Better date picker for ApEx 3.2?
One of my least-liked features in ApEx 3.2 is the poor performance of the date picker popup. It redraws whenever the user changes the month or year, and it takes so long, that I've found most of the time, a user will change both fields in the time it takes for the first one to take effect, so the second change ends up being ignored.
Ideally, I would like to find a drop-in replacement for the built-in date picker that will do everything in JavaScript, within the window, and bonus points for some additional validation options (like min/max date). The date picker in ApEx 4 is actually perfect, I think.
So, my question: 1) Has anybody tried to backport the date picker from ApEx 4 into an ApEx 3.2 application? Can this be done without substantial rewiring of the calling page? 2) If not, can anybody recommend a good replacement for the built-in one in 3.2? Again, my goal is to just replace the JavaScript call on that form element with a different one, and require no other changes to the page.
Thanks,
Keith
Thanks, Dan -- you mentioned this in another thread, too, and I was just starting to look into whether I could simply drop in this datepicker in place of the one in ApEx. It looks like I can, but if you're verifying that this is the case, then this definitely meets my needs, and I'll eagerly start looking into this.
Still, I think it would be cool if someone backported the one in ApEx 4. That one is so much nicer! :-)
Cheers!
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return calendar.getActualMaximum(Calendar.WEEK_OF_MONTH);
// throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Not supported
// yet.");
public int getColumnCount() {
return 7;
// throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Not supported
// yet.");
public Object getValueAt(int rowIndex, int columnIndex) {
//System.out.println("Get Value method called");
int day_of_week = columnIndex + 1;
int week_of_month = rowIndex + 1;
GregorianCalendar localCalendar = new GregorianCalendar();
localCalendar.set(Calendar.MONTH, selectedMonth);
localCalendar.set(Calendar.YEAR, selectedYear);
int current_month = localCalendar.get(Calendar.MONTH);
localCalendar.set(Calendar.WEEK_OF_MONTH, week_of_month);
localCalendar.set(Calendar.DAY_OF_WEEK, day_of_week);
if (current_month != localCalendar.get(Calendar.MONTH))
return null;
return localCalendar.get(Calendar.DATE);
// throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Not supported
// yet.");
class JHyperLinkRenderer extends JHyperLink implements TableCellRenderer, TableCellEditor
protected String plainText = "";
public JHyperLinkRenderer() {
private void setDate() {
calendar.set(Calendar.DATE, Integer.parseInt(plainText));
public void setText(String text) {
plainText = text;
super.setText("<html><u>" + text + "</u></html>");
if(plainText != null && !plainText.equalsIgnoreCase("")){
this.setToolTipText(new Integer(selectedMonth+1).toString()+"/"+plainText+"/"+new Integer(selectedYear).toString());
protected void fireMouseEntered(MouseEvent me) {
fireActionEvent();
protected void fireMouseExited(MouseEvent me) {
//This is overiden to change the behavior
protected void fireActionEvent() {
* The actionListenerList variable is defined at Global
* JCalendar Level
for (Action l : actionListenerList) {
Object source = null;
if (plainText != null && !plainText.equalsIgnoreCase("")) {
// calendar.set(Calendar.DATE, Integer.parseInt(plainText));
setDate();
source = getSelectedDate();
} else {
source = this;
ActionEvent e = new ActionEvent(source,
ActionEvent.ACTION_PERFORMED, (String) l
.getValue(Action.ACTION_COMMAND_KEY));
l.actionPerformed(e);
public Component getTableCellRendererComponent(JTable table,
Object value, boolean isSelected, boolean hasFocus,
int row, int column) {
value = tableModel.getValueAt(row, column);
setText("");
setBorder(null);
setOpaque(true);
if (column == 0 || column == 6) {
setBackground(Color.LIGHT_GRAY);
} else {
setBackground(table.getBackground());
if (value != null) {
setText(value.toString());
this.setHorizontalAlignment(JLabel.CENTER);
// this.setBorder(border);
