Customize the daterangepicker day header in Vue Daterangepicker component

11 Jun 20249 minutes to read

You can change the format of the day that to be displayed in header using dayHeaderFormatproperty. By default, the format is Short.

You can find the possible formats on below.

Name	Description
Short	Sets the short format of day name (like Su ) in day header.
Narrow	Sets the single character of day name (like S ) in day header.
Abbreviated	Sets the min format of day name (like Sun ) in day header.
Wide	Sets the long format of day name (like Sunday ) in day header.

Composition API (~/src/App.vue)

<template>
    <div id="container">
        <div id='daterangepicker'>
            <ejs-daterangepicker cssClass="format-wide" dayHeaderFormat="Short"
                ref="daterangepickerObj"></ejs-daterangepicker>
        </div>
        <div id="format">
            <label id="custom-input-label">Header Format Types</label>
            <ejs-dropdownlist id="select" :fields="fields" :index="currentIndex" :dataSource="items"
                :popupHeight="popupHeight" :change="formatHandler">
            </ejs-dropdownlist>
        </div>
    </div>
</template>
<script setup>

import { DateRangePickerComponent as EjsDaterangepicker } from "@syncfusion/ej2-vue-calendars";
import { DropDownListComponent as EjsDropdownlist } from "@syncfusion/ej2-vue-dropdowns";
import { ref } from 'vue';

const daterangepickerObj = ref(null);

const items = [
    { sizeVal: 'Short', sizeTxt: 'Short' },
    { sizeVal: 'Narrow', sizeTxt: 'Narrow' },
    { sizeVal: 'Abbreviated', sizeTxt: 'Abbreviated' },
    { sizeVal: 'Wide', sizeTxt: 'Wide' },
];
const fields = { text: 'sizeTxt', value: 'sizeVal' };
const popupHeight = 200;
const currentIndex = 0;
const formatHandler = (args) => {
    daterangepickerObj.value.ej2Instances.dayHeaderFormat = args.value;
}

</script>
<style>
@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-base/styles/material.css";
@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css";
@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-vue-calendars/styles/material.css";
@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-vue-dropdowns/styles/material.css";

#container {
    width: 100%;
}

#daterangepicker {
    width: 25%;
    margin-left: 30px;
    margin-top: 30px;
    display: inline-flex;
}

.e-daterangepicker.e-daterange-day-header-lg.format-wide .e-calendar.e-calendar-day-header-lg {
    min-width: 490px;
}

.e-daterangepicker.e-daterange-day-header-lg.format-wide {
    max-width: 1000px;
    left: 0px !important;
}

#format {
    width: 180px;
    margin-left: 400px;
    display: inline-block;
}

#select {
    height: 30px;
    width: 150px;
    margin-top: 10px;
}

#custom-input-label {
    font-size: 15px;
    font-weight: bold
}
</style>

Options API (~/src/App.vue)

<template>
    <div id="container">
          <div id='daterangepicker'>
             <ejs-daterangepicker cssClass="format-wide" dayHeaderFormat="Short" ref="daterangepickerObj"></ejs-daterangepicker>
          </div>
          <div id="format">
              <label id="custom-input-label">Header Format Types</label>
              <ejs-dropdownlist id="select" :fields = "fields" :index = "currentIndex" :dataSource = "items" :popupHeight= "popupHeight" :change= "formatHandler">
              </ejs-dropdownlist>
          </div>
    </div>
  </template>
  <script>
  
  import { DateRangePickerComponent } from "@syncfusion/ej2-vue-calendars";
  import { DropDownListComponent } from "@syncfusion/ej2-vue-dropdowns";
  
  export default {
  name: "App",
  components: {
  "ejs-daterangepicker":DateRangePickerComponent,
  "ejs-dropdownlist":DropDownListComponent
  },
     data () {
          return {
             items: [
              { sizeVal: 'Short' , sizeTxt: 'Short' },
              { sizeVal: 'Narrow' , sizeTxt: 'Narrow' },
              { sizeVal: 'Abbreviated' , sizeTxt: 'Abbreviated' },
              { sizeVal: 'Wide' , sizeTxt: 'Wide' },
              ],
              fields: { text: 'sizeTxt', value: 'sizeVal' },
              popupHeight: 200,
              currentIndex: 0,
              formatHandler: (args) => {
                   this.$refs.daterangepickerObj.ej2Instances.dayHeaderFormat = args.value;
              }
          }
      }
  }
  </script>
  <style>
    @import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-base/styles/material.css";
    @import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css";
    @import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-vue-calendars/styles/material.css";
    @import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-vue-dropdowns/styles/material.css";
  #container{
      width: 100%;
  }
  #daterangepicker {
      width: 25%;
      margin-left: 30px;
      margin-top: 30px;
      display: inline-flex;
  }
  .e-daterangepicker.e-daterange-day-header-lg.format-wide .e-calendar.e-calendar-day-header-lg{
      min-width: 490px;
  }
  .e-daterangepicker.e-daterange-day-header-lg.format-wide {
      max-width: 1000px;
      left: 0px !important;
  }
  #format {
      width: 180px;
      margin-left: 400px;
      display: inline-block;
  }
  #select {
      height: 30px;
      width: 150px;
      margin-top: 10px;
  }
  #custom-input-label{
      font-size: 15px;
      font-weight: bold
  }
  
  
  
  </style>