Show Current Date Time in field in alpaca automatically

Question

I am using alpaca framework. I have date time type, when I click on it only I can able to select the DateTime, I want this to be filled automatically with current date time when it gets focus or when page loaded.

Any suggestions please.

Answer 1

You can use the "data" object in alpaca config to set the date field default value to current date:

"data": { "myDateField": new Date() // or you can use moment } }

You can also set the date in the postRender function like this:

"postRender": function(control) {
   var date = control.childrenByPropertyId["date"];
   var currentDateTime = moment().format("MM/DD/YYYY HH:mm:ss")
   date.setValue(currentDateTime);
}

Here's a working fiddle for that.