.NET MAUI DatePicker Overview
The Telerik UI for .NET MAUI DatePicker allows you to select a date and visualizes its items inside a popup or a drop-down UI element. The DatePicker also enables you to set date ranges, date formats, and to customize its dialog appearance by configuring its header, footer, and more.
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Key Features of the .NET MAUI DatePicker
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Spinner format—The DatePicker for .NET MAUI allows you to use a standard or custom date format string through its
SpinnerFormatproperty. Depending on the type of format, the picker visualizes spinner controls with the pre-populated values. -
Picker mode—You can choose between the popup and drop-down UI for showing the spinner controls with the available date values. For desktop apps, the default picker mode is
DropDownwhile for mobile it'sPopup. - Templates—The DatePicker provides templates for its header and footer as well as exposes templates for its placeholder and display text.
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Text upon selection—You can set the text that will be displayed when a date is selected by using the
DisplayStringFormatproperty of the DatePicker. - Date ranges—You can also define date ranges by setting minimum and maximum date values, and choose a date within that range.
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DateOnlySupport—The DatePicker provides support for the DateOnly type by using a converter. - Flexible styling API—The DatePicker provides a number of styling capabilities, which enable you to style its spinners, popup and popup header and footer, the displayed text displayed after a date is selected, and more.
- Commands support—The DatePicker exposes commands that allow you to clear the selected date and to open and close the popup.
- Localization support—Translate the used across the DatePicker text to other languages, so that your app can be adapted to different regions.