JQuery UI Datepicker loses focus when selecting date with mouse

Question

I am using JQuery ui with datepicker and when a user tabs on to a field, they appropriately get the calendar pop up.

1. User tabs (via key onto field
2. User selects date with mouse click
3. User tabs
4. Tabindex starts over at one (at the beginning of form)

Here is code. (May also have the tab index set)

<input type="text" name="demo" />
<input type="text" class="date" />

The jquery code is:

$(".date").datepicker();

Any suggestions on how I might go about solving this issue (bonus to shortest solution)?

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1401917/jquery-ui-datepicker-loses-focus-when-selecting-date-with-mouse

Answer 1

Subscribe to the onClose or the onSelect event:

$("#someinput").datepicker(
{
    // other options goes here
    onSelect: function ()
    {
        // The "this" keyword refers to the input (in this case: #someinput)
        this.focus();
    }
});

Or in the case of onClose:

$("#someinput").datepicker(
{
    onClose: function ()
    {
        this.focus();
    }
});