SchedulerOptionsViewBase.FirstDayOfWeek Property

Gets or sets the day which the scheduler’s view week starts from.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraScheduler

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraScheduler.v18.2.Core.dll

Declaration

C#

[DefaultValue(FirstDayOfWeek.System)]
[XtraSerializableProperty]
public FirstDayOfWeek FirstDayOfWeek { get; set; }

VB.NET

<DefaultValue(FirstDayOfWeek.System)>
<XtraSerializableProperty>
Public Property FirstDayOfWeek As FirstDayOfWeek

Property Value

Type	Default	Description
FirstDayOfWeek	**System**	A FirstDayOfWeek enumeration value specifying the start day of the week for the View.

Available values:

Name	Description
System	The start day of the week will be obtained from the regional settings of the operating system.
Sunday	The calendar week will start with Sunday.
Monday	The calendar week will start with Monday.
Tuesday	The calendar week will start with Tuesday.
Wednesday	The calendar week will start with Wednesday.
Thursday	The calendar week will start with Thursday.
Friday	The calendar week will start with Friday.
Saturday	The calendar week will start with Saturday.

Property Paths

You can access this nested property as listed below:

Library	Object Type	Path to FirstDayOfWeek
WinForms Controls	SchedulerControl	.OptionsView.FirstDayOfWeek
ASP.NET Controls and MVC Extensions	ASPxScheduler	.OptionsView.FirstDayOfWeek
	MVCxScheduler	.OptionsView.FirstDayOfWeek
	SchedulerSettings	.OptionsView.FirstDayOfWeek
ASP.NET Bootstrap Controls	BootstrapScheduler	.OptionsView.FirstDayOfWeek

Remarks

Note that if the FirstDayOfWeek property is set to FirstDayOfWeek.System, then the first day of the week will be obtained from the regional options of the local machine.

Related GitHub Examples

The following code snippets (auto-collected from DevExpress Examples) contain references to the FirstDayOfWeek property.

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C#

how-to-show-the-entire-month-in-the-monthview-e497/CS/E497/CustomNavigation.cs#L15

public static int CalculateWeekCount(ASPxScheduler scheduler, DateTime monthStart) {
    DayOfWeek localDoW = scheduler.OptionsView.FirstDayOfWeek == DevExpress.XtraScheduler.FirstDayOfWeek.System ? Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture.DateTimeFormat.FirstDayOfWeek :
        (DayOfWeek)scheduler.OptionsView.FirstDayOfWeek;

how-to-hide-weekends-in-the-timeline-view-e1214/CS/HideWeekends/Form1.cs#L26

InitializeComponent();
schedulerControl1.OptionsView.FirstDayOfWeek = FirstDayOfWeek.Monday;
HideWeekends(false);

how-to-switch-the-scheduler-view-by-selecting-a-different-number-of-days-in-the-datenavigator-e4920/CS/DXApplication201/Form1.cs#L13

InitializeComponent();
schedulerControl1.OptionsView.FirstDayOfWeek = DevExpress.XtraScheduler.FirstDayOfWeek.Monday;
schedulerControl1.DateNavigatorQueryActiveViewType += schedulerControl1_DateNavigatorQueryActiveViewType;

getting-started-with-the-scheduler-e5124/CS/SchedulerGettingStarted/CustomAppointmentForm.cs#L363

DialogResult result;
using (Form form = CreateAppointmentRecurrenceForm(patternCopy, Control.OptionsView.FirstDayOfWeek))
{

how-to-create-a-simple-recurrence-form-t222451/CS/CustomRecurrenceFormWinFormSample/MyAppointmentRecurrenceForm .cs#L30

// Get the first day of the week.
firstDayOfWeek = scheduler_control.OptionsView.FirstDayOfWeek;

VB.NET

how-to-hide-weekends-in-the-timeline-view-e1214/VB/HideWeekends/Form1.vb#L28

InitializeComponent()
schedulerControl1.OptionsView.FirstDayOfWeek = FirstDayOfWeek.Monday
HideWeekends(False)

how-to-switch-the-scheduler-view-by-selecting-a-different-number-of-days-in-the-datenavigator-e4920/VB/DXApplication201/Form1.vb#L12

InitializeComponent()
schedulerControl1.OptionsView.FirstDayOfWeek = DevExpress.XtraScheduler.FirstDayOfWeek.Monday
AddHandler schedulerControl1.DateNavigatorQueryActiveViewType, AddressOf schedulerControl1_DateNavigatorQueryActiveViewType

how-to-show-the-entire-month-in-the-monthview-e497/VB/E497/CustomNavigation.vb#L15

Public Shared Function CalculateWeekCount(ByVal scheduler As ASPxScheduler, ByVal monthStart As DateTime) As Integer
    Dim localDoW As DayOfWeek = If(scheduler.OptionsView.FirstDayOfWeek = DevExpress.XtraScheduler.FirstDayOfWeek.System, Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture.DateTimeFormat.FirstDayOfWeek, CType(scheduler.OptionsView.FirstDayOfWeek, DayOfWeek))

getting-started-with-the-scheduler-e5124/VB/SchedulerGettingStarted/CustomAppointmentForm.vb#L385

Dim result As DialogResult
Using form As Form = CreateAppointmentRecurrenceForm(patternCopy, Control.OptionsView.FirstDayOfWeek)
    result = ShowRecurrenceForm(form)

how-to-create-a-simple-recurrence-form-t222451/VB/CustomRecurrenceFormWinFormSample/MyAppointmentRecurrenceForm .vb#L32

' Get the first day of the week.
firstDayOfWeek = scheduler_control.OptionsView.FirstDayOfWeek