jQuery Datepicker onchange event issue

Question

I have a JS code in which when you change a field it calls a search routine. The problem is that I can't find any jQuery events that will fire when the Datepicker updates the input field.

For some reason, a change event is not called when Datepicker updates the field. When the calendar pops up it changes the focus so I can't use that either. Any ideas?

Answer 1

You can use the datepicker's onSelect event.

$(".date").datepicker({
    onSelect: function(dateText) {
        console.log("Selected date: " + dateText + "; input's current value: " + this.value);
    }
});

Live example:

$(".date")
.datepicker({
    onSelect: function(dateText) {
        console.log("Selected date: " + dateText + "; input's current value: " + this.value);
    }
})
.on("change", function() {
    console.log("Got change event from field");
});

<link href="https://code.jquery.com/ui/1.9.2/themes/smoothness/jquery-ui.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<input type='text' class='date'>
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.8.3.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/ui/1.9.2/jquery-ui.js"></script>

Unfortunately, onSelect fires whenever a date is selected, even if it hasn't changed. This is a design flaw in the datepicker: It always fires onSelect (even if nothing changed), and doesn't fire any event on the underlying input on change. (If you look in the code of that example, we're listening for changes, but they aren't being raised.) It should probably fire an event on the input when things change (possibly the usual change event, or possibly a datepicker-specific one).

---

If you like, of course, you can make the change event on the input fire:

$(".date").datepicker({
    onSelect: function() {
        $(this).change();
    }
});

That will fire change on the underlying input for any handler hooked up via jQuery. But again, it always fires it. If you want to only fire on a real change, you'll have to save the previous value (possibly via data) and compare.

Live example:

$(".date")
.datepicker({
    onSelect: function(dateText) {
        console.log("Selected date: " + dateText + "; input's current value: " + this.value);
        $(this).change();
    }
})
.on("change", function() {
    console.log("Got change event from field");
});

<link href="https://code.jquery.com/ui/1.9.2/themes/smoothness/jquery-ui.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<input type='text' class='date'>
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.8.3.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/ui/1.9.2/jquery-ui.js"></script>

Answer 2

T.J. Crowder's answer (https://stackoverflow.com/a/6471992/481154) is very good and still remains accurate. Triggering the change event within the onSelect function is as close as you're going to get.

However, there is a nice property on the datepicker object (lastVal) that will allow you to conditionally trigger the change event only on actual changes without having to store the value(s) yourself:

$('#dateInput').datepicker({
     onSelect: function(d,i){
          if(d !== i.lastVal){
              $(this).change();
          }
     }
});

Then just handle change events like normal:

$('#dateInput').change(function(){
     //Change code!
});

Answer 3

Your looking for the onSelect event in the datepicker object:

$('.selector').datepicker({
   onSelect: function(dateText, inst) { ... }
});

Answer 4

$('#inputfield').change(function() { 
    dosomething();
});

Answer 5

I wrote this because I needed a solution to trigger an event only if the date changed.

It is a simple solution. Each time the dialog box closes we test to see if the data has changed. If it has, we trigger a custom event and reset the stored value.

$('.datetime').datepicker({
    onClose: function(dateText,datePickerInstance) {
        var oldValue = $(this).data('oldValue') || "";
        if (dateText !== oldValue) {
            $(this).data('oldValue',dateText);
            $(this).trigger('dateupdated');
        }
    }
});

Now we can hook up handlers for that custom event...

$('body').on('dateupdated','.datetime', function(e) {
    // do something
});

Answer 6

I am using bootstrap-datepicker and none of above solution worked for me. This answer helped me ..

bootstrap datepicker change date event doesnt fire up when manually editing dates or clearing date

Here is what I applied:

 $('.date-picker').datepicker({
     endDate: new Date(),
     autoclose: true,
 }).on('changeDate', function(ev){
        //my work here
    });

Hope this can help others.

Answer 7

I know this is an old question. But i couldnt get the jquery $(this).change() event to fire correctly onSelect. So i went with the following approach to fire the change event via vanilla js.

