Getting Started with WPF DateRangePicker

This tutorial will walk you through the creation of a sample application that contains RadDateRangePicker. Before that you may want to get familiar with the Visual Structure article.

Adding Telerik Assemblies Using NuGet

To use RadDateRangePicker when working with NuGet packages, install the Telerik.Windows.Controls.Input.for.Wpf.Xaml package. The package name may vary slightly based on the Telerik dlls set - Xaml or NoXaml

Read more about NuGet installation in the Installing UI for WPF from NuGet Package article.

With the 2025 Q1 release, the Telerik UI for WPF has a new licensing mechanism. You can learn more about it here.

Adding Assembly References Manually

If you are not using NuGet packages, you can add a reference to the following assemblies:

• Telerik.Licensing.Runtime
• Telerik.Windows.Controls
• Telerik.Windows.Controls.Input

Adding RadDateRangePicker to the Project

The following example shows how to define RadDateRangePicker in a XAML page.

Adding RadDateRangePicker in XAML

• XAML

<telerik:RadDateRangePicker /> 

To get started with the control you don't need to set any properties. In case you need to manually set the selected range, use the StartDate and EndDate of RadDateRangePicker. The properties can be set directly or via data binding.

Setting the selection

• XAML

<telerik:RadDateRangePicker StartDate="2024/1/19" EndDate="2024/2/5" /> 

Showing the Drop Down Manually

The drop down with the calendars can be manually toggled via the IsDropDownOpen property of RadDateRangePicker.

Showing the drop down programmatically

• C#

this.dateRangePicker.IsDropDownOpen = true; 

Read-Only Dates Text Input

To make the date range text input area read-only, set the IsReadOnly property of RadDateRangePicker to True.

Making the text area read-only

• C#

<telerik:RadDateRangePicker IsReadOnly="True" /> 

Telerik UI for WPF Learning Resources

• Telerik UI for WPF DateTimePicker Component
• Getting Started with Telerik UI for WPF Components
• Telerik UI for WPF Installation
• Telerik UI for WPF and WinForms Integration
• Telerik UI for WPF Visual Studio Templates
• Setting a Theme with Telerik UI for WPF
• Telerik UI for WPF Virtual Classroom (Training Courses for Registered Users)
• Telerik UI for WPF License Agreement