Select “Today” in Vaadin’s calendar widgets, DateField and InlineDateField?

Question

Vaadin has a pair of nice calendar widgets, DateField & InlineDateField.

One feature I've not detected: Can the user get back to "Today" after perusing various months and dates?

Or must I add my own separate "Today" button? At least I could do so for InlineDateField, but not DateField.

Answer 1

I don't believe so, I think you would have to code it yourself.

I think its the same for JodaTime too.

I'm sure you already figured this out, but here is some simple code for anyone else!

    final DateField x = new DateField();

    final InlineDateField y = new InlineDateField();

    HorizontalLayout layout = new HorizontalLayout();
    layout.setSpacing(true);

    layout.addComponent(x);
    layout.addComponent(y);

    Button button = new Button("Today");

    layout.addComponent(button);

    button.addClickListener(new Button.ClickListener() {
        public void buttonClick(ClickEvent event) {
            Date date = new Date();
            x.setValue( date );
            y.setValue( date );
        }
    });



    this.setContent(layout);