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Many of the Range Picker structure and behavior is based on Date Picker and therefore are not described in this page

Description

Range Picker

Table of Contents

Description

The range picker allows the user to set a customized range of dates with or without hours in using a unified component.

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Types 

<< Relevant only if the component has several distinct types (e.g. editable tables, nested tables). In this case each type should be described in a sub-page >>

<<If you are using this section Usage & Behaviour should be used only for the Common functionalities in the page>>

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Type

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Usage

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Image

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Range picker (Dates only)

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<<TBD>>

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Range picker (Dates and Time)

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<<TBD>>

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Advanced Range picker

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(question) phase 1 (question)

Usage & Behaviour

General guidelines

Structure

The input field is composed of a string indicating the range (start - end) and an icon. The range picker’s structure and behavior are based on the Date Picker, and are therefore are not repeated here.

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Usage & Behavior

General guidelines

Structure

The range picker consists of:

  • The range picker field, with two date inputs:

    • From date. The start of the range.

    • To date. The end of the range.

  • The date picker button. A calendar Icon Button which opens the drop-down menu.

  • Preceding label (optional).

  • A drop-down range picker menu, which consists of:

    • Month and year pickers for each half of the calendar.

    • Two month calendars.

Component

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Comments

Range picker field

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A string indicating the range (From - To) and an icon button.

Next to the field, a preceding label

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can be set describing the purpose of the control.

Range picker menu

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2 month calendars, displayed horizontally from left (start) to right (end). The direction of the dates might change according to RTL languages

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Beneath each of the calendar months, a manual input field is displayed. The field also displays the selected dates from the calendar months

Content

Usually used with a label “Date range”.

Internal Logic

The months are always coupled which means the user always sees 2 consecutive months.

For example, if the user chooses to see the Januar 2020 on the End month (right side), the left side will show December 2019.

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Interaction

  • The external field can only be clicked upon, no manual entry of dates

  • Selection is always From (start) date -> To (end) date

Opening the menu

Clicking anywhere in the external field will open the menu

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  • By default, the From Field is highlighted

    • This field only allows manual input by keyboard

  • Clicking outside the menu is equivalent to the Cancel operation

Selecting a From date

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  • Clicking anywhere on either of the displayed calendar months will select that date as From and update the From Input Field at the bottom and the External field ((question) should the External field be updated immediately (question))

  • The focus will move to the To Field

  • All dates prior to the From date are disabled

  • Clicking outside the menu is equivalent to the Cancel operation

Hovering for the To Date

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  • A “trail” of hovered dates will be presented as the user hovers to select the To date

  • Clicking outside the menu is equivalent to the Cancel operation

Selecting the To date

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  • Clicking on the To date will

    • Show range selection as selected

    • Update the To input field at the bottom

    • Enable all previously disabled dates (prior to 17 in the example)

    • Move the Focus back to the From input field

  • Clicking outside the menu is equivalent to the Apply operation

Validations and errors

<<TBD>>

<<used for specific components e.g. slider>>

Transitions

<<TBD>>

<<Used to describe transitions or animations the occurs in any of the interaction stages>>

Best practices

<<e.g. Slider should display a label its on>>

Accessibility compliance

<<In general each component should be A11y complied,  please follow the 3 guidelines linked below. At the very least we should document that each component is in compliance with each of the 3>>

Focus management

<<How will the component work with keyboard only - without a mouse. Can be reference if written above

We already set a general guidelines described in Keyboard & Focus Management Guidelines >>

Screen reader support 

<<Make sure the components support screen reader for content or behaviour where needed - see Screen Reader Guidelines >>

Contrast & size compliance

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Internal Logic

  • The months displayed in the menu can be changed independently.

  • The user cannot select a To (end) date which is earlier than the selected From (start) date, or a From (start) date which is later than the selected To (end) date.

  • The range picker field will be updated in response to selections made in the range picker menu.

  • When 2 consecutive months are displayed together on the menu, the arrows are disabled accordingly, so that the From month cannot be moved forward and the To month cannot be moved backward:

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  • Options should be disabled in the month and year drop-down selectors to prevent a From date which is later than the To date. For example, if the From date is set to 2021, then 2020 and earlier will be disabled in the To date drop-down.

  • The two date inputs in the range picker field can always be directly edited, with no need to use the range picker menu.

  • Clicking either the From or To fields or the date picker icon will open the range picker menu with the relevant date selected (either From or To).

    • Clicking the date picker icon is equivalent to clicking on the From date.

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States

Date input field

State

Visual

Regular

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Hover

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Active

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Disabled

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Read-Only

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Error

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Warning

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Focused

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Focused, Hover

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Focused, Active

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Focused, Disabled

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Interaction

1. Clicking on the From field.

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The menu is opened:

  • The From text is highlighted in the range picker field.

  • If one is already set, the From date is highlighted on the calendar.

  • Clicking outside of the control is equivalent to Cancel: the drop-down closes without applying any changes.

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2. Selecting the From date.

  • The selected date is indicated on the calendar and in the range picker field.

  • The highlight automatically moves to the To field.

  • Clicking outside the menu closes the drop-down without applying any changes.

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  • As the user hovers over another date, the dates between it and the selected From date should be highlighted. (The hover state is displayed only if the hovered date is later than the currently selected From date).

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3. Selecting the To date

  • Clicking on a date which is later than or the same as the From date will:

    • close the calendar drop-down.

    • update the range picker field dates accordingly.

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  • Directly editing an existing range.

  • Clicking on either the From or To fields will:

    • select the date within the range picker field, where it can be edited.

    • open the drop-down menu with the date highlighted.

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  • Selecting a date that is earlier than the selected From date.

  • The From field will be updated to the new date.

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  • The To field will reset.

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Validations and errors

Validation is displayed across the entire component.

Error

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In the example, the From date is later than the To date (manually entered).

Warning

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Transitions

The Range picker menu should slide up and down.

Selecting the right and left arrows should swipe the dates horizontally. See the Date Picker for an example.

A swipe transition is used when pressing the left and right arrows to navigate between the months, as shown in the Date Picker.

Best practices

Use:

  • whenever a user is required to set a custom period.

Don’t use:

  • when a default set of ranges is pre-defined → a Selector can be a better approach for offering different periods.

General

  • If start and end times are also required, use the Time Picker component adjacent to the range picker:

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Accessibility compliance

Unless otherwise specified, see our general compliance information in Fundamentals - Accessibility.

Design

Zeplin link

Screen thumbnail

<<Short Zeplin link. You
Use this

https://zpl.io/2ErLpDv

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Code

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