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Is there a way to activate the native HTML5 date picker dropdown on focus of an input element?
Large Input Element:
![Large Input[type=date] Element](https://i.stack.imgur.com/xPH42.png)
Currently I can only utilize the calendar on click of an arrow at the far right side of the input element.
Large Input Element Click of Arrow
![Large Input[type=date] Element onClick of Arrow](https://i.stack.imgur.com/KeiLx.png)
I would like to activate this calendar on focus of the input element.
Here is the code in question.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en" dir="ltr">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>Test</title>
</head>
<style media="screen">
.form-question {
display: flex;
flex-direction: column;
justify-content: center;
margin: 0 0 3rem;
min-height: 3rem;
}
.form-question__title {
color: #342357;
font-size: 1.5rem;
padding: 1rem;
}
.input-container {
border-bottom: solid 2px #333333;
}
.input-container input {
border: none;
box-sizing: border-box;
outline: 0;
padding: .75rem;
width: 100%;
}
</style>
<body>
<div class="form-question">
<div class="form-question__title">
<span>Effective Date</span>
</div>
<div class="input-container">
<input id="effective-date" type="date" name="effective-date" minlength="1" maxlength="64" placeholder=" " autocomplete="nope" required="required"></input>
<span class="bar"></span>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>CSS solution preferred but javascript is welcome, please no jQuery.
Thanks in advance!
357
For anyone who stumbles across this, I solved it (webkit only firefox also seems to respect this) by making the calendar-picker-indicator the full height and width of the input, as outlined here.
.input-container input {
border: none;
box-sizing: border-box;
outline: 0;
padding: .75rem;
position: relative;
width: 100%;
}
input[type="date"]::-webkit-calendar-picker-indicator {
background: transparent;
bottom: 0;
color: transparent;
cursor: pointer;
height: auto;
left: 0;
position: absolute;
right: 0;
top: 0;
width: auto;
}<input type="date">Full-Width Clickable Calendar Dropdown
160
one line solution
<input type="date" onfocus="this.showPicker()">
works on type "time" and "datetime-local" too
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input[type="date"] {
position: relative;
}
/* create a new arrow, because we are going to mess up the native one
see "List of symbols" below if you want another, you could also try to add a font-awesome icon.. */
input[type="date"]:after {
content: "\25BC";
color: #555;
padding: 0 5px;
}
/* change color of symbol on hover */
input[type="date"]:hover:after {
color: #bf1400;
}
/* make the native arrow invisible and stretch it over the whole field so you can click anywhere in the input field to trigger the native datepicker*/
input[type="date"]::-webkit-calendar-picker-indicator {
position: absolute;
top: 0;
left: 0;
right: 0;
bottom: 0;
width: auto;
height: auto;
color: transparent;
background: transparent;
}
/* adjust increase/decrease button */
input[type="date"]::-webkit-inner-spin-button {
z-index: 1;
}
/* adjust clear button */
input[type="date"]::-webkit-clear-button {
z-index: 1;
}
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