Question

I want the set the calender to input field when drop down list has specific selected value.
The problem I face is that the event occurs but the script doesn’t executed until the click occurs more than one time, I try click and focus but the same result!

here is my code

 <select name="selectKey" id="selectKey">
   <option value="1" >mail no</option>
   <option value="2" > mail type</option>
   <option value="3"  selected="selected"> mail date</option>
   <option value="4" >title</option>
</select>

<input type="text" name="srchTxt" id="srchTxt" value="">

​
and here is the js

$(document).ready(function() {



 $('input[name=srchTxt]').bind('focus', function(event) {
    // event.stopPropagation();

    if ($("select[name='selectKey']").children(':selected').val() == 3) {  
        console.log('ysssssssssssssss');
        $('input[name=srchTxt]').datepicker({
            //   showWeek: true,
            firstDay: 1,
            dateFormat: 'dd/mm/yy'
        })
    }
   });
});​

here’s a demo http://jsfiddle.net/VAvwG/

Answer 1

just add .datepicker('show') to the end

$(document).ready(function() {
    $('input[name=srchTxt]').bind('focus', function(event) {
        if ($("select[name='selectKey']").val() == 3) {  
            $('input[name=srchTxt]').datepicker({
                firstDay: 1,
                dateFormat: 'dd/mm/yy'
            }).datepicker('show')
        }
    });
});

http://jsfiddle.net/VAvwG/3/