Datepicker onfocus Event in jquery

Question

I need to show datepicker onfocus Textbox event in Jquery. Here's the code but not working

$("#payment_date").focus(function() {
 $("#payment_date").datepicker("show");
});

+3

archu Jan 24 13 at 12:49

2 answers

$("input[id$=datepicker]").datepicker({});

Try this, it works great.

+1

Jeyachandran 15 Mar 13 at 7:54

BenM · Accepted Answer · 2013-01-24T12:51:38+0000

The DatePicker in jQuery UI automatically binds to the focus of the input element. You don't need to link it again.

Just works:

$(function() {     
    $('#payment_date').datepicker();
});

Should be enough.