How to add a select for a year in react-dates?

Question

It's a pain to swipe months right until I get to the right year with react-dates, is it possible to add some select for the year/month?

Answer 1

Yes, it is possible since version react-dates@17.0.0! (relevant pull request).

1. npm install react-dates@latest
2. You will likely need to update a few things as per the docs, because of the breaking changes (for me it was css mostly).

3. Then utilize the newly introduced renderMonthElement prop to write your custom month&year selectors, for example:

   import React from 'react';
   import moment from 'moment';
   import { SingleDatePicker } from 'react-dates';
   
   class Main extends React.Component {
     state = {
       date: moment(),
       focused: true
     }
   
     renderMonthElement = ({ month, onMonthSelect, onYearSelect }) =>
       <div style={{ display: 'flex', justifyContent: 'center' }}>
         <div>
           <select
             value={month.month()}
             onChange={(e) => onMonthSelect(month, e.target.value)}
           >
             {moment.months().map((label, value) => (
               <option value={value}>{label}</option>
             ))}
           </select>
         </div>
         <div>
           <select value={month.year()} onChange={(e) => onYearSelect(month, e.target.value)}>
             <option value={moment().year() - 1}>Last year</option>
             <option value={moment().year()}>{moment().year()}</option>
             <option value={moment().year() + 1}>Next year</option>
           </select>
         </div>
       </div>
   
     render = () =>
       <SingleDatePicker
         date={this.state.date}
         onDateChange={(date) => this.setState({ date })}
   
         focused={this.state.focused}
         onFocusChange={({ focused }) => this.setState({ focused })}
   
         renderMonthElement={this.renderMonthElement}
       />
   }
   

Answer 2

To slightly tweak the @lakesare answer for those wanting to list out, say, the last 100 years for a birthday, here's a code snippet :

renderMonthElement = ({ month, onMonthSelect, onYearSelect }) => {
    let i
    let years = []
    for(i = moment().year(); i >= moment().year() - 100; i--) {
        years.push(<option value={i} key={`year-${i}`}>{i}</option>)
    }
    return (
        <div style={{ display: "flex", justifyContent: "center" }}>
            <div>
                <select value={month.month()} onChange={e => onMonthSelect(month, e.target.value)}>
                    {moment.months().map((label, value) => (
                        <option value={value} key={value}>{label}</option>
                    ))}
                </select>
            </div>
            <div>
                <select value={month.year()} onChange={e => onYearSelect(month, e.target.value)}>
                    {years}
                </select>
            </div>
        </div>
    )
}

render() {
    return (
        <SingleDatePicker
            ...
            renderMonthElement={this.renderMonthElement}
        />
    )
}

Modify the for loop on line 4 to print out whatever years you need.