Clear Button in MonthCalendar control

Hi David,

The DateTimeEditBox includes a CheckBox that can be used to clear the current date. You can show this by setting CheckBoxVisibility equal to Visible.

Do you think it would be necessary to still offer the Clear button as an option on the MonthCalendar?

We dont' find the checkbox to be as visually appealing - so, yeah, it would be nice to have the Clear button.

Hi David,

With this version of the MonthCalendar, we replicated the look of the WinForms MonthCalendar control. This means that the "today button" looks more like a hyperlink (since it serves a dual purpose of display today's date and allowing quick navigation to today).

What are your thoughts on how a Clear button should look? Before it was just a normal WPF button, but that wouldn't really fit the look/feel of the new MonthCalendar.

One option, although inconsistent, would be to change the style of the "today" button via a trigger back to a normal looking button when the Clear button was visible so that they look the same. This would make it look more like the older Shared Library's buttons.

How about styling the Clear button like another hyperlink, only in the bottom right-hand corner? Then, it would be stylistically consistent.

Hi David,

We've added a clear button to the new MonthCalendar, which is displayed as a hyperlink in the lower right corner, and an associated property to show/hide it. The look/feel can easily be changed using a custom DataTemplate, which is shown in a new QuickStart.

That's awesome. Thanks!