Hooks

All hooks must be used inside a <CalendarProvider> component. If you’re using the <Calendar> component, the provider is already set up for you.

useCalendar()

Main orchestrator — combines state, events, and navigation.

import { useCalendar } from "trud-calendar";

const {
  currentDate,    // DateString — current focused date
  view,           // CalendarView — current view
  events,         // CalendarEvent[] — all events
  visibleEvents,  // CalendarEvent[] — filtered to visible range
  visibleRange,   // { start: DateString, end: DateString }
  locale,         // string — BCP 47 locale
  prev,           // () => void — go to previous period
  next,           // () => void — go to next period
  today,          // () => void — go to today
  setDate,        // (date: DateString) => void
  setView,        // (view: CalendarView) => void
} = useCalendar();

useNavigation()

Date navigation and view switching. Lighter than useCalendar — use this when you only need nav controls.

import { useNavigation } from "trud-calendar";

const {
  currentDate,    // DateString
  view,           // CalendarView
  formattedDate,  // string — locale-aware title (e.g., "March 2026")
  prev,           // () => void
  next,           // () => void
  today,          // () => void
  setDate,        // (date: DateString) => void
  setView,        // (view: CalendarView) => void
} = useNavigation();

useEvents()

Access event data for the current visible range.

import { useEvents } from "trud-calendar";

const {
  visibleEvents,   // CalendarEvent[] — sorted, filtered to visible range
  getForDay,       // (date: DateString) => CalendarEvent[]
  partitioned,     // { allDay: CalendarEvent[], timed: CalendarEvent[] }
  segments,        // EventSegment[] — multi-day event segments
  groupedByDate,   // Map<DateString, CalendarEvent[]>
} = useEvents();

Example: Get events for a specific day

const { getForDay } = useEvents();
const todayEvents = getForDay("2026-03-13");

useEventLayout(events)

Column-packing algorithm for overlapping events. Used internally by the week/day time grid — call it yourself when building custom time-based layouts.

import { useEventLayout } from "trud-calendar";

const positioned: PositionedEvent[] = useEventLayout(timedEvents);

Each PositionedEvent contains:

interface PositionedEvent {
  event: CalendarEvent;
  column: number;        // 0-based column index in overlap group
  totalColumns: number;  // Total columns in overlap group
  top: number;           // % from top (0-100)
  height: number;        // % height (0-100)
}

Use these values to position events with CSS:

{positioned.map(({ event, column, totalColumns, top, height }) => (
  <div
    key={event.id}
    style={{
      position: "absolute",
      top: `${top}%`,
      height: `${height}%`,
      left: `${(column / totalColumns) * 100}%`,
      width: `${100 / totalColumns}%`,
    }}
  >
    {event.title}
  </div>
))}

useCurrentTime(intervalMs?)

Live clock for “current time” indicators. Updates every 60 seconds by default.

import { useCurrentTime } from "trud-calendar";

const {
  now,        // string — ISO datetime of current moment
  today,      // string — YYYY-MM-DD of today
  timeOfDay,  // number — fractional hour (14.5 = 2:30 PM)
} = useCurrentTime();

// Custom interval: update every 10 seconds
const time = useCurrentTime(10_000);

Example: Current time indicator

const { timeOfDay } = useCurrentTime();
const topPercent = ((timeOfDay - dayStartHour) / (dayEndHour - dayStartHour)) * 100;

<div
  className="absolute left-0 right-0 border-t-2 border-red-500 z-10"
  style={{ top: `${topPercent}%` }}
/>

useDateFormat()

Locale-aware date formatting functions powered by the Intl API.

import { useDateFormat } from "trud-calendar";

const fmt = useDateFormat();

fmt.toolbarTitle("2026-03-13", "month");   // "March 2026"
fmt.toolbarTitle("2026-03-13", "week");    // "Mar 9 – 15, 2026"
fmt.time("2026-03-13T14:30:00");           // "2:30 PM"
fmt.timeRange(start, end);                 // "2:30 – 3:00 PM"
fmt.weekdayShort("2026-03-13");            // "Fri"
fmt.weekdayNarrow("2026-03-13");           // "F"
fmt.dayNumber("2026-03-13");               // "13"
fmt.agendaDate("2026-03-13");              // "Friday, March 13"
fmt.monthDay("2026-03-13");                // "Mar 13"

All functions respect the locale set in the CalendarProvider.

useEventDrag()

Pointer-based event drag hook for building custom drag interactions. Used internally by WeekView and MonthView.

import { useEventDrag } from "trud-calendar";

const {
  dragState,      // DragState | null — current drag state
  onPointerDown,  // (e: React.PointerEvent, event: CalendarEvent) => void
  isDragging,     // boolean
  didDrag,        // React.RefObject<boolean> — true if a drag occurred (suppress click)
} = useEventDrag({
  mode: "time",   // "time" for week/day, "date" for month
  onEventDrop,    // (event, newStart, newEnd) => void
  enableDnD,      // boolean
});

DragState contains:

