I love your idea. Would you please add a feature request ticket in our bug tracker?
http://ui.jquery.com/bugs/newticket (note: requires registration) - Richard On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 6:01 PM, Brandon Jones <gin...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi I have a suggestion, or if you know of an implementation or have > any theories as to how it could be easily implemented those are much > appreciated as responses, > > I looked in the documentation, looked through examples, and did a few > searches on the matter and that returned nothing, so here's the idea. > > I've been working with autocomplete, and to a lesser extent the rest > of jQuery UI. And as I used the plugin I loved the unobtrusive nature > that it had. You type, and it updates without interfering. Recently I > finally decided to start experimenting with the rest of the UI and > became disappointed with the Datepicker's behavior. I like that it's a > calendar implementation. That's good, and it does what it should. But > the problem lies in the fact that if I tab to a Datepicker input and > want to keep typing, I'm brought to an abrupt halt in my quest to have > the option of typing. > > I'm wondering if there is a way, or if it could be added to a to do > list, to allow for typing input and have an unobtrusive datepicker > float below showing the calendar moving to the correct spot as I > update it (For example typing 1/ would automatically move the calendar > to January, or if in european date format select the first day of the > month, typing to 1/12 would move to January 12th or December 1st, and > typing the year would put the year correctly etc.). This would put the > focus on text input while giving mouse click as an option as opposed > to the current one which is mouse with text input as an option that > requires cancellation of the datepicker in question. Subsequent > tabbing would move to the next field as opposed to simply killing the > datepicker. > > If you could point me in the right direction, or if you would simply > like to theorize the best way to do this, feel free to remark on the > post. > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "jQuery UI" group. To post to this group, send email to jquery-ui@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to jquery-ui+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/jquery-ui?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
