jQuery month/year picker not showing month/year in input on making a selection

Question

I am working with jquery datepicker, and I only need a month and an year. When i click on the input field the month and year picker pops up just fine. The problem is when i select any month or year the updated data does not reflect on input field unless i click else where on the page.

The is how i am displaying the picker

$(function () {
    $(".datepicker").datepicker({
        changeMonth: true,
        changeYear: true,
        yearRange: "-100:+0",
        dateFormat: 'MM yy',
        onClose: function (dateText, inst) {
            $(this).datepicker('setDate', new Date(inst.selectedYear, inst.selectedMonth, 1));
        }
    });
});

What am i doing wrong here? I just need the input field to reflect the updated selection as soon as i click on any month or year.

Answer 1

use onChangeMonthYear instead of onClose

onChangeMonthYear Called when the datepicker moves to a new month and/or year. The function receives the selected year, month (1-12), and the datepicker instance as parameters. this refers to the associated input field.

$(function () {
    $(".datepicker").datepicker({
        changeMonth: true,
        changeYear: true,
        yearRange: "-100:+0",
        dateFormat: 'MM yy',
        onChangeMonthYear: function (year,month, inst) {
            $(this).datepicker('setDate', new Date(inst.selectedYear, inst.selectedMonth, 1));
        }
    });
});

$(function () {
        $(".datepicker").datepicker({
            changeMonth: true,
            changeYear: true,
            yearRange: "-100:+0",
            dateFormat: 'MM yy',
            onChangeMonthYear: function (year,month, inst) {
                $(this).datepicker('setDate', new Date(inst.selectedYear, inst.selectedMonth, 1)); console.log(inst.selectedYear,inst.selectedMonth);
            }
        });
    });

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