• event — the event being dragged
• ghostX, ghostY — cursor position for rendering a drag ghost
• targetDay — the day column the cursor is over (detected via data-day attributes)

Supports both mouse and touch interactions via Pointer Events API.

useGridKeyboard()

Keyboard navigation hook implementing the WAI-ARIA roving tabindex grid pattern.

import { useGridKeyboard } from "trud-calendar";

const grid = useGridKeyboard({
  cols: 7,
  rows: 24,
  onActivate: (row, col) => { /* Enter/Space pressed */ },
  onEscape: () => { /* Escape pressed */ },
});

Returns:

• registerCell(row, col) — ref callback for grid cells
• getTabIndex(row, col) — returns 0 for the active cell, -1 for others
• handleKeyDown — keyboard event handler
• handleFocus(row, col) — focus event handler

useUndoableEvents()

Wraps a CalendarEvent[] with a full undo/redo stack. Auto-snapshots before onEventDrop and onEventResize apply, and registers Ctrl+Z / Ctrl+Shift+Z (Ctrl+Y) keyboard shortcuts.

import { useUndoableEvents } from "trud-calendar";

const {
  events,        // CalendarEvent[] — current state
  setEvents,     // (events: CalendarEvent[]) => void — update + auto-snapshot
  onEventDrop,   // (event, newStart, newEnd) => void — snapshots before applying
  onEventResize, // (event, newStart, newEnd) => void — snapshots before applying
  undo,          // () => void
  redo,          // () => void
  canUndo,       // boolean
  canRedo,       // boolean
  snapshot,      // () => void — manual snapshot (e.g., before a batch update)
} = useUndoableEvents({
  initialEvents: myEvents,
  maxHistory: 30, // optional, defaults to 30
});

Example: Calendar with undo/redo

function App() {
  const undoable = useUndoableEvents({ initialEvents: myEvents });

  return (
    <>
      <div className="flex gap-2 mb-2">
        <button onClick={undoable.undo} disabled={!undoable.canUndo}>Undo</button>
        <button onClick={undoable.redo} disabled={!undoable.canRedo}>Redo</button>
      </div>
      <Calendar
        events={undoable.events}
        enableDnD
        onEventDrop={undoable.onEventDrop}
        onEventResize={undoable.onEventResize}
      />
    </>
  );
}

useEventSelection()

Multi-select event management with Set-based tracking. Supports toggle (Ctrl+click), range select (Shift+click), select all, and clear.

import { useEventSelection } from "trud-calendar";

const {
  selectedIds,     // Set<string> — currently selected event IDs
  isSelected,      // (id: string) => boolean
  select,          // (id: string) => void — single select (clears others)
  toggle,          // (id: string) => void — Ctrl+click behavior
  rangeSelect,     // (id: string, sortedIds: string[]) => void — Shift+click
  clearSelection,  // () => void
  selectAll,       // (ids: string[]) => void
  lastSelectedId,  // string | null — anchor for range selection
} = useEventSelection();

The <Calendar> component uses SelectionProvider internally, which wraps useEventSelection with modifier key detection. Selected events show a visual ring highlight.

useResponsiveView()

Adaptive layout hook using ResizeObserver. Returns breakpoint flags and the recommended number of visible day columns.

import { useResponsiveView } from "trud-calendar";

const ref = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
const {
  isMobile,        // boolean — container < 640px
  isTablet,        // boolean — container 640px–1024px
  containerWidth,  // number — measured width in px
  visibleDays,     // 1 (mobile) | 3 (tablet) | 7 (desktop)
} = useResponsiveView(ref);

The <Calendar> component uses this internally to adapt the week view column count and month view cell sizes.

useSwipeNavigation()

Touch swipe detection for prev/next navigation. Only activates for pointerType === "touch" — mouse drags are ignored.

import { useSwipeNavigation } from "trud-calendar";

const swipe = useSwipeNavigation({
  onSwipeLeft: () => next(),   // navigate forward
  onSwipeRight: () => prev(),  // navigate backward
  threshold: 50,     // min horizontal px (default: 50)
  maxVertical: 30,   // max vertical px (default: 30)
});

// Spread on the container element:
<div
  onPointerDown={swipe.onPointerDown}
  onPointerMove={swipe.onPointerMove}
  onPointerUp={swipe.onPointerUp}
>
  {/* calendar content */}
</div>

useVirtualScroll()

Viewport-based scroll tracking for filtering visible events. Useful for large datasets where rendering all events is expensive.

import { useVirtualScroll } from "trud-calendar";

const {
  viewportTop,     // number — top edge as % (0–100)
  viewportBottom,  // number — bottom edge as % (0–100)
  isVirtualized,   // boolean — true when enabled
} = useVirtualScroll({
  containerRef: scrollRef,
  totalHours: 24,
  enabled: true,        // default: false
  overscanHours: 2,     // extra hours to render above/below viewport
});

Pair with filterVisibleEvents() from trud-calendar-core to cull off-screen events:

import { filterVisibleEvents } from "trud-calendar-core";

const visible = filterVisibleEvents(positioned, viewportTop, viewportBottom);