ReactJS Blueprint DatePicker Component

Last Updated : 19 Jul, 2021

BlueprintJS is a React-based UI toolkit for the web. This library is very optimized and popular for building interfaces that are complex data-dense for desktop applications. DatePicker Component helps the user to choose a single date. We can use the following approach in ReactJS to use the ReactJS Blueprint DatePicker Component.

DatePicker Props:

canClearSelection: It allows the user to clear the selection by clicking the currently selected day.
className: It is used to denote a space-delimited list of class names to pass along to a child element.
clearButtonText: It is used to denote the text for the reset button in the action bar.
dayPickerProps: It is used to denote the props to pass to ReactDayPicker.
defaultValue: It is used to denote the initial day of the calendar that will be displayed as selected.
highlightCurrentDay: It is used to indicate whether the current day should be highlighted in the calendar.
initialMonth: It is used to denote the initial month the calendar displays.
locale: It is used to denote the locale name.
localeUtils: It is used to denote the collection of functions that provide internationalization support.
maxDate: It is used to denote the latest date the user can select.
minDate: It is used to denote the earliest date the user can select.
modifiers: It is used to denote the collection of functions that determine which modifier classes get applied to which days.
onChange: It is a callback function that is triggered when the user selects a day.
onShortcutChange: It is a callback function that is triggered when the shortcuts props are enabled and the user changes the shortcut.
reverseMonthAndYearMenus: The month menu will appear to the left of the year menu if this is set to true.
selectedShortcutIndex: It is used to denote the currently selected shortcut.
shortcuts: It is used to indicate whether shortcuts to quickly select a date are displayed or not.
showActionsBar: It is used to indicate whether the bottom bar displaying Today and Clear buttons should be shown.
timePickerProps: It is used to further configure the TimePicker that appears beneath the calendar.
timePrecision: It is used to denote the precision of time selection that accompanies the calendar.
todayButtonText: It is used to denote the text for the today button in the action bar.
value: It is used to denote the currently selected day.

DatePickerShortcut Props:

date: It is used to denote the date represented by this shortcut.
includeTime: It is used to allow this shortcut to change the selected times as well as the dates when this prop is set to true.
label: It is used to denote the shortcut label that appears in the list.

Creating React Application And Installing Module:

Step 1: Create a React application using the following command:

npx create-react-app foldername

Step 2: After creating your project folder i.e. foldername, move to it using the following command:

cd foldername

Step 3: After creating the ReactJS application, Install the required module using the following command:

npm install @blueprintjs/core
npm install @blueprintjs/datetime

Project Structure: It will look like the following.

Project Structure

Example: Now write down the following code in the App.js file. Here, App is our default component where we have written our code.

App.js

import React from 'react'
import '@blueprintjs/datetime/lib/css/blueprint-datetime.css'; 
import '@blueprintjs/core/lib/css/blueprint.css'; 
import { DatePicker } from "@blueprintjs/datetime"; 
  
function App() { 
    return ( 
        <div style={{ 
            display: 'block', width: 400, padding: 30 
        }}> 
            <h4>ReactJS Blueprint DatePicker Component</h4> 
            <DatePicker /> 
        </div > 
    ); 
} 
  
export default App;