React Calendar API

The Calendar is a widget that displays a calendar and allows an end user to select the required date within a specified date range.

import Calendar from "devextreme-react/calendar"

Type: CalendarTypes.default

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Configuration

An object defining configuration options for the Calendar widget.

Name	Description
accessKey	Specifies the shortcut key that sets focus on the widget.
activeStateEnabled	Specifies whether or not the widget changes its state when interacting with a user.
cellComponent	An alias for the cellTemplate option specified in React. Accepts a custom component. Refer to Using a Custom Component for more information.
cellRender	An alias for the cellTemplate option specified in React. Accepts a rendering function. Refer to Using a Rendering Function for more information.
cellTemplate	Specifies a custom template for calendar cells.
dateSerializationFormat	Specifies the date-time value serialization format. Use it only if you do not specify the value at design time.
disabled	Specifies whether the widget responds to user interaction.
disabledDates	Specifies dates to be disabled.
elementAttr	Specifies the attributes to be attached to the widget's root element.
firstDayOfWeek	Specifies the first day of a week.
focusStateEnabled	Specifies whether the widget can be focused using keyboard navigation.
height	Specifies the widget's height.
hint	Specifies text for a hint that appears when a user pauses on the widget.
hoverStateEnabled	Specifies whether the widget changes its state when a user pauses on it.
isValid	Specifies whether the editor's value is valid.
max	The latest date the widget allows to select.
maxZoomLevel	Specifies the maximum zoom level of the calendar.
min	The earliest date the widget allows to select.
minZoomLevel	Specifies the minimum zoom level of the calendar.
name	The value to be assigned to the `name` attribute of the underlying HTML element.
onDisposing	A function that is executed before the widget is disposed of.
onInitialized	A function used in JavaScript frameworks to save the widget instance.
onOptionChanged	A function that is executed after a widget option is changed.
onValueChanged	A function that is executed after the widget's value is changed.
readOnly	Specifies whether the editor is read-only.
rtlEnabled	Switches the widget to a right-to-left representation.
showTodayButton	Specifies whether or not the widget displays a button that selects the current date.
tabIndex	Specifies the number of the element when the Tab key is used for navigating.
validationError	Specifies information on the validation error when using a custom validation engine. Should be changed at runtime along with the isValid option.
validationMessageMode	Specifies how the message about the validation rules that are not satisfied by this editor's value is displayed.
value	An object or a value specifying the date and time currently selected in the calendar.
visible	Specifies whether the widget is visible.
width	Specifies the widget's width.
zoomLevel	Specifies the current calendar zoom level.

Methods

This section describes the members used to manipulate the widget.

Name	Description
beginUpdate()	Prevents the widget from refreshing until the endUpdate() method is called.
defaultOptions(rule)	Specifies the device-dependent default configuration options for this component.
dispose()	Disposes of all the resources allocated to the Calendar instance.
element()	Gets the root widget element.
endUpdate()	Refreshes the widget after a call of the beginUpdate() method.
focus()	Sets focus on the widget.
getInstance(element)	Gets the instance of a widget found using its DOM node.
instance()	Gets the widget's instance. Use it to access other methods of the widget.
off(eventName)	Detaches all event handlers from a single event.
off(eventName, eventHandler)	Detaches a particular event handler from a single event.
on(eventName, eventHandler)	Subscribes to an event.
on(events)	Subscribes to events.
option()	Gets all widget options.
option(optionName)	Gets the value of a single option.
option(optionName, optionValue)	Updates the value of a single option.
option(options)	Updates the values of several options.
registerKeyHandler(key, handler)	Registers a handler to be executed when a user presses a specific key.
repaint()	Repaints the widget without reloading data. Call it to update the widget's markup.
reset()	Resets the value option to the default value.

Events

This section describes events that this widget raises.

Name	Description
disposing	Raised before the widget is disposed of.
initialized	Raised only once, after the widget is initialized.
optionChanged	Raised after a widget option is changed.
valueChanged	Raised after the widget's value is changed.

Default Cell Template

This section lists the fields that are used in a default template for calendar cells.

Type:

Object

By default, a predefined cell template is applied to display calendar cells. This template is based on certain fields of an object holding cell information. Below is the list of these fields. If the default cell template is not appropriate for your task, implement a custom cell template based on these fields.

React Calendar API

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Configuration

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Methods

Events

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Default Cell Template

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