Calendar-Wpf

Calendar-Wpf

A modern, customizable WPF calendar control for .NET 8 applications. Easily integrate a feature-rich calendar UI into your desktop projects. It provides a modern, user-friendly interface for date selection, supporting month and year navigation, and is designed for easy integration into your WPF projects.

Features

• Date Selection: Select a date from a visual calendar or by direct text input.
• Multiple Date Formats: Choose from several common date formats or define your own.
• Navigation: Easily switch between month, year, and decade views.
• Theming: Customize colors, borders, font, and corner radius.
• MVVM Support: All main properties are dependency properties for easy data binding.
• Validation: Prevents selection of future dates if desired.
• Editable Mode: Toggle between editable text input and read-only display.
• Events: Notifies when the selected date changes.

Installation

Install via NuGet Package Manager:

Or via .NET CLI:

dotnet add package Calendar-Wpf

Usage

• Add Namespace

In your XAML file:

xmlns:calendar="clr-namespace:CalendarWpf;assembly=Calendar-Wpf"

• Add the CalendarView Control

<calendar:CustomCalendar x:Name="myCalendar" AllowFutureDate="False" // Set to true to allow future dates DateFormat="MM_dd_yyyy" // Choose from DateFormatType enum IsEditable="False" /> // Set IsEditable to true to allow text editing

• To reset the control use the Initialize method: For e.g. myCalendar.Initialize(); in the code behind.

API Overview

Property	Type	Description
Padding	Thickness	Set padding of the control.
CalendarIcon	ImageSource	Set calendar icon as per choice.
IconHeightWidth	double	Set height and width for calendar icon.
SelectedDateTime	DateTime	The currently selected date.
SelectedDateText	string	The selected date as a formatted string.
DateFormat	DateFormatType	Enum for date format (e.g., MM_dd_yyyy, yyyy_MM_dd).
AllowFutureDate	bool	If false, prevents selecting dates in the future.
IsEditable	bool	Allows direct text editing of the date.
FontFamily	FontFamily	Font for the control.
FontSize	double	Font size.
ForegroundColor	Brush	Text color.
PlaceholderColor	Brush	Mask placeholder color.
BackgroundColor	Brush	Background color.
BorderBrushColor	Brush	Border color.
BorderThickness	Thickness	Border thickness.
CornerRadius	CornerRadius	Border corner radius.

DateFormatType Enum

• dd_MM_yyyy
• dd_MM_yy
• M_d_yyyy
• M_d_yy
• MM_dd_yy
• MM_dd_yyyy
• yy_MM_dd
• yyyy_MM_dd

Requirements

• .NET 8 or later
• Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)

Attribution

• Flaticon

Flaticon

• Combo Day Icons

Calendar day icons created by Rakib Hassan Rahim - Flaticon

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

Contributing

Contributions, issues, and feature requests are welcome! Please open an issue or submit a pull request.

Calendar-Wpf � The easy way to add a modern calendar to your WPF apps.