RadDateInput Client Object

The following table lists the most important properties/methods of the RadDateInputclient-side object:

Properties

 

Name	Parameters	Return Type	Description
get_value	none	string	Returns the value of the control as a string.
set_value	string, Date	none	Sets the value of the control.
get_editValue	none	string	Gets the value of the control as it is formatted when the control has focus.
get_displayValue	none	string	Gets the value of the control as it is formatted when the control does not have focus.
get_textBoxValue	none	string	Gets the string that the user typed into the control.
get_selectedDate	none	Date	Gets the value of the control as a Date value.
set_selectedDate	Date	none	Sets the value of the control.
get_caretPosition	none	integer	Returns the current position of the caret.
set_caretPosition	integer	none	Sets the position of the caret.
get_styles	none	InputStyles	Returns the InputStyles Client object, which can be used to change the appearance of the input control when it is first loaded.
get_autoPostBack	none	boolean	Returns the value of the AutoPostBack property.
set_autoPostBack	boolean	none	Enables or disables postbacks when the user changes the text in the input control.
get_enabled	none	boolean	Returns true if the input control is enabled.
get_showButton	none	boolean	Returns true if the input control has an associated image button.
get_selectionOnFocus	none	Telerik.Web.UI.SelectionOnFocus	Returns the value of the SelectionOnFocus property. Possible values are Telerik.Web.UI.SelectionOnFocus.CaretToBeginning, Telerik.Web.UI.SelectionOnFocus.CaretToEnd, Telerik.Web.UI.SelectionOnFocus.None, and Telerik.Web.UI.SelectionOnFocus.SelectAll.
set_selectionOnFocus	Telerik.Web.UI.SelectionOnFocus	none	Sets the SelectionOnFocus property.
get_emptyMessage	none	string	Returns the message that appears when the value is not set.
set_emptyMessage	string	none	Sets the message that appears when the value is not set.
get_element	none	HTML element	Gets the DOM element for the input element that holds the edit value.
get_wrapperElement	none	HTML element	Gets the DOM element for the wrapper element.
get_dateFormat	none	string	Returns the format string for the control when it has focus.
get_displayDateFormat	none	string	Returns the format string for the control when it does not have focus.
get_dateFormatInfo	none	DateFormatInfo	Returns the Date Format Info object, which includes the settings used to parse date values.
get_minDate	none	Date	Returns the earliest valid date value.
set_minDate	Date	none	Sets the earliest date the user can enter.
get_maxDate	none	Date	Returns the latest valid date value.
set_maxDate	Date	none	Sets the latest date the user can enter.
get_incrementSettings	none	IncrementSettings	Returns the Increment Settings object, which you can use to change the way the control responds to arrow keys and the mouse wheel.
get_visible	none	boolean	Returns whether the input element is rendered as hidden or not. Does not apply if the control is inside another hidden html element.
set_visible	boolean	none	Sets the input element as hidden on the client

Methods

 

Name	Parameters	Return Type	Description
parseDate	string	Date	Parses a string using the DateFormatInfo object and returns the resulting date.
selectAllText	none	none	Selects all text in the control.
selectText	integer, integer	none	Selects the text in the specified range of positions. The first parameter is the start of the range and the second is the end of the range.
isReadOnly	none	boolean	Returns true of the control is read-only.
isEmpty	none	boolean	Returns true if the value has not been set.
enable	none	none	Enables the date input control.
disable	none	none	Disables the date input control.
focus	none	none	Sets focus to the control so that the user can edit its value.
blur	none	none	Removes focus from the control, moving it to the next control in the tab order of the page.
clear	none	none	Clears the value of the control.