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# YUI Library Examples: Calendar Control: Skinning The Calendar

# Calendar Control: Skinning The Calendar

The Calendar and CalendarGroup controls are provided with an implementation of the default YUI skin called "Sam Skin". This example highlights the CSS you'll need to modify to customize Calendar's default "Sam Skin" implementation to develop a custom look and feel.

## Customizing Calendar's Skin

YUI controls that support "skinning" generally have two levels of CSS: one that is core to the control and its functioning and another that is purely presentational.

Both the Skin and Core CSS for Calendar/CalendarGroup is show below. To modify the presentation of your Calendar instance, add rules that override those you see here or use this CSS block as a starting point for creating your own custom skin.

As a rule, you should avoid changes that affect the core CSS for a skinned control; rather, you should modify the presentation of a control by building upon (or replacing) its skin-level CSS. For more information about the skinning of YUI controls, please review our skinning reference article which goes into much more detail about how skins are created and how they operate.

### Skin CSS

/** * SAM * * Skin colors used: * * - Control Border : 808080 * - Control Chrome : f2f2f2 * - Cell Borders : cccccc * - Normal Cell BG : ffffff * - Date Links : 0066cc * - Selected Cells BG : b3d4ff * - Cell Hover BG : 426fd9 * - Disabled BG : cccccc * - Disabled Text Color : a6a6a6 **/ /* CALENDAR BOUNDING BOX */ .yui-skin-sam .yui-calcontainer { background-color:#f2f2f2; border:1px solid #808080; padding:10px; } /* CALENDARGROUP BOUNDING BOX */ .yui-skin-sam .yui-calcontainer.multi { padding:0 5px 0 5px; } /* BOUNDING BOX FOR EACH CALENDAR GROUP PAGE */ .yui-skin-sam .yui-calcontainer.multi .groupcal { background-color:transparent; border:none; padding:10px 5px 10px 5px; margin:0; } /* TITLE BAR */ .yui-skin-sam .yui-calcontainer .title { background:url(../../../../assets/skins/sam/sprite.png) repeat-x 0 0; border-bottom:1px solid #cccccc; font:100% sans-serif; color:#000; font-weight:bold; height:auto; padding:.4em; margin:0 -10px 10px -10px; top:0; left:0; text-align:left; } .yui-skin-sam .yui-calcontainer.multi .title { margin:0 -5px 0 -5px; } .yui-skin-sam .yui-calcontainer.withtitle { padding-top:0; } /* CLOSE BUTTON */ .yui-skin-sam .yui-calcontainer .calclose { background:url(../../../../assets/skins/sam/sprite.png) no-repeat 0 -300px; width:25px; height:15px; top:.4em; right:.4em; cursor:pointer; } /* CALENDAR TABLE */ .yui-skin-sam .yui-calendar { border-spacing:0; border-collapse:collapse; font:100% sans-serif; text-align:center; margin:0; } /* NAVBAR BOUNDING BOX */ .yui-skin-sam .yui-calendar .calhead { background:transparent; border:none; vertical-align:middle; padding:0; } /* NAVBAR TEXT CONTAINER */ .yui-skin-sam .yui-calendar .calheader { background:transparent; font-weight:bold; padding:0 0 .6em 0; text-align:center; } .yui-skin-sam .yui-calendar .calheader img { border:none; } /* NAVBAR LEFT ARROW */ .yui-skin-sam .yui-calendar .calnavleft { background:url(../../../../assets/skins/sam/sprite.png) no-repeat 0 -450px; width:25px; height:15px; top:0; bottom:0; left:-10px; margin-left:.4em; cursor:pointer; } /* NAVBAR RIGHT ARROW */ .yui-skin-sam .yui-calendar .calnavright { background:url(../../../../assets/skins/sam/sprite.png) no-repeat 0 -500px; width:25px; height:15px; top:0; bottom:0; right:-10px; margin-right:.4em; cursor:pointer; } /* WEEKDAY HEADER ROW */ .yui-skin-sam .yui-calendar .calweekdayrow { height:2em; } .yui-skin-sam .yui-calendar .calweekdayrow th { padding:0; border:none; } /* WEEKDAY (Su, Mo, Tu...) HEADER CELLS */ .yui-skin-sam .yui-calendar .calweekdaycell { color:#000; font-weight:bold; text-align:center; width:2em; } /* CALENDAR FOOTER. NOT IMPLEMENTED BY DEFAULT */ .yui-skin-sam .yui-calendar .calfoot { background-color:#f2f2f2; } /* WEEK NUMBERS (ROW HEADERS/FOOTERS) */ .yui-skin-sam .yui-calendar .calrowhead, .yui-skin-sam .yui-calendar .calrowfoot { color:#a6a6a6; font-size:85%; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; border:none; } .yui-skin-sam .yui-calendar .calrowhead { text-align:right; padding:0 2px 0 0; } .yui-skin-sam .yui-calendar .calrowfoot { text-align:left; padding:0 0 0 2px; } /* NORMAL CELLS */ .yui-skin-sam .yui-calendar