jQuery UI Datepicker showButtonPanel Option

Last Updated : 04 Mar, 2021

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. jQuery UI Datepickers widget allows users to enter dates easily and visually. In this article, we will see how to use the showButtonPanel option in jQuery UI Datepicker. The showButtonPanel option if set to true, a button panel will be displayed at the bottom of the Datepicker in the jQuery UI.

Syntax:

$(".selector").datepicker(
   {showButtonPanel: true}
);

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:

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({ showButtonPanel: true }); 
      }); 
    </script> 
  </head> 
  
  
  <body> 
      <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1> 
      <h3>jQuery UI | datepicker showButtonPanel option</h3> 
  
    <p>Enter Date: <input type="text" id="gfg" /></p> 
  </body> 
</html> 