bootstrap datepicker
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11121960/bootstrap-datepicker-with-knockout-js-databind
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">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://twitter.github.com/bootstrap/assets/css/bootstrap.css">
<script src="http://underscorejs.org/underscore.js"></script>
<div id='target'>
<input data-bind='datepicker: test_date'/>
<div data-bind="text: test_date"></div>
<input data-bind='datepicker: test_date'/>
</div>
CSS
#target {
margin: 2em;
}
JavaScript
ko.bindingHandlers.datepicker = {
init: function (element, valueAccessor, allBindingsAccessor) {
var unwrap = ko.utils.unwrapObservable;
var dataSource = valueAccessor();
var binding = allBindingsAccessor();
//initialize datepicker with some optional options
var options = allBindingsAccessor().datepickerOptions || {};
$(element).datepicker(options);
$(element).datepicker('update', dataSource());
//when a user changes the date, update the view model
ko.utils.registerEventHandler(element, "changeDate", function (event) {
var value = valueAccessor();
if (ko.isObservable(value)) {
value(event.date);
}
});
},
update: function (element, valueAccessor) {
var widget = $(element).data("datepicker");
var value = ko.utils.unwrapObservable(valueAccessor());
//when the view model is updated, update the widget
if (widget) {
widget.date = value;
if (widget.date) {
widget.setValue();
$(element).datepicker('update', value)
}
}
}};