SparrowScripts Date Picker v2 Features
This is the next release of the popular SparrowScripts Popup Datepicker. Below are the features of this latest release of the SparrowScripts. Items in blue refers to new features being incorporated on 3rd September 2006.
Browser Compatibility
- Tested successfully with Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0.
- Tested successfully with Mozilla Firefox 1.5.
- Tested successfully with Mozilla Browser 1.5.
- Tested successfully with Netscape 7.2.
- Tested successfully with Opera 8.51.
- Clean and elegant look.
- Fully customisable with a separate CSS file.
- Option to display week number (compliance to ISO-8601 standard).
- Holidays, today's date, disabled dates, initial selected date are highlighted.
- <SELECT> tags are covered better than previous version.
- Ability to select minimum and maximum year so user does not scroll out of range.
- Smart adjustment of datepicker to the left or top if it goes outside browser client area.
- Datepicker default month to display to that of selected date.
- Option to enable/disable weekend dates selection.
- Auto scrolling through the months, month list and year list simply by clicking and holding on the interface.
- Ability to set the scrolling rate.
- Option to enable/disable dates selection from dates earlier than today or number of days from today.
- Option to enable/disable dates selection for days marked as holidays.
- Tooltip to let user know which part of datepicker.
- Close the datepicker simply by pressing "ESC" key or clicking on the "Close" button.
- Lesser mouse clicks than previous version as Month and Year list appear on mouseover now instead of onclick.
- Choose to display the datepicker with relative or absolute coordinates.
- Combined code for in-page datepicker and popup datepicker.
- Separate Holiday files to share it among your different pages or even projects.
- Separate CSS files for easier customisation.
- Separate language files so users does not need to download languages which they do not need to use at all.
- Prefix of "ssdp_" for all global variables and functions so as to reduce conflicts with other scripts to the minimum.
- Added "No Graphics Mode" to reduce bandwidth usage.
- Support flexible date format.
- Support different language or customise with your own text freely.
- Choose to start the week on Sunday or Monday.
- More flexible handling of date format, even without separators! (e.g. ddmmyyyy).
- Long Weekday name now supported.
- Date format for the Today string.
- Allow specification of yearly recurring holiday dates.
- Allow specification of holidays relative to Easter Day.