Special Days with Legend
Calendar with special days and legend
Z2UI5_CL_SMPC_APP_308
Controls
sap.ui.unified
UI5 1.81
The facts
- Repository
- abap2UI5/samples-controls
- Class
Z2UI5_CL_SMPC_APP_308- Source file
z2ui5_cl_smpc_app_308.clas.abap↗- Library
- sap.ui.unified
- UI5 entity
sap.ui.unified.Calendar- Demo kit sample
sap.ui.unified.sample.CalendarSpecialDaysLegend- SAP's own sample
- running at sdk.openui5.org ↗
- Minimum UI5
- 1.81
- In the playground
- runs in the browser, with no system and nothing installed
Keywords: calendar, sap.ui.unified, calendarspecialdayslegend, html, verticallayout, datetyperange, calendarlegend, calendarlegenditem, togglebutton
Controls it builds
- sap.m.ToggleButton
- sap.ui.core.HTML
- sap.ui.core.mvc.View
- sap.ui.layout.VerticalLayout
- sap.ui.unified.Calendar
- sap.ui.unified.CalendarLegend
- sap.ui.unified.CalendarLegendItem
- sap.ui.unified.DateTypeRange
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" @keywords calendar sap.ui.unified calendarspecialdayslegend html verticallayout datetyperange calendarlegend calendarlegenditem togglebutton
" @summary Calendar with special days and legend
CLASS z2ui5_cl_smpc_app_308 DEFINITION PUBLIC.
PUBLIC SECTION.
INTERFACES z2ui5_if_app.
TYPES: BEGIN OF ty_s_legend,
type TYPE string,
text TYPE string,
END OF ty_s_legend.
TYPES ty_t_legend TYPE STANDARD TABLE OF ty_s_legend WITH EMPTY KEY.
TYPES: BEGIN OF ty_s_special,
start_date TYPE string,
end_date TYPE string,
type TYPE string,
secondary_type TYPE string,
tooltip TYPE string,
color TYPE string,
END OF ty_s_special.
TYPES ty_t_special TYPE STANDARD TABLE OF ty_s_special WITH EMPTY KEY.
DATA pressed TYPE abap_bool.
DATA t_legend1 TYPE ty_t_legend.
DATA t_legend2 TYPE ty_t_legend.
DATA t_special1 TYPE ty_t_special.
DATA t_special2 TYPE ty_t_special.
PROTECTED SECTION.
DATA client TYPE REF TO z2ui5_if_client.
METHODS view_display.
METHODS on_event.
METHODS special_days_fill.
PRIVATE SECTION.
ENDCLASS.
CLASS z2ui5_cl_smpc_app_308 IMPLEMENTATION.
METHOD z2ui5_if_app~main.
me->client = client.
IF 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( ).
" DateTypeRange.startDate/endDate are typed "object" and demand a real JS Date;
" the model keeps ABAP DATS strings and Formatter.DateAbapDateToDateObject converts them at
" the point of use (needs UI5 >= 1.74). endDate is optional, and needs no
" guard: DateAbapDateToDateObject answers null for a non-date, where
" DateCreateObject's new Date('') is an Invalid Date - truthy, and enough to
" kill the whole view
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:core` v = `sap.ui.core`
)->a( n = `xmlns` v = `sap.m`
)->a( n = `class` v = `viewPadding`
)->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. \{ \} 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\}</style>`
)->ele( n = `VerticalLayout` ns = `l`
)->ele( n = `Calendar` ns = `u`
)->a( n = `id` v = `calendar1`
)->a( n = `legend` v = `legend1`
)->a( n = `intervalSelection` v = `true`
)->a( n = `specialDates` v = client->_bind(
val = t_special1
omit_initial_paths = VALUE #( ( `COLOR` )
( `SECONDARY_TYPE` )
( `TOOLTIP` ) ) )
)->ele( n = `specialDates` ns = `u`
)->tag( n = `DateTypeRange` ns = `u`
)->a( n = `startDate` v = `{ path: 'START_DATE', formatter: 'Formatter.DateAbapDateToDateObject' }`
" a special date with no end is a single day. That used to
" need a ternary guard, because an empty string through
" DateCreateObject is an Invalid Date that
" Month._checkDateEnabled throws on;
" DateAbapDateToDateObject answers null for a non-date, so
" the plain binding is enough (app 220's lesson)
)->a( n = `endDate` v = |\{ path: 'END_DATE', formatter: 'Formatter.DateAbapDateToDateObject' \}|
)->a( n = `type` v = `{TYPE}`
" An enum property REFUSES an empty string - `"" is of type
" string, expected sap.ui.unified.CalendarDayType` - and the
" template is evaluated with no row the moment the toggle
" CLEARS the table. Same shape as endDate above: fall back to
" the enum's own default rather than let `` reach the control.
" Found by the e2e interaction (the second press), 2026-08-16.
