I need to create a label and text field on the fly and also include datepicker for the textfield. I need something like this:
<label for="from">From </label> <input type="text" id="from" name="from" />
I have tried something like this in jQuery:
var label = $("<label>").attr('for', "from");
label.html('Date: ' +
'<input type="text" id="from name="from" value="">');
$(function() {
$("#from").datepicker();
});
This one somehow doesn't create the label and also the text field. I am not sure what I am missing.
EDIT
To be more precise, I am using this in the portlets and I don't have body tags in the jsp page. So when I call the function to append to body it won't.
Something like this would work:
//Create the label element
var $label = $("<label>").text('Date:');
//Create the input element
var $input = $('<input type="text">').attr({id: 'from', name: 'from'});
//Insert the input into the label
$input.appendTo($label);
//Insert the label into the DOM - replace body with the required position
$('body').append($label);
//applying datepicker on input
input.datepicker();
Please note that you don't have to use the for
attribute on the label if the input element is inside it. So use one of these:
<label><input id="x1"></label>
<label for="x1"></label> <input id="x1">