this.setForeground(Color.DARK_GRAY);
// this.setBackground(Color.RED);
if (isSelected) {
setForeground(Color.BLUE);
// setBorder(new LineBorder(Color.BLUE));
BevelBorder border = new BevelBorder(BevelBorder.RAISED);
setBorder(border);
if(value.toString().equalsIgnoreCase(new Integer(selectedDate).toString())) {
setBackground(Color.GREEN);
BevelBorder border = new BevelBorder(BevelBorder.RAISED);
return this;
//Cell Editor Implementations
public Component getTableCellEditorComponent(JTable table,
Object value, boolean isSelected, int row, int column) {
// setText("");
if (value != null) {
setText(value.toString());
this.setHorizontalAlignment(JLabel.CENTER);
setForeground(Color.BLUE);
BevelBorder border = new BevelBorder(BevelBorder.RAISED);
setBorder(border);
} else {
setText("");
return this;
protected EventListenerList listenerList = new EventListenerList();
protected ChangeEvent changeEvent = new ChangeEvent(this);
public void addCellEditorListener(CellEditorListener listener) {
listenerList.add(CellEditorListener.class, listener);
public void removeCellEditorListener(CellEditorListener listener) {
listenerList.remove(CellEditorListener.class, listener);
protected void fireEditingStopped() {
CellEditorListener listener;
Object[] listeners = listenerList.getListenerList();
for (int i = 0; i < listeners.length; i++) {
if (listeners[i] == CellEditorListener.class) {
listener = (CellEditorListener) listeners[i + 1];
listener.editingStopped(changeEvent);
protected void fireEditingCanceled() {
CellEditorListener listener;
Object[] listeners = listenerList.getListenerList();
for (int i = 0; i < listeners.length; i++) {
if (listeners[i] == CellEditorListener.class) {
listener = (CellEditorListener) listeners[i + 1];
listener.editingCanceled(changeEvent);
public void cancelCellEditing() {
fireEditingCanceled();
public boolean stopCellEditing() {
fireEditingStopped();
return true;
public boolean isCellEditable(EventObject event) {
boolean flag = false;
if(event instanceof MouseEvent) {
MouseEvent evt = (MouseEvent)event;
if(evt.getClickCount() > 1) flag = true;
return flag;
public boolean shouldSelectCell(EventObject event) {
return true;
public Object getCellEditorValue() {
//return null;
return this.getText();
JHyperLinkRenderer editorRenderer = new JHyperLinkRenderer();
table = new JTable(tableModel);
// Set the CellRenderer
table.setDefaultRenderer(String.class, editorRenderer);
table.setDefaultEditor(String.class, editorRenderer);
table.getTableHeader().setReorderingAllowed(false);
table.getColumnModel().setColumnMargin(5);
table.putClientProperty("terminateEditOnFocusLost",Boolean.TRUE);
table.setRequestFocusEnabled(false);
table.setRowSelectionAllowed(false);
// table.setAutoResizeMode(JTable.AUTO_RESIZE_OFF);
// table.setCellSelectionEnabled(true);
// table.setShowGrid(false);
scrollPane = new JScrollPane(table);
scrollPane.setBorder(new LineBorder(Color.GRAY));
getContentPane().add(scrollPane, BorderLayout.CENTER);
// Local Inner JHyperLink Label class
class JHyperLink extends JLabel {
//This should be Strictly private
private final LinkedList<Action> actionListenerList = new LinkedList<Action>();
public JHyperLink() {
super("");
addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter() {
public void mouseEntered(MouseEvent me) {
fireMouseEntered(me);
public void mouseExited(MouseEvent me) {
fireMouseExited(me);
// status.removeAll();
public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent me) {
fireActionEvent();
//setCursor(Cursor.getPredefinedCursor(Cursor.HAND_CURSOR));
protected void fireMouseEntered(MouseEvent me) {
protected void fireMouseExited(MouseEvent me) {
public void addAction(Action l) {
if (!actionListenerList.contains(l)) {
actionListenerList.add(l);
public void removeAction(Action l) {
actionListenerList.remove(l);
protected void fireActionEvent() {
for (Action l : actionListenerList) {
Object source = null;
source = this;
ActionEvent e = new ActionEvent(source,
ActionEvent.ACTION_PERFORMED, (String) l
.getValue(Action.ACTION_COMMAND_KEY));
l.actionPerformed(e);
public static void main(String[] args) {
final String calCmd = "CALENDAR_ACTION";
