HTML5 input date type jQuery trigger

Question

I'm trying to programmatically trigger the dropdown component (the calendar bit) of an input of type date (similar to clicking the down arrow on the input field). Is this possible? I don't want to use a datepicker library.

HTML:

<input type="date" id="myDatePicker">
<button id="myButton">Click Me</button>

JavaScript/jQuery:

$('#myButton').click(function(){
    //$('#myDatePicker').click();//Doesn't do anything...
    //$('#myDatePicker').blur();//Doesn't do anything...
    //$('#myDatePicker').change();//Doesn't do anything...
    //$('#myDatePicker').focus();//Doesn't do anything...
});

http://jsfiddle.net/joepegler/mvobkjcu/8/

Answer 1

Long story short it would appear that you can't. I used a datepicker instead.