How to get started easily with Syncfusion Angular 11 DateRange Picker?

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A quick start project that helps you to create an Angular 11 DateRangePicker component with a minimal code configuration.

The following section explains the steps required to create a simple Angular 11 DateRangePicker component.

Pre-requisites

Make sure that you have the compatible versions of Angular in your machine before starting to work on this project.

Node.js (latest version)
Angular 11
Angular CLI
Typescript 4+
Visual Studio Code for Editor

Introduction

The Angular 11 DateRangePicker used in this project is created from the Syncfusion ej2-angular-calendars package. You can simply define it as <ejs-daterangepicker> within the template.

Dependencies

Before starting with this project, the Angular 11 DateRangePicker requires to add the Syncfusion ej2-angular-calendars package from npmjs, which are distributed in npm as @syncfusion scoped packages.

Creating Angular Project

To create the Angular project using the Angular CLI tool, follow the given steps.

Install Angular CLI 11 using following command.

npm install -g @angular/cli@11.2.3

Now, create a new Angular project by using the command ng new and navigate to that folder.

ng new angular11-app

cd angular11-app

Install the ej2-angular-calendars package through the npm install command.

npm install @syncfusion/ej2-angular-calendars --save

Adding Angular 11 DateRangePicker

You can add the Angular 11 DateRangePicker component by using ejs-daterangepicker directive and the attributes within the tag allows you to define other functionalities.

Import the DateRangePicker module into the Angular application (app.module.ts) from the ej2-angular-calendars package.

import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser';

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

import { AppComponent } from './app.component';

 

@NgModule({

    imports: [ BrowserModule,  DateRangePickerModule ],

    declarations: [ AppComponent ],

    bootstrap: [ AppComponent ]

})

 

export class AppModule {}

Define the Angular DateRangePicker code within the app.component.html file mapped against the templateUrl option in the app.component.ts file.

Here, the DateRangePicker component is rendered using the startDate and endDate properties.

[app.component.ts]

import {Component} from '@angular/core';

 

@Component ({

    selector: 'app-root',

    templateUrl: './app.component.html'

})

 

export class AppComponent {

    public start: Date = new Date ("10/07/2017"); 

    public end: Date = new Date ("11/25/2017");

    constructor () {}

}

[app.component.html]

<ejs-daterangepicker id='daterangepicker' placeholder='Select a range' [startDate]='start' [endDate]='end'></ejs-daterangepicker>

Refer to the CDN link of CSS reference within the index.html file.

[index.html]

<link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />

Run the application with the ng serve command, and the DateRangePicker will be displayed with start and end dates on the browser as shown below.

Screenshot

DateRangepicker

Refer to our documentation and online samples for more features. If you have any queries, please let us know in comments below. You can also contact us through our Support forum or Direct-Trac. We are happy to assist you!

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