Open calendar to specific date (without *setting* the date)

[SachaG]

I'm Submitting a ...

[ ] Bug report
[x] Feature request
[ ] Support request

Here's my use case: I have two datepickers where people can pick the start and finish dates for a trip. If we're currently in November and people select "June 2nd" as the start date for their trip, I would like the second datepicker to automatically open in June, and not in November like it does by default.

Is there a way to achieve this without having to actually set the value prop for the second datepicker?

[SachaG]

Oh perfect! I can finally get that item off my to-do list :)

Edit: oh I guess this hasn't been published to npm yet?

[simeg]

@SachaG I'll do it right away :)

[simeg]

Fix available in v2.13.0.

[SachaG]

Trying to get it to work inside Codepen, not quite there yet… Btw the /dist files still say 2.12.0. I don't know if the files are wrong, or if it's just the version number?

https://github.com/YouCanBookMe/react-datetime/blob/94dde5590a472f9a671578ffd4607cd53a94b322/dist/react-datetime.js#L2

[SachaG]

So viewDate works when I set it to a static date value, but not when I try to dynamically set it via state:

https://codesandbox.io/s/m3rwm69mlj

Is it only taken into account when the calendar first mounts, and not updated later on?

[simeg]

It's not actually the dist files that are exported via npm, it's the non-minified files. This is a known bug. Not sure why the dist files have the wrong version though.

About viewDate, yes that is the case. Some props work dynamically but most don't. It's also something we are aware of. However fixing the specific viewDate prop to be dynamic should not be a big hassle, if anyone wants to do it you could refer to previous fixes for other props (look in PRs, issues etc.)

[SachaG]

OK, that's good to know. I'm happy to submit a PR if you can point me in the right direction (which file/PRs to look at?)

[simeg]

Looking through the PRs I found these:

• Make component react to UTC or Locale prop updates #266
• Fix Issue #202 - View Not Updating when viewMode Changed #206

Basically when the state updates you check if it's different from the next/previous state and if so, update accordingly.

In my head this should be done for all props by default, iterating over all of them. Not having one if statement for every prop, but that's in the future :) No need to do that now.

Let me know if you need anything else.