to the root element

components
CustomComponents

Map of components used to create the layout. Look at the [components source](https://github.com/gpbl/react-day-picker/tree/master/packages/react-day-picker/src/components) to understand how internal components are built.

dateFormat
string

Format that is used to display date in the input, It is based on (Unicode Technical Standart #35)[https://www.unicode.org/reports/tr35/tr35-dates.html#Date_Field_Symbol_Table]

'dd LLL yyyy' e.g. 31 Jan 2022
defaultIsOpen
false
true

If `true`, the Datepicker will be initially opened.

defaultMonth
Date

The initial month to show in the calendar. Default is the current month. Use this prop to let DayPicker control the current month. If you need to set the month programmatically, use {@link month]] and [[onMonthChange}.

dir
string

The text direction of the calendar. Use `ltr` for left-to-right (default) or `rtl` for right-to-left.

disabled
false
true
Date
(date: Date) => boolean
Date[]
DateRange
DateBefore
DateAfter
DateInterval
DayOfWeek
Matcher[]

Apply the `disabled` modifier to the matching days.

disableNavigation
false
true

Disable the navigation between months.

fixedWeeks
false
true

Display six weeks per months, regardless the month’s number of weeks. To use this prop, {@link showOutsideDays} must be set. Default to `false`.

footer
string
number
false
true
{}
ReactElement<any, string | JSXElementConstructor<any>>
ReactNodeArray
ReactPortal

Content to add to the `tfoot` element.

formatters
Partial<Formatters>

A map of formatters. Use the formatters to override the default formatting functions.

fromDate
Date

The earliest day to start the month navigation.

hidden
false
true
Date
(date: Date) => boolean
Date[]
DateRange
DateBefore
DateAfter
DateInterval
DayOfWeek
Matcher[]

Apply the `hidden` modifier to the matching days. Will hide them from the calendar.

hideHead
false
true

Hide the month’s head displaying the weekday names.

initialFocus
false
true

When a selection mode is set, DayPicker will focus the first selected day (if set) or the today's date (if not disabled). Use this prop when you need to focus DayPicker after a user actions, for improved accessibility.

inputProps
Partial<TextInputProps>

Props to pass to the TextInput component

labels
Partial<Labels>

Labels creators to override the defaults. Use this prop to customize the ARIA labels attributes.

locale
Locale

The date-fns locale object used to localize dates. Defaults to* `en-US`.

modifiers
DayModifiers

Add modifiers to the matching days.

modifiersClassNames
ModifiersClassNames

Change the class name for the day matching the {@link modifiers}.

modifiersStyles
ModifiersStyles

Change the inline style for the day matching the {@link modifiers}.

month
Date

The month displayed in the calendar. As opposed to {@link DayPickerBase.defaultMonth}, use this prop with {@link DayPickerBase.onMonthChange} to change the month programmatically.

numberOfMonths
number

The number of displayed months. Defaults to `1`.

onDayBlur
DayFocusEventHandler

onDayClick
DayClickEventHandler

onDayFocus
DayFocusEventHandler

onDayKeyDown
DayKeyboardEventHandler

onDayKeyPress
DayKeyboardEventHandler

onDayKeyUp
DayKeyboardEventHandler

onDayMouseEnter
DayMouseEventHandler

onDayMouseLeave
DayMouseEventHandler

onDayTouchCancel
DayTouchEventHandler

onDayTouchEnd
DayTouchEventHandler

onDayTouchMove
DayTouchEventHandler

onDayTouchStart
DayTouchEventHandler

onMonthChange
MonthChangeEventHandler

Event fired when the user navigates between months.

onNextClick
MonthChangeEventHandler

onPrevClick
MonthChangeEventHandler

onWeekNumberClick
WeekNumberClickEventHandler

pagedNavigation
false
true

Paginate the month navigation displaying the {@link numberOfMonths} at time.

popoverProps
Partial<PopoverProps>

Props to pass to the Popover (Dropdown) component

required
false
true

Make the selection required.

reverseMonths
false
true

Render the months in reversed order (when {@link numberOfMonths} is greater than `1`) to display the most recent month first.

selected
Date

The selected day.

showOutsideDays
false
true

Show the outside days. An outside day is a day falling in the next or the previous month. Default is `false`.

showWeekNumber
false
true

Show the week numbers column. Default to `false`.

styles
Partial<Omit<StyledElement<CSSProperties>, InternalModifiersElement>>

Change the inline styles for each UIElement.

testId
string

A [data-test-id] attribute used for testing purposes

toDate
Date

The latest day to end the month navigation.

today
Date

The today’s date. Default is the current date. This Date will get the `today` modifier to style the day.

weekStartsOn
0
1
2
3
4
5
6

The index of the first day of the week (0 - Sunday). Overrides the locale's one.

Accessibility

  • Keyboard navigation is supported
  • Necessary aria roles are provided by default
  • When providing a label, ensure it's linked to the text input