SUI.control.Date is a control for date entry. It displays date and or time entry fields and a button for a date/time selection box. The control works in a JavaScript setting, but also as a form field. The order in which the date fields are presented depends on the internationalization settings.
Extends
SUI.Box
Defined in:
control/Date.js
| Attr. | Name / Description |
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SUI.control.Date(see, arg) Create a date(time) control: a set of input fields in the order of date(time) format, together with a button for a date(time) dialog box to facilitate date entry. |
| Attr. | Type | Name | Description |
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| private | SUI.Border |
The box's border. |
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| private | int |
The bottom position of the box. |
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| private | HTMLElementNode |
The box's element node. |
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| private | int |
The height of the box. |
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| private | int |
The left position of the box. |
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| private | int |
The listeners array. |
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| private | int |
The maximum height of the box. |
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| private | int |
The maximum width of the box. |
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| private | int |
The minimum height of the box. |
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| private | int |
The minimum width of the box. |
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| private | SUI.Padding |
The box's padding. |
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| private | SUI.Box |
The box's parent element. |
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| private | int |
The right position of the box. |
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| private | int |
The top position of the box. |
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| private | int |
The width of the box. |
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Margin between the button and the input fields. |
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Size (width/height) of the button |
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Height of the control (not that the button is larger) |
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Width of the 2 digit input fields (day, month, minutes, hours) |
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Width of the 4 digit input field (year) |
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Width between the input fields |
| Attr. | Type | Name / Description |
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absPos() Get the absolute position (top/left) of this box on the page. Note: You can only use this function if the HTML content of the page is fully rendered. |
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addClass(cls) Add a CSS class name to the class list of the HTML element associated with the box. |
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addListener(type, listener) Add/register a listener function. This way it is possible to register more than one listener function on one target. |
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| public | SUI.Border |
border(b) Get or set the border definition of the box. |
| public | int |
bottom(b) Get or set the bottom of the box. |
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callListener(type) Call a listener function. Execute the default and additional listener functions. Note: the framework should not execute the default listeners directly but always through this method to ensure the execution of additional listener functions. |
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| public | int |
Get the client height of the box. The client height is the height of the box minus the top and bottom border and padding width. |
| public | int |
Get the client width of the box. The client width is the width of the box minus the left and right border and padding width. |
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display() Display the date control. Set the CSS size and position of the input fields and button. |
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draw() Draw the box on the screen. It executes a two phase process: a layout phase in which the size and positions of the box (and of it's contents, for more complex derivatives) is calculated and a display phase in which the CSS size and position of the box's (and possible it's child elements) is set. |
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| public | HTMLElementNode |
el() Get the HTML element node of the box. |
| public | SUI.Box |
firstBox() Return the first input field of the control. This is needed to set the forBox (for) field of a label field. |
| public | int |
height(h) Get or set the height of the box. |
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layOut() Lay out the date control. Calculate the sizes and positions of the input fields and button. |
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| public | int |
left(l) Get or set the left of the box. |
| public | int |
maxHeight(mh) Get or set the maximum height of the box. |
| public | int |
maxWidth(mw) Get or set the maximum width of the box. |
| public | int |
minHeight(mh) Get or set the minimum height of the box. |
| public | int |
minWidth(mw) Get or set the minimum width of the box. |
| public | SUI.Padding |
padding(p) Get or set the padding definition of the box. |
| public | SUI.Box |
parent(p) Get or set the parent box of the box. When setting the parent the box's element node will be appended to the parent box's HTML element node. |
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Remove a box from the DOM tree. |
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removeClass(cls) Remove a CSS class name from the class list of the HTML element associated with the box. |
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| public | int |
right(r) Get or set the right of the box. |
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setDim() Set the CSS dimensions of this box and it's borders and padding. This is typically used in display functions to display boxes at the size and position that was calculated during layout. |
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setPos() Set the CSS postion of this box. This is typically used in display functions to display boxes at position that was calculated during layout. Note: use setDim if you want to set the position and size of the box. |
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setRect(t, l, w, h) Set the top, left, width and height of a box in one go. |
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| public | int |
top(t) Get or set the top of the box. |
| public | Object | string | Date |
value(v) Get or set the value of the date control. |
| public | int |
width(w) Get or set the width of the box. |
Constructor
- public SUI.control.Date(see, object arg)
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Create a date(time) control: a set of input fields in the order of date(time) format, together with a button for a date(time) dialog box to facilitate date entry.
Parameters:
Name Type Description see base class Date arg.value Initial date(time) to show in the control. String arg.type "date" (default), "time" or "datetime" View source: control/Date.js, line 58
Members
- private SUI.Border _border
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The box's border.
Inherited From: SUI.Box#_border
- private int _bottom
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The bottom position of the box.
