react-simple-date-picker

A simple, modular React date picker component

Installation

The package can be installed via NPM:

npm i -S react-simple-date-picker

Usage

import React from 'react';
import DatePicker from 'react-simple-date-picker';
 
const MyForm = () => (
  <form className="MyForm" onSubmit={(e) => {
    const dateInput = e.target.querySelectorAll('input[name$="date"]')[0];
    // dateInput.value is formatted as a YYYY-MM-DD string by default
    doSomething(dateInput.value);
  }}>
    <DatePicker />
    <button type="submit">Submit</button>
  </form>
);
 
export default MyForm;

Customization

This DatePicker component is built simple on purpose. It's intended to be built upon. However, there are some pieces that are customizable right out of the box.

These customizable props include:

• dirty: should the currently selected date be shown on mount [defaults to true]
• inputName: the html input element's "name" property [defaults to 'date']
• showDateReset: show the reset button [defaults to true]
• showDateSelected: show the currently selected date in a human readable string [defaults to true]
• showWeekDayName: show the abbreviated week names at the top of the calendar [defaults to true]
• showMonthChangeButtons: show the left/right arrow buttons for changing the month [defaults to true]
• showYearChangeButtons: show the up/down arrow buttons for changing the year [defaults to true]
• initialDate: the initially selected date (Date) [defaults to new Date()]

Usage With Custom Props

  ...
  <DatePicker
    inputName="MyForm_date"
    showDateReset=false
    showDateSelected=false
    initialDate={new Date('2021-01-20')}
  />
  ...

Continuous Development

If you'd like to build upon the existing component (and you should!), you can find all the applicable files within the src directory, with all the React components located within the components directory.

Before you begin hacking away, run npm i at the root level directory. This will get you setup with webpack and the necessary loaders so you can run a dev server and create a build when the time is right.

Scripts

npm start to start a dev server

npm run build to create a production build

npm run build-dev to create a dev build