Calendar.SelectionChanged Event

Definition

Occurs when the user selects a day, a week, or an entire month by clicking the date selector controls.

C#
public event EventHandler SelectionChanged;

Event Type

Examples

The following code example demonstrates how to specify and code a handler for the SelectionChanged event to display the number of items selected in the Calendar control.

ASP.NET (C#)
<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="True" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head runat="server">
    <title>Calendar SelectionChanged Example</title>
<script runat="server">

      void Selection_Change(Object sender, EventArgs e) 
      {
 
         // Clear the current text.
         Message.Text = "";

         // Iterate through the SelectedDates collection and display the
         // dates selected in the Calendar control.
         foreach(DateTime day in Calendar1.SelectedDates)
         {

            Message.Text += day.Date.ToShortDateString() + "<br />";

         }
         
      }

   </script>

</head>     
<body>

   <form id="form1" runat="server">

      <h3>Calendar SelectionChanged Example</h3>

      Select dates on the Calendar control.<br /><br />

      <asp:Calendar ID="Calendar1" runat="server"  
           SelectionMode="DayWeekMonth" 
           ShowGridLines="True"             
           OnSelectionChanged="Selection_Change">

         <SelectedDayStyle BackColor="Yellow"
                           ForeColor="Red">
         </SelectedDayStyle>

      </asp:Calendar>

      <hr />

      <table border="1">

         <tr style="background-color:silver">

            <th>

               Selected Dates:

            </th>
         </tr>

         <tr>

            <td>
           
               <asp:Label id="Message" 
                    Text="No dates selected." 
                    runat="server"/>

            </td>

         </tr>

      </table>

   </form>

</body>

</html>
ASP.NET (C#)
<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="True" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head runat="server">
    <title>Calendar SelectionChanged Example</title>
<script runat="server">

      void Selection_Change(Object sender, EventArgs e) 
      {
 
         // Clear the current text.
         Message.Text = "";

         // Iterate through the SelectedDates collection and display the
         // dates selected in the Calendar control.
         foreach(DateTime day in Calendar1.SelectedDates)
         {

            Message.Text += day.Date.ToShortDateString() + "<br />";

         }
         
      }

      void Page_Load(Object sender, EventArgs e)
      {

         // Manually register the event-handling method for the  
         // SelectionChanged event of the Calendar control.
         Calendar1.SelectionChanged += new EventHandler(this.Selection_Change);

      }


   </script>

</head>     
<body>

   <form id="form1" runat="server">

      <h3>Calendar SelectionChanged Example</h3>

      Select a day, week, or month on the Calendar control.<br /><br />

      <asp:Calendar ID="Calendar1" runat="server"  
           SelectionMode="DayWeekMonth" 
           ShowGridLines="True">

         <SelectedDayStyle BackColor="Yellow"
                           ForeColor="Red">
         </SelectedDayStyle>

      </asp:Calendar>

      <hr />

      <table border="1">

         <tr style="background-color:silver">

            <th>

               Selected dates

            </th>
         </tr>

         <tr>

            <td>
           
               <asp:Label id="Message" 
                    Text="No dates selected." 
                    runat="server"/>

            </td>

         </tr>

      </table>

   </form>

</body>

</html>

Remarks

This event is raised when the user selects a day, a week, or an entire month by clicking the date selector controls.

For more information about handling events, see Handling and Raising Events.

Applies to

Product Versions
.NET Framework 1.1, 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8, 4.8.1

See also