How to create a Calendar events screen

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The Calendar Events Screen is a pivotal feature in user interface design, acting as a central hub for organizing and managing events within an application. It plays a crucial role in providing users with an intuitive and efficient platform to view, create, and interact with their scheduled events. By presenting a visually appealing and organized layout, the Calendar Events Screen enhances user productivity and helps users stay on top of their schedules.

This comprehensive guide equips designers and developers with the necessary tools to seamlessly integrate a user-centric Calendar Events Screen into their applications. Leveraging design components from the Ionic Kit, rooted in the robust framework of the extensive Ionic library, ensures effortless integration and consistency in design, ultimately enhancing the overall user experience of the application.

1. Install Ionic CLI with the command

Creating a project with the Ionic CLI

npm i -g @ionic/cli

2. Create a new project

To create a new project, run the following command.

ionic start calendar-screen blank --type=react

3. Get inside the project directory

cd calendar-screen

4. Create a Calendar page

Create page Calendar.tsx inside src/pages and add code.

import { IonPage } from '@ionic/react';

const Calendar: React.FC = () => {
  return (
    <IonPage></IonPage>
  );
};

export default Calendar;

Please make sure that you've added routing in src/App.tsx for the created page. All Ionic framework components that will be used below should be imported similarly to the IonPage component.

5. Select the layout structure

For convenience, we will be using the layout structure recommended by Ionic for all screens. This allows us to add header code and content inside the <IonPage></IonPage>.

<IonPage>
  <IonHeader>
    <IonToolbar>
    ...
    </IonToolbar>
  </IonHeader>
  <IonContent>
  ...
  </IonContent>
</IonPage>

Inside the IonToolbar component, add the IonButtons component and set the slot to start. This positions the button at the beginning of the toolbar.

<IonHeader>
  <IonToolbar>
    <IonButtons slot='start'>
    </IonButtons>
  </IonToolbar>
</IonHeader>

7. Place the Back button component

Within the IonButtons component, include the IonBackButton component, setting the properties defaultHref='#' and text='' to create a back button that navigates back in the app's history upon being clicked. To customize the default icon, set the icon property to {arrowBack}. Please make sure that you’ve imported the icon from Ionic icons.

<IonHeader>
  <IonToolbar>
    <IonButtons slot='start'>
      <IonBackButton defaultHref='#' text='' icon={arrowBack}></IonBackButton>
    </IonButtons>
  </IonToolbar>
</IonHeader>

8. Put the title on top of the page

After the IonButtons component, place the IonTitle with the text 'Calendar' to add a title for this page.

<IonHeader>
  <IonToolbar>
    <IonButtons slot='start'>
      <IonBackButton defaultHref='#' text='' icon={arrowBack}></IonBackButton>
    </IonButtons>
    <IonTitle>Calendar</IonTitle>
  </IonToolbar>
</IonHeader>

Include another IonButtons component and set the slot to end. This positions the button at the end of the toolbar.

<IonHeader>
  <IonToolbar>
    <IonButtons slot='start'>
      <IonBackButton defaultHref='#' text='' icon={arrowBack}></IonBackButton>
    </IonButtons>
    <IonTitle>Calendar</IonTitle>
    <IonButtons slot='end'>
    </IonButtons>
  </IonToolbar>
</IonHeader>

Within the IonButtons component, incorporate the IonMenuButton component and set the autoHide property to {false}, ensuring the menu button remains visible even when the corresponding menu is inactive.

<IonHeader>
  <IonToolbar>
    <IonButtons slot='start'>
      <IonBackButton defaultHref='#' text='' icon={arrowBack}></IonBackButton>
    </IonButtons>
    <IonTitle>Calendar</IonTitle>
    <IonButtons slot='end'>
      <IonMenuButton autoHide={false}></IonMenuButton>
    </IonButtons>
  </IonToolbar>
</IonHeader>

11. Place the Content component

Following the IonHeader component, add the IonContent component.

