OnDateSelected

The OnDateSelected client-side event handler of the ASP NET AJAX Calendar is called immediately after the value of the control's selection has changed.

The event handler receives two arguments:

1. the object that fired the event.

2. an event arguments object that exposes the following methods:OnDateSelected event arguments object for RadCalendar

Name	Return Type	Arguments	Description
get_renderDay()	RenderDay client-side object		Returns the client-side RenderDay object for the day that was just selected or unselected.

Name	Return Type	Arguments	Description
get_oldValue()	string		Returns the old value of the control, formatted as a string.
get_newValue()	string		Returns the new value of the control, formatted as a string
get_oldDate()	Date object		Returns the old value of the control as a Date object.
get_newDate()	Date object		Returns the new value of the control as a Date object.

The following example shows the OnDateSelected event for RadCalendar:

ASPNET

<telerik:RadCalendar RenderMode="Lightweight" ID="RadCalendar1" runat="server">
    <ClientEvents OnDateSelected="dateSelected" />
</telerik:RadCalendar>			

JavaScript

function dateSelected(sender, eventArgs) {
	var date = eventArgs.get_renderDay().get_date();
	var dfi = sender.DateTimeFormatInfo;
	var formattedDate = dfi.FormatDate(date, dfi.ShortDatePattern);
	
	alert(formattedDate + " was just " + (eventArgs.get_renderDay().get_isSelected() ? "selected. " : "unselected. "));
}

The following example shows the OnDateSelected event for RadDatePicker. The OnDateSelected event works the same way for RadTimePicker and RadDateTimePicker.

ASPNET

<telerik:RadDatePicker RenderMode="Lightweight" ID="RadDatePicker1" runat="server">
    <ClientEvents OnDateSelected="dateSelected" />
</telerik:RadDatePicker>		

JavaScript

function dateSelected(sender, eventArgs) {
	alert("The date was just changed from " + eventArgs.get_oldValue() + " to " + eventArgs.get_newValue());
}

See Also

• Client-side Events Overview

• OnDateSelecting