Kuika's Date element allows users to easily select valid dates in your application. It allows them to manually enter dates or set dates via a date picker. In this tutorial, you will learn how to use the Date element and how to configure date validations.

The Date element supports web and mobile applications.

This course content consists of the following topics:

Adding a Date element,
Date element properties,
Authorization,
Visibility,
Editability,
Customize the interface design with Style Panel,
Actions.

Add Date Element

After logging in to the Kuika platform, open the project you will work on from the “Apps” screen.

In the “UI Design” (1) module, drag and drop the Date element (4) under the “Date and Time Input” (3) category from the “Elements” (2) panel on the left side.

You can add the Date element from the Elements panel to the screen by drag and drop. If you drag it to an empty space on the screen, it will be added with the Row element. If you drag it into a Column, only the Date element will be added.

Date Element Properties

In the Properties panel:

Value: Date element can take a static value or dynamic values with Symbol Picker.
Placeholder: An auxiliary placeholder text can be added for the end user.
Allow Clear: When data is entered, a Delete(X) icon can be added in the right margin of the element, which allows you to delete the entered values with a single click.
Format: When the Date element is selected, the Format drop-down menu appears in the Properties panel. There are DD/MM/YYYYY, MM/DD/YYYY, YYYY/MM/DD, DMY options in the drop-down menu.some text
- DD/MM/YYYYYY: Date formatting shows the day, month and year as day/month/year respectively.
- MM/DD/YYYYY: Date formatting displays the month, day and year as month/day/year respectively.
- YYYY/MM/DD: Date formatting displays the year, month and day as year/month/day respectively.
- DMY: Date formatting shows the day, month and year in order, with abbreviations or the full date. For example, “October 20, 2023.”
- You can use whichever format you need, such as DD/AA/YYYYY or AA/GD/YYYYY.‍
Disable Before Date: You can disable the selection of a date before a static or dynamically specified date. For example, it can be used in scenarios such as selecting a later date by the end user for a product delivery.

Authorization.

You can customize user access with “Anonymous Access” and “All Roles Access” authorization options on the screens and elements of your application. While “Anonymous Access” enables access without any account information query, “All Roles Access” provides access by verifying user account information.

For element level authorization, you can manage the security and user experience of your application by selecting the relevant element and editing the “Authorization” settings from the Properties panel.

Visibility.

It allows you to adjust the visibility of screens or elements. Visibility in Elements allows you to regulate visibility based on a specific state or condition. For each element, you can make it always visible, hidden, or visible and hidden depending on a condition.

Click on the element on the screen.
Open the “Properties” panel on the right side.
Click on the “Visibility” field and make one of the following selections according to the needs of your application. Kuika offers Always Visible, Hidden, Sometimes Visible options to control the visibility of the screens in your application.

Always Visible: Ensures that the screens in your app are always visible. ‍
Hidden: Allows hiding screens in your application. ‍
Sometimes Visible: Makes screens in your application conditionally visible.

Editability

Allows you to make elements editable.

Enabled: Selecting this option makes the element editable.
Disabled: In this case, the element cannot be edited.
Sometimes Enabled: This option means that the element is sometimes editable and sometimes not, depending on certain conditions.

Customize the İnterface Design with Style Panel

By customizing your elements with the Styling Panel, you can create unique and impressive user interfaces in your web and mobile applications.

The sections defined below vary depending on the element.

Layout‍: Here you can make visual adjustments such as sizing, alignment and padding of elements. These settings also affect the layout of other elements within the element. Properties include Size, Min Size and Align; however, some elements may not support the Display property.
Text: The element's text properties can be edited here through font family, style, color, size, spacing and other options. This section supports all Text related adjustments.
Fill: You can use the Fill setting to customize the element's background with color or images.
Border: You can give your elements a more aesthetic look by adding borders and adjusting the corner radii.
Shadow: You can add a shadow effect to elements used in web applications to give a sense of depth. However, the shadow feature may not be supported as some elements are not suitable for mobile applications.

Actions.

Kuika contains system actions such as Arithmetic, Authorization, Condition, Device, Export, Geolocation, Invers, Local Storage, Multi Language, Navigation, Notification, Payment, UI Control, Process Administration, Process Automation, Trigger, Process Automation, Process Administration and String Operations.

In addition to system actions, you can also use SQL actions that you create yourself.

To add actions to elements, you can use the “+ADD ACTION” button from the Properties panel on the right side.