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 took a look at the sourcecode mentioned above, but it seemed to be a bit buggy. I think it might have been designed for an older version of the datepicker, and not the jQuery UI datepicker. I made some modifications to the code, and with changes, it at least appears to be working in Firefox 3, Safari 4, Opera 9.5, and IE6+. Still might need some more testing in other browsers.

Here is the code I used (held in a file named jquery.jeditable.datepicker.js)

$.editable.addInputType('datepicker', {
    element : function(settings, original) {
        var input = $('<input>');
        if (settings.width  != 'none') { input.width(settings.width);  }
        if (settings.height != 'none') { input.height(settings.height); }
        input.attr('autocomplete','off');
        $(this).append(input);
        return(input);
    },
    plugin : function(settings, original) {
        /* Workaround for missing parentNode in IE */
        var form = this;
        settings.onblur = 'ignore';
        $(this).find('input').datepicker().bind('click', function() {
            $(this).datepicker('show');
            return false;
        }).bind('dateSelected', function(e, selectedDate, $td) {
            $(form).submit();
        });
    }
});

Example Implementation Code:

$(".datepicker-initiative").editable('inc/ajax/saveInitiative.php', {
     type: 'datepicker',
     tooltip: 'Double-click to edit...',
     event: 'dblclick',
     submit: 'OK',
     cancel: 'Cancel',
     width: '100px'
});