Populate date in datepicker on hit of F3 button

[Abdeali]

Hello,

I need to Populate current date in my telerik datepicker control as soon as i hit F3 key. How can i achieve this in wpf telerik datepicker?

Thanks,

Abdi

[Kalin]

Hello Abdi,

You can set the current date of the control by setting the DisplayDate of the Calendar located inside of the Template of the DatePicker. What you can do is to hook to the KeyUp event of the DatePicker, in the handler you can find the Calendar in the Template and set its DisplayDate property as desired whenever the F3 button is clicked. Please check the following code snippet and let me know if it helps as I'm not complete sure if this was the exact requirement:

private void RadDatePicker_KeyUp(object sender, KeyEventArgs e)
{
    if (e.Key == Key.F3)
    {
        var calendar = this.DatePicker.Template.FindName("PART_Calendar", this.DatePicker) as RadCalendar;
        calendar.DisplayDate = new DateTime(2015, 1, 1);
    }
}

Hope this will work for you.

Regards,
Kalin
Telerik

 

 

[Abdeali]

Thanks. Yes that would work. Is it possible to do this using triggers from xaml?

[Kalin]

Hello Abdeali,

You can easily achieve the desired by using a KeyBinding to F3 key and execute a custom Command. Actually the DatePicker also provides DisplayDate property which can be bound to a property in the ViewModel, so whenever the Command is executed you would be able to change the property as desired. Please check the attached sample project which demonstrates the explained above.

Hope this helps.

Regards,
Kalin
Telerik

 

 

[Abdeali]

Thanks for the solution. I actually achieved the F3 shortcut by implementing Behaviors<DatePicker> in my class.

[Kalin]

Hi Abdeali,

I'm glad you have managed to achieve the desired. If you have any other questions or issues, let us know.

Regards,
Kalin
Telerik