Inherited From: SUI.Box#_bottom
- private HTMLElementNode _el
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The box's element node.
Inherited From: SUI.Box#_el
- private int _height
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The height of the box.
Inherited From: SUI.Box#_height
- private int _left
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The left position of the box.
Inherited From: SUI.Box#_left
- private int _listeners
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The listeners array.
Inherited From: SUI.Box#_listeners
- private int _maxHeight
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The maximum height of the box.
Inherited From: SUI.Box#_maxHeight
- private int _maxWidth
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The maximum width of the box.
Inherited From: SUI.Box#_maxWidth
- private int _minHeight
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The minimum height of the box.
Inherited From: SUI.Box#_minHeight
- private int _minWidth
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The minimum width of the box.
Inherited From: SUI.Box#_minWidth
- private SUI.Padding _padding
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The box's padding.
Inherited From: SUI.Box#_padding
- private SUI.Box _parent
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The box's parent element.
Inherited From: SUI.Box#_parent
- private int _right
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The right position of the box.
Inherited From: SUI.Box#_right
- private int _top
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The top position of the box.
Inherited From: SUI.Box#_top
- private int _width
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The width of the box.
Inherited From: SUI.Box#_width
- public BUTTON_MARGIN
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Margin between the button and the input fields.
View source: control/Date.js, line 129
- public BUTTON_SIZE
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Size (width/height) of the button
View source: control/Date.js, line 134
- public HEIGHT
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Height of the control (not that the button is larger)
View source: control/Date.js, line 139
- public WIDTH_2
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Width of the 2 digit input fields (day, month, minutes, hours)
View source: control/Date.js, line 144
- public WIDTH_4
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Width of the 4 digit input field (year)
View source: control/Date.js, line 149
- public WIDTH_SEP
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Width between the input fields
View source: control/Date.js, line 154
Methods
- public absPos()
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Get the absolute position (top/left) of this box on the page. Note: You can only use this function if the HTML content of the page is fully rendered.
Inherited From: SUI.Box#absPos
- public addClass( String cls)
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Add a CSS class name to the class list of the HTML element associated with the box.
Parameters:
Name Type Description String cls the CSS class name to add Inherited From: SUI.Box#addClass
- public addListener( String type, Function listener)
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Add/register a listener function. This way it is possible to register more than one listener function on one target.
Parameters:
Name Type Description String type The listener type (i.e. "onClick", "onOK", etc). Function listener The listener function. Inherited From: SUI.Box#addListener
- public SUI.Border border( SUI.Border b)
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Get or set the border definition of the box.
Parameters:
Name Type Argument Description SUI.Border b <optional>
The new border definition (or none to use this method as a getter). Returns:
SUI.Border the border definition of the box (or null if this method was used as a setter).
Inherited From: SUI.Box#border
- public int bottom( int b)
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Get or set the bottom of the box.
Parameters:
Name Type Argument Description int b <optional>
The new bottom of the box (or none to use this method as a getter). Returns:
int The bottom of the box (or null if this method was used as a setter).
Inherited From: SUI.Box#bottom
- public callListener( String type)
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Call a listener function. Execute the default and additional listener functions. Note: the framework should not execute the default listeners directly but always through this method to ensure the execution of additional listener functions.
Parameters:
Name Type Description String type The listener type (i.e. "onClick", "onOK", etc). Inherited From: SUI.Box#callListener
- public int clientHeight()
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Get the client height of the box. The client height is the height of the box minus the top and bottom border and padding width.
Returns:
int The client height of the box.
Inherited From: SUI.Box#clientHeight
- public int clientWidth()
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Get the client width of the box. The client width is the width of the box minus the left and right border and padding width.
Returns:
int The client width of the box.
Inherited From: SUI.Box#clientWidth
- public display()
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Display the date control. Set the CSS size and position of the input fields and button.
View source: control/Date.js, line 160
- public draw()
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Draw the box on the screen. It executes a two phase process: a layout phase in which the size and positions of the box (and of it's contents, for more complex derivatives) is calculated and a display phase in which the CSS size and position of the box's (and possible it's child elements) is set.
Inherited From: SUI.Box#draw
- public HTMLElementNode el()
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Get the HTML element node of the box.
Returns:
HTMLElementNode the HTML element node of the box.
Inherited From: SUI.Box#el
- public SUI.Box firstBox()
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Return the first input field of the control. This is needed to set the forBox (for) field of a label field.
Returns:
SUI.Box the first input box of the date control.
View source: control/Date.js, line 172
- public int height( int h)
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Get or set the height of the box.
Parameters:
Name Type Argument Description int h <optional>
The new height of the box (or none to use this method as a getter). Returns:
int The height of the box (or null if this method was used as a setter).
Inherited From: SUI.Box#height
- public layOut()
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Lay out the date control. Calculate the sizes and positions of the input fields and button.
