Select all the content of DatePicker on click

[neelima]

When user click on the input field of DatePicker, it either select date, or month, or year, but we want to select whole date input field like it highlights/selects whole content on Tab key.

Tried  with the following code but still no luck.

<span @onfocusin="@FocusHandler">
    <TelerikDatePicker @bind-Value="@SelectedDate"
                       Min="@Min"
                       Max="@Max"
                       Format="MM/dd/yyyy"
                       DebounceDelay="@DebounceDelay"
                       ShowWeekNumbers="true"
                       @ref="@DateRef">
                       <DatePickerFormatPlaceholder Day="day" Month="month" Year="year" />
    </TelerikDatePicker>
    </span>

@code {
    private DateTime? SelectedDate { get; set; }
    private DateTime Max = new DateTime(2050, 12, 31);
    private DateTime Min = new DateTime(1950, 1, 1);
    private int DebounceDelay { get; set; } = 200;
    private TelerikDatePicker<DateTime?> DateRef { get; set; }
    private async Task FocusHandler()
    {
        await DateRef.FocusAsync();
    }
}

 

It gets selected on buttonclick though (code snippet below where it selects all content on button click) - 

<TelerikButton OnClick="@FocusHandler">Focus Date</TelerikButton>
    <TelerikDatePicker @bind-Value="@SelectedDate"
                       Min="@Min"
                       Max="@Max"
                       Format="MM/dd/yyyy"
                       DebounceDelay="@DebounceDelay"
                       ShowWeekNumbers="true"
                       @ref="@DateRef">
                       <DatePickerFormatPlaceholder Day="day" Month="month" Year="year" />
    </TelerikDatePicker> 
@code {
    private DateTime? SelectedDate { get; set; }
    private DateTime Max = new DateTime(2050, 12, 31);
    private DateTime Min = new DateTime(1950, 1, 1);
    private int DebounceDelay { get; set; } = 200;
    private TelerikDatePicker<DateTime?> DateRef { get; set; }
    private async Task FocusHandler()
    {
        await DateRef.FocusAsync();
    }
}

 

Any help would be appreciated! TIA.

-Neelima

[Hristian Stefanov]

Hi Neelima,

A feature request for the desired functionality to highlight the entire content in the date input has already been submitted on our public feedback portal: Always highlight / select all content of the input on focus. This enhancement is already scheduled for around May (Q2 this year).

You can subscribe to the public item to receive email notifications for further status updates.

Regards,
Hristian Stefanov
Progress Telerik