slim-pickens

A lightweight date picker utility for React. Use our components or easily roll your own. Read on.

Demo

http://outrageous-show.surge.sh/

Installation

npm

npm i --save @ackmann-dickenson/slim-pickens

yarn

yarn add @ackmann-dickenson/slim-pickens

Usage

We expose some simple, usable datepicker components. Don't like 'em? We expose ways to let you easily write your own custom components.

Pre-made Components

We currently feature a simple calendar component as well as a date input, described below.

SlimPickens

This is a regular calendar control.

import React, { Component } from 'react';
import { SlimPickens } from '@ackmann-dickenson/slim-pickens';

export default class App extends Component {
  state = {
    selected: '4/20/2016'
  }

  select = selected => this.setState({ selected })

  render() {
    return (
      <SlimPickens onPick={this.select} value={this.state.selected} />
    );
  }
}

The SlimPickens component accepts the following props:

Property Name	Type	Description
value	String | Date	The initially selected date. Can be a date object or a parsable date string.
onPick	Function(Date)	Called with the chosen date when selected.

DateInput

An input that opens a calendar control when clicked. Selecting a date closed the calendar and displays the selected date value in the input.

import React, { Component } from 'react';
import { DateInput } from '@ackmann-dickenson/slim-pickens';

export default class App extends Component {
  state = {
    selected: '4/20/2016'
  }

  select = selected => this.setState({ selected })

  render() {
    return (
      <DateInput onPick={this.select} value={this.state.selected} />
    );
  }
}

The DateInput component accepts the same props as SlimPickens, as well as an optional format prop.

Property Name	Type	Description
value	String | Date	The initially selected date. Can be a date object or a parsable date string.
onPick	Function(Date)	Called with the chosen date when selected.
format	Function(Date)	Determines how to display the date in the input. Defaults to date => date.toLocaleString().

Custom Components

If you don't like ours, build your own! You can use decorators or inheritance, take your pickens!

Decorators

Just decorate it with the slimPickens decorator and it will inject all the properties you need:

Property Name	Type	Description
month	Integer	Calendar month (1-12)
year	Integer	Calendar year (YYYY)
previousMonth	Function	Decrement the calendar month
nextMonth	Function	Increment the calendar month
previousYear	Function	Decrement the calendar year
nextYear	Function	Increment the calendar year
rows	Array<Columns>	Row & column data containing date objects to populate the cells of the calendar
selected	Date	The currently selected date

export function MyCalendarComponent({ month, year, previousMonth, nextMonth, rows, selected }) {
  return (
    <table>
      ...
    </table>
  )
}

export default slimPickens(MyCalendarComponent)

In fact, the SlimPickens premade component is written with this decorator. We invite you to look at the source for inspiration!

Inheritance

You can also inherit from the SlimProto component. This offers essentially the same interface as the decorator, with some minor differences:

1. month and year will be members of this.state
2. previousMonth and nextMonth, previousYear, nextYear, rows, and selected will all be component methods