td.calcell { border:1px solid #cccccc; background:#fff; padding:1px; height:1.6em; line-height:1.6em; /* set line height equal to cell height to center vertically */ text-align:center; white-space:nowrap; } /* LINK INSIDE NORMAL CELLS */ .yui-skin-sam .yui-calendar td.calcell a { color:#0066cc; display:block; height:100%; text-decoration:none; } /* TODAY'S DATE */ .yui-skin-sam .yui-calendar td.calcell.today { background-color:#000; } .yui-skin-sam .yui-calendar td.calcell.today a { background-color:#fff; } /* OOM DATES */ .yui-skin-sam .yui-calendar td.calcell.oom { background-color:#cccccc; color:#a6a6a6; cursor:default; } /* SELECTED DATE */ .yui-skin-sam .yui-calendar td.calcell.selected { background-color:#fff; color:#000; } .yui-skin-sam .yui-calendar td.calcell.selected a { background-color:#b3d4ff; color:#000; } /* HOVER DATE */ .yui-skin-sam .yui-calendar td.calcell.calcellhover { background-color:#426fd9; color:#fff; cursor:pointer; } .yui-skin-sam .yui-calendar td.calcell.calcellhover a { background-color:#426fd9; color:#fff; } /* DEFAULT OOB DATES */ .yui-skin-sam .yui-calendar td.calcell.previous { color:#e0e0e0; } /* CUSTOM RENDERERS */ .yui-skin-sam .yui-calendar td.calcell.restricted { text-decoration:line-through; } .yui-skin-sam .yui-calendar td.calcell.highlight1 { background-color:#ccff99; } .yui-skin-sam .yui-calendar td.calcell.highlight2 { background-color:#99ccff; } .yui-skin-sam .yui-calendar td.calcell.highlight3 { background-color:#ffcccc; } .yui-skin-sam .yui-calendar td.calcell.highlight4 { background-color:#ccff99; } /* CalendarNavigator */ /* MONTH/YEAR LABEL */ .yui-skin-sam .yui-calendar a.calnav { border: 1px solid #f2f2f2; padding:0 4px; text-decoration:none; color:#000; zoom:1; } .yui-skin-sam .yui-calendar a.calnav:hover { background: url(../../../../assets/skins/sam/sprite.png) repeat-x 0 0; border-color:#A0A0A0; cursor:pointer; } /* NAVIGATOR MASK */ .yui-skin-sam .yui-calcontainer .yui-cal-nav-mask { background-color:#000; opacity:0.25; *filter:alpha(opacity=25); /* IE */ } /* NAVIGATOR BOUNDING BOX */ .yui-skin-sam .yui-calcontainer .yui-cal-nav { font-family:arial,helvetica,clean,sans-serif; font-size:93%; border:1px solid #808080; left:50%; margin-left:-7em; width:14em; padding:0; top:2.5em; background-color:#f2f2f2; } .yui-skin-sam .yui-calcontainer.withtitle .yui-cal-nav { top:4.5em; } /* NAVIGATOR BOUNDING BOX */ .yui-skin-sam .yui-calcontainer.multi .yui-cal-nav { width:16em; margin-left:-8em; } /* NAVIGATOR YEAR/MONTH/BUTTON/ERROR BOUNDING BLOCKS */ .yui-skin-sam .yui-calcontainer .yui-cal-nav-y, .yui-skin-sam .yui-calcontainer .yui-cal-nav-m, .yui-skin-sam .yui-calcontainer .yui-cal-nav-b { padding:5px 10px 5px 10px; } .yui-skin-sam .yui-calcontainer .yui-cal-nav-b { text-align:center; } .yui-skin-sam .yui-calcontainer .yui-cal-nav-e { margin-top:5px; padding:5px; background-color:#EDF5FF; border-top:1px solid black; display:none; } /* NAVIGATOR LABELS */ .yui-skin-sam .yui-calcontainer .yui-cal-nav label { display:block; font-weight:bold; } /* NAVIGATOR MONTH CONTROL */ .yui-skin-sam .yui-calcontainer .yui-cal-nav-mc { width:100%; _width:auto; /* IE6, IE7 Quirks don't handle 100% well */ } /* NAVIGATOR MONTH CONTROL, VALIDATION ERROR */ .yui-skin-sam .yui-calcontainer .yui-cal-nav-y input.yui-invalid { background-color:#FFEE69; border: 1px solid #000; } /* NAVIGATOR YEAR CONTROL */ .yui-skin-sam .yui-calcontainer .yui-cal-nav-yc { width:4em; } /* NAVIGATOR BUTTONS */ /* BUTTON WRAPPER */ .yui-skin-sam .yui-calcontainer .yui-cal-nav .yui-cal-nav-btn { border:1px solid #808080; background: url(../../../../assets/skins/sam/sprite.png) repeat-x 0 0; background-color:#ccc; margin: auto .15em; } /* BUTTON (based on button-skin.css) */ .yui-skin-sam .yui-calcontainer .yui-cal-nav .yui-cal-nav-btn button { padding:0 8px; font-size:93%; line-height: 2; /* ~24px */ *line-height: 1.7; /* For IE */ min-height: 2em; /* For Gecko */ *min-height: auto; /* For IE */ color: #000; } /* DEFAULT BUTTONS */ /* NOTE: IE6 will only pickup the yui-default specifier from the multiple class specifier */ .yui-skin-sam .yui-calcontainer .yui-cal-nav .yui-cal-nav-btn.yui-default { border:1px solid #304369; background-color: #426fd9; background: url(../../../../assets/skins/sam/sprite.png) repeat-x 0 -1400px; } .yui-skin-sam .yui-calcontainer .yui-cal-nav .yui-cal-nav-btn.yui-default button { color:#fff; }

