Kendo UI Datepicker disable typing

Question

I want users to be able to change a Kendo UI Datepicker value only through its button and selecting the date from the pop-up. How can I prevent users from typing in the Datepicker textbox? Can I disable the textbox without disabling the whole control?

Answer 1

On your input element add this attribute and value...

onkeydown="return false;" 

This will disable typed input and still allow using the calendar control input.

Answer 2

Use the control as below-

@(Html.Kendo().DatePicker() .Name("FromDate") .HtmlAttributes(onkeydown="javascript:return false;" })       ) 

It will disable keyboard typing. Same way other conditions also can be handled.