using jscolor.js on dynamic input

Question

i\'m using color picker from http://jscolor.com/

i\'m trying to attach it to some dynamic inputs, but to no avail. dynamic inputs in terms of, on page load the input

Answer 1

As of 2020, the original problem should be solvable by dynamically creating an input element, and then calling new jscolor(input). Using JQuery (you could use vanilla JS as well):

var color_input = $('');
new jscolor(color_input[0]);

This will make the popup picker appear on click, and everything appears to work just fine. However, you cannot manipulate it programmatically. To set the color using the objects above, you would normally use a method like: color_input[0].jscolor.fromString("#B7B7B7"). But that will fail for dynamically created objects, as color_input[0].jscolor is undefined. I believe this is a bug in Jscolor (and probably very easily solvable), as the missing object is actually available with color_input[0]._jscLinkedInstance. So you can just set the object yourself on instantiation with:

var color_input = $('');
color_input[0].jscolor = new jscolor(color_input[0]);

And then everything looks to be working as expected. Hopefully this helps someone else that comes across this answer page as I did.