View source: control/Date.js, line 180
- public int left( int l)
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Get or set the left of the box.
Parameters:
Name Type Argument Description int l <optional>
The new left of the box (or none to use this method as a getter). Returns:
int The left of the box (or null if this method was used as a setter).
Inherited From: SUI.Box#left
- public int maxHeight( int mh)
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Get or set the maximum height of the box.
Parameters:
Name Type Argument Description int mh <optional>
The new maximum height of the box (or none to use this method as a getter). Returns:
int The maximum height of the box (or null if this method was used as a setter).
Inherited From: SUI.Box#maxHeight
- public int maxWidth( int mw)
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Get or set the maximum width of the box.
Parameters:
Name Type Argument Description int mw <optional>
The new maximum width of the box (or none to use this method as a getter). Returns:
int The maximum width of the box (or null if this method was used as a setter).
Inherited From: SUI.Box#maxWidth
- public int minHeight( int mh)
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Get or set the minimum height of the box.
Parameters:
Name Type Argument Description int mh <optional>
The new minimum height of the box (or none to use this method as a getter). Returns:
int The minimum height of the box (or null if this method was used as a setter).
Inherited From: SUI.Box#minHeight
- public int minWidth( int mw)
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Get or set the minimum width of the box.
Parameters:
Name Type Argument Description int mw <optional>
The new minimum width of the box (or none to use this method as a getter). Returns:
int The minimum width of the box (or null if this method was used as a setter).
Inherited From: SUI.Box#minWidth
- public SUI.Padding padding( SUI.Padding p)
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Get or set the padding definition of the box.
Parameters:
Name Type Argument Description SUI.Padding p <optional>
The new padding definition (or none to use this method as a getter). Returns:
SUI.Padding The padding definition of the box (or null if this method was used as a setter).
Inherited From: SUI.Box#padding
- public SUI.Box parent( SUI.Box p)
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Get or set the parent box of the box. When setting the parent the box's element node will be appended to the parent box's HTML element node.
Parameters:
Name Type Description SUI.Box p The parent box for this box (or none to use this method as a getter). Returns:
SUI.Box The parent box of the box (or null if this method was used as a setter).
Inherited From: SUI.Box#parent
- public removeBox()
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Remove a box from the DOM tree.
Inherited From: SUI.Box#removeBox
- public removeClass( String cls)
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Remove a CSS class name from the class list of the HTML element associated with the box.
Parameters:
Name Type Description String cls The CSS class name to remove. Inherited From: SUI.Box#removeClass
- public int right( int r)
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Get or set the right of the box.
Parameters:
Name Type Description int r The new right of the box (or none to use this method as a getter). Returns:
int The right of the box (or null if this method was used as a setter).
Inherited From: SUI.Box#right
- public setDim()
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Set the CSS dimensions of this box and it's borders and padding. This is typically used in display functions to display boxes at the size and position that was calculated during layout.
Inherited From: SUI.Box#setDim
- public setPos()
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Set the CSS postion of this box. This is typically used in display functions to display boxes at position that was calculated during layout. Note: use setDim if you want to set the position and size of the box.
Inherited From: SUI.Box#setPos
- public setRect( int | SUI.Box t, int l, int w, int h)
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Set the top, left, width and height of a box in one go.
Parameters:
Name Type Argument Description int | SUI.Box t The new top of the box or another reference box to copy the values from. int l <optional>
The new left of the box (if the t parameter wasn't a reference Box). int w <optional>
The new width of the box (if the t parameter wasn't a reference Box). int h <optional>
The new length of the box (if the t parameter wasn't a reference Box). Inherited From: SUI.Box#setRect
- public int top( int t)
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Get or set the top of the box.
Parameters:
Name Type Argument Description int t <optional>
The new top of the box (or none to use this method as a getter). Returns:
int The top of the box (or null if this method was used as a setter).
Inherited From: SUI.Box#top
- public Object | string | Date value( string | Date v)
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Get or set the value of the date control.
Parameters:
Name Type Description string | Date v Either a JavaScript Date object or string in SQL Date format to which the control's date will be set. Or the string "date" or "string" to select the return type of the function. If no parameter is given, the method returns an object. containing the fields: date, dateStr and error. Returns:
Object | string | Date Depending on the given arguments the return value can be an object containing the fields: date, dateStr and error (no arguments), a Date object (argument: "date") or a date string in SQL format (argument: "string"). If the method is used as a setter the method returns null.
View source: control/Date.js, line 199
- public int width( int w)
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Get or set the width of the box.
Parameters:
Name Type Argument Description int w <optional>
The new width of the box (or none to use this method as a getter). Returns:
int The width of the box (or null if this method was used as a setter).
Inherited From: SUI.Box#width
