Date Picker Control Settings
The Date Picker control allows the Request participant to click the control and select a date from a calendar pop-up. After the user selects a date from the control, the calendar hides and the control shows the selected date.
Configure the Date Picker control to accept one of the following data types:
Datetime: The control accepts a datetime, which includes both date and time components.
Date: The control accepts a date.
This control is only available for Form-type ProcessMaker Screens. See Screen Types.
Use the Date Picker control for Request participants to select a date or datetime through a user interface.
Your ProcessMaker user account or group membership must have the following permissions to design a ProcessMaker Screen unless your user account has the Make this user a Super Admin setting selected:
Screens: Edit Screens
Screens: View Screens
See the ProcessMaker Screens permissions or ask your ProcessMaker Administrator for assistance.
Follow these steps to add this control to the ProcessMaker Screen:
​Create a new ProcessMaker Screen or click the Edit icon
to edit the selected Screen. The ProcessMaker Screen is in Design mode.View the ProcessMaker Screen page to which to add the control.
Locate the Date Picker icon
in the panel to the left of the Screen Builder canvas.Drag the Date Picker icon into the Screen Builder canvas. Existing controls on the Screen Builder canvas adjust positioning based on where you drag the control.
Place into the Screen Builder canvas where you want the control to display on the ProcessMaker Screen.
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​Configure the Date Picker control. See Settings.
Validate that the control is configured correctly. See Validate Your Screen.
Below is a Date Picker control in Preview mode.
After adding a control to a ProcessMaker Screen page, you may move it to another location on that page such that it is above or below other controls placed on that page. A control cannot be moved to another ProcessMaker Screen page.
Follow these steps to move a control to another location on that ProcessMaker Screen page:
Place your cursor anywhere on the control not displaying the Duplicate Control
or Delete Control
buttons.Hold your cursor, then drag the control above or below other controls on that ProcessMaker Screen page. Screen Builder previews where the control would display on the page based on how you position the control above or below other controls. If the control cannot be placed in a location because your cursor is above an existing control or too far to the left or right of the page, the
icon displays in the preview.Place the control at the location on the page you want it. The other control(s) on the page automatically adjust position.
Copying a control also copies the current settings of that control. The copied control displays below other controls placed on that ProcessMaker Screen page.
Follow these steps to copy a control:
Select the control to be copied.
Click the Duplicate Control button
. The control copies with its current settings, and then displays below other controls placed on that page.
As a best practice, after copying a control, change the Variable Name setting value for the copied control to its own unique variable value. Otherwise, in-progress Requests that use this ProcessMaker Screen read from and send data to both controls.
Deleting a control also deletes configuration for that control. If you add another control, it will have default settings.
Follow these steps to delete a control from a ProcessMaker Screen page:
Select the control to be deleted.
Click the Delete button
. The control deletes. Other controls on that ProcessMaker Screen page adjust their locations automatically.
The Date Picker control has the following panels that contain settings:
​Variable panel​
​Configuration panel​
​Design panel​
​Advanced panel​
Click the control while in Design mode, and then click the Variable panel that is on the right-side of the Screen Builder canvas.
Below are settings for the Date Picker control in the Variable panel:
​Variable Name​
​Label​
​Data Type​
​Validation Rules​
​Read Only​
Edit the default Variable Name setting value for this control if necessary. The Variable Name setting value represents data in this control during Requests. Ensure that the Variable Name setting value is a unique name from other controls in this ProcessMaker Screen and contains at least one letter. This is a required setting.
Use the Variable Name setting value in the following ways:
Reference this control by its Variable Name setting's value. The Data Preview panel in Preview mode corresponds with the Date Picker control's entered datetime with that Date Picker control's Variable Name value. In the example below,
DatePickerControlis the Variable Name setting's value.
Reference this control's value in a different Screen Builder control. To do so, use mustache syntax and reference this control's Variable Name value in the target control. Example:
{{ DatePickerControl }}.Reference this value in Visibility Rule setting expressions.
