React Calendar API
The Calendar is a UI component that displays a calendar and allows an end user to select the required date within a specified date range.
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jQuery
Angular
Vue
React
Props
An object defining configuration properties for the Calendar UI component.
| Name | Description | 
|---|---|
| accessKey | Specifies the shortcut key that sets focus on the UI component. | 
| activeStateEnabled | Specifies whether the UI component changes its visual state as a result of user interaction. | 
| cellComponent | An alias for the cellTemplate property specified in React. Accepts a custom component. Refer to Using a Custom Component for more information. | 
| cellRender | An alias for the cellTemplate property 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. | 
| disabled | Specifies whether the UI component responds to user interaction. | 
| disabledDates | Specifies dates that users cannot select. | 
| elementAttr | Specifies the global attributes to be attached to the UI component's container element. | 
| firstDayOfWeek | Specifies the first day of a week. | 
| focusStateEnabled | Specifies whether the UI component can be focused using keyboard navigation. | 
| height | Specifies the UI component's height. | 
| hint | Specifies text for a hint that appears when a user pauses on the UI component. | 
| hoverStateEnabled | Specifies whether the UI component changes its state when a user pauses on it. | 
| isDirty | Specifies whether the component's current value differs from the initial value. | 
| isValid | Specifies or indicates whether the editor's value is valid. | 
| max | The latest date the UI component allows to select. | 
| maxZoomLevel | Specifies the maximum zoom level of the calendar. | 
| min | The earliest date the UI component allows to select. | 
| minZoomLevel | Specifies the minimum zoom level of the calendar. | 
| name | The value to be assigned to the  | 
| onDisposing | A function that is executed before the UI component is disposed of. | 
| onInitialized | A function used in JavaScript frameworks to save the UI component instance. | 
| onOptionChanged | A function that is executed after a UI component property is changed. | 
| onValueChanged | A function that is executed after the UI component's value is changed. | 
| readOnly | Specifies whether the editor is read-only. | 
| rtlEnabled | Switches the UI component to a right-to-left representation. | 
| selectionMode | Specifies one of three selection modes: single, multiple, or range. | 
| selectWeekOnClick | Specifies whether a user can select a week by clicking on a week number. | 
| showTodayButton | Specifies whether or not the UI component displays a button that selects the current date. | 
| showWeekNumbers | Specifies whether to display a column with week numbers. | 
| tabIndex | Specifies the number of the element when the Tab key is used for navigating. | 
| validationError | Information on the broken validation rule. Contains the first item from the validationErrors array. | 
| validationErrors | An array of validation errors. | 
| validationMessageMode | Specifies how the message about the validation rules that are not satisfied by this editor's value is displayed. | 
| validationMessagePosition | Specifies the position of a validation message relative to the component. The validation message describes the validation rules that this component's value does not satisfy. | 
| validationStatus | Indicates or specifies the current validation status. | 
| value | An object or a value that specifies the date and time selected in the calendar. | 
| visible | Specifies whether the UI component is visible. | 
| weekNumberRule | Specifies a week number calculation rule. | 
| width | Specifies the UI component's width. | 
| zoomLevel | Specifies the current calendar zoom level. | 
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Methods
| Name | Description | 
|---|---|
| beginUpdate() | Postpones rendering that can negatively affect performance until the endUpdate() method is called. | 
| clear() | Resets the value property to the default value. | 
| defaultOptions(rule) | Specifies the device-dependent default configuration properties for this component. | 
| dispose() | Disposes of all the resources allocated to the Calendar instance. | 
| element() | Gets the root UI component element. | 
| endUpdate() | Refreshes the UI component after a call of the beginUpdate() method. | 
| focus() | Sets focus on the UI component. | 
| getInstance(element) | Gets the instance of a UI component found using its DOM node. | 
| instance() | Gets the UI component's instance. Use it to access other methods of the UI component. | 
| 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 UI component properties. | 
| option(optionName) | Gets the value of a single property. | 
| option(optionName, optionValue) | Updates the value of a single property. | 
| option(options) | Updates the values of several properties. | 
| registerKeyHandler(key, handler) | Registers a handler to be executed when a user presses a specific key. | 
| repaint() | Renders the component again without reloading data. Use the method to update the component's markup and appearance dynamically. | 
| reset(value) | Resets the value property to the value passed as an argument. | 
| resetOption(optionName) | Resets a property to its default value. | 
Events
This section describes events that this UI component raises.
| Name | Description | 
|---|---|
| disposing | Raised before the UI component is disposed of. | 
| initialized | Raised only once, after the UI component is initialized. | 
| optionChanged | Raised after a UI component property is changed. | 
| valueChanged | Raised after the UI component's value is changed. | 
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Types
| Name | Description | 
|---|---|
| CalendarSelectionMode | Specifies one of three selection modes: single, multiple, or range. | 
| CalendarZoomLevel | Specifies the current calendar zoom level. | 
| DisabledDate | Specifies dates that users cannot select. | 
| DisposingEvent | The type of the disposing event handler's argument. | 
| InitializedEvent | The type of the initialized event handler's argument. | 
| OptionChangedEvent | The type of the optionChanged event handler's argument. | 
| ValueChangedEvent | The type of the valueChanged event handler's argument. | 
| WeekNumberRule | Specifies a week number calculation rule. | 
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