Key Properties

MonthViewStyle: Gets or sets the style for the month calendar view.
YearViewStyle: Gets or sets the style for the year calendar view.
DecadeViewStyle: Gets or sets the style for the decade calendar view.
CenturyViewStyle: Gets or sets the style for the century calendar view.

The purpose of this help article is to show you the key properties of the RadCalendar control. The topic includes the following sections:

Selection Properties

SelectionMode: This property defines how many dates can be selected at once. The possible values are Single, Extended and Multiple. The default value is Single.
SelectedDate: Gets or sets the currently selected date. If the SelectionMode is set to Multiple or Extended, returns the first date from the SelectedDates.
SelectedDates: Gets the currently selected dates. Useful when the SelectionMode is set to Multiple or Extended.
SelectableDateStart: Gets or sets the first date that can be selected.
SelectableDateEnd: Gets of sets the last date that can be selected.
BlackoutDates: Gets or sets a collection of dates that cannot be selected

DisplayDate: This property allows you to set the current visible date. This is the date which will be displayed when you show the calendar.

<telerik:RadCalendar DisplayDate="4/1/2018"/>

DisplayDate is different from SelectedDate. The DisplayDate points out just the default month and year visible when the calendar first pops up.

You can apply a style to the different modes through the following properties:

You can apply a string format to the header of the different views through the following properties:

MonthViewHeaderFormat: Gets or sets the format for the header of the month view of the calendar.
DecadeViewHeaderFormat: Gets or sets the format for the header of the decade view of the calendar.
YearViewHeaderFormat: Gets or sets the format for the header of the year view of the calendar.
CenturyViewHeaderFormat: Gets or sets the format for the header of the century view of the calendar.