Single Day Selection
Calendar where the user can select a single day
Z2UI5_CL_SMPC_APP_139
Controls
sap.ui.unified
UI5 1.71
The facts
- Repository
- abap2UI5/samples-controls
- Class
Z2UI5_CL_SMPC_APP_139- Source file
z2ui5_cl_smpc_app_139.clas.abap↗- Library
- sap.ui.unified
- UI5 entity
sap.ui.unified.Calendar- Demo kit sample
sap.ui.unified.sample.CalendarSingleDaySelection- SAP's own sample
- running at sdk.openui5.org ↗
- Minimum UI5
- 1.71 — the floor abap2UI5 holds its samples to
- In the playground
- runs in the browser, with no system and nothing installed
Keywords: calendar, sap.ui.unified, single, day, html, verticallayout, daterange, button, horizontallayout, label, text
Controls it builds
- sap.m.Button
- sap.m.Label
- sap.m.Text
- sap.ui.core.HTML
- sap.ui.core.mvc.View
- sap.ui.layout.HorizontalLayout
- sap.ui.layout.VerticalLayout
- sap.ui.unified.Calendar
- sap.ui.unified.DateRange
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" @keywords calendar sap.ui.unified single day html verticallayout daterange button horizontallayout label text
" @summary Calendar where the user can select a single day
CLASS z2ui5_cl_smpc_app_139 DEFINITION PUBLIC.
PUBLIC SECTION.
INTERFACES z2ui5_if_app.
DATA selected_date TYPE string.
" The calendar's OWN selection, as the model owns it - selectedDates is a
" bindable aggregation of sap.ui.unified.DateRange, the same type and shape
" app 220 binds for disabledDates. See the SELECT_TODAY handler for why the
" old "no wire can construct a DateRange" rationale missed it.
TYPES:
BEGIN OF ty_s_day,
start TYPE string,
END OF ty_s_day.
DATA t_selected TYPE STANDARD TABLE OF ty_s_day WITH EMPTY KEY.
PROTECTED SECTION.
DATA client TYPE REF TO z2ui5_if_client.
METHODS view_display.
METHODS on_event.
PRIVATE SECTION.
ENDCLASS.
CLASS z2ui5_cl_smpc_app_139 IMPLEMENTATION.
METHOD z2ui5_if_app~main.
me->client = client.
IF client->check_on_init( ).
selected_date = `No Date Selected`.
view_display( ).
ELSEIF client->check_on_navigated( ).
view_display( ).
ELSEIF client->check_on_event( ).
on_event( ).
ENDIF.
ENDMETHOD.
METHOD view_display.
DATA(view) = z2ui5_cl_ui5_view_builder=>factory( ).
view->ele( n = `View` ns = `mvc`
)->a( n = `xmlns:l` v = `sap.ui.layout`
)->a( n = `xmlns:u` v = `sap.ui.unified`
)->a( n = `xmlns:mvc` v = `sap.ui.core.mvc`
)->a( n = `xmlns` v = `sap.m`
)->a( n = `class` v = `viewPadding`
)->a( n = `xmlns:core` v = `sap.ui.core`
" the selectedDates formatter has to be loaded, or the XMLView parser
" rejects the binding with "formatter function ... not found"
)->a( n = `core:require` v = `{Formatter: 'z2ui5/model/formatter'}`
" the sample's own ../style.css (shared by the sap.ui.unified samples and
" listed in this sample's manifest) - the view carries the class and the
" rule behind it has to come with it. .sapUiCal is not an author class:
" CalendarRenderer writes it on the Calendar's own root, so the phone
" rule of the sheet does apply to this view. \{ \} escaped: the XMLView
" parser reads an unescaped brace as a binding
)->tag( n = `HTML` ns = `core`
)->a( n = `content` v = `<style>.viewPadding\{padding:1rem\}` &&
`.sap-phone .viewPadding\{padding:0rem\}` &&
`.sap-phone .sapUiCal\{position:relative\}` &&
`.labelMarginLeft\{margin:1rem\}</style>`
)->ele( n = `VerticalLayout` ns = `l`
)->ele( n = `Calendar` ns = `u`
