Jeditable with jQuery UI Datepicker

Question

I need to have a click to edit element on a page, that will in turn invoke an instance of the jQuery UI Datepicker.

Currently, I'm using JEditable to provide the in place editing, which is working fine. However, I have a date control input that I would like to have appear as a calendar, which is where the fun starts.

I've found a Comment in the this blog by Calle Kabo (the page is a little mashed unfortunately) that details a way to do this:

$.editable.addInputType("datepicker", {
        element:  function(settings, original) {
            var input = $("<input type=\"text\" name=\"value\" />");
            $(this).append(input);
            return(input);
        },
        plugin:  function(settings, original) {
            var form = this;
            $("input", this).filter(":text").datepicker({
                onSelect: function(dateText) { $(this).hide(); $(form).trigger("submit"); }
            });
        }
    });

However, I can't get the above to work - no errors, but no effect either. I've tried placing it within the jQuery document ready function and also outside of it - no joy.

My UI Datepicker class is date-picker and my Jeditable class is ajaxedit, I'm sure the above inaction is due to the need to reference them somehow in the code, but I don't know how. Also, the Jeditable control is one of many element ids, if that has a bearing.

Any ideas from those more in the know?

Answer 1

I had the same problem. Searching inside the sourcecode of http://www.appelsiini.net/projects/jeditable/custom.html brought me to the solution.

There is a "jquery.jeditable.datepicker.js". Putted this in my code an added a new function "datepicker" (also in the source).

I don't know how your script works but in my case the function additionally needs:

id : 'elementid',

name : 'edit'

to store the data in the database.

hth :)

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