Vue-flatPickr

Vue.js v2.x component for Flatpickr date-time picker

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Features

  • Reactive v-model value
    • You can change flatpickr value programmatically
  • Reactive config options
    • You can change config options dynamically
    • Component will watch for any changes and redraw itself
    • You are suggested to modify config via Vue.set
  • Emits all possible events
  • Compatible with Bootstrap, Bulma or any other CSS framework
  • Supports wrapped mode
    • Just set wrap:true in config and component will take care of all
  • Play nice with vee-validate validation library

Installation

# npm
npm install vue-flatpickr-component --save

# Yarn
yarn add vue-flatpickr-component
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Usage

Minimal example

<template>
  <div>
    <flat-pickr v-model="date"></flat-pickr>
  </div>
</template>

<script>
  import flatPickr from 'vue-flatpickr-component';
  import 'flatpickr/dist/flatpickr.css';
  
  export default {    
    data () {
      return {
        date: null,       
      }
    },
    components: {
      flatPickr
    }
  }
</script>
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Detailed example

This example is based on Bootstrap 4 input group

<template>
  <section>
    <div class="form-group">
      <label>Select a date</label>
      <div class="input-group">
        <flat-pickr
                v-model="date"
                :config="config"                                                          
                class="form-control" 
                placeholder="Select date"               
                name="date">
        </flat-pickr>
        <div class="input-group-btn">
          <button class="btn btn-default" type="button" title="Toggle" data-toggle>
            <i class="fa fa-calendar">
              <span aria-hidden="true" class="sr-only">Toggle</span>
            </i>
          </button>
          <button class="btn btn-default" type="button" title="Clear" data-clear>
            <i class="fa fa-times">
              <span aria-hidden="true" class="sr-only">Clear</span>
            </i>               
          </button>
        </div>
      </div>
    </div>
    <pre>Selected date is - {{date}}</pre>
  </section>
</template>

<script>
  // bootstrap is just for this example
  import 'bootstrap/dist/css/bootstrap.css';
  // import this component
  import flatPickr from 'vue-flatpickr-component';  
  import 'flatpickr/dist/flatpickr.css';
  // theme is optional
  // try more themes at - https://chmln.github.io/flatpickr/themes/
  import 'flatpickr/dist/themes/material_blue.css';
  // l10n is optional
  import {Hindi} from 'flatpickr/dist/l10n/hi';
  
  export default {
    name: 'yourComponent',
    data () {
      return {
        // Initial value
        date: new Date(),
        // Get more form https://chmln.github.io/flatpickr/options/
        config: {
          wrap: true, // set wrap to true only when using 'input-group'
          altFormat: 'M	j, Y',
          altInput: true,
          dateFormat: 'Y-m-d',
          locale: Hindi, // locale for this instance only          
        },                
      }
    },
    components: {
      flatPickr
    },    
  }
</script>
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As plugin

  import Vue from 'vue';
  import flatPickr from 'vue-flatpickr-component';
  import 'flatpickr/dist/flatpickr.css';
  Vue.use(flatPickr);
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This will register a global component <flat-pickr>

Events

  • The components emits all possible events, you can listen to them in your component
<flat-pickr v-model="date" @on-change="doSomethingOnChange" @on-close="doSomethingOnClose"></flat-pickr>
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  • Events names has been converted to kebab-case.
  • You can still pass your methods in config like original flatpickr do.

Available props

The component accepts these props:

Attribute Type Default Description
v-model / value String / Date Object / Array / Timestamp / null null Set or Get date-picker value (required)
config Object {wrap:false} Flatpickr configuration options
events Array Array of all events Customise the events to be emitted

Install in non-module environments (without webpack)

  • Include required files
<!-- Flatpickr related files -->
<link href="https://unpkg.com/flatpickr@4/dist/flatpickr.min.css" rel="stylesheet">
<script src="https://unpkg.com/flatpickr@4/dist/flatpickr.min.js"></script>
<!-- Vue js -->
<script src="https://unpkg.com/vue@2.5/dist/vue.min.js"></script>
<!-- Lastly add this package -->
<script src="https://unpkg.com/vue-flatpickr-component@7"></script>
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  • Use the component anywhere in your app like this
<main id="app">  
    <flat-pickr v-model="date" class="input"></flat-pickr> 
</main>
<script>
  // Initialize as global component
  Vue.component('flat-pickr', VueFlatpickr);
  
  new Vue({
    el: '#app',
    data: {
      date: null
    },    
  });
</script>
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Run examples on your localhost

  • Clone this repo
  • You should have node-js >=6.10 <7.0.0 || >=9.x and yarn >=1.x pre-installed
  • Install dependencies yarn install
  • Run webpack dev server yarn start
  • This should open the demo page at http://localhost:8000 in your default web browser

GitHub

ankurk91/vue-flatpickr-component

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