Open At Current Time

[Anthony]

Hi,

When the user opens the picker for the first time, is there any way to have it default to the current time?

I know I can set DefaultHighlightedTime but the user may spend some minutes in the screen before they select a time so the DefaultHighlightedTime is no longer the current time and is a few minutes ago.

Regards

Anthony

[Didi]

Hello Anthony,

You can achieve this using DateTimePicker in Time picker mode and bind the DefaultHighlightedDate to a property inside the ViewModel which returns DateTime.Now. When you press cancel and open the picker again the defaulthighlight date will be changed to the current DateTime.

I have created a sample to show you how this could be achieved. Download the file and test on your side.

I hope the provided information was helpful. 

Regards,
Didi
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[Anthony]

Hi,

Thanks, that does work however the placeholder text now looks very different because of the new ControlTemplate. Do you have the default values for this so I can set them to match other controls?

Regards

Anthony

[Didi]

Hello Anthony,

This is the default placeholder template:

<ControlTemplate x:Key="Picker_PlaceholderView_ControlTemplate">
    <Grid>
        <Grid.GestureRecognizers>
            <TapGestureRecognizer Command="{TemplateBinding ToggleCommand}" />
        </Grid.GestureRecognizers>
        <Label Text="{TemplateBinding Placeholder}"
               Style="{TemplateBinding PlaceholderLabelStyle}"
               AutomationId="PickerPlaceholderLabel"/>
    </Grid>
</ControlTemplate>

Regards,
Didi
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[Anthony]

Hi,

Thanks for that.

Regards

Anthony