react-timepicker-c

react-timepicker-c

A lightweight, accessible timepicker component for React with full keyboard navigation and CSS customization.

Features

• ⚡ Zero dependencies - No moment.js or other bloated libraries
• ♿ Accessible - WCAG 2.1 AA compliant with full keyboard navigation
• 🎨 Customizable - Style via CSS custom properties
• 📦 Tiny bundle - < 5KB minified + gzipped
• 🔧 TypeScript - Full type definitions included
• ⚛️ React 18/19 - Built for modern React

Installation

npm install react-timepicker-c

Quick Start

import { useState } from "react";
import { TimePicker } from "react-timepicker-c";
import "react-timepicker-c/styles.css";

function App() {
  const [time, setTime] = useState("");

  return (
    <TimePicker
      value={time}
      onChange={setTime}
      minTime="9:00am"
      maxTime="5:00pm"
      interval={30}
    />
  );
}

Props

Prop	Type	Default	Description
value	string	Required	Current time value (e.g., "2:30pm")
onChange	(time: string) => void	Required	Callback when time changes
minTime	string	"12:00am"	Minimum selectable time
maxTime	string	"11:59pm"	Maximum selectable time
interval	number	30	Interval between options (minutes)
error	boolean	false	Show error state
errorMessage	string	"Please enter a valid time"	Error message text
placeholder	string	"Select time"	Input placeholder
disabled	boolean	false	Disabled state
name	string	-	Input name attribute
id	string	-	Input id attribute
className	string	-	Additional CSS class
aria-label	string	-	Accessible label

Customization

Customize the appearance using CSS custom properties:

.timepicker {
  --timepicker-bg: #1a1a1a;
  --timepicker-text: #ffffff;
  --timepicker-border: #333333;
  --timepicker-border-focus: #0ea5e9;
  --timepicker-hover-bg: #2a2a2a;
  --timepicker-selected-bg: #0ea5e9;
  --timepicker-selected-text: #ffffff;
  --timepicker-error: #f43f5e;
  --timepicker-radius: 8px;
  --timepicker-font-size: 16px;
}

Available CSS Variables

Variable	Description
--timepicker-bg	Background color
--timepicker-text	Text color
--timepicker-text-secondary	Placeholder text color
--timepicker-border	Border color
--timepicker-border-focus	Focus border color
--timepicker-hover-bg	Option hover background
--timepicker-selected-bg	Selected option background
--timepicker-selected-text	Selected option text color
--timepicker-error	Error state color
--timepicker-radius	Border radius
--timepicker-shadow	Dropdown shadow
--timepicker-font-family	Font family
--timepicker-font-size	Font size
--timepicker-input-height	Input height
--timepicker-dropdown-max-height	Max dropdown height
--timepicker-z-index	Dropdown z-index

Keyboard Navigation

Key	Action
↓	Open dropdown / Move to next option
↑	Open dropdown / Move to previous option
Enter	Select highlighted option
Escape	Close dropdown
Tab	Close dropdown and move focus

Utilities

The package also exports utility functions for advanced use cases:

import {
  parseTime,
  formatTime,
  generateTimeRange,
  isValidTime
} from "react-timepicker-c";

// Parse time string to { hours, minutes }
parseTime("2:30pm"); // { hours: 14, minutes: 30 }

// Format back to string
formatTime({ hours: 14, minutes: 30 }); // "2:30pm"

// Generate time options
generateTimeRange("9:00am", "5:00pm", 60);
// ['9:00am', '10:00am', '11:00am', ...]

// Validate time string
isValidTime("2:30pm"); // true

Migration from v1.x

Breaking Changes

• React 18+ required - This version requires React 18 or 19
• CSS import required - You must import the styles separately
• Prop renames:
  • timeValue → value
  • hasTimeError → error

Before (v1.x)

import TimePicker from "react-timepicker-c";

<TimePicker timeValue={time} onChange={handleChange} hasTimeError={hasError} />;

After (v2.x)

import { TimePicker } from "react-timepicker-c";
import "react-timepicker-c/styles.css";

<TimePicker value={time} onChange={handleChange} error={hasError} />;

License

MIT © nosisky