jQuery Datepicker: Prevent closing picker when clicking a date

Question

Hi fellow stackoverflow:ers,

I\'m using the jQuery Datepicker plugin, together with Martin Milesich Timepicker plugin. Everything works great, except for the fact th

Answer 1

well this a dirty workaround...but it works for me...even with showButtonPanel: true

  $(function() {
    var dp_c = null, dp_once = false;
    $( '#datepicker' ).datepicker({
      showButtonPanel: true,
      onSelect: function() {
        $(this).data('datepicker').inline = true;  
        setTimeout(function () {
          $('#ui-datepicker-div').find('.ui-datepicker-buttonpane').append(dp_c);
        }, 1);

      },
      onClose: function() {
        $(this).data('datepicker').inline = false;
      }
    }).click(function () {
      if(!dp_once) {
        setTimeout(function () {
          dp_c = $('#ui-datepicker-div').find('.ui-datepicker-close').clone();
        }, 500);
        dp_once = !!1;
      }
    });

    $('#ui-datepicker-div').on('click', '.ui-datepicker-close', function () {
      $('#datepicker').datepicker( "hide" );
    });

  });

Answer 2

Cool, if you are using jquery-ui-1.8.5.custom.min.js and jquery-ui.multidatespicker.js, you could modify the jquery-ui-1.8.5.custom.min.js: from:

if(a.inline)this._updateDatepicker(a);

into:

if(a.inline || !this._get(a, 'closeOnSelect'))this._updateDatepicker(a);

Answer 3

Here is a solution :

onSelect: function ( dateText, inst ) {
    ..... // Your code like $(this).val( dateText );`


    //Set inline to true to force "no close"
    inst.inline = true;
},
onClose: function(date,inst){
    //Set inline to false => datapicker is closed
    // onClose is called only if you click outside the datapicker, onSelect will not
    // trig onClose due to inline = true
   inst.inline = false;
}

`

Answer 4

For reference, and since people have asked me this through mail. Here's a code chunk that needs to be added to timepicker.js:

/**
 * Don't hide the date picker when clicking a date
 */
$.datepicker._selectDateOverload = $.datepicker._selectDate;
$.datepicker._selectDate = function(id, dateStr) {
    var target = $(id);
    var inst = this._getInst(target[0]);
    inst.inline = true;
    $.datepicker._selectDateOverload(id, dateStr);
    inst.inline = false;
    this._updateDatepicker(inst);
}

Good luck in getting it working on your site!

Answer 5

You should override native js function:

 /* Update the input field with the selected date. */
        _selectDate: function(id, dateStr) {
            var target = $(id);
            var inst = this._getInst(target[0]);
            dateStr = (dateStr != null ? dateStr : this._formatDate(inst));
            if (inst.input)
                inst.input.val(dateStr);
            this._updateAlternate(inst);
            var onSelect = this._get(inst, 'onSelect');
            if (onSelect)
                onSelect.apply((inst.input ? inst.input[0] : null), [dateStr, inst]);  // trigger custom callback
            else if (inst.input)
                inst.input.trigger('change'); // fire the change event
            if (inst.inline)
                this._updateDatepicker(inst);
            else {
                if(inst.settings.hideOnSelect != false){
                    this._hideDatepicker();
                }
                this._lastInput = inst.input[0];
                if (typeof(inst.input[0]) != 'object')
                    inst.input.focus(); // restore focus
                this._lastInput = null;
            }
        },

And add appropriate option to datepicker configuration, as example:

var defaultDatePickerOptions = {
        hideOnSelect: false,
        ...
    }; 
 var birthDate = jQuery.extend({}, defaultDatePickerOptions);
 $('#birthdate').datepicker(birthDate);

Answer 6

rather than changing the source it's best to use the existing events

onSelect: function() {
    $(this).data('datepicker').inline = true;                               
},
onClose: function() {
    $(this).data('datepicker').inline = false;
}