jQuery UI datepicker change event not caught by KnockoutJS

Question

I\'m trying to use KnockoutJS with jQuery UI. I have an input element with a datepicker attached. I\'m currently running knockout.debug.1.2.1.js and it seems th

Answer 1

Thanks for this article I found it very useful.

If you want the DatePicker to behave exactly like the JQuery UI default behaviour I recommend adding a blur on the element in the change event handler:

i.e.

    //handle the field changing
    ko.utils.registerEventHandler(element, "change", function () {
        var observable = valueAccessor();
        observable($(element).datepicker("getDate"));

        $(element).blur();

    });