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JqueryUI Datepicker

Datepickers in jQueryUI allow users to enter dates easily and visually. You can customize the date format and language, restrict the selectable date ranges and add in buttons and other navigation options easily.

jQueryUI provides datepicker() method that creates a datepicker and changes the appearance of HTML elements on a page by adding new CSS classes. Transforms the <input>, <div>, and <span> elements in the wrapped set into a datepicker control.

By default, for <input> elements, the datepickercalendar opens in a small overlay when the associated text field gains focus. For an inline calendar, simply attach the datepicker to a <div>, or <span> element.

Syntax

The datepicker() method can be used in two forms:

$(selector, context).datepicker (options) Method

$(selector, context).datepicker ("action", [params]) Method

$(selector, context).datepicker (options) Method

The datepicker (options) method declares that an <input> element (or <div>, or <span>, depending on how you choose to display the calendar) should be managed as a datepicker. The optionsparameter is an object that specifies the behavior and appearance of the datepickerelements.

Syntax

$(selector, context).datepicker(options);

You can provide one or more options at a time using Javascript object. If there are more than one options to be provided then you will separate them using a comma as follows:

$(selector, context).datepicker({option1: value1, option2: value2..... });

Following table lists the different options that can be used with this method:

Option

Description

altField

This option specifies a jQuery selector for a field that is also updated with any date selections. The altFormat option can be used to set the format for this value. This is quite useful for setting date values into a hidden input element to be submitted to the server, while displaying a more user-friendly format to the user. By default its value is "".

altFormat

This option is used when analtField option is specified. It provides the format for the value to be written to the alternate element. By default its value is"".

appendText

This option is a String value to be placed after the <input> element, intended to show instructions to the user. By default its value is"".

autoSize

This option when set to trueresizes the <input> element to accommodate the datepicker’sdate format as set with thedateFormat option. By default its value is false.

beforeShow

This option is a callback function that’s invoked just before adatepicker is displayed, with the <input> element and datepickerinstance passed as parameters. This function can return an options hash used to modify thedatepicker. By default its value is"".

beforeShowDay

This option is a callback function which takes a date as parameter, that’s invoked for each day in the datepicker just before it’s displayed, with the date passed as the only parameter. This can be used to override some of the default behavior of the day elements. This function must return a three-element array.Bydefault its value is null.

buttonImage

This option specifies the path to an image to be displayed on the button enabled by setting theshowOn option to one of buttons or both. If buttonText is also provided, the button text becomes the alt attribute of the button. By default its value is "".

buttonImageOnly

This option if set to true, specifies that the image specified by buttonImage is to appear standalone (not on a button). TheshowOn option must still be set to one of button or both for the image to appear. By default its value is false.

buttonText

This option specifies the caption for the button enabled by setting the showOn option to one ofbutton or both. By default its value is "...".

calculateWeek

This option is a custom function to calculate and return the week number for a date passed as the lone parameter. The default implementation is that provided by the$.datepicker.iso8601Week()utility function.

changeMonth

This option if set to true, a month dropdown is displayed, allowing the user to directly change the month without using the arrow buttons to step through them. By default its value is false.

changeYear

This option if set to true, a year dropdown is displayed, allowing the user to directly change the year without using the arrow buttons to step through them. Option yearRange can be used to control which years are made available for selection. By default its value is false.

closeText

This option specifies the text to replace the default caption of Done for the close button. It is used when the button panel is displayed via theshowButtonPanel option. By default its value is "Done".

constrainInput

This option if set true (the default), text entry into the <input> element is constrained to characters allowed by the current dateformat option. By default its value is true.

currentText

This option specifies the text to replace the default caption of Today for the current button. This is used if the button panel is displayed via theshowButtonPanel option. By default its value is Today.

dateFormat

This option specifies the date format to be used. By default its value is mm/dd/yy.

dayNames

This option is a 7-element array providing the full day names with the 0th element representing Sunday. Can be used to localize the control. By default its value is [ "Sunday", "Monday", "Tuesday", "Wednesday", "Thursday", "Friday", "Saturday" ].

dayNamesMin

This option is a 7-element array providing the minimal day names with the 0th element representing Sunday, used as column headers. Can be used to localize the control. By default its value is [ "Su", "Mo", "Tu", "We", "Th", "Fr", "Sa" ].

