Modify the placeholder of a dateField

RE: Modify the placeholder of a dateField

Konduru Chaitanya — Wed, 27 Mar 2024 14:17:35 GMT

I guess its doable. but would require a lot of code and time as Mike has mentioned. Is it worth the struggle?

If yes, a brief description on how it can be done

Initial Screen with a a!sideBySideLayout() having a text field that is disabled and no label in the item and a button widget with only icon in one item which would save true or false which will be used for show when condition.

You need to create a selectable calendar component/interface which you would call iin a columnsLayout() which will be on a showWhen condition using the local!variable that contains the save done by the button widget earlier.

One column would contain the calendar and other column would contain a buttonArrayLayout(), the same button widget that is used above.

Coming up with interactive calendar interface would be a the most time consuming and difficult part.

RE: Modify the placeholder of a dateField

Mike Schmitt — Tue, 26 Mar 2024 16:07:17 GMT

[quote userid="67867" url="~/discussions/f/user-interface/34479/modify-the-placeholder-of-a-datefield/131892"]a textbox and a calendar icon [/quote]

Perhaps - FYI, it would require a lot of manual work and a lot of context-sensitive parsing of anything the user hand-enters.

RE: Modify the placeholder of a dateField

Sandra — Tue, 26 Mar 2024 15:42:21 GMT

Thank you very much for your response.

Would it be possible, somehow, to simulate with a textbox and a calendar icon the behavior of dateField ( that when clicked, a calendar opens)?

RE: Modify the placeholder of a dateField

Konduru Chaitanya — Tue, 26 Mar 2024 15:21:42 GMT

As Mike has mentioned, the defaulted placeholder cannot be modified.

RE: Modify the placeholder of a dateField

Mike Schmitt — Tue, 26 Mar 2024 15:08:56 GMT

Date and Date/Time fields do not have modifiable placeholders. Your one recourse here if you feel like you have a valid use case would be to open a support ticket with Appian (just be aware that even if they add it to their backlog, it'll likely be a significant waiting period before it might actually be implemented).

RE: Modify the placeholder of a dateField

Sandra — Tue, 26 Mar 2024 15:08:22 GMT

Hello .

First of all, thank you very much for your interest.
We want to put a customizable text in the placeholder of the dateField, specifically "to" instead of the default "mm/dd/yyyy".

RE: Modify the placeholder of a dateField

Konduru Chaitanya — Tue, 26 Mar 2024 14:57:40 GMT

Hello Sandra

What would be the place holder? Is it a particular date? Below is something that would help if that is the requirement.

a!localVariables(
  local!date: a!defaultValue(value: ri!date, default: today()),
  a!dateField(
    label: "My Date",
    value: local!date,
    saveInto: local!date
  )
)