Styling the .NET MAUI DatePicker

The DatePicker control for .NET MAUI provides styling options for customizing its appearance. You can style the .NET MAUI DatePicker, as well as its popup or drop-down depending on the configuration of the picker mode.

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Supported Properties

The DatePicker control supports the following styling properties:

• BackgroundColor—Defines the background color of the picker.
• BorderColor—Defines the border color of the picker.
• BorderThickness—Specifies the border thickness of the picker. Its default value is new Thickness(0,0,0,1).
• CornerRadius—Specifies the corner radius of the picker.
• ClearButtonStyle(of type Style with target type RadButton)—Defines the style applied to the Clear button.
• ToggleButtonStyle(of type Style with target type RadButton)—Specifies the style of the Toggle button.
• PlaceholderLabelStyle(of type Style with target type Label)—Specifies the style applied to the label defined in the default PlaceholderTemplate.
• DisplayLabelStyle(of type Style with target type Label)—Defines the style applied to the label, which is visualized when a date is selected.

The following Style properties are related to the spinner controls inside the popup or drop-down:

• SpinnerStyle(of type Style with target type telerik:RadSpinner)—Defines the style applied to the spinner item and the selected item.
• SpinnerHeaderStyle(of type Style with target type Label)—Specifies the style applied to each spinner header label.
• SelectionHighlightStyle(of type Style with target type telerik:RadBorder)—Specifies the style applied to the border that highlights the selection.

Setting the Properties

The following examples demonstrate how to use the styling properties of the DatePicker. Note that in addition to each snippet, you must add the telerik namespaces:

xmlns:telerik="http://schemas.telerik.com/2022/xaml/maui"

Define the style of the DatePicker

<telerik:RadDatePicker BorderColor="#8660C5"
                       SpinnerHeaderStyle="{StaticResource spinnerHeaderStyle}"
                       SpinnerStyle="{StaticResource spinnerStyle}"
                       SelectionHighlightStyle="{StaticResource selectionHighlightStyle}"
                       DisplayLabelStyle="{StaticResource displayLabelStyle}"
                       PlaceholderLabelStyle="{StaticResource placeholderLabelStyle}"
                       ClearButtonStyle="{StaticResource clearButtonStyle}"
                       ToggleButtonStyle="{StaticResource toggleButtonStyle}"
                       SpinnerFormat="yyy/MMM/dd"
                       DisplayStringFormat="yyyy/MMM/dd"
                       IsClearButtonVisible="True"
                       IsToggleButtonVisible="True"
                       AutomationId="datePicker"/>

Define the style of the spinner

<Style TargetType="telerik:RadSpinner" x:Key="spinnerStyle">
    <Setter Property="ItemStyle">
        <Setter.Value>
            <Style TargetType="telerik:SpinnerItemView">
                <Setter Property="TextColor" Value="#4A4949"/>
            </Style>
        </Setter.Value>
    </Setter>
    <Setter Property="SelectedItemStyle">
        <Setter.Value>
            <Style TargetType="telerik:SpinnerItemView">
                <Setter Property="TextColor" Value="Black"/>
                <Setter Property="FontAttributes" Value="Bold"/>
            </Style>
        </Setter.Value>
    </Setter>
    <Setter Property="HeightRequest" Value="240"/>
</Style>

Define the style of the spinner header

<Style TargetType="Label" x:Key="spinnerHeaderStyle">
    <Setter Property="TextColor" Value="Black"/>
    <Setter Property="FontAttributes" Value="Bold"/>
    <Setter Property="HorizontalOptions" Value="FillAndExpand"/>
    <Setter Property="VerticalOptions" Value="FillAndExpand"/>
    <Setter Property="HorizontalTextAlignment" Value="Center"/>
    <Setter Property="VerticalTextAlignment" Value="Center"/>
</Style>

Define the highlight style of the selection

<Style TargetType="telerik:RadBorder" x:Key="selectionHighlightStyle">
    <Setter Property="BorderColor" Value="#8660C5"/>
    <Setter Property="BorderThickness" Value="2"/>
    <Setter Property="VerticalOptions" Value="Center"/>
    <Setter Property="BackgroundColor" Value="Transparent" />
</Style>

Define the style of the placeholder label

<Style TargetType="Label" x:Key="placeholderLabelStyle">
    <Setter Property="TextColor" Value="#4A4949"/>
    <Setter Property="VerticalTextAlignment" Value="Center"/>
    <Setter Property="HorizontalTextAlignment" Value="Center"/>
    <Setter Property="Margin" Value="10"/>
</Style>

Define the style of the displayed label

<Style TargetType="Label" x:Key="displayLabelStyle">
    <Setter Property="TextColor" Value="#151950"/>
    <Setter Property="VerticalTextAlignment" Value="Center"/>
    <Setter Property="HorizontalTextAlignment" Value="Center"/>
    <Setter Property="Margin" Value="10"/>
</Style>

Define the style of the Clear button

<Style TargetType="telerik:RadButton" x:Key="clearButtonStyle">
    <Setter Property="TextColor" Value="#8660C5"/>
</Style>

Define the style of the Toggle button

<Style TargetType="telerik:RadButton" x:Key="toggleButtonStyle">
    <Setter Property="TextColor" Value="#7C59B6"/>
</Style>

The following image shows a DatePicker control on different platforms after the styles have been applied:

See Also

• Setting Date Ranges in the .NET MAUI DatePicker
• .NET MAUI DatePicker Templates
• .NET MAUI DatePicker Selection
• .NET MAUI DatePicker Product Page