final JCalendar calendar = new JCalendar();
calendar.setVisible(true);
calendar.setLocation(75, 75);
AbstractAction calendarAction = new AbstractAction() {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
if (e.getActionCommand().equalsIgnoreCase(calCmd)) {
if (e.getSource() != null
&& e.getSource() instanceof GregorianCalendar) {
GregorianCalendar selCal = (GregorianCalendar) e
.getSource();
System.out.println("The Selected Date is :"
+ selCal.get(Calendar.MONTH) + "/"
+ selCal.get(Calendar.DATE) + "/"
+ selCal.get(Calendar.YEAR));
calendar.dispose();
calendarAction.putValue(Action.ACTION_COMMAND_KEY, calCmd);
calendar.addAction(calendarAction);
// calendar.pack();
JFrame frame = new JFrame();
JDesktopPane desk = new JDesktopPane();
frame.setContentPane(desk);
desk.add(calendar);
frame.setLocation(50, 50);
frame.setSize(400, 400);
frame.setVisible(true);
Cheers
Ram -
Date Picker visbile by default in Apex.
Hi All,
I have created two date pickers by default i will be dsiplaying only one, but when they click on that link i wil diplsay the other date picker report.
I have created demo in my application but that is showing fine in 4.0 version but when i had tried in lower version 3.0 the date picker calendar is showing by deafult. But no erros are dsiplayed in script.
Can you please let us know how we can hide the samll part of calendar icon.
Here is an examplei had created whcih is replaicted what i had done im original application.
workspace-apex_demo_bosu
[email protected]
password-bosuseshu
URL is http://apex.oracle.com/pls/apex/f?p=19104:1:246873615402401:::::
Thanks,
Anoo..I realized you were talking about a form with an "Automatic Row Fetcher" after I had clicked submit;
Let me see if I can understand this:
you have a date column in your table (I hope it is a date)
you have created a "form on a table" page that has an Automatic Row Fetcher process in it.
If the row you are displaying has a value for the date column, you want that value to show up in the Date Picker item type (this should already happen)
If the row you are displaying does not have a value, you want the Date Picker to have a default value of sysdate. (eg a NEW row of data)
If #3 is not happening, let us know.
#4 just requires a process that runs after the Automatic Row Fetcher.
eg
begin
if :P11_DATE is null
then
:P11_DATE := to_char(sysdate, 'DD-MM-YYYY');
end if;
end;
I'm sure there is better way to do it. I just don't know it right off.
Mk -
Date Picker problem in Apex 3.1
Hi,
I upgraded my apex to 3.1 and found that the date picker icon behaviour become quite strange.
If I set the label of the date picker Horizontal/Vertical Alignment to Above, the picker icon will show below the text box instead of right side. And the pop-up calendar for Date Picker (DD-MM-YYYY HH24:MI) also not high enought to show the Close and OK button, I have to manually adjust the pop-up calendar height.
All this problems were not there in 3.01, is these some kind of bug?
Thanks
VincentHello,
Can you put an example of your particular layout on apex.oracle.com. The solution I had worked in most of the case's I tested , obviously yours is different.
The next best solution would be to either shim the items with images, or to specifically set the widths of the containing table cells.
The reason all this is happening is sometimes , depending on the region templates and CSS the regions will collapse down on the content, and the the browsers will do there best to fit the content in the smallest place possible, Unfortunately, in some cases the browsers ignore both nowrap="nowrap" and/or style="white-space:nowrap", why would I want to put nowrap on something and still have it wrap, I don't know it's not me it's the browsers.
The solution in the patch I'm leaning towards is wrap item into a table. As it will work perfectly everywhere , and greatly annoy people that want tableless layouts, but that won't be available till the patch.
Regards,
Carl
blog : http://carlback.blogspot.com/
apex examples : http://apex.oracle.com/pls/otn/f?p=11933:5 -
Hi all could you please open a ticket for the following bug.