dayNamesShort

This option specifies a 7-element array providing the short day names with the 0th element representing Sunday. Can be used to localize the control. By default its value is [ "Sun", "Mon", "Tue", "Wed", "Thu", "Fri", "Sat" ].

defaultDate

This option sets the initial date for the control, overriding the default value of today, if the <input> element has no value. This can be a Date instance, thenumber of days from today, or astring specifying an absolute or relative date. By default its value is null.

duration

This option specifies the speed of the animation that makes thedatepicker appear. Can be one ofslow, normal, or fast, or the number of milliseconds for the animation to span. By default its value is normal.

firstDay

This option specifies which day is considered the first day of the week, and will be displayed as the left-most column. By default its value is 0.

gotoCurrent

This option when set to true, the current day link is set to the selected date, overriding the default of today. By default its value is false.

hideIfNoPrevNext

This option if set to true, hides the next and previous links (as opposed to merely disabling them) when they aren’t applicable, as determined by the settings of the minDate andmaxDate options. By default its value is false.

isRTL

This option when set to true, specifies the localizations as a right-to-left language. By default its value is false.

maxDate

This option sets the maximum selectable date for the control. This can be a Date instance, the number of days from today, or a string specifying an absolute or relative date. By default its value is null.

minDate

This option sets the minimum selectable date for the control. This can be a Date instance, thenumber of days from today, or astring specifying an absolute or relative date. By default its value is null.

monthNames

This option is a 12-element array providing the full month names with the 0th element representing January. Can be used to localize the control. By default its value is [ "January", "February", "March", "April", "May", "June", "July", "August", "September", "October", "November", "December" ].

monthNamesShort

This option specifies a 12-element array providing the short month names with the 0th element representing January. Can be used to localize the control. By default its value is [ "Jan", "Feb", "Mar", "Apr", "May", "Jun", "Jul", "Aug", "Sep", "Oct", "Nov", "Dec" ].

navigationAsDateFormat

This option if set to true, the navigation links for nextText,prevText, and currentText are passed through the$.datepicker.formatDate()function prior to display. This allows date formats to be supplied for those options that get replaced with the relevant values. By default its value isfalse.

nextText

This option specifies the text to replace the default caption of Next for the next month navigation link. ThemeRollerreplaces this text with an icon. By default its value is Next.

numberOfMonths

This option specifies the number of months to show in thedatepicker. By default its value is1.

onChangeMonthYear

This option is a callback that’s invoked when the datepickermoves to a new month or year, with the selected year, month (1-based), and datepicker instance passed as parameters, and the function context is set to the input field element. By default its value is null.

onClose

This option is a callback invoked whenever a datepicker is closed, passed the selected date as text (the empty string if there is no selection), and the datepickerinstance, and the function context is set to the input field element. By default its value isnull.

onSelect

This option is a callback invoked whenever a date is selected, passed the selected date as text (the empty string if there is no selection), and the datepickerinstance, and the function context is set to the input field element. By default its value isnull.

prevText

This option specifies the text to replace the default caption ofPrev for the previous month navigation link. (Note that theThemeRoller replaces this text with an icon). By default its value isPrevdefaultDatedayNamesMin.

selectOtherMonths

This option if set to true, days shown before or after the displayed month(s) are selectable. Such days aren’t displayed unless theshowOtherMonths option is true. By default its value is false.

shortYearCutoff

This option if its a number, specifies a value between 0 and 99 years before which any 2-digit year values will be considered to belong to the previous century. If this option is a string, the value undergoes a numeric conversion and is added to the current year. The default is +10 which represents 10 years from the current year.

showAnim

This option specifies sets the name of the animation to be used to show and hide thedatepicker. If specified, must be one of show (the default), fadeIn,slideDown, or any of the jQuery UI show/hide animations. By default its value is show.

showButtonPanel

This option if set to true, a button panel at the bottom of thedatepicker is displayed, containing current and close buttons. The caption of these buttons can be provided via thecurrentText and closeTextoptions. By default its value isfalse.

showCurrentAtPos

This option specifies the 0-based index, starting at the upper left, of where the month containing the current date should be placed within a multi-month display. By default its value is 0.

showMonthAfterYear

This option specifies if set totrue, the positions of the month and year are reversed in the header of the datepicker. By default its value is false.

showOn

This option specifies when thedatepicker should appear. The possible values are focus, button or both. By default its value isfocus.

showOptions

This option provides a hash to be passed to the animation when a jQuery UI animation is specified for the showAnim option. By default its value is {}.

