StackExchange / StackExchange/Stacks
New Feature: Date Picker
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Description
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
Stack Overflow has a few instances of a data picker. The current solutions are all different (jQuery UI) and not very robust.
Describe the solution you'd like
A date picker in Stacks that includes:
- A few predefined ranges.
- Support for custom date ranges.
- Theming support (eg. Enterprise, network sites)
Describe alternatives you've considered
jQuery
Additional context
@UXPiper worked on a few mockups here and here:
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reviewing the two linked mockups and the requested predefined ranges, custom ranges, and theming support. Then inspect the Stacks project entry points for frontend components to determine where a date picker belongs. Done means implementing the agreed design and all three requested capabilities, with suitable coverage for the resulting behavior.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- design, frontend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100