Question

I’m using the datepicker form jQuery-ui-1.8.16.

I have the following code:

Site.Calendar = function() {

    // Set default setting for all calendars
    jQuery.datepicker.setDefaults({
        showOn : 'both',
        buttonImageOnly : true,
        buttonText: '',
        changeMonth : true,
        changeYear : true,
        showOtherMonths : true,
        selectOtherMonths : true,
        showButtonPanel : true,
        dateFormat : "D, d M, yy",
        showAnim : "slideDown",
        onSelect: Site.Calendar.customiseTodayButton
    });
};

Site.Calendar.customiseTodayButton = function(dateText, inst) {
    console.log("hello");
};

My customiseTodayButton function is only getting triggered when I select an actual date and NOT on the Today button.

Is there any way to override how the today button work’s in the jQuery datepicker?

Thanks

Answer 1

I found the following posted here:
Today button in jQuery Datepicker doesn't work

jQuery.datepicker._gotoToday = function(id) {
        var target = jQuery(id);
        var inst = this._getInst(target[0]);
        if (this._get(inst, 'gotoCurrent') && inst.currentDay) {
                inst.selectedDay = inst.currentDay;
                inst.drawMonth = inst.selectedMonth = inst.currentMonth;
                inst.drawYear = inst.selectedYear = inst.currentYear;
        }
        else {
                var date = new Date();
                inst.selectedDay = date.getDate();
                inst.drawMonth = inst.selectedMonth = date.getMonth();
                inst.drawYear = inst.selectedYear = date.getFullYear();
                this._setDateDatepicker(target, date);
                this._selectDate(id, this._getDateDatepicker(target));
        }
        this._notifyChange(inst);
        this._adjustDate(target);
    }

It simply rewrites the goToToday method and adds two new lines:

this._setDateDatepicker(target, date);
this._selectDate(id, this._getDateDatepicker(target));

Maybe there is a cleaner way to fix this with your original answer Mark?