See best practices when editing a Request variable name.
Edit the default label that displays for this control if necessary. New Date Picker is the default value.
Select one of the following data type options this control accepts when the Request participant enters content into this control:
Datetime: This control accepts a datetime, which is includes both date and time components.
Date: The control accepts a date.
This is a required setting.
Enter the validation rule(s) the Request participant must comply with to properly enter a valid value into this control. This setting has no default value. If there are no configured validation rules the following message displays: No validation rule(s). See Validation Rules for "Validation" Control Settings.
Follow these steps to add a validation rule to this control:
Access the Variable panel for this control while in Design mode, and then locate the Validation Rules setting.
Click the Add Rule button. The Select drop-down menu displays.
Select the rule that this control validates against.
Click Save. Parameters for the selected rule display. Parameter settings display which ones are required to properly configure the rule.
Enter the parameter settings that this control uses to validate against. See Validation Rule Settings, and then locate the validation rule for its parameters.
Follow these steps to edit a validation rule for this control:
Access the Variable panel for this control while in Design mode, and then locate the Validation Rules setting.
Click the Edit icon
for the validation rule to edit if that rule can be edited. Validation rules that do not have parameters cannot be edited. The parameter settings for that validation rule displays.Edit the parameter settings that this control uses to validate against. See Validation Rule Settings, and then locate the validation rule for its parameters.
Follow these steps to delete a validation rule for this control:
Access the Variable panel for this control while in Design mode, and then locate the Validation Rules setting.
Click the Delete icon
for the validation rule to delete. A message displays to confirm deletion of the validation rule.Click Delete.
Select to indicate that this control cannot be edited. This option is not selected by default.
Click the control while in Design mode, and then click the Configuration panel that is on the right-side of the Screen Builder canvas.
Below are settings for the Date Picker control in the Configuration panel:
​Placeholder Text​
​Helper Text​
Enter the placeholder text that displays in this control when no value has been provided. This setting has no default value.
Enter text that provides additional guidance on this control's use. This setting has no default value.
Click the control while in Design mode, and then click the Design panel that is on the right-side of the Screen Builder canvas.
Below are settings for the Date Picker control in the Design panel:
​Text Color​
​Background Color​
Select the text color that displays for this control. Optionally, click the Clear Color Selection option to remove the selected color.
Select the background color that displays for this control. Optionally, click the Clear Color Selection option to remove the selected color.
Click the control while in Design mode, and then click the Advanced panel that is on the right-side of the Screen Builder canvas.
Below are settings for the Date Picker control in the Advanced panel:
​Default Value​
​Visibility Rule​
​CSS Selector Name​
Enter the default value this control displays. If the Default Value setting has no value, then this control does not display a value when the ProcessMaker Screen displays. When the ProcessMaker Screen submits, the Request uses this control's default value unless the Request participant changes it. The Default Value setting supports mustache syntax as the default value. For example, if the Default Value setting is {{ Date_Picker_Vacation_Date_Start }} where a Request participant entered a date from which to begin a vacation earlier in that Request, this control displays the content of that control by default during the Request.
There are two ways to enter the default value this control displays.
Enter the default value as text.
Enter the default value as JavaScript, especially if a Calculated Property might change this default value setting. Ensure to use the this. JavaScript keyword preceding the ProcessMaker Screen control reference. Example: this.FullName when FullName is the Variable Value setting value for the control to set its default value.
Specify an expression that indicates the condition(s) under which this control displays. See Expression Syntax Components for "Visibility Rule" Control Settings. If this setting does not have an expression, then this control displays by default.
Note the following regarding how to use visibility rules:
To make this control hidden until another control contains a value, enter the Variable Name setting value of that control to this control's Visibility Rule setting.
Enter the value to represent this control in custom CSS syntax when in Custom CSS mode. As a best practice, use the same CSS Selector Name value on different controls of the same type to apply the same custom CSS style to all those controls.
See the following best practices regarding custom CSS in ProcessMaker Screens:
