how can I disable manual inputs in the text input field- JQuery Datepicker

Question

I have a text box and I can able to find the ID of that textbox. Binded a JQuery date picker to that text box. My requirement is the user can select the values only through Datepicker. User can't enter value manually. Is it possible?

Any help is very ppreciated!

Answer 1

make the textbox readonly

<input type="text" size="23" id="dateMonthly" readonly="readonly" style="background:white;" />

or via jquery

$('#dateMonthly').attr('readonly', true);