DateEntry

class alfred3.element.input.DateEntry(default: Optional[str] = None, min: Optional[str] = None, max: Optional[str] = None, **kwargs)

Bases: alfred3.element.core.InputElement

An element for date entry.

Parameters

• default (str) – Default date, provided as a string in YYYY-MM-DD format. If None (default), the current date will be used.

• min (str) – Minimum date, provided as a string in YYYY-MM-DD format.

• max (str) – Maximum date, provided as a string in YYYY-MM-DD format.

• **kwargs –

  Inherited keyword arguments

  align	Horizontal alignment of text in the element. Does not usually apply to labels. Think of it as an alignment that applies to the innermost layer of an element (while labels are generally located at outer layers). See LabelledElement for more on labelled elements. Can be left (default), center, right, or justify.
  debug_value	Value to be used in debug mode. If None (default), alfred will first try to use the elements ordinary default value. If there is no default value, alfred will read the debug value from the config.conf.
  default	Default value. Type depends on the element type.
  description	An additional description of the element. This will show up in the alfred-generated codebook. It has no effect on the display of the experiment, as it only serves as a descriptor for humans.
  font_size	Font size for text in the element. You can use a keyword or an exact specification. The available keywords are tiny, small, normal, big, and huge. The exact specification shoul ideally include a unit, such as 1rem, or 12pt. If you supply an integer without a unit, a unit of pt will be assumed. Defaults to normal.
  force_input	If True, users can only progress to the next page if they enter data into this field. Note that a NoValidationSection or similar sections might overrule this setting. A general, experiment-wide setting for force_input can be placed in the config.conf (section general). That setting is used by default and can be overruled here for individual elements. Defaults to False. The experiment-wide default can be changed in config.conf.
  height	Vertical height of the elements display area. Supply a string with a unit, e.g. 80px. Usually, the default is fine. For adding vertical space to a page, you should prefer the VerticalSpace element, as it is sematically more clear.
  instance_log	If True, the element will use an instance-specific logger, thereby allowing detailed fine- tuning of its logging behavior.
  layout	Can be one of the following: 1) An instance of RowLayout, or 2) a tuple of integers, specifying the allocation of horizontal space between leftlab, main element widget and rightlab on small screens upwards. Option 1) offers fine-tuned flexibility, 2) uses a default RowLayout and changes the RowLayout.width_sm attribute. By default, the layout is set automatically depending on the specification of the left and right labels.
  name	Name of the element. This should be a unique identifier. It will be used to identify the corresponding data in the final data set.
  no_input_hint	Hint to be displayed if force_input set to True and no user input registered. Defaults to the experiment-wide default value specified in config.conf.
  position	Horizontal position of the full element on the page. Values can be left, center (default), end, or any valid value for the justify-content flexbox utility. Takes effect only, when the element is not full-width.
  prefix	Prefix for the input field.
  save_data (bool)	If False, this element will not save any data to the experiment data and will not appear in the codebook.
  showif	A dictionary, defining conditions that must be met for the element to be shown. The conditions take the form of key-value pairs, where each key is an element name and the value is the required input. See showif for details.
  suffix	Suffix for the input field.
  toplab, bottomlab, leftlab, rightlab	Labels above, below, left and right of the element.
  width	Defines the horizontal width of the element from small screens upwards. It is always full-width on extra small screens. Possible values are narrow, medium, wide, and full. For more detailed control, you can define the element_width attribute.

Examples

Minimum example:

import alfred3 as al
exp = al.Experiment()

@exp.member
class Demo(al.Page):
    name = "demo"

    def on_exp_access(self):
        self += al.DateEntry(default="2022-01-17", name="demo_date")

Methods

add_css	Adds CSS to the element.
add_js	Adds Javascript to the element.
added_to_experiment	Tells the element that it was added to an experiment.
added_to_page	Tells the element that it was added to a page.
prepare_web_widget	Hook for computations for preparing an element's web widget.
render_inner_html	Renders the element template element_template.
set_data	Sets the input data.
validate_data	Method for validation of input to the element.
validate_date

Attributes

base_template	Base template for the element, which will be used to hold the rendered element template.
bottomlab	Label below of the main element widget.
codebook_data	Information about the element in dictionary form.
converted_width	List of bootstrap column widths at different screen sizes.
corrective_hints	Shortcut for accessing the element's corrective hints.
css_class_container	Returns the name the element container's CSS class.
css_class_element	Returns the name of the element's CSS class.
css_code	A list of tuples, which contain a priority and CSS code.
css_urls	A list of tuples, which contain a priority and an url pointing to CSS code.
data	Dictionary of element data.
debug_enabled	Boolean flag, indicating whether debug mode is enabled and default values should be set.
debug_value	Value to be used as a default in debug mode.
default	Default value of this element.
default_no_input_hint	Default hint if subject input is missing in force_entry elements.
description	Detailed description of this element to be added to the automatically generated codebook
disabled	A boolean flag, indicating whether the element is disabled A disabled input element is shown and displays its input value, but subjects cannot enter any data.
display_standalone	If True (default), the element will be displayed as usual on its own.
element_template	The element's specific, inner template.
element_width	Returns a string of column width definitions.
exp	The experiment session to which this element belongs.
experiment	Alias for exp
font_size	Font size
force_input	If True, subjects must fill this element to proceed.
hint_manager	A MessageManager, handling the corrective hints for this element.
input	Subject input to this element.
js_code	A list of tuples, which contain a priority and Javascript.
js_urls	A list of tuples, which contain a priority and an url pointing to JavaScript.
labels	Returns the labels in a single, nicely formatted string.
layout	Controls the allocation of horizontal space between the left and right label, as well as the main element.
leftlab	Label to the left of the main element widget.
name	Unique identifier for the element.
no_input_hint	Hint for subjects, if they left a force_input field empty.
page	The page to which this element belongs.
position	Position of the whole element on the page.
prefix	A string or element, serving as prefix.
rightlab	Label to the right of the main element widget.
section	The direct parent section of this element's page.
short_tree	String, giving the exact position in the experiment.
should_be_shown	Boolean, indicating whether the element is meant to be shown.
show_hints	Flag, indicating whether corrective hints regarding this element should be shown.
showif	Conditions that have to be met for the element to be shown.
suffix	A string or element, serving as suffix.
template_data	Dictionary of data to be passed on to jinja templates.
toplab	Label above of the main element widget.
tree	String, giving the exact position in the experiment.
web_widget	The element's rendered html code for display on a page.
width	Element width