DATE PICKER SUGGESTION/BLOCK

[FedeRichi88]

hi all

i ve two date picker, one for the starting date and the other one is for the ending date, i d like to know:

-how can i suggest a specific day when clicking on the date picker (i mean in terms of selection, not immediately reporting the date in the cell (i attach a screenshot, and u can see it shows up the current day, that s what i want to change as suggestion)?

-how can i "block" that in the second date picker users might select previous dates of the starting date?

thanks

Fede

[EdViegas · Accepted solution]

1. That you call suggestion is the Default property of DatePicker. You can set it with Today() or whatever you want 

2. Is not possible to set a range for DatePicker control.

See this post for datepicker validation: https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/Building-Power-Apps/Start-and-end-date-validation/m-p/52901

[FedeRichi88 · Accepted solution]

hi @EdViegas 

many thanks for ur reply, ur answer to the first point it s half ok for my case, i explain u better:

i changed the default properties and now it works perfectly it has suggested the exact day i specified... but the thing is that once i changed the default property, the date becomes immediately written in the box, look at the screenshot (i only updated the default of the first date picker, the second one u can see it s only a hint), and this means that if a user miss to select the dates (they might be different from the ones i suggest) and then submit the form (sorry i missed to say that in previous post!), then there s no control if the user forgot to select the dates, while before updating the properties of both date picker, if it was missing a date, the form is not submitted (i ve just tested it)...so i might consider to change the default property of the first date picker, and leave Parent.Default in the second one, in this case it s not the 100% solution, but a good 50% as the second date picker is the one which has more probability to be different

about the second point, my idea is not set a certain range of dates, but to block the insert of a previous date as ending date compared to the one selected as starting date, or if it s not possible, having an error message popping up and/or blocking the submit of the form

many thanks

Fede

[Drrickryp · Accepted solution]

@FedeRichi88 

You  could have the Default of datepicker2 be

Coalesce(Parent.Default, datepicker1.SelectedDate+1

In the OnChange property of datepicker2 If(DateDiff(datepicker1,datepicker2)<1, Notify("End date must be after start date",Error))

[FedeRichi88]

hi @Drrickryp 

thanks for your reply, very interesting, just the thing is the default formula it s automatically writing so it might happen user forget to fill in the information, i think i m ok with my previous post as i see it as a good balance between automatic compilation and control

anyway very useful the onchange property u suggested me!

thanks both! @EdViegas  @Drrickryp 

Fede