Date picking methods

Along with the wide range of configuration options at our disposal, there are also a number of useful methods defined that make working with the datepicker a breeze. The datepicker API exposes the following methods.

Method	Usage
dialog	Open the datepicker in a dialog widget.
getDate	Get the currently selected date.
hide	Programmatically close a datepicker.
isDisabled	Determine whether a datepicker is disabled.
setDate	Programmatically select a date.
show	Programmatically show a datepicker.

Along with the common methods shared by all library components the datepicker also provides a range of unique methods for working with the widget programmatically including show, hide, getDate, setDate, isDisabled, and dialog.

Selecting a date programmatically

There may be times when we want to be able to set a particular date from within our program logic without the visitor using the datepicker widget in the usual way. Let's look at a basic example. Remove the <option...