Kendo UI Datepicker disable typing

Question

I want users to be able to change a Kendo UI Datepicker value only through its button and selecting the date from the pop-up. How can I prevent users from typing in the Date

Answer 1

Of course, the date and time picker widget should have the option to force input only with UI and not by keyboard... Otherwise it's a recipe for a real DateTime "formating" nightmare ! I am quite surprised that the framework doesn't provide anything for this obvious use case.

I had the same need and got it to work using the following logic:

$("#date").kendoDatePicker({
    format: "dd MMMM yyyy"
});
$("#date").attr("readonly","readonly");

That way the user cannot enter a value by keyboard and can only input a well formated date using the dropdown date selection window.