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Asked: 2026-06-10T10:19:49+00:00

I need your help. Is it programmatically possible to use the Jquery picker, ie.

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I need your help.

Is it programmatically possible to use the Jquery picker, ie. trigger the datepicker by calling a function and then store the selected date into a var as opposed to a hidden input box?

Any help with this would be greatly appreciated.

The current example that I have triggers the date picker from a function but uses a hidden input box.

<html>

<head>

<!-- LOAD JQUERY LIBRARY: -->  
    <link   href="jq/jquery-ui.css"         type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <script src="jq/jquery.min.js"          type="text/javascript"> </script>
    <script src="jq/jquery-ui.min.js"       type="text/javascript"> </script>

<script type="text/javascript">

function test() {

$("#d1").datepicker().datepicker("show");




}

</script>



</head>

<body>

<input style="display: none" type="text" id="d1">

<a href="javascript:test()">test</a>

</body>

</html>

Thanks in advance,

Cheers,

Jay

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  1. Editorial Team

    Just attach it to a div instead of an input control.

    The JSFiddle.

    The HTML:

    <div id="d1"></div>

<a href="#" id="test">test</a>

    The JS:

    $('#test').click(function(){
    var datePickerValue = null;

    $("#d1").datepicker().datepicker("show").change(function ()
    {
      datePickerValue = $(this).val();
      alert("You picked: " + datePickerValue);
    });
});
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