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NgxMatBirthdayInput

An Angular Material library for entering a birthday.

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  1. Split a date into 3 input fields, day, month and year, then reassemble and save them into a given formControl.
  2. Automatically add 0 in front of the day/month number.
  3. Remove . and e from the possible input.
  4. Does automatically focus the next field when needed.
  5. Based on the Vitaly Friedman article, Designing Birthday Picker UX: Simpler Is Better
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Demo

Installation

npm i ngx-mat-birthday-input

Usage

Import

Add NgxMatBirthdayInputComponent to your component file:

imports: [NgxMatBirthdayInputComponent];

Example

<form #f="ngForm" [formGroup]="birthdayForm">
  <mat-form-field
    floatLabel="always"
  >
    <!-- <mat-label>Birthday</mat-label> -->

    <ngx-mat-birthday-input
      formControlName="birthday"
      id="birthday"
    >
    </ngx-mat-birthday-input>

    <!-- <mat-icon matSuffix>event</mat-icon>
    <mat-error *ngIf="birthdayForm?.get('birthday').invalid">
      {{ Invalide error message }}
    </mat-error> -->
  </mat-form-field>
</form>

Options

OptionsTypeDefaultDescription
formControlNameFormControlundefinedControl to be updated
autocomplete"on" or "off""on"Use the default browser autofill
labelsstring[]["DD", "MM", "YYYY"]Label used by the mat-input
placeholdersstring[]["", "", ""]with an s
requiredbooleanundefined
disabledbooleanundefined

Css variable

NameDefaultExplanation
--ngx-mat-birthday-input-gap16pxChange the gap between the inputs

Authors and acknowledgment

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