Steve, I'm taking a guess here; but I suspect the input (and perhaps even the visibility for some browsers) is used for form submission. Maybe you could use css to hide the input if you don't need it for submission.
Hth, Dave On Apr 1, 10:21 am, Steven Black <[email protected]> wrote: > Anybody? > > Why does Datepicker create an indeterminate control, and why is this > control arbitrarily visible? > > **--** Steve > > On Mar 31, 9:18 am, Steven Black <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Background: BluePrint CSS framework (simple, lightweight) with jQuery > > and jQuery UI 1.7 layered on top. > > > I have a Datepicker that I show as a dialog upon an object's click. > > Invoked like this: > > > $("#datepicker").datepicker('dialog', ....); > > > $("#datepicker") is an empty div. > > > PESKY PROBLEM: Datepicker creates a small, VISIBLE text input field > > that is displaying in the top left corner of the displayed calendar. > > I can't seem to rationally make this ersatz and unwanted input field > > to go away. > > > This input field is a child of the body DOM element, has no classes, > > just an id attribute starting with "dp" with a uuid. > > > Something like this: > > <input type="text" style="position: absolute; top: 187px; left: > > 1091px;" size="1" id="dp1238504086965"/> > > > MY KLUGE FIX: Try as I might, the only way I have found to HIDE this > > input field is to add this CSS rule > > > input[id^='dp'] {display: none;} > > > QUESTION: Why does the Datepicker create this VISIBLE input field? > > There's no CSS class to select it, nevermind hide it, and its id > > attribute is apparently indeterminate. > > > QUESTION: Why does this input field not have a class we can use to > > style (hide) it? > > > I think this input's visibility is a bug. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "jQuery UI" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/jquery-ui?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
