jQuery UI datepicker onClose Option

Last Updated : 12 Apr, 2022

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. The jQuery UI datepicker onClose Option is called when the datepicker is closed, whether the date is selected or not. The onClose option hods a function that contains the selected date as text (“” if none) and the datepicker instance as parameters.

Syntax:

onClose: Function( String dateText, Object inst ) {  }

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

<link rel=”stylesheet” href=”//code.jquery.com/ui/1.12.1/themes/smoothness/jquery-ui.css”> <script src=”//code.jquery.com/jquery-1.12.4.js”></script> <script src=”//code.jquery.com/ui/1.12.1/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>
 
    <script>
        $(function () {
            $("#gfg").datepicker({
                onClose: function (date, datepicker) {
                    if (date != "") {
                        alert("Selected Date: " + date);
                    }
                }
            });
        });
    </script>
</head>
 
<body>
    <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1>
    <h3>jQuery UI datepicker onClose Option</h3>
 
    <div>Enter Date: <input type="text" id="gfg" /></div>
</body>
 
</html>