Reproducing the bug very simple.
Apex specification :
version 4.2.1.00.08
I'm not using HTML 5 template but the classic "Blue and Tan" one.
1) Create a page with date picker with mask (DD-MON-YYY HH24.MI).
2) set as default value the SYSDATE using the PLSQL expression (not specifying the mask to_char()).
3) Try to use it and you will see that the year shown is not the correct one but is something like 1911.
I fixed using to_char(SYSDATE,'DD-MON-YYY HH24.MI') in the PLSQL expression.Hi Zere,
one very important thing to remember when dealing with session state (the value of a page item) is that everything is stored as string.
If you specify SYSDATE as your default expression, then the Oracle database will evaluate that as date data type, but as soon as it's stored in session state, the database will do an implicit data type conversion using the default format mask specified for your database session.
That's why it works when you do the TO_CHAR with the explicit format mask.
Regards
Patrick
Member of the APEX development team
My Blog: http://www.inside-oracle-apex.com
APEX Plug-Ins: http://apex.oracle.com/plugins
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/patrickwolf
Edited by: Patrick Wolf on Apr 10, 2013 3:37 PM -
On a reports page there are two 2 date picker items ( a datefrom and a dateto) along with a text field with autocomplete item
When the page loads the following query is called
SELECT
"COL1",
"COL2",
"COL3",
from "TABLE"
WHERE MYDATES BETWEEN :DATEFROM AND :DATETO
Which returns no records as no dates have been selected.
How can I alter this so the WHERE clause on the date item searches is called only if and when the dates are chosen, and by default all records are shown.
The other related issue is when I have selected a from and to date and search when I go back into the report view page after viewing other pages in the apex app, the form fields are still populated, how can I clear the session down for these fields when the user leaves the page?
Hope this all makes sense?To_date('01.01.2100', 'dd.mm.yyyy') is going to give wrong results on 02.01.2100 :D
A solution (maybe there is a cleaner one...) :
WHERE
((:DATEFROM IS NOT NULL AND mydates >= :DATEFROM) OR :DATEFROM IS NULL)
AND
((:DATETO IS NOT NULL AND mydates <= :DATETO) OR :DATETO IS NULL)You can change the "No data found" message by modifiying the "When No Data Found Message" report attribute.
EDIT : And for the 2nd issue, Alex is right, but also be aware that Firefox retains form element values on page refresh, you have to switch the "Form Auto Complete" page security attribute to "Off" if you don't want to retain form element values.
Edited by: Yann39 on 27 juin 2012 06:30 -
Apex 3.1 Upgrade Issue - dba_lock and date picker display
A couple of minor issues I've seen with my upgrade from 3.0.1 to 3.1. Just wondered if anyone else has seen them and if anyone has a simple fix for the date picker problem :
1. DBA_LOCK - the upgrade process itself complains about the SYS.DBA_LOCK view not existing - easily remedied by running catblock.sql before you start the upgrade (but not listed as a pre-req)
2. DATE PICKER display - I have a date picker item in a navigation region - before the upgrade the calendar icon happily appeared directly to the right of the date cell, since the upgrade the icon has moved to underneath the cell, messing up the look and feel. (Also the size of the pop up calendar doesn't quite fit its contents now and you have to resize to see the close and ok buttons )
Any confirmation that others can replicate the second issue or a quick fix would be very helpful.
Many thanks,
Rich.Rich,
>> Unfortunate that something has changed between 3.0 and 3.1 then that will require us to change the formatting. Hopefully not too much work to sort out a form region that looks the same though.
I know the templates were revised for APEX 3.1, but that should not have affected existing applications. So you're saying that application used a Navigation Template before just fine without issues? I'll ask Carl to investigate.
>> The issue of the default size of the pop up window cutting off the buttons at the bottom still remains in your example however. (obviously users can resize it but not ideal)
Well, that really sucks. The worst thing we can do is break the behavior of existing applications, and it appears we've done it here. I filed Bug 6864371 on this issue. We'll get it fixed in the very first patch set for APEX 3.1.
Joel
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