<IonHeader>
  ...
</IonHeader>
<IonContent>
</IonContent>

12. Leave some space before the content

Inside the IonContent component, add a <br /> tag to create space before the content. Then, use a <div> tag with the ion-margin class to apply styling to the content inside.

<IonContent>
  <br />
  <div className="ion-margin"></div>
</IonContent>

13. Install the Datetime component

Place the IonDatetime component inside the <div>. Set the size property to cover.

<div className="ion-margin">
  <IonDatetime size='cover'></IonDatetime>
</div>

14. Add another `<div>` tag with the class `ion-margin-bottom`

<IonContent>
  ...
  <div className="ion-margin-bottom"></div>
</IonContent>

15. Place an item component inside the `<div>` tag

Inside the <div> tag add the IonItem component with property lines='none' to style the content inside.

<div className="ion-margin-bottom">
  <IonItem lines='none'></IonItem>
</div>

16. Insert the Label component

Within the IonItem add the IonLabel component with the class ion-text-uppercase to style the text inside. Set the text 'wed 12' inside the component.

<IonItem lines='none'>
  <IonLabel className='ion-text-uppercase'>wed 12</IonLabel>
</IonItem>

17. Add the Note component and set the text 'Today' inside

<IonItem lines='none'>
  ...
  <IonNote>Today</IonNote>
</IonItem>

18. After the item, add the List component to organize items inside

<div className="ion-margin-bottom">
  ...
  <IonList></IonList>
</div>

19. Inside the list, place the item with property `lines='none'`

<IonList>
  <IonItem lines='none'></IonItem>
</IonList>

20. Within the item, place the Label component

<IonItem lines='none'>
  <IonLabel></IonLabel>
</IonItem>

21. Inside the label add the text 'Team breakfast'

<IonLabel>
  <IonText>Team breakfast</IonText>
</IonLabel>

22. Add the `<p>` tag with the text '7am - Le Petit Cafe'

<IonLabel>
  ...
  <p>7am - Le Petit Cafe</p>
</IonLabel>

23. Repeat steps 19 to 22 to add another item to the list

Set the text 'Team lunch presentation' inside the IonText and the text '1pm - Conf room 12A' inside the <p> tag.

<IonList>
  ...
  <IonItem lines='none'>
    <IonLabel>
      <IonText>Team lunch presentation</IonText>
      <p>1pm - Conf room 12A</p>
    </IonLabel>
  </IonItem>
</IonList>

24. Repeat step 19 to add another item to the list

Set the lines property as full to add a separator after the last item in the list.

<IonList>
  ...
  <IonItem lines='full'></IonItem>
</IonList>

25. Repeat steps 20 to 22 to add the label to the item

Set the text 'Call with Michael Williams' inside the IonText and the text '3pm - Zoom' inside the <p> tag.

 <IonItem lines='full'>
  <IonLabel>
    <IonText>Call with Michael Williams</IonText>
    <p>3pm - Zoom</p>
  </IonLabel>
</IonItem>

26. Add the avatar at the end of the item

After the IonLabel component add the IonAvatar component with the slot='end' to place the avatar at the end of the item. Add the img tag to place the user avatar.

<IonItem lines='full'>
  ...
  <IonAvatar slot='end'>
    <img src={userAvatar} alt="user avatar" />
  </IonAvatar>
</IonItem>

27. Repeat step 14 to add a content block

<IonContent>
  ...
  <div className="ion-margin-bottom"></div>
</IonContent>

28. Repeat steps 15 to 17 to add the item inside the `<div>` tag

Set the text 'thu 13' inside the IonLabel and the text 'Tomorrow' inside the IonNote.

<div className="ion-margin-bottom">
  <IonItem lines='none'>
    <IonLabel className='ion-text-uppercase'>thu 13</IonLabel>
    <IonNote>Tomorrow</IonNote>
  </IonItem>
</div>

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