I've been searching for a way to do this, but could not find anything
I want to have a:
Disabled input text field, called #XX. This input will store the selected value from datepicker (as this input is disabled I won't be able to use this to trigger the datePicker)
Button, besides #XX. When user clicks this button, datePicker will show. User will select the date, and this date will be assigned to disabled input #XX.
I want this so user can't change manually -by typing crap- the selected date
Also, should I validate if date was entered using #XX.val()? or is there a better way?
You can show a datepicker that has been previously attached to an input element using the "show" method.
$('#myButton').click(function () {
$('#myField').datepicker("show");
});