I'm using the jQuery ui datepicker in combination with the isotope plugin and filter feature to filter out divs by date. For this filter feature to work the date has been converted to a string and stipped out all the zeros, e.g. 20/08/2013 would read as 2082013. I'm also using the beforeShowDay feature to highlight the relevant dates in the date picker, this is where the problem lies, in my example below as I'm using this date format 1782013 1882013 1982013 is also styling 01/08/2013 etc (as you can see in the fiddle).
jsFiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/neal_fletcher/jPzK2/1/
jQuery:
var $container = $('#block-wrap');
var $blocks = $("div.blocks", "#block-wrap");
$(function () {
var blocks = $('#block-wrap .blocks')
$('#datepicker').datepicker({
inline: true,
//nextText: '→',
//prevText: '←',
showOtherMonths: true,
//dateFormat: 'dd MM yy',
dayNamesMin: ['S', 'M', 'T', 'W', 'T', 'F', 'S'],
//showOn: "button",
//buttonImage: "img/calendar-blue.png",
//buttonImageOnly: true,
onSelect: function (dateText, inst) {
var date = new Date(dateText);
var dateValue = date.getDate().toString() + (date.getMonth() + 1).toString() + date.getFullYear().toString();
$container.isotope({
filter: '[data-value~="' + dateValue + '"]'
});
},
beforeShowDay: function(date){
var target = date.getDate().toString() + (date.getMonth() + 1).toString() + date.getFullYear().toString();
var contains = blocks.filter('[data-value*="' + target + '"]').length > 0;
return [true, contains ? 'special' : '', '']
}
});
});
$container.imagesLoaded(function () {
$container.isotope({
itemSelector: '.blocks',
animationEngine: 'css',
masonry: {
columnWidth: 5
}
});
});
var prepareData = function (howLong) {
var mode = howLong,
date = new Date(),
days = 0,
d = date.getDate(),
m = date.getMonth(),
y = date.getFullYear(),
duration = [],
durationReady = [];
if (mode === "week") {
days = 7;
} else if (mode === "month") {
days = 30;
}
for (i = 0; i < days; i++) {
// for each day create date objects in an array
duration[i] = new Date(y, m, d + i);
// convert objects into strings
// fe. 25th of May becomes '2552013'
durationReady[i] = duration[i].getDate().toString() + (duration[i].getMonth() + 1).toString() + duration[i].getFullYear().toString();
// 1. select all items which contain given date
var $applyMarkers = $('.blocks[data-value~="' + durationReady[i] + '"]')
.each(function (index, element) {
var thisElem = $(element),
thisElemAttr = thisElem.attr('data-value');
// 2. for each item which does not contain a marker yet, apply one
if (thisElemAttr.indexOf(mode.substring(0, 1)) === -1) {
thisElem.attr('data-value', (thisElemAttr += ' ' + mode));
}
});
}
};
prepareData("week");
prepareData("month");
$("#today").on("click", function () {
var date = new Date();
var dateValue = date.getDate().toString() + (date.getMonth() + 1).toString() + date.getFullYear().toString();
$('#datepicker').datepicker('setDate', date);
$container.isotope({
filter: '[data-value~="' + dateValue + '"]'
});
});
$("#week").on("click", function () {
$container.isotope({
filter: '[data-value ~="week"]'
});
});
$("#month").on("click", function () {
$container.isotope({
filter: '[data-value ~="month"]'
});
});
As you can see, all the dates in the data-value are successfully styled in the date picker, but due to the date format it's also styling the 1st — 9th August too. Is there anyway for both the filter function and beforeShowDay function to work without this problem?
& yes, changing the date format to e.g. 21082013 does solve the beforeShowDay styling issue, but breaks the filter function, they both need to work.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
