Build jQuery UI Datepicker - Icon trigger in JavaScript

Description

The following code shows how to build jQuery UI Datepicker - Icon trigger.

Example


<!-- Revised from demo code on http://jqueryui.com/ -->
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>jQuery UI Datepicker - Icon trigger</title>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.10.4/jquery-ui.min.js"></script>
<link type="text/css" href="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.10.4/themes/smoothness/jquery-ui.css" rel="stylesheet" />
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<script>
$(function() {
$( "#datepicker" ).datepicker({
showOn: "button",
buttonImage: "images/calendar.gif",
buttonImageOnly: true
});
});
</script>
</head>
<body>

<p>Date: <input type="text" id="datepicker"></p>

<div class="demo-description">
<p>Click the icon next to the input field to show the datepicker.  Set the datepicker to open on focus (default behavior), on icon click, or both.</p>
</div>
</body>
</html>

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The code above generates the following result.

Build jQuery UI Datepicker - Icon trigger in JavaScript