$('.date').datepicker({
     showOn: 'focus',
     dateFormat: 'mm-dd-yy',
     changeMonth: true,
     changeYear: true,
     onSelect: function() {
         var event;
         if(typeof window.Event == "function"){
             event = new Event('change');
             this.dispatchEvent(event);
         }   else {
             event = document.createEvent('HTMLEvents');
             event.initEvent('change', false, false);
             this.dispatchEvent(event);
         }
     }
});

Answer 8

On jQueryUi 1.9 I've managed to get it to work through an additional data value and a combination of beforeShow and onSelect functions:

$( ".datepicker" ).datepicker({
    beforeShow: function( el ){
        // set the current value before showing the widget
        $(this).data('previous', $(el).val() );
    },

    onSelect: function( newText ){
        // compare the new value to the previous one
        if( $(this).data('previous') != newText ){
            // do whatever has to be done, e.g. log it to console
            console.log( 'changed to: ' + newText );
        }
    }
});

Works for me :)

Answer 9

Try this

$('#dateInput').datepicker({
 onSelect: function(){
       $(this).trigger('change');
      }
 }});

Hope this helps:)

Answer 10

Try :

$('#idPicker').on('changeDate', function() {
    var date = $('#idPicker').datepicker('getFormattedDate');
});

Answer 11

Manual says:

apply.daterangepicker: Triggered when the apply button is clicked, or when a predefined range is clicked

So:

$('#daterange').daterangepicker({
  locale: { cancelLabel: 'Clear' }  
});

$('#daterange').on('apply.daterangepicker', function() {
  alert('worked!');
});

Works for me.

Answer 12

My soluthion:

var $dateInput = $('#dateInput');

$dateInput.datepicker({
    onSelect: function(f,d,i){
        if(d !== i.lastVal){
            $dateInput.trigger("change");
        }
    }
}).data('datepicker');

$dateInput.on("change", function () {
   //your code
});

Answer 13

My solution is:

events: {
    'apply.daterangepicker #selector': 'function'
}

Answer 14

DatePicker selected value change event code below

/* HTML Part */
<p>Date: <input type="text" id="datepicker"></p>

/* jQuery Part */
$("#datepicker").change(function() {
                selectedDate= $('#datepicker').datepicker({ dateFormat: 'yy-mm-dd' }).val();
                alert(selectedDate);        
            });

Answer 15

if you are using wdcalendar this going to help you

 $("#PatientBirthday").datepicker({ 
        picker: "<button class='calpick'></button>",
        onReturn:function(d){
          var today = new Date();
          var birthDate = d;
          var age = today.getFullYear() - birthDate.getFullYear();
          var m = today.getMonth() - birthDate.getMonth();
          if (m < 0 || (m === 0 && today.getDate() < birthDate.getDate())) {
            age--;
          }

          $('#ageshow')[0].innerHTML="Age: "+age;
          $("#PatientBirthday").val((d.getMonth() + 1) + '/' + d.getDate() + '/' +  d.getFullYear());
        }
      }); 

the event onReturn works for me

hope this help

Answer 16

I think your problem may lie in how your datepicker is setup. Why don't you disconnect the input... do not use altField. Instead explicitly set the values when the onSelect fires. This will give you control of each interaction; the user text field, and the datepicker.

Note: Sometimes you have to call the routine on .change() and not .onSelect() because onSelect can be called on different interactions that you are not expecting.

Pseudo Code:

$('#date').datepicker({
    //altField: , //do not use
    onSelect: function(date){
        $('#date').val(date); //Set my textbox value
        //Do your search routine
    },
}).change(function(){
    //Or do it here...
});

$('#date').change(function(){
    var thisDate = $(this).val();
    if(isValidDate(thisDate)){
        $('#date').datepicker('setDate', thisDate); //Set my datepicker value
        //Do your search routine
    });
});

Answer 17

This approach is simple and works everytime with textbox control. $('#controlID').on('changeDate', function() { $(this).change(); });