JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

by bmh_ca

HTML

<script src="https://raw.github.com/Aymkdn/Datepicker-for-Bootstrap/master/bootstrap-datepicker.js"></script>
<script src="https://raw.github.com/SteveSanderson/knockout/master/build/output/knockout-latest.debug.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://raw.github.com/Aymkdn/Datepicker-for-Bootstrap/master/datepicker.css">
<div id='target'>
    <input data-bind='datepicker: test_date'/>
</div>

CSS

#target {
  margin: 2em;
}

JavaScript

ko.bindingHandlers.datepicker = {
    init: function(element, valueAccessor, allBindingsAccessor) {
        //initialize datepicker with some optional options
        var options = allBindingsAccessor().datepickerOptions || {};
        $(element).datepicker(options);

        //handle the field changing -- point?
        //ko.utils.registerEventHandler(element, "change", function () {
        //    var observable = valueAccessor();
            // equiv. to: observable($(element).datepicker("getDate"));
        //});

        //handle disposal (if KO removes by the template binding)
        ko.utils.domNodeDisposal.addDisposeCallback(element, function() {
            $(element).datepicker("destroy");
        });
    },
    update: function(element, valueAccessor) {
        var value = ko.utils.unwrapObservable(valueAccessor());
        // equiv. to: current = $(element).datepicker("getDate");

        //if (value - current !== 0) {
            // equiv. to: $(element).datepicker("setDate", value);   
        //}
    }
};

var model = {
    test_date: ko.observable('12/12/2012')
};

ko.applyBindings(model, $("#target")[0]);