Thanks of this post I know how to create a datepicker.
Unfortunately I couldn't make the datepicker always visible, not only when somebody click on the field.
I make a fork of original Fiddle with small modification here. Int this copy I have two inputs for Dates. I have a problem to make the datepicker visible all the time. Any idea how to fix it?
HTML
<input data-bind="datepicker: startDate, datepickerOptions: { minDate: new Date() }" />
<input data-bind="datepicker: endDate, datepickerOptions: { minDate: new Date() }" />
<hr />
<button data-bind="click: setToCurrentDate">Set To Current Date</button>
<hr />
<div data-bind="text: myDate"></div>
JS
ko.bindingHandlers.datepicker = {
init: function(element, valueAccessor, allBindingsAccessor) {
var $el = $(element);
//initialize datepicker with some optional options
var options = allBindingsAccessor().datepickerOptions || {};
$el.datepicker(options);
//handle the field changing
ko.utils.registerEventHandler(element, "change", function() {
var observable = valueAccessor();
observable($el.datepicker("getDate"));
});
//handle disposal (if KO removes by the template binding)
ko.utils.domNodeDisposal.addDisposeCallback(element, function() {
$el.datepicker("destroy");
});
},
update: function(element, valueAccessor) {
var value = ko.utils.unwrapObservable(valueAccessor()),
$el = $(element),
current = $el.datepicker("getDate");
if (value - current !== 0) {
$el.datepicker("setDate", value);
}
}
};
var viewModel = {
startDate: ko.observable(new Date("12/01/2013")),
endDate: ko.observable(new Date("12/01/2013")),
setToCurrentDate: function() {
this.startDate(new Date());
this.endDate(new Date());
}
};
ko.applyBindings(viewModel);
