# Date Clicking & Selecting

> FullCalendar v1 documentation, for an old release. Web version: https://legacy.fullcalendar.io/v1/date-clicking-selecting
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> Latest version (v7): https://fullcalendar.io/docs/date-clicking-selecting.md

Detect when the user clicks on dates or times. Give the user the ability to select multiple dates or time slots with their mouse.

## Articles

- [selectable](https://legacy.fullcalendar.io/v1/selectable.md) - Allows a user to highlight multiple days or timeslots by clicking and dragging.
- [selectHelper](https://legacy.fullcalendar.io/v1/selectHelper.md) - Whether to draw a “placeholder” event while the user is dragging.
- [unselectAuto](https://legacy.fullcalendar.io/v1/unselectAuto.md) - Whether clicking elsewhere on the page will cause the current selection to be cleared.
- [unselectCancel](https://legacy.fullcalendar.io/v1/unselectCancel.md) - A way to specify elements that will ignore the unselectAuto option.

## Callbacks

- [dayClick](https://legacy.fullcalendar.io/v1/dayClick.md) - Triggered when the user clicks on a day.
- [select](https://legacy.fullcalendar.io/v1/select-callback.md) - Triggered when a date/time selection is made.
- [unselect](https://legacy.fullcalendar.io/v1/unselect-callback.md) - Triggered when the current selection is cleared.

## Methods

- [select](https://legacy.fullcalendar.io/v1/select-method.md) - A method for programmatically selecting a period of time.
- [unselect](https://legacy.fullcalendar.io/v1/unselect-method.md) - A method for programmatically clearing the current selection.