Calendar Customization?

I have a two-pronged question regarding the calendar widget being used in the manager:

• Can the American format be used in place of the currently-spec’d European format? If so, can the source JS (in this case, the calendar2.js file from the softcomplex distribution) be dropped into the manager/media/script/datefunctions.js without any modx-specific tweaks?
• Can the Tigra Calendar Pro version be substituted for the current free version? The thing that’s kind of a pain now is the amount of clicking necessary when dating archive materials that go back 7-8+ years. The pro version seems to offer a little quicker navigability by allowing access to months and years via drop-down menus...

Thanks for any suggestions!

I cant answer either question. But I can offer a tip for old dates, just enter the date in the dd-mm-YYYY format (ie: 01-10-1980) and then click on the calendar button and it will open to this date and you can move from there to fine tune it.

Thanks for the tip! While this works with the calendars under the Page Settings, a new calendar I added via a date TV doesn’t accept input by any other means than the calendar itself. (It’s as if the <input> field is set to read-only.)

(It’s as if the <input> field is set to read-only.)

I see what you mean. Actually this is not a field at all, the actual field is a hidden one and this is just a visual representation. I think this is done since the actual information is a timestamp. If you feel like trying to hack this the file that controls this is the manager/includes/tmplvars.inc.php starting at around line 37. I don’t know enough about JS to know how to make this change but it might simply be a matter of putting the input field in place of the ’fake’ input field.

Actually it is simpler than I thought. You can edit out the first line of the cal section and then edit the forth one to look like this:



THis will add the input text box to the calendar which you can now enter manually in the dd-mm-YYY format, you could still add some descriptive text to make it more complete but that is up to you...I need to get a bite to eat since I am starving

BTW - make a backup of the file before you edit it.

Mucho gracias for the insights & code ! I’ll give ’em a whirl. Also, on a strictly test installation, I’ll try swapping out versions of Tigra Calendar and see how/if they work ... then post the outcome.