you could indeed try with setting both the visible and includeInLayout of the internal textInput to false. But if you want to dispose of the field, why not just use a popupButton that pops up the DateChooser component?
--jeetee --- In [email protected], "pfkellogg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > is it possible to make a DateField's textInput invisible? I set the > width to 16 pixels but black dots border the icon. any way to set its > internal textInput visible property to false? > > thanks >