showOtherMonths

This option if set to true, dates before or after the first and last days of the current month are displayed. These dates aren't selectable unless theselectOtherMonths option is also set to true. By default its value isfalse.

showWeek

This option if set to true, the week number is displayed in a column to the left of the month display. The calculateWeekoption can be used to alter the manner in which this value is determined. By default its value is false.

stepMonths

This option specifies specifieshow many months to move when one of the month navigation controls is clicked. By default its value is 1.

weekHeader

This option specifies the text to display for the week number column, overriding the default value of Wk, when showWeek is true. By default its value is Wk.

yearRange

This option specifies limits on which years are displayed in the dropdown in the form from:towhen changeYear is true. The values can be absolute or relative (for example: 2005:+2, for 2005 through 2 years from now). The prefix c can be used to make relative values offset from the selected year rather than the current year (example: c-2:c+3). By default its value is c-10:c+10.

yearSuffix

This option displays additional text after the year in thedatepicker header. By default its value is "".

Following section will show you few working examples of datepicker functionality.

Default functionality

The following example demonstrates a simple example of datepicker functionality passing no parameters to the datepicker() method .

<!doctype html>

<head>

<title>jQuery UI Datepickerfunctionality</title>

<scriptsrc="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.10.2.js"></script>

<scriptsrc="http://code.jquery.com/ui/1.10.4/jquery-ui.js"></script>

$(function() {

$( "#datepicker-1" ).datepicker();

});

</script>

</head>

<body>

<p>Enter Date: <input type="text" id="datepicker-1"></p>

</body>

</html>

Let's save above code in an HTML filedatepickerexample.htm and open it in a standard browser which supports javascript, you must see the following output. Now you can play with the result:

Enter Date:

Inline Datepicker

The following example demonstrates a simple example of inline datepicker functionality.

<!doctype html>

<head>

<title>jQuery UI Datepickerfunctionality</title>

<scriptsrc="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.10.2.js"></script>

<scriptsrc="http://code.jquery.com/ui/1.10.4/jquery-ui.js"></script>

$(function() {

$( "#datepicker-2" ).datepicker();

});

</script>

</head>

<body>

Enter Date: <div id="datepicker-2"></div>

</body>

</html>

Let's save above code in an HTML filedatepickerexample.htm and open it in a standard browser which supports javascript, you must see the following output. Now you can play with the result:

Enter Date:

PrevNext

March 2015

In the above example we use <div> element to get the inline date picker.

Use of appendText, dateFormat, altField andaltFormat

The following example shows the usage of three important options (a) appendText (b)dateFormat (c) altField and (d) altFormat in the datepicker function of JqueryUI.

<!doctype html>

<head>

<title>jQuery UI Datepickerfunctionality</title>

<scriptsrc="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.10.2.js"></script>

<scriptsrc="http://code.jquery.com/ui/1.10.4/jquery-ui.js"></script>

$(function() {

$( "#datepicker-3" ).datepicker({

appendText:"(yy-mm-dd)",

dateFormat:"yy-mm-dd",

altField: "#datepicker-4",

altFormat: "DD, d MM,yy"

});

</script>

</head>

<body>

<p>Enter Date: <input type="text" id="datepicker-3"></p>

<p>Alternate Date: <input type="text" id="datepicker-4"></p>

</body>

</html>

Let's save above code in an HTML filedatepickerexample.htm and open it in a standard browser which supports javascript, you must see the following output. Now you can play with the result:

Enter Date: (yy-mm-dd)

Alternate Date:

In the above example you can see that the dateformate for first input is set as yy-mm-dd. If you select some date from datepicker the same date is reflected in the second input field whose date format is set as "DD, d MM, yy".

Use of beforeShowDay

The following example shows the usage of option beforeShowDay in the datepickerfunction of JqueryUI.

<!doctype html>

<head>

<title>jQuery UI Datepickerfunctionality</title>

<scriptsrc="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.10.2.js"></script>

<scriptsrc="http://code.jquery.com/ui/1.10.4/jquery-ui.js"></script>

$(function() {

$( "#datepicker-5" ).datepicker({

beforeShowDay :function (date)

{

var dayOfWeek =date.getDay ();

// 0 : Sunday, 1 : Monday, ...

if (dayOfWeek == 0 || dayOfWeek == 6) return [false];

else return [true];

}

});

</script>

</head>

<body>

<p>Enter Date: <input type="text" id="datepicker-5"></p>

</body>

</html>

Let's save above code in an HTML filedatepickerexample.htm and open it in a standard browser which supports javascript, you must see the following output. Now you can play with the result:

Enter Date:

In the above example sunday and saturday are disabled.

