Calendar customization in Windows Forms DateTimePickerAdv(Classic)

26 Apr 20213 minutes to read

DateTimePickerAdv control has properties which can improve the look and feel of the popup calendar. This section discusses various appearance settings available for the calendar.

Overview

DateTimePickerAdv control contains embedded calendar control which pops-up on clicking the dropdown button at the end of the control. The popup calendar is a MonthCalendarAdv control and hence supports all the properties of the MonthCalendarAdv control. These properties of the calendar can be accessed using DateTimePickerAdv.Calendar.TodayButton _(for example)_property.

Month Calendar for Windows Forms

Additionally, the calendar popup can be customized using the DateTimePickerAdv properties. Refer Customizing the Calendar topic.

Day Names

In the calendar, we can specify whether shortest day names can be used or not using UseShortestDayNames property. By default it is true.

C#
VB.NET
this.dateTimePickerAdv1.UseShortestDayNames = false;
Me.dateTimePickerAdv1.UseShortestDayNames = False

Buttons in Calendar

We can specify the visibility of the None button using NoneButtonVisible property. Default value is true.

C#
VB.NET
this.dateTimePickerAdv1.NoneButtonVisible = false;
Me.dateTimePickerAdv1.NoneButtonVisible = False

NOTE

None button will not be visible when EnableNullDate property is set to false. See_ Null Value Settings _to know about EnableNullDate property.

Background Settings

The background of the Calendar can be customized using the CalendarMonthBackground and CalendarTitleBackColor properties of DateTimePickerAdv.

C#
VB.NET
this.dateTimePickerAdv1.CalendarMonthBackground = System.Drawing.Color.OldLace;
this.dateTimePickerAdv1.CalendarTitleBackColor = System.Drawing.Color.Wheat;
Me.dateTimePickerAdv1.CalendarMonthBackground = System.Drawing.Color.OldLace
Me.dateTimePickerAdv1.CalendarTitleBackColor = System.Drawing.Color.Wheat

DateTimePickerAdv background customization

Foreground Settings

The foreground appearance can be customized using the below properties.

C#
VB.NET
this.dateTimePickerAdv1.CalendarFont = new System.Drawing.Font("Microsoft Sans Serif", 8.25F, System.Drawing.FontStyle.Italic);
this.dateTimePickerAdv1.CalendarForeColor = System.Drawing.Color.SaddleBrown;
this.dateTimePickerAdv1.CalendarTitleForeColor = System.Drawing.Color.SaddleBrown;
this.dateTimePickerAdv1.CalendarTrailingForeColor = System.Drawing.Color.Blue;
Me.dateTimePickerAdv1.CalendarFont = New System.Drawing.Font("Microsoft Sans Serif", 8.25F, System.Drawing.FontStyle.Italic) 
Me.dateTimePickerAdv1.CalendarForeColor = System.Drawing.Color.SaddleBrown 
Me.dateTimePickerAdv1.CalendarTitleForeColor = System.Drawing.Color.SaddleBrown 
Me.dateTimePickerAdv1.CalendarTrailingForeColor = System.Drawing.Color.Blue

DateTimePickerAdv foreground customization
CalendarFont = “Italic”; TrailingForeColor = “Blue”

Calendar Size

The default size of the popup calendar can be changed using the below properties.

C#
VB.NET
this.dateTimePickerAdv1.CalendarSize = new System.Drawing.Size(250, 200);
this.dateTimePickerAdv1.CalendarSizeToFit = false;
Me.dateTimePickerAdv1.CalendarSize = New System.Drawing.Size(250, 200)
Me.dateTimePickerAdv1.CalendarSizeToFit = False

Calendar size