Color Calendar

A customizable events calendar component library. Checkout Demo 1, Demo 2 and Demo 3.

• Features
• Getting Started
  • CDN
  • NPM
• Usage
  • Basic
  • React
  • Vue
• Options
• Events
• Methods
• Types
• Themes
• Bug Reporting
• Feature Request
• Release Notes
• License

🚀 Features

• Zero dependencies
• Add events to calendar
• Perform some action on calendar date change
• Month and year picker built-in
• Themes available
• Fully customizable using CSS variables, passing options parameters while creating calendar, or overriding CSS.
• Request more features...

📦 Getting Started

CDN

JavaScript

<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/color-calendar/dist/bundle.js">

Also available on unpkg.

CSS

Pick a css file according to the theme you want.

<link
  rel="stylesheet"
  href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/color-calendar/dist/css/theme-basic.css"
/>
<!-- or -->
<link
  rel="stylesheet"
  href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/color-calendar/dist/css/theme-glass.css"
/>

Fonts

Get fonts from Google Fonts

<link
  href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Open+Sans:wght@400;600;700&display=swap"
  rel="stylesheet"
/>

Check what fonts the theme needs or pass your own fonts in options.

NPM

You might need to use a module bundler such as webpack, rollup, parcel, etc.

Installation

npm i color-calendar

Import

import Calendar from "color-calendar";

CSS

import "color-calendar/dist/css/theme-<THEME-NAME>.css";

Then add fonts.

🔨 Usage

Basic

JavaScript

new Calendar();

Or you can pass in options.

new Calendar({
  id: "#color-calendar",
  calendarSize: "small",
});

HTML

<div id="color-calendar"></div>

Example

React

Example

Vue

Example

⚙️ Options

id

Type: String
Default: #color-calendar

Selector referencing HTMLElement where the calendar instance will bind to.

calendarSize

Type: String
Default: large
Options: small | large

Size of calendar UI.

layoutModifiers

Type: LayoutModifier[]
Default: []
Example: ['month-left-align']

Modifiers to alter the layout of the calendar.

eventsData

Type: EventData[]
Default: null

[
    {
        start: '2020-08-17T06:00:00',
        end: '2020-08-18T20:30:00',
        name: 'Blockchain 101'
      ...
    },
    ...
]

Array of objects containing events information.

Note: Properties start and end are required for each event in the ISO 8601 date and time format. You can optionally choose to add other properties.

theme

Type: String
Default: basic
Options: basic | glass

Choose from available themes.

primaryColor

Type: String
Default: based on theme
Example: #1a237e

Main color accent of calendar. Pick a color in rgb, hex or hsl format.

headerColor

Type: String
Default: based on theme
Example: rgb(0, 102, 0)

Color of header text.

headerBackgroundColor

Type: String
Default: based on theme
Example: black

Background color of header. Only works on some themes.

weekdaysColor

Type: String
Default: based on theme

Color of weekdays text. Only works on some themes.

weekdayDisplayType

Type: String
Default: short
Options: WeekdayDisplayType (short | long-lower | long-upper)

Select how weekdays will be displayed. E.g. M, Mon, or MON.

monthDisplayType

Type: String
Default: long
Options: MonthDisplayType (short | long)

Select how month will be displayed in header. E.g. Feb, February.

startWeekday

Type: Number
Default: 0
Options: 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6

Starting weekday. Mapping: 0 (Sun), 1 (Mon), 2 (Tues), 3 (Wed), 4 (Thurs), 5 (Fri), 6 (Sat)

fontFamilyHeader

Type: String
Default: based on theme
Example value: 'Open Sans', sans-serif

Font of calendar header text.

fontFamilyWeekdays

Type: String
Default: based on theme

Font of calendar weekdays text.

fontFamilyBody

Type: String
Default: based on theme

Font of calendar days as well as month and year picker text.

dropShadow

Type: String
Default: based on theme

Set CSS of calendar drop shadow.

border

Type: String
Default: based on theme
Example value: 5px solid black

Set CSS style of border.

borderRadius

Type: String
Default: 0.5rem

Set CSS border radius of calendar.

disableMonthYearPickers

Type: Boolean
Default: false

If month and year picker should be disabled.

disableDayClick

Type: Boolean
Default: false

If day click should be disabled.

disableMonthArrowClick

Type: Boolean
Default: false

If month arrows should be disabled.

customMonthValues

Type: String[]
Default: undefined

Set custom display values for Month.

customWeekdayValues

Type: String[]
Default: undefined

Set custom display values for Weekdays.

