defaultViewDate not working on Bootstrap datepicker

Question

OK so I have seen Bootstrap Datepicker : Changing start date to tomorrow which I thought would get me right but it doesn't.

 $("#datepickerStart, #datepickerEnd").datepicker({ todayHighlight: true, endDate: '+367d' }) var fullDate = new Date(); console.log(fullDate); var twoDigitMonth = fullDate.getMonth() + ""; if (twoDigitMonth.length == 1) twoDigitMonth = "0" + twoDigitMonth; var twoDigitDate = fullDate.getDate() + ""; if (twoDigitDate.length == 1) twoDigitDate = "0" + twoDigitDate; var $currentDate = twoDigitMonth + "/" + twoDigitDate + "/" + fullDate.getFullYear(); var $endYear = fullDate.getFullYear() + 1; console.log($currentDate); console.log($endYear); var $endDate = twoDigitMonth + "/" + twoDigitDate + "/" + $endYear; console.log($currentDate); console.log($endDate); $("#datepickerStart").find("input").attr("value", $currentDate); $("#datepickerEnd").find("input").attr("value", $endDate); $("#datepickerEnd").datepicker({ defaultViewDate: { year: $endYear, month: twoDigitMonth, day: twoDigitDate }, format: 'mm/dd/yyyy', }) 

 @import url('https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/twitter-bootstrap/3.3.5/css/bootstrap.css'); @import url('https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/bootstrap-datepicker/1.5.0/css/bootstrap-datepicker3.css'); 

 <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script> <script src="//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/twitter-bootstrap/3.3.2/js/bootstrap.js"></script> <script src="//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/bootstrap-datepicker/1.5.0/js/bootstrap-datepicker.js"></script> <div class="form-group col-sm-3 colFlushL hideme" id="endDateWrapper"> <label class="control-label" for="datepickerEnd">End <small><span class="text-muted">(max 1 year)</span></small> </label> <div class="input-group date colFlush" data-provide="datepicker" id="datepickerEnd"> <input type="text" class="form-control" name="datepickerEnd" value=""> <span class="input-group-addon"><i class="glyphicon glyphicon-th"></i></span> </div> </div> 

Not beautiful but it works - apart from default view for the end picker (the value works fine) (ie the values in the input fields are fine and the 367 day limit work.

I wonder if it is because the id and the data-provide are attached to the input-group not input but you have to do that to make the icon work as part of the datepicker and NOT having the icon work is daft from a UX point of view.

Any thoughts?

PS We are talking about http://bootstrap-datepicker.readthedocs.org/en/latest/options.html#id3

Answer 1

Seem to come from your hack of the input yes...

This work and the icon too :

 $("#datepickerStart, #datepickerEnd").datepicker({ todayHighlight: true, endDate: '+367d' }) var fullDate = new Date(); console.log(fullDate); var twoDigitMonth = fullDate.getMonth() + ""; if (twoDigitMonth.length == 1) twoDigitMonth = "0" + twoDigitMonth; var twoDigitDate = fullDate.getDate() + ""; if (twoDigitDate.length == 1) twoDigitDate = "0" + twoDigitDate; var currentDate = twoDigitMonth + "/" + twoDigitDate + "/" + fullDate.getFullYear(); var endYear = fullDate.getFullYear() + 1; console.log(endYear+' '+twoDigitMonth+' '+twoDigitDate); var endDate = twoDigitMonth + "/" + twoDigitDate + "/" + endYear; $("#datepickerEnd").attr("value", endDate); $("#datepickerEnd").datepicker({ defaultViewDate: { year: endYear, month: twoDigitMonth, day: twoDigitDate }, format: 'mm/dd/yyyy', }) 

 @import url('https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/twitter-bootstrap/3.3.5/css/bootstrap.css'); @import url('https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/bootstrap-datepicker/1.5.0/css/bootstrap-datepicker3.css'); 

 <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script> <script src="//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/twitter-bootstrap/3.3.2/js/bootstrap.js"></script> <script src="//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/bootstrap-datepicker/1.5.0/js/bootstrap-datepicker.js"></script> <div class="form-group col-xs-5 colFlushL hideme" id="endDateWrapper"> <label class="control-label" for="datepickerEnd">End <small><span class="text-muted">(max 1 year)</span></small> </label> <div class="input-group date colFlush" data-provide="datepicker"> <input id="datepickerEnd" type="text" class="form-control" name="datepickerEnd" value=""> <div class="input-group-addon"><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-th"></span></div> </div> </div>