jQWidgets jqxDateTimeInput setRange() Method

Last Updated : 24 Sep, 2021

jQWidgets is a JavaScript framework for making web-based applications for PC and mobile devices. It is a very powerful, optimized, platform-independent, and widely supported framework. The jqxDateTimeInput widget is a jQuery datetimeinput that is used for selecting the date or time using a displayed calendar or by using the keyboard.

The setRange() method is used to set the selection range when the selectionMode property is set to ‘range’. It accepts two parameters Starting and Ending Dates of Date/String type value and it does not return any value.

Syntax:

$('Selector').jqxDateTimeInput('setRange', date1, date2);

Linked Files: Download jQWidgets from the link. In the HTML file, locate the script files in the downloaded folder.

<link rel=”stylesheet” href=”jqwidgets/styles/jqx.base.css” type=”text/css” />
<link rel=”stylesheet” href=”jqwidgets/styles/jqx.energyblue.css” type=”text/css” />
<script type=”text/javascript” src=”scripts/jquery-1.11.1.min.js”></script>
<script type=”text/javascript” src=”jqwidgets/jqxcore.js”></script>
<script type=”text/javascript” src=”jqwidgets/jqxdatetimeinput.js”></script>
<script type=”text/javascript” src=”jqwidgets/jqxcalendar.js”></script>
<script type=”text/javascript” src=”jqwidgets/jqxtooltip.js”></script>
<script type=”text/javascript” src=”jqwidgets/jqxbuttons.js”></script>
<script type=”text/javascript” src=”jqwidgets/globalization/globalize.js”></script>

The below example illustrates the jqxDateTimeInput setRange() method in jQWidgets.

Example:

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html lang="en"> 
  
<head> 
    <link rel="stylesheet"
          href= 
"jqwidgets/styles/jqx.base.css" 
          type="text/css" /> 
    <link rel="stylesheet" 
          href= 
"jqwidgets/styles/jqx.energyblue.css"
          type="text/css" /> 
    <script type="text/javascript" 
        src="scripts/jquery-1.11.1.min.js"> 
      </script> 
    <script type="text/javascript" 
        src="jqwidgets/jqxcore.js"> 
      </script> 
    <script type="text/javascript" 
        src="jqwidgets/jqxdatetimeinput.js"> 
      </script> 
    <script type="text/javascript" 
        src="jqwidgets/jqxcalendar.js"> 
      </script> 
    <script type="text/javascript" 
        src="jqwidgets/jqxtooltip.js"> 
      </script> 
    <script type="text/javascript" 
        src="jqwidgets/jqxbuttons.js"> 
      </script> 
    <script type="text/javascript" 
        src="jqwidgets/globalization/globalize.js"> 
      </script> 
</head> 
  
<body> 
    <center> 
        <h1 style="color: green;"> 
            GeeksforGeeks 
        </h1> 
  
        <h3> 
            jQWidgets jqxDateTimeInput setRange() Method 
        </h3> 
  
        <div style="margin: 10px;" 
             id='jqxDTI'></div> 
  
        <input type="button" id="jqxBtn" 
               value="Set Range" 
               style="padding: 5px 15px;"> 
    </center> 
  
    <script type="text/javascript"> 
        $(document).ready(function() { 
            $("#jqxDTI").jqxDateTimeInput({ 
                theme: 'energyblue', 
                width: '300px', 
                height: '40px', 
                selectionMode: 'range' 
            }); 
  
            $("#jqxBtn").on('click', function() { 
  
                $("#jqxDTI").jqxDateTimeInput( 
                    'setRange', new Date(2020, 6, 5),  
                    new Date(2021, 7, 7) 
                ); 
                alert("Setting Range"); 
            }) 
        }); 
    </script> 
</body> 
  
</html>