jQWidgets is a JavaScript framework for making web-based applications for PC and mobile devices. It is a very powerful and optimized framework, platform-independent, and widely supported. The jqxCalendar represents a jQuery calendar widget that enables the user to select a date using a visual monthly calendar display.
The navigateBackward() method is used to navigate calendar to the backward with a specific month step (default value is 1). It accepts single parameter month of number type. It does not return any value.
Syntax:
$("selector").jqxCalendar('navigateBackward', Number);
Linked Files: Download jQWidgets from https://www.jqwidgets.com/download/ link. In the HTML file, locate the script files in the downloaded folder:
<link rel="stylesheet" href="jqwidgets/styles/jqx.base.css" type="text/css" />
<script type="text/javascript" src="scripts/jquery-1.11.1.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="jqwidgets/jqxcore.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="jqwidgets/jqxdatetimeinput.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="jqwidgets/jqxcalendar.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="jqwidgets/globalization/globalize.js"></script>
<script tyle="text/javascript" src="jqwidgets/jqx-all.js"></script>
The below example illustrates the jqxCalendar navigateBackward() method in jQWidgets:
Example:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<link rel="stylesheet" href=
"jqwidgets/styles/jqx.base.css" type="text/css" />
<script type="text/javascript"
src="scripts/jquery-1.11.1.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript"
src="jqwidgets/jqxcore.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript"
src="jqwidgets/jqxdatetimeinput.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript"
src="jqwidgets/jqxcalendar.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript"
src="jqwidgets/globalization/globalize.js">
</script>
<script tyle="text/javascript"
src="jqwidgets/jqx-all.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<center>
<h1 style="color: green;">
GeeksforGeeks
</h1>
<h3>
jQWidgets jqxCalendar navigateBackward() Method
</h3>
<div id='jqxcal'></div>
</center>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function () {
$("#jqxcal").jqxCalendar({
width: '400px',
height: '300px',
selectionMode: 'range'
});
var range = $('#jqxcal').jqxCalendar(
'navigateBackward', 2
);
});
</script>
</body>
</html>
Output:
