Use button to trigger date picker in JavaScript

Description

The following code shows how to use button to trigger date picker.

Example


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<html lang="en">
<head>
<title></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" />
<script type="text/javascript">
$(function() {
var pickerOpts = {
showOn: "button"
};

//create the date picker
$("#date").datepicker(pickerOpts);
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
<div class="row"><label>Enter a date: </label><input id="date"></div>
</body>
</html>

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The code above generates the following result.

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Use button to trigger date picker in JavaScript

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