Monthly Calendar View

flooo

I think I prefer the first styling 😅 but maybe that’s just me :)

It is not only you :) I also prefer the first style.
Sometimes a little less is a little more ;-)

KirAsh4

CSS styling can be changed by anyone. At this point I’m just playing with it whenever I take a break from actually writing code. There are still bits of code that I don’t like. The trouble with being OCD.

KirAsh4

I reverted to much simpler times. One of the things that irked me is that I’m displaying a month/year on the calendar when it’s displayed right above it in the clock module. So, I made it optional. One can choose to turn off the header or leave it on. For those of you who don’t display the clock (or who put it elsewhere), it’s helpful to leave the header on, but if you have the clock enabled, there’s no sense in adding the month and year right below it again. This trims the header and keeps a clean interface.

And I left the ability for the end user to create a custom CSS file and modify the look (I turned the header back on for this preview):

In the above example, the custom CSS added a bullet point in between the month and year (which does not exist in the default CSS), made the year digits brighter, and colorized the current day. There are several nested elements that will allow the user to customize how they want their calendar to look. I’m looking at you guys who also have a colorized version of the weather module. :)

flooo

I really like that touch of green in there…
Well done!

KirAsh4

That’s the custom CSS being implemented. By default it doesn’t have any color nor border. The user can edit their CSS and personalize it that way. Essentially the code reads:

	// Module defaults
	defaults: {
		...
		displayMonthyear: true,
		cssStyle: "default" /* Current options are 'default', 'block', 'custom' */
	},

	// Required styles
	getStyles: function() {
		switch(this.config.cssStyle) {
			case "block":
				return ["styleDefault.css", "styleBlock.css"];
				break;
			case "custom":
				return ["styleDefault.css", "styleCustom.css"];
				break;
			default:
				return ["styleDefault.css"];
		}
	},

KirAsh4

So as it turns out, it’s extremely easy to let the calendar Do Its Own Thing as far as figuring out what day to start the week on, Sunday or Monday. It litereally done by the system’s LOCALE, which you control by setting a language option in the main 'config.js'. Below is a screen shot of the English ('en') versus Spanish ('es') setting:

Notice how the Spanish one starts on Monday (lunes) whereas the English one starts on Sunday. I am not manually calculating this to draw the calendar. Moment.js takes care of this automatically.

Here’s the drawback: if your LOCALE defines the start of the week as Sunday, but you want to VISUALLY set the calendar to Monday (or vice verse), that would require me to actually manually calculate the entire calendar and draw it out. It’s a pain in the rear to be honest.

MichMich

A bit late to the party thanks to a delightful holiday, but I must say: nice work on the calendar.
One small suggestion: change the green color to an inverted black and white digit. I prefer the MM to be fully B&W.

KirAsh4

@MichMich, it is, by default, B/W. Users can set a custom CSS to change the colors, like I did as a test.

MichMich

@KirAsh4 Nice work!

KirAsh4

I can spend days coming up with style ideas, but I think I’m done fiddling with this. It’s time to move on to the next step in the process. I’m cleaning up the branches on GitHub and getting ready to open the flood gates. In the mean time, here’s the 4 styles that I’m including. Note that the ‘slate’ style is really meant for people who have a mirror-less display as the colors probably won’t show very well through a 2-way mirror.

The calendar is language aware, meaning it will translate to your language setting.
The calendar will automatically start on either Monday or Sunday depending on your language setting.
The header (month and year) can be suppressed (not shown) if desired.
Customization can be done through the custom CSS file
Current day is highlighted through CSS styling.
Probably more stuff I forget at the moment … I’ll have it all written out in the README file, including the full styling tree.