["Lun", "Mar", "Mer", "Jeu", "Ven", "Sam", "Dim"];

🖱 Events

dateChanged

Type: Function
Props:

• currentDate
  • Type: Date
  • Currently selected date
• filteredDateEvents
  • Type: EventData[]
  • All events on that particular date

const options = {
    ...
    dateChanged: (currentDate?: Date, filteredDateEvents?: EventData[]) => {
        // do something
    };
    ...
}

Emitted when the selected date is changed.

selectedDateClicked

Type: Function
Props:

• currentDate
  • Type: Date
  • Currently selected date
• filteredMonthEvents
  • Type: EventData[]
  • All events on that particular month

Emitted when the selected date is clicked.

monthChanged

Type: Function
Props:

• currentDate
  • Type: Date
  • Currently selected date
• filteredMonthEvents
  • Type: EventData[]
  • All events on that particular month

Emitted when the current month is changed.

🔧 Methods

reset()

Reset calendar to today's date.

// Example
let myCal = new Calendar();
myCal.reset();

setDate()

Props:

Props	Type	Required	Description
date	Date	required	New date to be set

Set new selected date.

// Example
myCal.setDate(new Date());

getSelectedDate()

Return:

• Type: Date
• Description: Currently selected date

Get currently selected date.

getEventsData()

Return:

• Type: EventData[]
• Description: All events

Get events array.

setEventsData()

Props:

Props	Type	Required	Description
events	EventData[]	required	Events to be set

Return:

• Type: Number
• Description: Number of events set

Set a new events array.

addEventsData()

Props:

Props	Type	Required	Description
events	EventData[]	required	Events to be added

Return:

• Type: Number
• Description: Number of events added

Add events of the events array.

setWeekdayDisplayType()

Props:

Props	Type	Required	Description
weekdayDisplayType	WeekdayDisplayType	required	New weekday type

Set weekdays display type.

// Example
myCal.setWeekdayDisplayType("short");

setMonthDisplayType()

Props:

Props	Type	Required	Description
monthDisplayType	MonthDisplayType	required	New month display type

Set month display type.

💎 Types

EventData

{
    start: string,    // ISO 8601 date and time format
    end: string,      // ISO 8601 date and time format
    [key: string]: any,
}

WeekdayDisplayType

"short" | "long-lower" | "long-upper"

// "short"
M T W ...

// "long-lower"
Mon Tue Wed ...

// "long-upper"
MON TUE WED ...

MonthDisplayType

"short" | "long"

// "short"
Jan Feb Mar ...

// "long"
January February March ...

LayoutModifier

"month-align-left"

🎨 Themes

Currently 2 themes available. More on the way.

basic

CSS Custom Properties

--cal-color-primary: #000000;
--cal-font-family-header: "Work Sans", sans-serif;
--cal-font-family-weekdays: "Work Sans", sans-serif;
--cal-font-family-body: "Work Sans", sans-serif;
--cal-drop-shadow: 0 7px 30px -10px rgba(150, 170, 180, 0.5);
--cal-border: none;
--cal-border-radius: 0.5rem;
--cal-header-color: black;
--cal-weekdays-color: black;

glass

CSS Custom Properties

--cal-color-primary: #EC407A;
--cal-font-family-header: 'Open Sans', sans-serif;
--cal-font-family-weekdays: 'Open Sans', sans-serif;
--cal-font-family-body: 'Open Sans', sans-serif;
--cal-drop-shadow: 0 7px 30px -10px rgba(150, 170, 180, 0.5);
--cal-border: none;
--cal-border-radius: 0.5rem;
--cal-header-color: white;
--cal-header-background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);

🐛 Bug Reporting

Feel free to open an issue on GitHub if you find any bug.

⭐ Feature Request

• Feel free to Open an issue on GitHub to request any additional features you might need for your use case.
• Connect with me on LinkedIn. I'd love ❤️️ to hear where you are using this library.

📋 Release Notes

Check here for release notes.

📜 License

This software is open source, licensed under the MIT License.