jquery datepicker not working for cloned elements

Question

I have a jquery date picker field which I am cloning when a user clicks on an Add button. I want the date picker to appear for the subsequently added fields on the screen. Right now the datepicker is appearing only for the first field and not for the added/cloned fields.

After checking a lot of posts on similar topic here, I was able to reach at this stage. Below is my code so far.

<div class="repeatingSection">
<a href="#" class="deleteDate" style="display: none;">-Delete</a>
<input type="text" class="dateListValues" style="position: relative; z-index:100000;" 
       id="dateListValues_1" size="15" />
</div>
<a href="#" class="addDate">+ Add</a>

JS:

// Add a new repeating section
$('.addDate').click(function(){
    var currentCount =  $('.repeatingSection').length;
    var newCount = currentCount+1;
    var newID;
    var lastRepeatingGroup = $('.repeatingSection').last();
    var newSection = lastRepeatingGroup.clone();
    newSection.insertAfter(lastRepeatingGroup);
    newSection.find("input").each(function (index, input) {
        input.id = input.id.replace("_" + currentCount, "_" + newCount);
        input.name = input.name.replace("_" + currentCount, "_" + newCount);
        input.value = "";
            //removing the additional hasDatepicker class 
        $('#'+input.id).removeClass('hasDatepicker');
    });

    return false;
});

   $('.dateListValues').each(function(){
    $(this).datepicker();
   });

Thanks.

well earlier I was not removing it. But read it here http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5788999/jquery-datepicker-on-cloned-elements .. so tried doing that also — DarkKnightFan, Dec 14 '12 at 10:05

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 14 '12 at 10:08

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You need to initialise the datepicker plugin on the newly created element. Try adding this line right before your return false;:

newSection.find(".dateListValues").datepicker();

answered Dec 14 '12 at 10:08

Rory McCrossan

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have to wait for 2 more minutes :P – DarkKnightFan Dec 14 '12 at 10:13

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 14 '12 at 10:10

initailize date picker inside the click function..

$('.addDate').click(function(){
var currentCount =  $('.repeatingSection').length;
var newCount = currentCount+1;
var newID;
var lastRepeatingGroup = $('.repeatingSection').last();
var newSection = lastRepeatingGroup.clone();
newSection.insertAfter(lastRepeatingGroup);
newSection.find("input").each(function (index, input) {
    input.id = input.id.replace("_" + currentCount, "_" + newCount);
    input.name = input.name.replace("_" + currentCount, "_" + newCount);
    input.value = "";
        //removing the additional hasDatepicker class 
    $('#'+input.id).removeClass('hasDatepicker');

});
  newSection.find(".dateListValues").datepicker(); //here
  return false;
});

yes.. right... thanks.. :)..edited.. anyways i think OP got an answer..:) — bipen, Dec 14 '12 at 10:13

jquery datepicker not working for cloned elements

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