Date views in Angular Datepicker component

27 Apr 20243 minutes to read

The DatePicker has the following predefined views that provides a flexible way to navigate back and forth to select the date.

View	Description
month(default)	Displays the days in a month
year	Displays the months in a year
decade	Displays the years in a decade

Start view

You can use the start property to define the initial rendering view.

The following example demonstrates how to create a DatePicker with decade as initial rendering view.

app.component.ts

import { NgModule } from '@angular/core'
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser'
import { DatePickerModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-calendars'




import { Component } from '@angular/core';

@Component({
imports: [
        
        DatePickerModule
    ],


standalone: true,
    selector: 'app-root',
    template: `<ejs-datepicker start='Decade' placeholder='Enter date'></ejs-datepicker>`
})
export class AppComponent {
    constructor() {
    }
}

main.ts

import { bootstrapApplication } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
import 'zone.js';
bootstrapApplication(AppComponent).catch((err) => console.error(err));

Depth view restriction

Define the depth property to control the view navigation.

Always the depth view has to be smaller than the start view, otherwise the view restriction will be not restricted.

The following example demonstrates how to create a DatePicker that allows users to select a month.

app.component.ts

import { NgModule } from '@angular/core'
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser'
import { DatePickerModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-calendars'




import { Component } from '@angular/core';

@Component({
imports: [
        
        DatePickerModule
    ],


standalone: true,
    selector: 'app-root',
    template: `<ejs-datepicker start='Decade' depth='Year' placeholder='Enter date'></ejs-datepicker>`
})
export class AppComponent {
    constructor() {
    }
}

main.ts

import { bootstrapApplication } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
import 'zone.js';
bootstrapApplication(AppComponent).catch((err) => console.error(err));

To know more about Calendar views refer the Calendar’s Calendar Views section.