Jquery Datepicker - css

Question

Is there any way to show month input type as number (i.e textbox with up and down arrow) instead of dropdown.

Please help on this. See my demo: https://jsfiddle.net/sharmilashree/VBGKU/1067/

.ui-datepicker-calendar tr {
  text-align: center;
  padding: 0;
  background-color: #F6F6F6
}

Answer 1

This will be a difficult workaround. This is not easily done. Here is what I have so far:

https://jsfiddle.net/Twisty/ge6zh5es/6/

HTML

<p>Date:
  <input type="text" id="datepicker" class="Highlighted" />
</p>

JavaScript

$(function() {
  var minYear = 2006,
    maxYear = new Date().getFullYear();
  maxYear++;
  var $dp = $("#datepicker").datepicker({
    changeYear: true,
    dateFormat: "dd-mm-yy",
    yearRange: minYear + ':' + maxYear,
  });
  $dp.datepicker("setDate", "0");

  function changeSpinner($dpObj) {
    var $yearSpin = $("<input>");
    $yearSpin.addClass("ui-datepicker-year");
    $yearSpin.attr({
      type: "number",
      min: minYear,
      max: maxYear,
      value: new Date().getFullYear()
    }).data("handler", "selectYear").data("event", "change");
    $yearSpin.on("change", function() {
      console.log("Spinner Change Event.");
      var pDate = $dpObj.datepicker("getDate");
      pDate.setFullYear(parseInt(this.value));
      console.log("New Date: " + pDate);
      $dpObj.datepicker("setDate", pDate);
    });
    console.info("Created Spinner: ", $yearSpin);
    $dpObj.datepicker("widget").find(".ui-datepicker-year").replaceWith($yearSpin);
  }

  $("#datepicker").click(function() {
    changeSpinner($dp);
  }).change(function() {
    changeSpinner($db);
  });
});

This works the first time only. The datepicker itself does not have any events I can hook into to perform the replacement each time. I also have to add in some functions to get this new element to function properly with the datepicker.

I am considering removing the title bar items and separating them. I will update this answer with more details. Another option is to hide the select element and place a spinner over it. This spinner then changes the select element.