jQuery UI Datepicker buttonText Option

jQuery UI consists of GUI widgets, visual effects, and themes implemented using jQuery, CSS, and HTML. jQuery UI is great for building UI interfaces for the webpages. jQueryUI Datepickers widget in jQueryUI allow users to enter dates easily and visually. In this article we will see how to use buttonText option in jQuery UI Datepicker.
The buttonText option is used to select the text for the button in jQuery UI Datepicker.

Syntax:

$(".selector").datepicker(
   {buttonText: "choose",
    showOn: "button"}
);

Approach: First, add jQuery UI scripts needed for your project.

<link href = “https://code.jquery.com/ui/1.10.4/themes/ui-lightness/jquery-ui.css” rel = “stylesheet”>
<script src = “https://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.10.2.js”></script>
<script src = “https://code.jquery.com/ui/1.10.4/jquery-ui.js”></script>

Example:

HTML

<!doctype html> 

<html lang="en"> 

<head> 

    <meta charset="utf-8"> 

    <link href= 
"https://code.jquery.com/ui/1.10.4/themes/ui-lightness/jquery-ui.css"

        rel="stylesheet"> 

    <script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.10.2.js"></script> 

    <script src="https://code.jquery.com/ui/1.10.4/jquery-ui.js"> 

    </script> 

    <!-- JavaScript Code -->

    <script> 

        $(function () { 

            $("#gfg").datepicker( 

                { 

                    buttonText: "choose", 

                    showOn: "button" 

                } 

            ); 

        }); 

    </script> 

</head> 

<body> 

    <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1> 

    <h3>jQuery UI | datepicker buttonText option</h3> 

    <!-- HTML -->

    <p>Enter Date: <input type="text" id="gfg"></p> 

</body> 

</html>

Output:

Reference: https://api.jqueryui.com/category/widgets/

Article Tags :

HTML

JQuery

Web Technologies

jQuery-UI