Open SfDatePicker when clicked on component's field

[Aleksandar]

Dear Syncfusion team,

thank you for this great component.

I can open a DatePicker once I click on the calendar icon. How can I open a DatePicker by clicking on the component's field?

Since AllowEdit is set to False (field is not editable), users keep clicking on the field and expect DatePicker to show up.

This is my DatePickerCode:

<SfDatePicker TValue="DateTime" @bind-Value="@DueDate" AllowEdit="false" Min="DateTime.Now">
</SfDatePicker>

Best wishes,
Aleksandar

[Vinitha Jeyakumar]

Hi Aleksandar, 

 

 

Greetings from Sycnfusion support, 

 

 

We have validated your query “Open SfDatePicker when clicked on component's field”. 

 

Your requirement to open the DatePicker popup when clicking on the input field can be achieved by calling the ShowPopupAsync method of DatePicker Control in Focus event which triggers when clicking the input field. Please check the below code, 

 

Code snippet: 

<SfDatePicker TValue="DateTime?" Placeholder='Choose a Date' @ref="dateObj" AllowEdit="false"> 

    <DatePickerEvents TValue="DateTime?" Focus="@FocusHandler"></DatePickerEvents> 

</SfDatePicker> 

@code{ 

    SfDatePicker<DateTime?> dateObj; 

    public void FocusHandler() 

    { 

        this.dateObj.ShowPopupAsync(); 

    } 

} 

 

Sample: https://www.syncfusion.com/downloads/support/forum/168964/ze/Date_popup-362275058 

 

Please check the sample and code snippet and let us know if it satisfies your requirement. 

 

Regards, 

Vinitha. 

[Aleksandar]

Thank you, this works fine!

Since I have many date pickers it would be great if I could eliminate additional functions and code. This is what I came up with so far Focus="@(() => dateObj.ShowPopupAsync())":

<SfDatePicker TValue="DateTime?" Placeholder='Choose a Date' @ref="dateObj" AllowEdit="false">
    <DatePickerEvents TValue="DateTime?" Focus="@(() => dateObj.ShowPopupAsync())"></DatePickerEvents>
</SfDatePicker>

@code{
    SfDatePicker<DateTime?> dateObj;
}

Is it possible to to eliminate the need for @ref="dateObj" and SfDatePicker dateObj; so I can only have something like this:

<SfDatePicker TValue="DateTime?" Placeholder='Choose a Date' AllowEdit="false">
    <DatePickerEvents TValue="DateTime?" Focus="@(() => this.ShowPopupAsync())"></DatePickerEvents>
</SfDatePicker>

Best wishes,
Aleksandar

[Vinitha Jeyakumar]

Hi Aleksandar, 

 

 

Good day to you 

 

 

We have further validated your query “Since I have many date pickers it would be great if I could eliminate additional functions and code” 

 

We can’t eliminate the @ref Object from the DatePicker component. Since it is a necessary instance to call the ShowAsync method of the DatePicker control. Please check the below code, 

 

Code snippet: 

<SfDatePicker TValue="DateTime?" Placeholder='Choose a Date' @ref="dateObj" AllowEdit="false"> 

    <DatePickerEvents TValue="DateTime?" Focus="@(() => this.dateObj.ShowPopupAsync())"></DatePickerEvents> 

</SfDatePicker> 

@code{ 

    SfDatePicker<DateTime?> dateObj; 

} 

 

Please let us know if you have any concerns. 

 

Regards, 

Vinitha.