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The '''Calendar Date Field''' is an easy way to select dates. The '''Date Field''' allows for easy navigation and selection of days, moths and years.
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The '''Calendar Date Field''' is an allows for easy navigation and selection of days, months and years within SmartSimple.  
  
For [[Custom Field|Custom Fields]] the '''Caption''' setting is used if you want to have a label for the field that is different than the field name.  If the caption is not set, then the field name will be used as the caption.
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:[[Image:Datepicker.png|link=]]
  
:[[Image:CaptionSetting.png|link=]]
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The date picker features two drop down menus. The left dropdown selects the month:
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:[[Image:Month-datepicker.png|link=]]
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The right drop down selects the year:
<!--In the case of most [[Standard Field]]s (other than those within a [[UTA]]) the caption can only be changed on [[External]] Pages. -->
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:[[Image:Year-datepicker.png|link=]]
If you want the '''Caption''' to appear above the field instead of to the left of a custom field, select the "Label Above Field" option in the custom field settings.
 
{{LabelAboveField}}
 
 
 
If you are using a [[Custom Field Type: Title Bar – Multiple Columns|Title Bar – Multiple Columns]] Custom Field to define the number of columns, but don't want the actual Title Bar to appear, choose "Empty Title Bar" from the Label Display option.
 
 
 
Note that the ''Caption'' setting is resizable, so when entering larger captions for a field, the entire caption can be seen.
 
 
 
==Disambiguation - Status and Template Captions==
 
[[Templates]], [[Types]] and [[Statuses]] can be given captions as well. These captions will be used instead of the Template/Type/Status name when displayed to the end user.  
 
 
 
Where the name of the Template/Type or Status is returned by the variable @type@ or @status@, the caption can be returned using the [[Variable List|variable]] @typecaption@ or @statuscaption@.
 
 
 
==See Also==
 
* [[Label Display Options]]
 
  
 
[[Category:Glossary]][[Category:Custom Fields]]
 
[[Category:Glossary]][[Category:Custom Fields]]

Revision as of 13:11, 11 July 2014

The Calendar Date Field is an allows for easy navigation and selection of days, months and years within SmartSimple.

Datepicker.png

The date picker features two drop down menus. The left dropdown selects the month:

Month-datepicker.png

The right drop down selects the year:

Year-datepicker.png