)->a( n = `secondaryType` v = `{= ${SECONDARY_TYPE} ? ${SECONDARY_TYPE} : 'None' }`
)->a( n = `tooltip` v = `{TOOLTIP}`
)->a( n = `color` v = `{COLOR}`
)->end(
)->end(
)->ele( n = `CalendarLegend` ns = `u`
)->a( n = `id` v = `legend1`
)->a( n = `items` v = client->_bind( t_legend1 )
)->ele( n = `items` ns = `u`
)->tag( n = `CalendarLegendItem` ns = `u`
)->a( n = `type` v = `{TYPE}`
)->a( n = `text` v = `{TEXT}`
)->end(
)->end(
)->ele( n = `Calendar` ns = `u`
)->a( n = `id` v = `calendar2`
)->a( n = `legend` v = `legend2`
)->a( n = `specialDates` v = client->_bind(
val = t_special2
omit_initial_paths = VALUE #( ( `COLOR` )
( `SECONDARY_TYPE` )
( `TOOLTIP` ) ) )
)->ele( n = `specialDates` ns = `u`
)->tag( n = `DateTypeRange` ns = `u`
)->a( n = `startDate` v = `{ path: 'START_DATE', formatter: 'Formatter.DateAbapDateToDateObject' }`
" a special date with no end is a single day. That used to
" need a ternary guard, because an empty string through
" DateCreateObject is an Invalid Date that
" Month._checkDateEnabled throws on;
" DateAbapDateToDateObject answers null for a non-date, so
" the plain binding is enough (app 220's lesson)
)->a( n = `endDate` v = |\{ path: 'END_DATE', formatter: 'Formatter.DateAbapDateToDateObject' \}|
)->a( n = `type` v = `{TYPE}`
" An enum property REFUSES an empty string - `"" is of type
" string, expected sap.ui.unified.CalendarDayType` - and the
" template is evaluated with no row the moment the toggle
" CLEARS the table. Same shape as endDate above: fall back to
" the enum's own default rather than let `` reach the control.
" Found by the e2e interaction (the second press), 2026-08-16.
)->a( n = `secondaryType` v = `{= ${SECONDARY_TYPE} ? ${SECONDARY_TYPE} : 'None' }`
)->a( n = `tooltip` v = `{TOOLTIP}`
)->a( n = `color` v = `{COLOR}`
)->end(
)->end(
)->ele( n = `CalendarLegend` ns = `u`
)->a( n = `id` v = `legend2`
)->a( n = `standardItems` v = `Today`
)->a( n = `items` v = client->_bind( t_legend2 )
)->ele( n = `items` ns = `u`
)->tag( n = `CalendarLegendItem` ns = `u`
)->a( n = `type` v = `{TYPE}`
)->a( n = `text` v = `{TEXT}`
)->end(
)->end(
)->tag( `ToggleButton`
)->a( n = `text` v = `Special Days`
)->a( n = `pressed` v = client->_bind( pressed )
)->a( n = `press` v = client->_event( val = `SHOW_SPECIAL_DAYS` arg = `${$parameters>/pressed}` ) ).
client->view_display( view->stringify( ) ).
ENDMETHOD.
METHOD on_event.
IF client->get_event( ) = `SHOW_SPECIAL_DAYS`.
" handleShowSpecialDays: the pressed state adds the special dates and the
" legend items to both calendars, the released state destroys them again -
" here the four bound tables are filled and cleared instead
pressed = client->get_event_arg( ).
IF pressed = abap_true.
special_days_fill( ).
ELSE.
CLEAR t_special1.
CLEAR t_special2.
CLEAR t_legend1.
CLEAR t_legend2.
ENDIF.
ENDIF.
ENDMETHOD.
METHOD special_days_fill.
" the original walks a reference date through the CURRENT month with
" setDate( n ), so every date below is day n of the current month
" The special dates are ABAP DATS strings read through
" Formatter.DateAbapDateToDateObject, which builds the Date from the parsed
" parts - LOCAL midnight, which is what sap.ui.unified reads back
" (CalendarDate.fromLocalJSDate). They were ISO date-only strings through
" Formatter.DateCreateObject until 2026-08-21, and `new Date('yyyy-mm-dd')`
" is UTC midnight, so west of Greenwich every marked day landed one day
" early. Same defect and same fix as apps 220 and 017.
DATA(prefix) = |{ sy-datum+0(4) }{ sy-datum+4(2) }|.
CLEAR t_special1.
CLEAR t_special2.
CLEAR t_legend1.
CLEAR t_legend2.
DO 10 TIMES.
DATA(i) = sy-index.
DATA(type) = |Type{ i WIDTH = 2 ALIGN = RIGHT PAD = '0' }|.
DATA(text) = |Placeholder { i }|.
DATA(day) = |{ prefix }{ i WIDTH = 2 ALIGN = RIGHT PAD = '0' }|.
t_special1 = VALUE #( BASE t_special1 ( start_date = day type = type tooltip = text ) ).
t_special2 = VALUE #( BASE t_special2 ( start_date = day type = type tooltip = text ) ).
t_legend1 = VALUE #( BASE t_legend1 ( type = type text = text ) ).
t_legend2 = VALUE #( BASE t_legend2 ( type = type text = text ) ).
ENDDO.
t_special1 = VALUE #( BASE t_special1
( start_date = |{ prefix }12| type = `Type11` color = `#ff0000` )
( start_date = |{ prefix }13| type = `Type11` color = `#ff69b4` )
( start_date = |{ prefix }11| end_date = |{ prefix }21| type = `NonWorking` )
( start_date = |{ prefix }25| type = `Working` ) ).
t_special2 = VALUE #( BASE t_special2
( start_date = |{ prefix }12| type = `Type11` color = `#ff0000` )
( start_date = |{ prefix }13| type = `Type11` color = `#add8e6` )
( start_date = |{ prefix }22| type = `Type03` secondary_type = `NonWorking` )
( start_date = |{ prefix }24| type = `Working` )
( start_date = |{ prefix }24| type = `Type03` ) ).
ENDMETHOD.
ENDCLASS.
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