[Component] Datepicker

[rbqdev]

Describe the solution you'd like

Would be great to DatePicker component. Usually always need to use third libs or create own for work with Dates on bootstrap.

What you think about it? Do you already have that kind of component in mind?

[tmorehouse]

We've thought about it (and I have a rudimentary one built using BootstrapVue components and classes), but we may release these "etrxa" components in a companion library to keep this library bundle size smaller.

Datepickers tend to get large/complex with requirement for formatting dates, optional timepickers, restrictions (ranges, disabled, dates, start-end dates, etc), and not to mention internationalization (i18n), making them quite large bundle size.

[jevgenigavrilov]

@tmorehouse defo will be looking forward for this. You mentioned "components", wondering what the others are?

[rbqdev]

@tmorehouse Thanks for the detailed explanation.

[tmorehouse]

Thinking of creating: BootstrapVueExtras:

• Datepicker (looks similar in style to the android datepicker, based on modal)
• Tags input
• Responsive constrained aspect container (i.e. provide aspect ratio like 16:9, 4:3, plus arbitrary contstraints), as an alternative to b-embed which only works for objects, embed, iframe)
• An "in-view" directive (like v-if, but only renders the element when the parent scrolls into view, using intersection observer)
• Loader (like spinners, but with the appearance of progress bar)
• A custom select based on b-dropdown (which allows styling of the options, unlike native select)
• Avatar component, based on b-badge

[patrickblackjr]

I like the idea of having them seperate

[tmorehouse]

Some of these might be small enough that they could be included in BootstrapVue, but definitely the date picker will be separate