jQuery UI Datepicker prevText 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 prevText option in jQuery UI Datepicker. The prevText option specifies the text to replace the default caption of Prev for the previous month in the jQuery UI datepicker.

Syntax:

$(".selector").datepicker(
   prevText: 'click'}
);

CDN Link: 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 1:

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 -->

    <script> 

      $(function () { 

        $("#gfg").datepicker({ dateFormat: "yy/dd/mm", prevText: "click" }); 

      }); 

    </script> 

  </head> 

  <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1> 

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

  <body> 

    <!-- HTML -->

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

  </body> 

</html>

Output:

Reference: https://api.jqueryui.com/datepicker/#option-prevText

Article Tags :

JQuery

Web Technologies

jQuery-UI