jQuery ui datepicker conflict with bootstrap datepicker

Question

I want to show two months using bootstrap datepicker. After search on google I am not able to find how to show multiple months using bootstrap datepicker. I found that I can use JQuery UI for displaying multiple months.

But problem is: In my application they are using bootstrap date picker. When I am trying to use JQuery UI datepicker then Bootstrap datepicker override it and I am not able to see JQuery UI datepicker.

Could you please suggest how to replace bootstrap datepicker to JQuery UI?

I wanted to achieve this: http://jqueryui.com/datepicker/#multiple-calendars

Answer 1

This issue can be solved using the noConflict method of bootstrap-datepicker

$.fn.datepicker.noConflict = function(){
   $.fn.datepicker = old;
   return this;
};

You can just do $.fn.datepicker.noConflict() which replaces the bootstrap datepicker with the older datepicker which was present, in this case jQuery UI.

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For those who wants to keep both datepickers, you can do something along the following:

if (!$.fn.bootstrapDP && $.fn.datepicker && $.fn.datepicker.noConflict) {
   var datepicker = $.fn.datepicker.noConflict();
   $.fn.bootstrapDP = datepicker;
}

after which you'll be able to initialize jQuery UI datepicker using datepicker() method, and bootstrap one using bootstrapDP()

Side note: Make sure you load bootstrap datepicker after jquery ui so that we can use it's noConflict()

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$(function() {
  if (!$.fn.bootstrapDP && $.fn.datepicker && $.fn.datepicker.noConflict) {
    var datepicker = $.fn.datepicker.noConflict();
    $.fn.bootstrapDP = datepicker;
  }
  $("#jquery-ui-datepicker").datepicker({});
  $('#bootstrap-datepicker').bootstrapDP({});
});

#left {
  width: 50%;
  float: left;
}
#bootstrap-datepicker {
  width: 50%;
  float: right;
}

<link href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.6/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<link href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/bootstrap-datepicker/1.5.1/css/bootstrap-datepicker.css" rel="stylesheet" />

<link href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.11.4/jquery-ui.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>

<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.11.4/jquery-ui.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.6/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/bootstrap-datepicker/1.5.1/js/bootstrap-datepicker.min.js"></script>

<div id="left">
  <p>Date:
    <input type="text" id="jquery-ui-datepicker">
  </p>
</div>
<div id="bootstrap-datepicker" class="input-group date">
  <input type="text" class="form-control"><span class="input-group-addon"><i class="glyphicon glyphicon-th"></i></span>
</div>