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TimePicker

A Material-style time picker dialog.

To open this control, simply call the page.open() helper-method.

Depending on the time_picker_entry_mode, it will show either a Dial or an Input (hour and minute text fields) for picking a time.

Examples​

Live example

Basic time picker​

import flet as ft


def main(page: ft.Page):
    page.horizontal_alignment = ft.CrossAxisAlignment.CENTER

    def handle_change(e):
        page.add(ft.Text(f"TimePicker change: {time_picker.value}"))

    def handle_dismissal(e):
        page.add(ft.Text(f"TimePicker dismissed: {time_picker.value}"))

    def handle_entry_mode_change(e):
        page.add(ft.Text(f"TimePicker Entry mode changed to {e.entry_mode}"))

    time_picker = ft.TimePicker(
        confirm_text="Confirm",
        error_invalid_text="Time out of range",
        help_text="Pick your time slot",
        on_change=handle_change,
        on_dismiss=handle_dismissal,
        on_entry_mode_change=handle_entry_mode_change,
    )

    page.add(
        ft.ElevatedButton(
            "Pick time",
            icon=ft.Icons.TIME_TO_LEAVE,
            on_click=lambda _: page.open(time_picker),
        )
    )


ft.app(main)

Properties​

cancel_text​

The text that is displayed on the cancel button. The default value is "Cancel".

confirm_text​

The text that is displayed on the confirm button. The default value is "OK".

error_invalid_text​

The error message displayed below the input text field if the input is not a valid hour/minute. The default value is "Enter a valid time".

hour_label_text​

The text that is displayed below the hour input text field.

The default value is "Hour".

help_text​

The text that is displayed at the top of the header.

This is used to indicate to the user what they are selecting a time for. The default value is "Enter time".

minute_label_text​

The text that is displayed below the minute input text field.

The default value is "Minute".

orientation​

The orientation of the dialog when displayed. Value is of type Orientation enum which has the following possible values: PORTRAIT and LANDSCAPE.

time_picker_entry_mode​

The initial mode of time entry method for the time picker dialog.

Value is of type TimePickerEntryMode and defaults to TimePickerEntryMode.DIAL.

value​

The selected time that the picker should display. The default value is equal to the current time.

Methods​

pick_time()​

Opens a time picker dialog.

Deprecated in v0.23.0 and will be removed in v0.26.0. Use page.open(date_picker) instead.

Events​

on_change​

Fires when user clicks confirm button. value property is updated with selected time. e.data also contains the selected time.

on_dismiss​

Fires when dialog is dismissed by clicking on the cancel button or outside of time picker dialog.

on_entry_mode_change​

Fires when the time_picker_entry_mode is changed.

Event handler argument is of type TimePickerEntryModeChangeEvent.