Prevent Daterangepicker from closing when predefined range selected

Question

I'm using Dan Grossman's DateRangePicker plugin to provide users with a way to select both predefined and custom date ranges for a specific feature on my site. I have it working, but I have one nagging issue that I have not been able to resolve.

When the user clicks on a predefined date range, the bootstrap dropdown menu closes. This causes the user to have to reopen the date picker and click the "apply" button to execute the function.

I would like the dropdown menu to remain open after a predefined date range has been clicked. Then the user can quickly click the apply button if they are happy with the range.

I have tried the following:

$(function() {
    $(document).on('click', '.ranges li', function(e) {
        e.preventDefault();
    });
});

This effectively prevents the dropdown from closing, but it doesn't then execute the "clickRange" function in order to set the start and end dates in the appropriate inputs.

Answer 1

Just show call show() function when you select range other than "Custom Range".

You can use following code :

	$(function() {
		var listItem,applyClicked=false;
		/* $(document).on('click', '.ranges li', function(e) {
			e.preventDefault();
		}); */

		var start = moment().subtract(29, 'days');
		var end = moment();

		function cb(start, end) {
			/* console.log(start.format('MMMM D, YYYY') + ' - '
					+ end.format('MMMM D, YYYY')); */
			$('#reportrange span').html(
					start.format('MMMM D, YYYY') + ' - '
							+ end.format('MMMM D, YYYY'));
		}

		$('#reportrange').daterangepicker(
				{
					startDate : start,
					endDate : end,
					ranges : {
						'Today' : [ moment(), moment() ],
						'Yesterday' : [ moment().subtract(1, 'days'),
								moment().subtract(1, 'days') ],
						'Last 7 Days' : [ moment().subtract(6, 'days'),
								moment() ],
						'Last 30 Days' : [ moment().subtract(29, 'days'),
								moment() ],
						'This Month' : [ moment().startOf('month'),
								moment().endOf('month') ],
						'Last Month' : [
								moment().subtract(1, 'month').startOf('month'),
								moment().subtract(1, 'month').endOf('month') ]
					}
				}, cb);

		$(".ranges ul li").click(function() {
			listItem = $(this).text();
		});
		$(".range_inputs ").click(function() {
			applyClicked=true;
		});

		$('#reportrange').on('apply.daterangepicker', function(ev, picker) {
			console.log(listItem +" : "+ applyClicked);
			if(listItem!="Custom Range" && !applyClicked){
				picker.show();
				applyClicked=false;
			}
				
			//ev.preventDefault();

		});

		cb(start, end);

	});

<!-- Include Required Prerequisites -->
<script type="text/javascript"
	src="//cdn.jsdelivr.net/jquery/1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript"
	src="//cdn.jsdelivr.net/momentjs/latest/moment.min.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"
	href="//cdn.jsdelivr.net/bootstrap/latest/css/bootstrap.css" />

<!-- Include Date Range Picker -->
<script type="text/javascript"
	src="//cdn.jsdelivr.net/bootstrap.daterangepicker/2/daterangepicker.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"
	href="//cdn.jsdelivr.net/bootstrap.daterangepicker/2/daterangepicker.css" />



<div id="reportrange" class="pull-right"
		style="background: #fff; cursor: pointer; padding: 5px 10px; border: 1px solid #ccc; width: 100%">
		<i class="glyphicon glyphicon-calendar fa fa-calendar"></i>&nbsp; <span></span>
		<b class="caret"></b>
	</div>

Let me know if you need anything else.