)->a( n = `id` v = `calendar`
)->a( n = `selectedDates` v = client->_bind( t_selected )
" the picked day is read out of the event as a UI5 EXPRESSION - indexed
" access and chained calls resolve there (measured with
" scripts/probes/event-arg-expression-probe.mjs). The LOCAL date parts
" travel, not toISOString( ), which would shift the day east of
" Greenwich. The length guard is defensive only - in single-selection
" mode Month._selectDay never leaves selectedDates empty, and the
" deselect path belongs to the sibling CalendarDateDeselection sample
)->a( n = `select` v = client->_event( val = `CAL_SELECT`
t_arg = VALUE #(
( `$event.oSource.getSelectedDates().length > 0 ? $event.oSource.getSelectedDates()[0].getStartDate().getFullYear() : 0` )
( `$event.oSource.getSelectedDates().length > 0 ? $event.oSource.getSelectedDates()[0].getStartDate().getMonth() + 1 : 0` )
( `$event.oSource.getSelectedDates().length > 0 ? $event.oSource.getSelectedDates()[0].getStartDate().getDate() : 0` ) ) )
)->ele( n = `selectedDates` ns = `u`
)->tag( n = `DateRange` ns = `u`
" ABAP DATS through the local-parts formatter, as app 220
" does - `new Date('yyyy-mm-dd')` is UTC midnight and would
" land a day early west of Greenwich
)->a( n = `startDate` v = |\{ path: 'START', formatter: 'Formatter.DateAbapDateToDateObject' \}|
)->end(
)->end(
)->tag( `Button`
)->a( n = `press` v = client->_event( `SELECT_TODAY` )
)->a( n = `text` v = `Select Today`
)->ele( n = `HorizontalLayout` ns = `l`
)->tag( `Label`
)->a( n = `text` v = `Selected Date (yyyy-mm-dd):`
)->a( n = `class` v = `labelMarginLeft`
)->tag( `Text`
)->a( n = `id` v = `selectedDate`
)->a( n = `text` v = client->_bind( selected_date )
)->a( n = `class` v = `labelMarginLeft` ).
client->view_display( view->stringify( ) ).
ENDMETHOD.
METHOD on_event.
CASE client->get_event( ).
WHEN `CAL_SELECT`.
" _updateText: format getSelectedDates()[0] as yyyy-MM-dd. The day
" arrives as its three LOCAL parts (see the wire in view_display);
" year 0 means the selection was cleared by re-clicking the same day
DATA(year) = client->get_event_arg( ).
IF year IS INITIAL OR year = `0`.
selected_date = `No Date Selected`.
ELSE.
DATA(month) = |{ CONV i( client->get_event_arg( 2 ) ) WIDTH = 2 ALIGN = RIGHT PAD = '0' }|.
DATA(day) = |{ CONV i( client->get_event_arg( 3 ) ) WIDTH = 2 ALIGN = RIGHT PAD = '0' }|.
selected_date = |{ year }-{ month }-{ day }|.
" the bound aggregation is re-stated with the day the user picked, so
" the model and the control's own highlight cannot drift apart
t_selected = VALUE #( ( start = |{ year }{ month }{ day }| ) ).
ENDIF.
WHEN `SELECT_TODAY`.
" handleSelectToday adds a DateRange( today ) and reformats. Both halves
" are reproduced since 2026-08-21 - replacing the one row of the bound
" selectedDates aggregation IS that add - so the highlight really moves
" to today. Until then only the text was updated, on the claim that
" addSelectedDate takes a DateRange CONTROL no wire can construct: true
" of the METHOD, and beside the point, since selectedDates is a bindable
" aggregation (app 220 binds disabledDates, the same type).
selected_date = |{ sy-datum+0(4) }-{ sy-datum+4(2) }-{ sy-datum+6(2) }|.
t_selected = VALUE #( ( start = |{ sy-datum }| ) ).
ENDCASE.
ENDMETHOD.
ENDCLASS.
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