How to create an example of angular daterangepicker component with highly customizable options?

This section explains the way to customize Angular DateRangePicker Component using the CSSClass

Introduction

The Angular DateRangePicker used in this project is created from the Syncfusion ej2-angular-calendars package. You can simply define it as <ejs- daterangepicker> within the template.

Dependencies

Before starting this project, the Angular DateRangePicker requires to add the Syncfusion ej2-angular-calendars package from the npmjs, which is distributed in the npm as @syncfusion scoped packages. DateRangePicker requires the following dependent packages for rendering the DateRangePicker component.

|-- @syncfusion/ej2-angular-calendars
    |-- @syncfusion/ej2-angular-base
    |-- @syncfusion/ej2-base
    |-- @syncfusion/ej2-calendars
        |-- @syncfusion/ej2-lists
        |-- @syncfusion/ej2-inputs
          |-- @syncfusion/ej2-splitbuttons
        |-- @syncfusion/ej2-popups
            |-- @syncfusion/ej2-buttons

The following CSS styles require dependencies to render the file Uploader component.

@import '../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-base/styles/material.css';
@import '../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css';
@import '../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-inputs/styles/material.css';
@import '../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-popups/styles/material.css';
@import '../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-lists/styles/material.css';
@import '../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-splitbuttons/styles/material.css';
@import '../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-calendars/styles/material.css';
@import '../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-angular-calendars/styles/material.css';

Adding DateRangePicker Component

Render the DateRangePicker component by using the <ejs-daterangepicker> selector.

import { Component } from '@angular/core';
 
@Component({
  selector: 'app-root',
  template: `<ejs-daterangepicker></ejs-daterangepicker>`
})
export class AppComponent  { }

To customize the UI, make use of the cssClass which will be added to the DateRangePicker component as the root CSS class. With this CSS class, existing styles can be override in the DateRangePicker.

Step1

Customize the hover element before selecting the element.

.customCSS .e-calendar .e-content .e-selected span.e-day, 
.customCSS .e-calendar .e-content .e-selected span.e-day:hover,
.customCSS .e-calendar .e-content .e-today.e-selected:hover, 
.customCSS .e-calendar .e-content .e-today.e-selected span.e-day, 
.customCSS .e-calendar .e-content .e-selected:hover span.e-day 
{
    background-color: #35b86b;
}

Step2

Customize the weekend element by override the below styles.

.customCSS .e-calendar .e-content .e-weekend span
{ 
    color: #ff3337;
}

Step3

Customize the action buttons like input element icon, cancel button.

.customCSS.e-date-range-wrapper .e-input-group-icon.e-icons.e-active,
.customCSS .e-btn.e-flat, 
.customCSS .e-btn.e-flat:hover 
{ 
    color: #35b86b;
}

Screenshot

Please find the sample below for reference:

https://stackblitz.com/edit/angular-w6ky1f-8hvc37?file=app.component.css 

For more information about the DateRangePicker Customization, refer to this UG Documentation, API Reference and Samples.

Conclusion

I hope you enjoyed about how to create an example of Angular DateRangePicker component with highly customizable options.

You can refer to our Angular DateRangePicker feature tour page to know about its other groundbreaking feature representations and documentation, and how to quickly get started for configuration specifications. You can also explore our Angular DateRangePicker example to understand how to create and manipulate data.