Change the First Day of Week in JavaScript (ES5) Calendar control

17 Mar 2023 / 1 minute to read

The Calendar provides an option to change the first day of the week by using the firstDayOfWeek property. Generally, the day of the week starts from 0 (Sunday) and ends with 6 (Saturday).

By default, the first day of the week is culture specific.

The following example shows the Calendar with Tuesday as the first day of the week.

Source

Preview

index.js

index.html

styles.css

ej.base.enableRipple(true);
   
   var calendar = new ej.calendars.Calendar({
         //sets the first day of the week.
    firstDayOfWeek: 2
    });
    calendar.appendTo('#element');

<!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">
    <!--style reference from the Calendar component-->
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.4.48/ej2-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.4.48/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.4.48/ej2-calendars/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <!--style reference from app-->
    <link href="styles.css" rel="stylesheet">
    
    
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.4.48/dist/ej2.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</head>

<body>
    
    <div id="container">
        <!--element which is going to render the Calendar-->
        <div id="element"></div>
    </div>


<script>
var ele = document.getElementById('container');
if(ele) {
    ele.style.visibility = "visible";
 }   
        </script>
<script src="index.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</body></html>

/* Example - styles */

#container {
    visibility: hidden;
    max-width: 250px;
    margin: 0 auto;
}

#loader {
    color: #008cff;
    height: 40px;
    width: 30%;
    position: absolute;
    top: 45%;
    left: 45%;
}

#element {
    display: block;
}