### Core CSS

/** * CORE * * This is the set of CSS rules required by Calendar to drive core functionality and structure. * Changes to these rules may result in the Calendar not functioning or rendering correctly. * * They should not be modified for skinning. **/ /* CALENDAR BOUNDING BOX */ .yui-calcontainer { position:relative; float:left; _overflow:hidden; /* IE6 only, to clip iframe shim */ } /* IFRAME SHIM */ .yui-calcontainer iframe { position:absolute; border:none; margin:0;padding:0; z-index:0; width:100%; height:100%; left:0px; top:0px; } /* IFRAME SHIM IE6 only */ .yui-calcontainer iframe.fixedsize { width:50em; height:50em; top:-1px; left:-1px; } /* BOUNDING BOX FOR EACH CALENDAR GROUP PAGE */ .yui-calcontainer.multi .groupcal { z-index:1; float:left; position:relative; } /* TITLE BAR */ .yui-calcontainer .title { position:relative; z-index:1; } /* CLOSE ICON CONTAINER */ .yui-calcontainer .close-icon { position:absolute; z-index:1; } /* CALENDAR TABLE */ .yui-calendar { position:relative; } /* NAVBAR LEFT ARROW CONTAINER */ .yui-calendar .calnavleft { position:absolute; z-index:1; } /* NAVBAR RIGHT ARROW CONTAINER */ .yui-calendar .calnavright { position:absolute; z-index:1; } /* NAVBAR TEXT CONTAINER */ .yui-calendar .calheader { position:relative; width:100%; text-align:center; } /* CalendarNavigator */ .yui-calcontainer .yui-cal-nav-mask { position:absolute; z-index:2; margin:0; padding:0; width:100%; height:100%; _width:0; /* IE6, IE7 quirks - width/height set programmatically to match container */ _height:0; left:0; top:0; display:none; } /* NAVIGATOR BOUNDING BOX */ .yui-calcontainer .yui-cal-nav { position:absolute; z-index:3; top:0; display:none; } /* NAVIGATOR BUTTONS (based on button-core.css) */ .yui-calcontainer .yui-cal-nav .yui-cal-nav-btn { display: -moz-inline-box; /* Gecko */ display: inline-block; /* IE, Opera and Safari */ } .yui-calcontainer .yui-cal-nav .yui-cal-nav-btn button { display: block; *display: inline-block; /* IE */ *overflow: visible; /* Remove superfluous padding for IE */ border: none; background-color: transparent; cursor: pointer; } /* Specific changes for calendar running under fonts/reset */ .yui-calendar .calbody a:hover {background:inherit;} p#clear {clear:left; padding-top:10px;}

### Calendar Control Examples:

- Quickstart Tutorial
- Multi-Select Calendar
- Multi-Page Calendar
- Minimum/Maximum Dates
- Calendar Navigator
- Handling Calendar Events
- Calendar and Text Fields
- Calendar and Select Fields
- Using the Render Stack
- Popup Calendar
- Localization - Germany
- Localization - Japan
- Calendar inside a Container
- Interval Selection Calendar
- Skinning The Calendar
- Calendar Plugin (included with examples for Rich Text Editor)
- Inline Cell Editing (included with examples for DataTable Control)
- Using YUI Loader to Load the Calendar Control (included with examples for YUI Loader Utility (beta))
- Simple Calendar Menu Button (included with examples for Button Control)
- Calendar Menu Button with Date on Button Face (included with examples for Button Control)
- Simple Application (included with examples for Layout Manager)
- Complex Application (included with examples for Layout Manager)
- Simple Profiling (included with examples for ProfilerViewer Control (beta))

### More Calendar Control Resources:

- User's Guide (external)
- API Documentation
- Cheat Sheet PDF (external)

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