Calendar Preview
A subcomposed calendar that owns its selection and view state.1<CalendarPreview defaultMonth={new Date(2024, 3, 1)}>2 <CalendarPreview.Days />3</CalendarPreview>
Anatomy
Every part renders its own default, so composition is opt-in depth:
1import { CalendarPreview } from '@raystack/apsara'23<CalendarPreview>4 <CalendarPreview.Days />5</CalendarPreview>
Expanded, the day view is a header and a grid:
1<CalendarPreview>2 <CalendarPreview.Days>3 <CalendarPreview.Header>4 <CalendarPreview.Caption />5 <CalendarPreview.Reset />6 <CalendarPreview.PrevMonth />7 <CalendarPreview.NextMonth />8 </CalendarPreview.Header>9 <CalendarPreview.Grid>10 <CalendarPreview.Day />11 <CalendarPreview.Weekday />12 </CalendarPreview.Grid>13 </CalendarPreview.Days>14 <CalendarPreview.Footer />15</CalendarPreview>
Children override the content a part computes from context, so
<CalendarPreview.Caption>Q3 2024</CalendarPreview.Caption> replaces the month label.
API Reference
CalendarPreview
The root. Owns the selected value and the visible month, provides both to every part, and renders a column that hugs its content. Also takes render, className and ref.
Prop
Type
CalendarPreview.Days
The day view — a header and a grid. Hugs its content rather than reserving a fixed height.
Prop
Type
CalendarPreview.Caption
The month label above the grid, and optionally the trigger for the month and year scroller.
Prop
Type
CalendarPreview.Grid
The day grid. Layout and per-day data live here rather than on the root, so a calendar with two grids can configure them independently.
Prop
Type
CalendarPreview.Header
The row above the grid. Composes .Caption, .Reset, .PrevMonth and .NextMonth when given no children. Takes render, className and ref.
CalendarPreview.PrevMonth / CalendarPreview.NextMonth
Step the view one month. Never disabled by minDate or maxDate — bounds limit selection, not navigation.
CalendarPreview.Reset
Restores defaultDate. Renders only when there is something to restore.
CalendarPreview.Footer
The row below the calendar. A bare string is wrapped in Text; anything else renders as given.
It needs no container of its own: the root renders a column that hugs its content, so .Days and .Footer stack whatever the surrounding layout does.
useCalendar
Reads the enclosing root's state, for building parts the library does not ship. Deliberately narrow:
1import { useCalendar } from '@raystack/apsara'23const { value, setValue, scale, setScale, month, setMonth, isDateUnavailable } = useCalendar()
Calling it outside a CalendarPreview throws, naming the part that asked.
Slots
Every rendered part carries a stable data-slot attribute for styling and testing:
| Slot | Element |
|---|---|
calendar-preview | The root, a column wrapping the parts |
calendar-preview-days | The day view surface |
calendar-preview-header | The header row, single-month layout |
calendar-preview-month-header | One month's header, when several months are shown |
calendar-preview-caption | The month label |
calendar-preview-caption-popup | The month and year scroller (when dropdown is open) |
calendar-preview-caption-months | The month column of the scroller |
calendar-preview-caption-month | One month in the scroller |
calendar-preview-caption-years | The year column of the scroller |
calendar-preview-caption-year | One year in the scroller |
calendar-preview-reset | The reset button |
calendar-preview-prev-month | The previous-month button |
calendar-preview-next-month | The next-month button |
calendar-preview-grid | The grid root |
calendar-preview-weeks | Wrapper around the table and its skeleton |
calendar-preview-table | The <table> that holds the days |
calendar-preview-skeleton | The loading skeleton shown over the grid |
calendar-preview-weekday | One weekday heading |
calendar-preview-day | The <button> for a single day |
calendar-preview-day-number | The day number inside a day button |
calendar-preview-day-info | Content above the number (when dateInfo resolves) |
calendar-preview-day-tooltip | The tooltip shown on hover |
calendar-preview-footer | The footer row |
calendar-preview-footer-text | The Text wrapping a string footer |
Day cells also carry their state, so a stylesheet can target it without a class:
| Attribute | Set when |
|---|---|
data-selected | The day is the committed value |
data-draft | The day has roving focus but is not committed |
data-unavailable | The day is out of bounds or rejected by isDateUnavailable |
data-today | The day is today |
data-outside | The day belongs to an adjacent month |
data-scale | The granularity the value is committed at |
Examples
Composition
Each part renders a default; children replace it.
1<CalendarPreview defaultMonth={new Date(2024, 3, 1)}>2 <CalendarPreview.Days />3</CalendarPreview>
Reset
.Reset restores defaultDate and leaves the visible month alone — it is a value reset, not a view reset. It renders only when defaultDate is set and the current value differs from it, so the button disappears once there is nothing to restore.
defaultDate is a separate prop from defaultValue because defaultValue is ignored once value is passed. Keying the reset off its own prop is what makes it work for a controlled calendar.
1<CalendarPreview2 defaultMonth={new Date(2024, 3, 1)}3 defaultDate={new Date(2024, 3, 17)}4 defaultValue={new Date(2024, 3, 24)}5>6 <CalendarPreview.Days />7</CalendarPreview>
Selection bounds
minDate, maxDate and isDateUnavailable disable cells. None of them clamps navigation — the chevrons and the scroller still reach any month. Bounds compare whole calendar days, so a minDate carrying a time of day still leaves its own day selectable.
1<CalendarPreview2 defaultMonth={new Date(2024, 3, 1)}3 minDate={new Date(2024, 3, 17)}4>5 <CalendarPreview.Days />6</CalendarPreview>
Grid layout
Outside days are off by default, so a grid ends on the last day of its month with the leading cells blank.
1<CalendarPreview defaultMonth={new Date(2024, 3, 1)}>2 <CalendarPreview.Days>3 <CalendarPreview.Header />4 <CalendarPreview.Grid showOutsideDays />5 </CalendarPreview.Days>6</CalendarPreview>
Date information and tooltips
dateInfo and tooltipMessages are functions of the date, not records keyed by a formatted string. dateInfo content renders above the day number; today's dot sits below it, so the two never collide.
1<CalendarPreview defaultMonth={new Date(2024, 3, 1)}>2 <CalendarPreview.Days>3 <CalendarPreview.Header />4 <CalendarPreview.Grid5 dateInfo={(date) =>6 date.getDate() % 7 === 0 ? (7 <Text size="micro" variant="accent">8 $9 </Text>10 ) : null11 }12 />13 </CalendarPreview.Days>14</CalendarPreview>
Month and year scroller
<CalendarPreview.Caption dropdown /> turns the caption into a filled chip that opens two adjacent scrolling columns. It is a plain popover of buttons, not a Select — picking from either column moves the view and never selects a value.
Accessibility
- Arrow keys move between days; the focused cell carries
data-draftuntil it is committed - Each grid is labelled with its month, so the caption is not the only announcement
- Nav buttons carry
aria-label, and the scroller's columns are labelled groups - Selected and unavailable days are announced through their native button state