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 |
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.
var datepicker = new ej.calendars.DatePicker({
placeholder: 'Choose a date',
//sets the start
start:'Decade'
});
datepicker.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="styles.css" rel="stylesheet">
<link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/21.2.3/ej2-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
<link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/21.2.3/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
<link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/21.2.3/ej2-inputs/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
<link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/21.2.3/ej2-popups/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
<link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/21.2.3/ej2-calendars/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/21.2.3/dist/ej2.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="container">
<input id="element" type="text">
</div>
<script>
var ele = document.getElementById('container');
if(ele) {
ele.style.visibility = "visible";
}
</script>
<script src="index.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</body></html>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.
var datepicker = new ej.calendars.DatePicker({
placeholder: 'Choose a date',
//sets the start
start:'Decade',
//sets the depth
depth:'Year'
});
datepicker.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="styles.css" rel="stylesheet">
<link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/21.2.3/ej2-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
<link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/21.2.3/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
<link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/21.2.3/ej2-inputs/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
<link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/21.2.3/ej2-popups/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
<link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/21.2.3/ej2-calendars/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/21.2.3/dist/ej2.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="container">
<input id="element" type="text">
</div>
<script>
var ele = document.getElementById('container');
if(ele) {
ele.style.visibility = "visible";
}
</script>
<script src="index.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</body></html>To know more about Calendar views refer the Calendar’s Calendar Views section.