If I tab into a text field and a date picker I can't interact with pops up and I can't use a mouse then how do I enter a date?
Good points. One positive thing though is that just popping up the datepicker will show a user that tabbed into the field that a picker is available. Especially useful if createButton is set to false. But that's minor.
$('input.date').bind( 'focus', function() { $(this).dpDisplay(); });
I'll be using this, thanks! /Anders