Qt Quick Controls - Calendar Example

Demonstrates the use of Calendar control.

The Calendar example displays a Calendar control and an events list for the selected date. It uses a C++ class to fetch the event details from an SQLite database. The example app uses a custom CalendarStyle to highlight the selected date and mark the dates that have events.

The following snippet from main.qml shows how the Calendar control is used in the app:

Calendar {
    id: calendar
    width: (parent.width > parent.height ? parent.width * 0.6 - parent.spacing : parent.width)
    height: (parent.height > parent.width ? parent.height * 0.6 - parent.spacing : parent.height)
    frameVisible: true
    weekNumbersVisible: true
    selectedDate: new Date(2014, 0, 1)
    focus: true

    style: CalendarStyle {
        dayDelegate: Item {
                 ...
            }
       }
}

The C++ class, SqlEventModel, inherits SqlQueryModel to create a database with dummy events for certain dates.

SqlEventModel::SqlEventModel()
{
    createConnection();
}

void SqlEventModel::createConnection()
{
    QSqlDatabase db = QSqlDatabase::addDatabase("QSQLITE");
    db.setDatabaseName(":memory:");
    if (!db.open()) {
        qFatal("Cannot open database");
        return;
    }

    QSqlQuery query;
    // We store the time as seconds because it's easier to query.
    query.exec("create table Event (name TEXT, startDate DATE, startTime INT, endDate DATE, endTime INT)");
    query.exec("insert into Event values('Grocery shopping', '2014-01-01', 36000, '2014-01-01', 39600)");
    query.exec("insert into Event values('Ice skating', '2014-01-01', 57600, '2014-01-01', 61200)");
    query.exec("insert into Event values('Doctor''s appointment', '2014-01-15', 57600, '2014-01-15', 63000)");
    query.exec("insert into Event values('Conference', '2014-01-24', 32400, '2014-01-28', 61200)");

    return;
}

In main.qml, the SqlEventModel custom type is used to get the list of events to mark the dates on the calendar.

SqlEventModel {
    id: eventModel
}

Calendar {
    ...
    style: CalendarStyle {
        dayDelegate: Item {
            ...
            Image {
                visible: eventModel.eventsForDate(styleData.date).length > 0
                ...
                source: "qrc:/images/eventindicator.png"
            }
        }
    }
}

The app uses a Flow type to position the items, and manipulates the items' width and height based on the orientation change on mobile devices.

Calendar {
    id: calendar
    width: (parent.width > parent.height ? parent.width * 0.6 - parent.spacing : parent.width)
    height: (parent.height > parent.width ? parent.height * 0.6 - parent.spacing : parent.height)
}

Rectangle {
    width: (parent.width > parent.height ? parent.width * 0.4 - parent.spacing : parent.width)
    height: (parent.height > parent.width ? parent.height * 0.4 - parent.spacing : parent.height)
    border.color: Qt.darker(color, 1.2)

    ListView {
        ...
    }
}

Running the Example

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Images:

calendar/images/eventindicator.png

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Qt Quick Controls - Calendar Example

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