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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''' allows for easy navigation and selection of dates within SmartSimple. The date picker features two drop down menus and a field in which to select specific days of the month.
  
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=]]
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The left drop down allows for selection of months:
  
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: [[Image:Month-datepicker.png|link=]]
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The right drop down selects the year:
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The date picker is made available to a [[Custom Field Type: Text – Single Line|text field]] when "Date" is chosen as the field validation type.
  
<!--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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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.  
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The date picker will pop up when a user clicks into a field formatted as "Date," or when the calendar icon next to the field is clicked.
  
Note that the ''Caption'' setting is resizable, so when entering larger captions for a field, the entire caption can be seen.
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[[Image:FieldwithDateFormat2017.png|link=]]
  
==Disambiguation - Status and Template Captions==
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[[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.
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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]]
 

Latest revision as of 13:31, 10 September 2018


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The Calendar Date Field allows for easy navigation and selection of dates within SmartSimple. The date picker features two drop down menus and a field in which to select specific days of the month.

Datepicker.png

The left drop down allows for selection of months:

Month-datepicker.png

The right drop down selects the year:

Year-datepicker.png

The date picker is made available to a text field when "Date" is chosen as the field validation type.

DateValidation.png

The date picker will pop up when a user clicks into a field formatted as "Date," or when the calendar icon next to the field is clicked.

FieldwithDateFormat2017.png