Customization in EJ2 TypeScript DatePicker

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The entire appearance of the input element and Calendar can be customized by using the cssClass property. The calendar’s renderDayCell event can also be used to customize the appearance of each day cell.

The following is the list of classes that provide a flexible way to customize the DatePicker component.

Class Name Description
e-date-wrapper Applied to DatePicker wrapper
e-datepicker Applied to the DatePicker element.
e-float-text Applied to the floating label.
e-date-icon Applied to the DatePicker icon.
e-popup-wrapper Applied to DatePicker popup wrapper.
e-calendar Applied to Calendar element.
e-header Applied to Calendar header.
e-title Applied to Calendar title.
e-icon-container Applied to Calendar previous and next icon container.
e-prev Applied to Calendar previous icon.
e-next Applied to Calendar next icon.
e-weekend Applied to Calendar weekend dates.
e-other-month Applied to Calendar other month dates.
e-day Applied to each day cell of the Calendar.
e-selected Applied to Calendar selected dates.
e-disabled Applied to Calendar disabled dates.

The following example disables the weekends of every month using the renderDayCell event. Here, the e-disabled class is used to highlight the disabled date.

import { DatePicker, RenderDayCellEventArgs } from '@syncfusion/ej2-calendars';
// creates datepicker with placeholder.
let datepickerObject: DatePicker = new DatePicker({
    // Bind the renderDayCell event to customize the each day cell.
    renderDayCell: onRenderCell,
    // sets the placeholder
    placeholder: 'Enter date',
    cssClass: 'e-custom-style'
});
datepickerObject.appendTo('#element');

function onRenderCell(args: RenderDayCellEventArgs): void {
    if (args.date.getDay() == 0 || args.date.getDay() == 6) {
        //sets isDisabled to true to disable the date.
        args.isDisabled = true;
        //To know about the disabled date customization, you can refer in "styles.css".
    }

}
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
    <title>Essential JS 2 Calendar control</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
    <meta name="description" content="Typescript UI Controls" />
    <meta name="author" content="Syncfusion" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/34.2.2/ej2-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/34.2.2/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/34.2.2/ej2-inputs/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/34.2.2/ej2-popups/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/34.2.2/ej2-calendars/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="styles.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/systemjs/0.19.38/system.js"></script>
    <script src="systemjs.config.js"></script>
</head>

<body>
    <div id='loader'>LOADING....</div>
    <div id='container'>
        <input id='element' />
    </div>
</body>
</html>

Adding mandatory asterisk to placeholder and float label

A mandatory asterisk(*) can be added to the placeholder and float label using the .e-input-group.e-control-wrapper.e-float-input .e-float-text::after class.

import { DatePicker } from '@syncfusion/ej2-calendars';

let month: number = new Date().getMonth();
let fullYear: number = new Date().getFullYear();
// creates a datepicker with min max property
let datepickerObject: DatePicker = new DatePicker({
    // Sets the min.
    min: new Date(fullYear, month , 9),
    //Sets the max.
    max: new Date(fullYear, month, 15),
    // Sets the value.
    value: new Date(fullYear, month , 11)

    floatLabelType: 'Auto'

    placeholder:"Select Date"
});
datepickerObject.appendTo('#element');
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
    <title>Essential JS 2 DatePicker control</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
    <meta name="description" content="Typescript UI Controls" />
    <meta name="author" content="Syncfusion" />
    <link href="asterisk.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/34.2.2/ej2-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/34.2.2/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/34.2.2/ej2-inputs/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/34.2.2/ej2-popups/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/34.2.2/ej2-calendars/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/systemjs/0.19.38/system.js"></script>
    <script src="systemjs.config.js"></script>
</head>

<body>
    <div id='loader'>LOADING....</div>
    <div id='container'>
        <input id='element' type="text" />
    </div>
</body>

</html>

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