Show datepicker in text/text grid questions

Challenge

In order to help the interviewer be faster in entering a meeting day

As a questionnaire creator

I want to show a calendar inside a text/text grid question

Example

Solution

• Use jquery's datepicker (read more at: http://docs.jquery.com/UI/Datepicker)
• Add a Text grid question to Questionnaire editor like below
• Go to menu Properties -> Question scripts -> Java script tab -> Input script

• Update the layout to include the style sheet for the datepicker

• Remember to validate the text value when clicking Next (not to be written here)

Code

• Javascript

function getQuestionTextBox(label, sqIndex)
{
   return $("input[name='QUESTION."+ label + "." + sqIndex + "']");	
}

quest.onInit = function()
{
   var qTB = getQuestionTextBox("Q_MeetingTime_TextGrid_ShowDatetimePicker", 0);		
	
   qTB.datepicker(
         {
            dateFormat: 'dd-mm-yy',						
            changeMonth: true,
            nextText: '>',
            prevText: '<',
            firstDay: 1
         }
      );				
		
   $("input:text").width("200px");
}

• CSS

/* Datepicker----------------------------------*/
.ui-datepicker { width: 17em; padding: .2em .2em 0; background-color:#dfeaf1;font-family:Verdana}
.ui-datepicker .ui-datepicker-header { position:relative; padding:.2em 0; }

.ui-datepicker .ui-datepicker-prev, .ui-datepicker .ui-datepicker-next 
{ position:absolute; top: 2px; width: 1.8em; height: 1.8em; }

.ui-datepicker .ui-datepicker-prev-hover, .ui-datepicker .ui-datepicker-next-hover { top: 1px; }
.ui-datepicker .ui-datepicker-prev { left:2px; }
.ui-datepicker .ui-datepicker-next { right:2px; }
.ui-datepicker .ui-datepicker-prev-hover { left:1px; }
.ui-datepicker .ui-datepicker-next-hover { right:1px; }

.ui-datepicker .ui-datepicker-prev span, .ui-datepicker .ui-datepicker-next span 
{ display: block; position: absolute; left: 50%; margin-left: -8px; top: 50%; margin-top: -8px;  }

.ui-datepicker .ui-datepicker-title { margin: 0 2.3em; line-height: 1.8em; text-align: center; }
.ui-datepicker .ui-datepicker-title select { float:left; font-size:1em; margin:1px 0; }
.ui-datepicker select.ui-datepicker-month-year {width: 100%;}
.ui-datepicker select.ui-datepicker-month, 
.ui-datepicker select.ui-datepicker-year { width: 30%;}
.ui-datepicker .ui-datepicker-title select.ui-datepicker-year { float: right; }
.ui-datepicker-year{color:black;font-weight:bold;}
.ui-datepicker table {width: 100%; font-size: .9em; border-collapse: collapse; margin:0 0 .4em; }
.ui-datepicker th { padding: .7em .3em; text-align: center; font-weight: bold; border: 0; font-family:Verdana }
.ui-datepicker td { border: 0; padding: 1px; font-family:Verdana}

.ui-datepicker td span, .ui-datepicker td a 
{ display: block; padding: .2em; text-align: right; text-decoration: none; }

.ui-datepicker .ui-datepicker-header
{position: relative;background-color:#345879;padding-top: 0.2em;padding-right: 0pt;padding-bottom: 0.2em;padding-left: 0pt;}

.ui-datepicker-today a{ color:red; }
.ui-helper-clearfix{display: inline-block;}
.ui-helper-clearfix{display: block;}

.ui-datepicker .ui-datepicker-prev, .ui-datepicker .ui-datepicker-next
{position: absolute;top: 2px;width: 1.8em;height: 1.8em; cursor:pointer; color:white;font-weight:bold}

.ui-datepicker .ui-datepicker-prev-hover, .ui-datepicker .ui-datepicker-next-hover
{top: 1px;}

.ui-datepicker-cover {
    display: none; /*sorry for IE5*/
    display/**/: block; /*sorry for IE5*/
    position: absolute; /*must have*/
    z-index: -1; /*must have*/
    filter: mask(); /*must have*/
    top: -4px; /*must have*/
    left: -4px; /*must have*/
    width: 200px; /*must have*/
    height: 200px; /*must have*/
}

Source

Questionnaire Resource Id on cg site: 159730