jQuery Datepicker - keep open after selecting a date and close with the button “Done”

Question

I honestly hope you can help me with that as I have spent quite some time searching on the net for appropriate solutions and could not find any.

The issue I am having i

Answer 1

Here is a working fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/9uc7dwoa/

This is doing the trick in the onSelect:

if (inst.inline)
        this._updateDatepicker(inst);
else {
      this._hideDatepicker(null, this._get(inst, 'duration'));
      this._lastInput = inst.input[0];
      if (typeof(inst.input[0]) != 'object')
      inst.input[0].focus(); // restore focus
      this._lastInput = null;
}

Here the reference of the answer with the used code: jQuery Datepicker: Prevent closing picker when clicking a date