datetextfield

Please make sure you have read the Tag Syntax document and understand how tag attribute syntax works.

Description

Render an HTML input for a date: a native input type=”date” in the html5 theme, split input fields with the JavaTemplates plugin

Attributes

Name	Required	Default	Evaluated	Type	Description
Dynamic Attributes Allowed: true

accesskey	false		false	String	Set the html accesskey attribute on rendered html element
cssClass	false		false	String	The css class to use for element
cssErrorClass	false		false	String	The css error class to use for element
cssErrorStyle	false		false	String	The css error style definitions for element to use
cssStyle	false		false	String	The css style definitions for element to use
disabled	false		false	String	Set the html disabled attribute on rendered html element
errorPosition	false		false	String	Define error position of form element (top\|bottom)
format	false		false	String	Date format used to lay out the split input fields of the JavaTemplates plugin; ignored by the html5 theme, which always uses yyyy-MM-dd
id	false		false	String	HTML id attribute
javascriptTooltip	false	false	false	Boolean	Use JavaScript to generate tooltips
key	false		false	String	Set the key (name, value, label) for this particular component
label	false		false	String	Label expression used for rendering an element specific label
labelPosition	false		false	String	Define label position of form element (top/left)
labelSeparator	false	:	false	String	String that will be appended to the label
name	false		false	String	The name to set for element
onblur	false		false	String	Set the html onblur attribute on rendered html element
onchange	false		false	String	Set the html onchange attribute on rendered html element
onclick	false		false	String	Set the html onclick attribute on rendered html element
ondblclick	false		false	String	Set the html ondblclick attribute on rendered html element
onfocus	false		false	String	Set the html onfocus attribute on rendered html element
onkeydown	false		false	String	Set the html onkeydown attribute on rendered html element
onkeypress	false		false	String	Set the html onkeypress attribute on rendered html element
onkeyup	false		false	String	Set the html onkeyup attribute on rendered html element
onmousedown	false		false	String	Set the html onmousedown attribute on rendered html element
onmousemove	false		false	String	Set the html onmousemove attribute on rendered html element
onmouseout	false		false	String	Set the html onmouseout attribute on rendered html element
onmouseover	false		false	String	Set the html onmouseover attribute on rendered html element
onmouseup	false		false	String	Set the html onmouseup attribute on rendered html element
onselect	false		false	String	Set the html onselect attribute on rendered html element
performClearTagStateForTagPoolingServers	false	false	false	Boolean	Whether to clear all tag state during doEndTag() processing (if applicable)
requiredLabel	false	false	false	Boolean	If set to true, the rendered element will indicate that input is required
requiredPosition	false		false	String	Define required position of required form element (left\|right)
style	false		false	String	The css style definitions for element to use - it's an alias of cssStyle attribute.
tabindex	false		false	String	Set the html tabindex attribute on rendered html element
template	false		false	String	The template (other than default) to use for rendering the element
templateDir	false		false	String	The template directory.
theme	false		false	String	The theme (other than default) to use for rendering the element
title	false		false	String	Set the html title attribute on rendered html element
tooltip	false		false	String	Set the tooltip of this particular component
tooltipConfig	false		false	String	Deprecated. Use individual tooltip configuration attributes instead.
tooltipCssClass	false	StrutsTTClassic	false	String	CSS class applied to JavaScrip tooltips
tooltipDelay	false	Classic	false	String	Delay in milliseconds, before showing JavaScript tooltips
tooltipIconPath	false		false	String	Icon path used for image that will have the tooltip
value	false		false	String	Preset the value of input element.

Examples

With the html5 theme (since 7.5.0) the tag renders a single native date input. The browser shows the date in the user’s locale and always submits it as yyyy-MM-dd, so the format attribute is ignored:

<s:datetextfield name="birthday" theme="html5" min="1900-01-01" max="2026-12-31"/>

<input type="date" name="birthday" value="1990-05-17" id="birthday" min="1900-01-01" max="2026-12-31"/>

The property should be a java.util.Date or a java.time.LocalDate (since 7.5.0); a java.util.Date is rendered in the server’s default time zone
A type with a time part (LocalDateTime, ZonedDateTime, OffsetDateTime) renders its date part, but a date input cannot submit a time, so binding back into such a property fails — use <s:textfield type="datetime-local"/> instead
min and max are passed through as dynamic attributes and must be written as yyyy-MM-dd

With the JavaTemplates Plugin the tag renders one text input per date field, laid out by the format attribute, and DateTextFieldInterceptor assembles them back into a date:

<s:datetextfield name="birthday" format="dd/MM/yyyy"/>
<s:datetextfield name="meetingAt" format="dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm"/>

The property can be a java.util.Date, java.time.LocalDate, java.time.LocalDateTime or java.time.LocalTime (the java.time types since 7.5.0), converted in the server’s default time zone
A field in format that the property’s type does not have, such as HH on a LocalDate, renders empty

The simple, xhtml and css_xhtml themes do not support this tag.

datetextfield

Description

Attributes

Dynamic Attributes Allowed:

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Examples