Date Navigator displays dates in a grid of one, two, three, six, or twelve months. Workdays are displayed in bold font. Today is displayed in red and holidays are displayed in green. The selected date is highlighted with a light grey background. The date under the mouse cursor is highlighted with a light blue background.
Controls at the top of the window provide functions to move backward and forward by month and year, move to today, or move to the selected date. Other controls change the number of months displayed, change the date navigator settings, and display help.
A status area at the bottom of the window displays information about the control under the mouse and various statistics about the selected dates or the date the mouse is hovering over.
Click on a date to select it. Press ENTER to accept that date and close the window. Press ESCAPE to close the window without accepting the selected date.
Clicking in any background part of the display allows dragging the window to other parts of the screen.
The Display
The Date Navigator display consists of four sections:
Controls: The controls present navigation commands and configuration options.
Month Headers: Headers for each month that display the month and year along with the days of the week.
Months: The months as displayed on a typical calendar. Workdays are set in bold font. Today is set in red font. Weekends, non-workdays, and holidays are set in normal font. The selected date is highlighted with a light grey background. The date under the mouse cursor is highlighted with a light blue background.
Status: The status area where information about the highlighted date is displayed. Move the mouse over controls to see information about how to use that control and equivalent keyboard commands.
Controls Section
Click the “plus” button to increase the number of months displayed. Double click it to set the number of months displayed to 12 months.
Click the “minus” button to decrease the number of months displayed. Double click it to set the number of months displayed to one month.
Click the double left arrow button to move the display one year backward.
Click the double right arrow buttons to move the display one year forward.
Click the single right arrow buttons to move the display one month forward.
Click the single left arrow button to move the display one month backward.
Click the cross button to move to and flash today.
Click the arrow button to move to and flash the currently selected date.
Click the gear button to view a pop up menu of user configurable settings:
Display Status: Toggles the status part of the window on and off.
Months Displayed: Set the number of months displayed.
Months Displayed in Navigation Jump Menu: Set the number of months displayed when right clicking on the move one month backward and move one month forward buttons. This also affects the number of months displayed when right clicking on a month header.
Years Displayed in Navigation Jump Menu: Set the number of years displayed when right clicking on the move one month backward and move one month forward buttons.
Click the “help” button to display the online help page (this page). Help can also be viewed in the Date Navigator window by pressing CTRL+H. View a list of keyboard commands in the Date Navigator window by pressing CTRL+K.
Month Headers Section
The month headers display the month name, year, and the days of the week. Click on the top header to display a jump menu of past and future months.
Months Section
Each month is displayed as typical calendar month with the days arranged as weeks in a grid. Workdays are set in bold font. Today is set in red font. Weekends, non-workdays, and holidays are set in regular font. The selected date is highlighted with a light grey background. The date under the mouse cursor is highlighted with a light blue background.
Moving the view: Press LEFT ARROW or RIGHT ARROW to move the view forward or backward one month. Spin the mouse wheel to move the view forward or backward by months. Press UP ARROW or DOWN ARROW to move the view backward or forward one year. Click the mouse wheel right or left to move the view one year forward or backward. Press PF1 through PF12 to move the view to that month (PF1 = January, PF2 = February, etc.) Press SHIFT+PF1 through PF12 to move the view to that month in the previous year. Press CTRL+PF1 through PF12 to move the view to that month in the next year.
Changing the selected date: Click on a date to select it. Press SHIFT+LEFT ARROW or SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW to select the previous or next calendar date. Press SHIFT while spinning the mouse wheel to change the selection forward or backward calendar dates. Press CTRL+LEFT ARROW or CTRL+RIGHT ARROW to select the previous or next working day (not a weekend or holiday date.) Press CTRL while spinning the mouse wheel to move the selection forward or backward working days. Press SHIFT+UP ARROW or SHIFT+DOWN ARROW to select the same day of the week in the previous or next week. Press PAGE UP or PAGE DOWN to select the same day of the month in the previous or next month.
Status Section
The status displays information about the control or date under the mouse cursor. The status is shown and hidden by pressing the S key. When hovering over dates, information about that date is displayed such as how many days and weeks it is past or before today. Press SHIFT to see the same information relative to the selected date.
Keyboard Commands
General
ENTER: Accept the selected date and close the window.
SHIFT+ENTER: Select today and close the window.
ESC: Select the original date and close the window.
CTRL+H: Displays help.
CTRL+K: Displays keyboard and right click commands.
CTRL+S: Toggles the status area on (displayed) and off (hidden).
CTRL+= (Equal): Increase the number of months displayed.
SHIFT+= (SHIFT+Equal): Set the number of months displayed to 12.
CTRL+- (Hyphen): Decrease the number of months displayed.
SHIFT+- (SHIFT+Hyphen): Set the number of months displayed to 1.
Moving the View
LEFT ARROW: Move the view one month backward.
RIGHT ARROW: Move the view one month forward.
DOWN ARROW: Move the view one year backward.
UP ARROW: Move the view one year forward.
PF1 through PF12: Move the view to that month (PF1 = January, PF2 = February, etc.)
SHIFT+PF1 through SHIFT+PF12: Move the view to that month in the next year.
CTRL+PF1 through CTRL+PF12: Move the view to that month in the previous year.
HOME: Move the view to today.
SHIFT+HOME: Move the view to the selected date.
Changing the Selection
SHIFT+LEFT ARROW: Move the selection one calendar day earlier.
SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW: Move the selection one calendar day later.
SHIFT+UP ARROW: Move the selection one week earlier.
SHIFT+DOWN ARROW: Move the selection one week later.
CTRL+LEFT ARROW: Move the selection one workday day earlier.
CTRL+RIGHT ARROW: Move the selection one workday day later.
Mouse Wheel Commands
Spin Wheel Up: Move the view forward by months.
Spin Wheel Down: Move the view backward by months.
Click Mouse Wheel Right: Move the view forward by one year.
Click Mouse Wheel Left: Move the view backward by one year.
Press SHIFT and Spin Mouse Wheel Up: Move the selection forward by calendar days.
Press SHIFT and Spin Mouse Wheel Down: Move the selection backward by calendar days.
Press CTRL and Spin Mouse Wheel Up: Move the selection forward by working days.
Press CTRL and Spin Mouse Wheel Down: Move the selection backward by working days.
Right Click Commands
Right click on the show fewer or more months control to see all of the view options.
Right click on the move view backward or forward by year controls to display a jump menu of previous or next years. The number of years displayed is determined by the user setting.
Right click on the move view backward or forward by month controls to see a jump menu of the previous or next months. Note that this jump menu is displayed only when three of fewer months are displayed. The number of months displayed is determined by the user setting.