Is there any DatePicker control for Qt 5? - datepicker

Question

I'm writing my first QML/Javascript app for QtQuick 2.0.
I need to place a DatePicker control, but I haven't found any control like that under QtQuick.Controls -and nowhere, in fact-.
I'm starting to believe there is no way to call a 'native' DatePicker in QML. Do I have to implement one or there is exist one?

Answer 1

Just in case anyone else stumbles upon this, there is a Calendar element in QtQuick.Controls by now. This should make the implementation of such a Datepicker a lot easier: http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-5/qml-qtquick-controls-calendar.html

Answer 2

Well, I had to make my own control. It is called Datepicker.
It is intented to used in this way:
import QtQuick.Controls 1.1
ApplicationWindow {
id: main
Datepicker {
id: myDate
activeWindow: main
width: 200
}
}
It asumes you are using it from a Window object, and needs the parent reference to show the datepicker in the correct position (it shows a calendar in a new window).
You can download the source code from:
https://bitbucket.org/camolin3/datepicker
This is the first version and need a lot of polish to be ready, but is a start point.

Answer 3

**Code for DatePicker. Try this one **
*TextField {
id: textDate
x: 10
y: 42
width: 175
height: 33
placeholderText: qsTr("Text Field")
text:Qt.formatDate(cal.selectedDate, "dd-MM-yyyy")
font.bold: true
font.family:"times new roman"
font.pointSize: 12
}
Button {
id: button
x: 198
y: 42
width: 25
height: 29
Image {
x: -4
y: -4
id: img
width: 36
height: 44
source: "/Images/calendar-512.png"
}
onClicked:{
cal.visible=true
}
}
Calendar{
id:cal
x: 10
y: 82
width: 220
height: 205
visible: false
selectedDate: new Date()
onClicked: {
textDate.text=Qt.formatDate(cal.selectedDate, "dd-MM-yyyy");
cal.visible=false
}
}*

Answer 4

I wrote another date picker, relying purely on the JavaScript Date object as follows. It adheres to material design.
import QtQuick 2.15
import QtQuick.Controls 2.15
import QtQuick.Controls.Material 2.15
import QtQuick.Controls.Material.impl 2.15
Pane {
id: control
property int radius: 2
background: Rectangle {
color: control.Material.background
radius: control.Material.elevation > 0 ? control.radius : 0
layer.enabled: control.enabled && control.Material.elevation > 0
layer.effect: ElevationEffect {
elevation: control.Material.elevation
}
}
}
And then, here is it
import QtQuick 2.15
import QtQuick.Controls 2.15
import QtQuick.Layouts 1.15
import QtQuick.Controls.Material 2.15
Rectangle {
id: root
property int month: selectedDate.getMonth()
property int year: selectedDate.getFullYear()
property int day: selectedDate.getDate()
property int weekday: selectedDate.getDay()
property int daysInMonth: new Date(year, month + 1, 0).getDate()
property date selectedDate: new Date()
property int _start_weekday: new Date(year, month, 1).getDay()
implicitWidth: layout.width
implicitHeight: layout.height
color: "transparent"
ColumnLayout {
id: layout
Rectangle {
id: title
implicitHeight: 40
Layout.fillWidth: true
color: "transparent"
Text {
anchors.fill: parent
anchors.leftMargin: 8
text: selectedDate.toLocaleDateString(Qt.locale(), "ddd, MMM d")
font.pixelSize: 40
}
}
Rectangle {
color: "transparent"
implicitHeight: 28
Layout.fillWidth: true
}
Rectangle {
id: controls
color: "transparent"
implicitHeight: 24
RowLayout {
anchors.fill: parent
anchors.leftMargin: 8
spacing: 16
Layout.alignment: Qt.AlignHCenter
Text {
text: selectedDate.toLocaleDateString(Qt.locale(), "MMMM yyyy")
font.pixelSize: 16
}
RoundButton {
id: monthButton
contentItem: MIcon {
icon: "expand_more"
color: "black"
size: 16
}
Material.elevation: 0
onClicked: {
monthMenu.open()
}
Menu {
id: monthMenu
Repeater {
model: 12
MenuItem {
text: new Date(2020, index, 1).toLocaleDateString(Qt.locale(), "MMMM")
onTriggered: {
set_month(index)
monthMenu.close()
}
}
}
}
}
// 2 button to change month <>
RowLayout {
Layout.alignment: Qt.AlignRight
spacing: 8
RoundButton {
Material.background: 'transparent'
contentItem: MIcon {
icon: 'navigate_before'
color: 'black'
size: 16
}
onClicked: {
set_month(month - 1)
}
}
RoundButton {
Material.background: 'transparent'
contentItem: MIcon {
icon: 'navigate_next'
color: 'black'
size: 16
}
onClicked: {
set_month(month + 1)
}
}
}
}
}
Rectangle {
color: "transparent"
implicitHeight: 16
Layout.fillWidth: true
}
Rectangle {
color: Material.accent
implicitHeight: 1
Layout.fillWidth: true
}
// Sunday - Saturday
RowLayout {
Layout.alignment: Qt.AlignHCenter
Layout.fillWidth: true
spacing: 4
Repeater {
model: 7
Rectangle { // just for spacing
width: 40
height: 40
color: "transparent"
Text {
anchors.centerIn: parent
Layout.fillWidth: true
text: new Date(2020, 0, index - 2).toLocaleDateString(Qt.locale(), "ddd").slice(0, 1)
font.pixelSize: 16
horizontalAlignment: Text.AlignHCenter
}
}
}
}
// calendar
GridLayout {
id: grid
columns: 7
rows: 6
columnSpacing: 4
rowSpacing: 4
Repeater {
model: 42
delegate: Rectangle {
color: default_color()
radius: 20
border.width: 1
border.color: is_selected() ? Material.accent : "transparent"
width: 40
height: 40
Text {
anchors.centerIn: parent
text: get_day()
color: in_current_month() ? 'black' : 'gray'
}
MouseArea {
anchors.fill: parent
hoverEnabled: true
onEntered: {
cursorShape = Qt.PointingHandCursor
color = Material.color(Material.accent, Material.Shade200)
}
onExited: {
cursorShape = Qt.ArrowCursor
color = default_color()
}
onClicked: {
var _day = get_day()
if (!in_current_month()){
if (index < _start_weekday) {
set_month(month - 1)
} else {
set_month(month + 1)
}
}
set_day(_day)
}
}
function default_color() {
return 'transparent'
}
function in_current_month() {
return index >= _start_weekday && (index - _start_weekday) < daysInMonth
}
function is_selected() {
return day == get_day() && in_current_month()
}
function get_day() {
var this_day = index - _start_weekday + 1
if (this_day > daysInMonth) {
return this_day - daysInMonth
} else if (this_day < 1) {
return new Date(year, month, 0).getDate() + this_day
} else {
return this_day
}
}
}
}
}
}
function set_month(month) {
var days_in = new Date(year, month + 1, 0).getDate()
var new_day = Math.min(day, days_in)
selectedDate = new Date(year, month, new_day)
}
function set_day(day) {
day = Math.min(day, daysInMonth)
selectedDate = new Date(year, month, day)
}
}