Vue-Pikaday

A simple yet flexible custom directive for using Pikaday in Vue.js (v2.x.x) apps.

Demo

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Usage

1. Install via npm:

   npm install vue-pikaday-directive --save

2. Register Vue-Pikaday as a directive in your Vue.js app:

   // this is your main.js file
   
   import Vue from 'vue';
   import V_Pikaday from 'vue-pikaday-directive';
   
   const App = new Vue({
       el: '#app',
       data: {
           startDate: '',
           endDate: ''
       },
       directives: {
           'pikaday': V_Pikaday
       }
   });

3. Vue-Pikaday need an <input> element to display date. Add v-model and v-pikaday directive to this <input>.

   // this is your index.html file
   ...
   <input id="this-is-start-date" type="text" v-model="startDate" v-pikaday>
   <input id="this-is-end-date" type="text" v-model="endDate" v-pikaday>
   ...

   You may wonder why we need both v-model and v-pikaday here. v-model is for data binding. v-pikaday is just for initializing the Pikaday instance. It DOES NOT do any data binding job.

4. If you need to set some custom options for a specific Pikaday instance (eg. a different format of date), you can do it by binding an options object to v-pikaday directive:

   // this is your index.html file
   ...
   <input id="this-is-start-date" type="text" v-model="startDate" v-pikaday>
   <input id="this-is-end-date" type="text" v-model="endDate" v-pikaday="endDatePikadayOptions">
   ...
   
   // this is your main.js file
   ...
   const App = new Vue({
       el: '#app',
       data: {
           startDate: '',
   
           endDate: '',
           endDatePikadayOptions: {
               format: 'D/M/YYYY',
               // you can put more pikaday options here, based on your needs
               // however `field` and `onSelect` option will be ignored
               // because they are being used by v-pikaday directive to initialize a Pikaday instance
           },
       },
       directives: {
           'pikaday': V_Pikaday
       }
   });

5. If you need to access a Pikaday instance, you can do it by:

   // this is your main.js file
   
   ...
   mounted: function () {
       const startDateElement = document.querySelector('#this-is-start-date');
       console.log(startDateElement.pikadayInstance);
       // you can access a Pikaday instance at the `mounted` stage of the parent VM
       // by accessing the `pikadayInstance` property of the element that v-pikaday directive is bind with
   }
   ...

License

MIT