What is react-big-calendar?
react-big-calendar is a powerful and flexible calendar component for React applications. It provides a variety of views (month, week, day, agenda) and supports features like drag-and-drop, event resizing, and custom styling.
What are react-big-calendar's main functionalities?
Month View
Displays events in a monthly grid format. Users can see all events for the month at a glance.
import { Calendar, momentLocalizer } from 'react-big-calendar';
import moment from 'moment';
import 'react-big-calendar/lib/css/react-big-calendar.css';
const localizer = momentLocalizer(moment);
const MyCalendar = ({ events }) => (
<Calendar
localizer={localizer}
events={events}
startAccessor="start"
endAccessor="end"
style={{ height: 500 }}
views={['month']}
/>
);
Week View
Displays events in a weekly grid format. Users can see all events for the week, including start and end times.
import { Calendar, momentLocalizer } from 'react-big-calendar';
import moment from 'moment';
import 'react-big-calendar/lib/css/react-big-calendar.css';
const localizer = momentLocalizer(moment);
const MyCalendar = ({ events }) => (
<Calendar
localizer={localizer}
events={events}
startAccessor="start"
endAccessor="end"
style={{ height: 500 }}
views={['week']}
/>
);
Day View
Displays events in a daily grid format. Users can see all events for a single day, including start and end times.
import { Calendar, momentLocalizer } from 'react-big-calendar';
import moment from 'moment';
import 'react-big-calendar/lib/css/react-big-calendar.css';
const localizer = momentLocalizer(moment);
const MyCalendar = ({ events }) => (
<Calendar
localizer={localizer}
events={events}
startAccessor="start"
endAccessor="end"
style={{ height: 500 }}
views={['day']}
/>
);
Agenda View
Displays events in a list format. Users can see all events in a list, sorted by date and time.
import { Calendar, momentLocalizer } from 'react-big-calendar';
import moment from 'moment';
import 'react-big-calendar/lib/css/react-big-calendar.css';
const localizer = momentLocalizer(moment);
const MyCalendar = ({ events }) => (
<Calendar
localizer={localizer}
events={events}
startAccessor="start"
endAccessor="end"
style={{ height: 500 }}
views={['agenda']}
/>
);
Drag and Drop
Allows users to drag and drop events to reschedule them. This feature enhances user interaction and flexibility.
import { Calendar, momentLocalizer } from 'react-big-calendar';
import moment from 'moment';
import withDragAndDrop from 'react-big-calendar/lib/addons/dragAndDrop';
import 'react-big-calendar/lib/addons/dragAndDrop/styles.css';
import 'react-big-calendar/lib/css/react-big-calendar.css';
const localizer = momentLocalizer(moment);
const DnDCalendar = withDragAndDrop(Calendar);
const MyCalendar = ({ events, onEventDrop }) => (
<DnDCalendar
localizer={localizer}
events={events}
startAccessor="start"
endAccessor="end"
style={{ height: 500 }}
onEventDrop={onEventDrop}
/>
);
Other packages similar to react-big-calendar
fullcalendar
FullCalendar is a full-featured JavaScript calendar that can be customized to suit various needs. It offers a wide range of views and supports drag-and-drop, event resizing, and custom styling. Compared to react-big-calendar, FullCalendar has a more extensive set of features and plugins but may require more configuration.
react-calendar
react-calendar is a lightweight calendar component for React. It provides basic calendar functionalities like month, year, and decade views. It is simpler and easier to use compared to react-big-calendar but lacks advanced features like drag-and-drop and custom views.
react-datepicker
react-datepicker is a simple and customizable date picker component for React. It focuses on date selection rather than event management. While it does not offer the same level of calendar views and event handling as react-big-calendar, it is a good choice for applications that need a straightforward date picker.
react-big-calendar
An events calendar component built for React and made for modern browsers (read: IE10+) and uses flexbox over the classic tables-ception approach.
DEMO and Docs
Inspired by Full Calendar.
Use and Setup
yarn add react-big-calendar
or npm install --save react-big-calendar
Include react-big-calendar/lib/css/react-big-calendar.css
for styles, and make sure your calendar's container
element has a height, or the calendar won't be visible. To provide your own custom styling, see the Custom Styling topic.
Starters
Run examples locally
$ git clone git@github.com:intljusticemission/react-big-calendar.git
$ cd react-big-calendar
$ yarn
$ yarn examples
Localization and Date Formatting
react-big-calendar
includes two options for handling the date formatting and culture localization, depending
on your preference of DateTime libraries. You can use either the Moment.js or Globalize.js localizers.
Regardless of your choice, you must choose a localizer to use this library:
Moment.js
import { Calendar, momentLocalizer } from 'react-big-calendar'
import moment from 'moment'
const localizer = momentLocalizer(moment)
const MyCalendar = props => (
<div>
<Calendar
localizer={localizer}
events={myEventsList}
startAccessor="start"
endAccessor="end"
style={{ height: 500 }}
/>
</div>
)
Globalize.js v0.1.1
import { Calendar, globalizeLocalizer } from 'react-big-calendar'
import globalize from 'globalize'
const localizer = globalizeLocalizer(globalize)
const MyCalendar = props => (
<div>
<Calendar
localizer={localizer}
events={myEventsList}
startAccessor="start"
endAccessor="end"
style={{ height: 500 }}
/>
</div>
)
date-fns 2.0
import { Calendar, dateFnsLocalizer } from 'react-big-calendar'
import format from 'date-fns/format'
import parse from 'date-fns/parse'
import startOfWeek from 'date-fns/startOfWeek'
import getDay from 'date-fns/getDay'
const locales = {
'en-US': require('date-fns/locale/en-US'),
}
const localizer = dateFnsLocalizer({
format,
parse,
startOfWeek,
getDay,
locales,
})
const MyCalendar = props => (
<div>
<Calendar
localizer={localizer}
events={myEventsList}
startAccessor="start"
endAccessor="end"
style={{ height: 500 }}
/>
</div>
)
Custom Styling
Out of the box, you can include the compiled CSS files and be up and running. But, sometimes, you may want to style
Big Calendar to match your application styling. For this reason, SASS files are included with Big Calendar.
@import 'react-big-calendar/lib/sass/styles';
@import 'react-big-calendar/lib/addons/dragAndDrop/styles'; // if using DnD
SASS implementation provides a variables
file containing color and sizing variables that you can
update to fit your application. Note: Changing and/or overriding styles can cause rendering issues with your
Big Calendar. Carefully test each change accordingly.
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