bootstrap-datepicker showOnFocus
A demonstration of the different behaviour between attribute configuration and JS configuration when using the showOnFocus option.
HTML
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.6/css/bootstrap.min.css">
<script src="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.6/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/bootstrap-datepicker/1.5.1/css/bootstrap-datepicker3.css">
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/bootstrap-datepicker/1.5.1/js/bootstrap-datepicker.js"></script>
<table class="table table-user-information" style="font-size:12px;">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td class="tdPopupTextDescription">Effective Date:</td>
<td id="tdEffectiveDate">
<div id="divDatePickerEffectiveDate" class="input-group date" data-provide="datepicker" data-date-show-on-focus="true">
<input type="text" class="form-control required error" id="txtEffectiveDate" maxlength="10" style="display:inline;">
<div class="input-group-addon">
<span class="glyphicon glyphicon-th"></span>
</div>
<span class="input-group-addon" id="sizing-addon1"><span id="spanAstreisk" class="glyphicon glyphicon-asterisk requiredAsterisk"></span></span>
</div>
<label for="txtEffectiveDate" generated="true" class="error">This field is required.</label>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>