Use of showOn, buttonImage, andbuttonImageOnly

The following example shows the usage of three important options (a) showOn (b) buttonImageand (c) buttonImageOnly in the datepickerfunction of JqueryUI.

<!doctype html>

<head>

<title>jQuery UI Datepickerfunctionality</title>

<scriptsrc="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.10.2.js"></script>

<scriptsrc="http://code.jquery.com/ui/1.10.4/jquery-ui.js"></script>

$(function() {

$( "#datepicker-6" ).datepicker({

showOn:"button",

buttonImage: "/jqueryui/images/calendar-icon.png",

buttonImageOnly: true

});

</script>

</head>

<body>

<p>Enter Date: <input type="text" id="datepicker-6"></p>

</body>

</html>

Let's save above code in an HTML filedatepickerexample.htm and open it in a standard browser which supports javascript, you must see the following output. Now you can play with the result:

Enter Date:

In the above example an icon is displayed which needs to b clicked to open the datepicker.

Use of defaultDate, dayNamesMin, and duration

The following example shows the usage of three important options (a) dayNamesMin (b)dayNamesMin and (c) duration in thedatepicker function of JqueryUI.

<!doctype html>

<head>

<title>jQuery UI Datepickerfunctionality</title>

<scriptsrc="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.10.2.js"></script>

<scriptsrc="http://code.jquery.com/ui/1.10.4/jquery-ui.js"></script>

$(function() {

$( "#datepicker-7" ).datepicker({

defaultDate:+9,

dayNamesMin: [ "So", "Mo", "Di", "Mi", "Do", "Fr", "Sa" ],

duration: "slow"

});

</script>

</head>

<body>

<p>Enter Date: <input type="text" id="datepicker-7"></p>

</body>

</html>

Let's save above code in an HTML filedatepickerexample.htm and open it in a standard browser which supports javascript, you must see the following output. Now you can play with the result:

Enter Date:

In the above example the names of the days are changed using dayNamesMin. You can also see a default date is set.

Use of prevText, nextText, showOtherMonthsand selectOtherMonths

The following example shows the usage of three important options (a) prevText (b) nextText (c)showOtherMonths and (d) selectOtherMonthsin the datepicker function of JqueryUI.

<!doctype html>

<head>

<title>jQuery UI Datepickerfunctionality</title>

<scriptsrc="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.10.2.js"></script>

<scriptsrc="http://code.jquery.com/ui/1.10.4/jquery-ui.js"></script>

$(function() {

$( "#datepicker-8" ).datepicker({

prevText:"click for previous months",

nextText:"click for next months",

showOtherMonths:true,

selectOtherMonths: false

});

$( "#datepicker-9" ).datepicker({

prevText:"click for previous months",

nextText:"click for next months",

showOtherMonths:true,

selectOtherMonths: true

});

</script>

</head>

<body>

<p>Enter Start Date: <input type="text" id="datepicker-8"></p>

<p>Enter End Date: <input type="text" id="datepicker-9"></p>

</body>

</html>

Let's save above code in an HTML filedatepickerexample.htm and open it in a standard browser which supports javascript, you must see the following output. Now you can play with the result:

Enter Start Date:

Enter End Date:

In the above example the prev and nect links have captions. If you click on the element, thedatepicker opens. Now in the first datepicker, the other months dates are disable asselectOtherMonths is setfalse. In the second date picker for second input type, theselectOtherMonths is set totrue.

Use of changeMonth, changeYear, andnumberOfMonths

The following example shows the usage of three important options (a) changeMonth (b)changeYear and (c) numberOfMonths in thedatepicker function of JqueryUI.

<!doctype html>

<head>

<title>jQuery UI Datepickerfunctionality</title>

<scriptsrc="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.10.2.js"></script>

<scriptsrc="http://code.jquery.com/ui/1.10.4/jquery-ui.js"></script>

$(function() {

$( "#datepicker-10" ).datepicker({

changeMonth:true,

changeYear:true,

numberOfMonths:[2,2]

});

</script>

</head>

<body>

<p>Enter Date: <input type="text" id="datepicker-10"></p>

</body>

</html>

Let's save above code in an HTML filedatepickerexample.htm and open it in a standard browser which supports javascript, you must see the following output. Now you can play with the result:

Enter Date:

In the above example you can see dropdown menus for Month and Year fields. And we aredispalying 4 months in an array structure of [2,2].

