I am using Primeng for a monthselector <p-calendar [(ngModel)]="date" view="month" dateFormat="mm/yy" inline:"true" [readonlyInput]="true"> <ng-template pTemplate="date" let-date> <span [class.active-month]="isActiveMonth(date)">{{date.month}}+</span> </ng-template> </p-calendar> The pTemplate part will not be triggered when it's in monthview only if the days are shown (remove the view property). is there a way to highlight the current month when the component is loaded. Selecting a month works fine. Also how do you get maxdate working with months iso days Continue reading...