The DatePicker control allows the user to select a date by typing the date in the textbox or using the drop-down calendar control.

1 2	[TemplatePart(Name = ElementTextBox, Type = typeof(DatePickerTextBox))] public class DatePicker : System.Windows.Controls.DatePicker, IDataInput

Create DatePicker

1	<hc:DatePicker />

1	var datePicker = new DatePicker();

The generated DatePicker is shown below:

Select date

You can enter the date through the textbox, or click the button to the right of the text box to open the drop-down calendar control to select the date.

You can also set the date like this in a XAML clock or code.

1	<hc:DatePicker SelectedDate="{x:Static system:DateTime.Now}"/>

1	datePicker.SelectedDate = DateTime.Now;

Set title and placeholder text

You can add Headers and Placeholders to the DatePicker to indicate to the user what they do.

<hc:DatePicker hc:InfoElement.TitleWidth="140"
               hc:InfoElement.TitlePlacement="Left"
               hc:InfoElement.Placeholder="Please enter the content"
               hc:InfoElement.Title="Title" />

Styles

Available Styles
DatePickerPlus.Small

Attributes

Property	Description
SelectedDate	Get or set the currently selected date
SelectionTextBrush
SelectionOpacity
SelectionBrush
CaretBrushProperty

you can change datepicker ui culture:

1	ConfigHelper.Instance.SetLang("en");