Use of showWeek, yearSuffix, and showAnim

The following example shows the usage of three important options (a) showWeek (b) yearSuffixand (c) showAnim in the datepicker function ofJqueryUI.

<!doctype html>

<head>

<title>jQuery UI Datepickerfunctionality</title>

<scriptsrc="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.10.2.js"></script>

<scriptsrc="http://code.jquery.com/ui/1.10.4/jquery-ui.js"></script>

$(function() {

$( "#datepicker-11" ).datepicker({

showWeek:true,

yearSuffix:"-CE",

showAnim: "slide"

});

</script>

</head>

<body>

<p>Enter Date: <input type="text" id="datepicker-11"></p>

</body>

</html>

Let's save above code in an HTML filedatepickerexample.htm and open it in a standard browser which supports javascript, you must see the following output. Now you can play with the result:

Enter Date:

In the above example you can see that week numbers are displayed on the left side ofdatepicker as showWeek is set to true. The year is have a suffix of "-CE".

$(selector, context).datepicker ("action", [params]) Method

The datepicker (action, params) method can perform an action on the calendar, such as such as selecting a new date. The action is specified as a string in the first argument and optionally, one or more params can be provided based on the given action.

Basically, here actions are nothing but they are jQuery methods which we can use in the form of string.

Syntax

$(selector, context).datepicker("action", [params]);

The following table lists the actions for this method:

Action

Description

destroy()

This action removes thedatepicker functionality completely. This will return the element back to its pre-init state. This method does not accept any arguments.

dialog( date [,onSelect ] [, settings ] [,pos ] )

This action displays datepickerin a jQuery UI dialog box .

getDate()

This action returns the Date corresponding to the selected date. This method does not accept any arguments.

hide()

This action closes the previously opened date picker. This method does not accept any arguments.

isDisabled()

This action checks if the date picker funcitonality is disabled. This method does not accept any arguments.

option(optionName)

This action retrieves the value currently associated with the specified optionName.

option()

This action gets an object containing key/value pairs representing the currentdatepicker options hash. This method does not accept any arguments.

option(optionName, value )

This action sets the value of thedatepicker option associated with the specified optionName.

option( options )

This action sets one or more options for the datepicker.

refresh()

This action redraws the date picker, after having made some external modifications. This method does not accept any arguments.

setDate( date )

This action sets the specified date as the current date of thedatepicker.

show()

This action opens the date picker. If the datepicker is attached to an input, the input must be visible for thedatepicker to be shown. This method does not accept any arguments.

widget()

This action returns a jQuery object containing the datepicker.

Following examples show the use of some of the actions listed in the above table.

Use of setDate() action

Now let us see an example using the actions from the above table. The following example demonstrates the use of actions setDate.

<!doctype html>

<head>

<title>jQuery UI Datepickerfunctionality</title>

<scriptsrc="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.10.2.js"></script>

<scriptsrc="http://code.jquery.com/ui/1.10.4/jquery-ui.js"></script>

$(function() {

$( "#datepicker-12" ).datepicker();

$( "#datepicker-12" ).datepicker("setDate", "10w+1");

});

</script>

</head>

<body>

<p>Enter Date: <input type="text" id="datepicker-12"></p>

</body>

</html>

Let's save above code in an HTML filedatepickerexample.htm and open it in a standard browser which supports javascript, you must see the following output:

Enter Date:

Use of show() action

The following example demonstrates the use of action show.

<!doctype html>

<head>

<title>jQuery UI Datepickerfunctionality</title>

<scriptsrc="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.10.2.js"></script>

<scriptsrc="http://code.jquery.com/ui/1.10.4/jquery-ui.js"></script>

$(function() {

$( "#datepicker-13" ).datepicker();

$( "#datepicker-13" ).datepicker("show");

});

</script>

</head>

<body>

<p>Enter Date: <input type="text" id="datepicker-13"></p>

</body>

</html>

Let's save above code in an HTML filedatepickerexample.htm and open it in a standard browser which supports javascript, you must see the following output:

Enter Date:

Event Management on datepicker elements

There are no datepicker event methods as of now!

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