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An official website of the United States government
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Official websites use .gov A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.
Secure .gov websites use HTTPS A lock () or https:// means you've safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.
Date field (with calendar picker), also known as "date picker", provides single date entry with a text field or selection through a visual calendar element tied to the input.
The calendar picker is another name for the <SingleInputDateField> with a calendar picker button. To enable the date picker feature, you must pass both a from<TIME> property (i.e., fromDate, fromMonth, etc.) and a to<TIME> property (i.e., toDate, toMonth, etc.) to the date field component.
See Storybook for React guidance of this component.
Styles
The following CSS variables can be overridden to customize Input/Form components:
CSS variables for text-input
Variable
Default Core Theme Value
--text-input__line-height
1.3
--text-input__background-color--disabled
--color-border
--text-input__border-width
2px
--text-input__border-width--error
3px
--text-input__border-width--success
3px
--text-input__border-color
--color-base
--text-input__border-color--disabled
--color-gray-light
--text-input__border-color--error
--color-error
--text-input__border-color--error--inverse
--color-error-lighter
--text-input__border-color--inverse
--color-black
--text-input__border-color--success
--color-secondary-light
--text-input__color
--color-base
--text-input__divider-color
--color-gray-light
--text-input__padding
8px
--text-input__border-radius
3px
Form components
This component also makes use of form field styles, which can be customized by the following variables:
CSS variables for form
Variable
Default Core Theme Value
--form-label__color--inverse
--color-white
--form__max-width
460px
--form__max-width--small
6em
--form__max-width--medium
12em
--form-hint__color
--color-gray-dark
--form-hint__color--inverse
--color-muted-inverse
--form-error__color
--color-error
--form-error__color--inverse
--color-error-lighter
Guidance
When to use
Use the date picker for dates that have happened within the last year, in the future, or is relevant to selecting the day of the week.
When to consider alternatives
Don't use if users are entering a memorable date. Instead, use either single- or multi-input date fields.
Don't use if the date occurred in the distant past (like date of birth).
Usage
Allow users to have flexibility in entering the date, such as allowing one-digit numbers with or without "0" prior to the number, or entering a date with or without slashes to separate month, day, and year.
Users will be able to enter a variety of date formats that automatically format to the correct date format of MM/DD/YYYY. This change happens once the form field loses focus. For example, a user enters a date as "4122020" and it changes to "04/01/2020" once focus leaves the date input.
Instructions are available make this more usable/accessible for assistive technology.
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