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I have a jquery datepicker and I need to be able to change the background color for the selected cell

date. I'm trying with something like:

$("#fecha").datepicker({

onSelect: function(value, date) {

alert(date.css());

}

});

hoping that the date parameter refers to the selected cell, but it doesn't seem to work.

Any suggestion?

//Edit: The solution should let me have different cells with different colors set dynamically, this is why I'm

trying with onSelect instead of changing the CSS directly.

The purpose is to have a calendar with events established by the user.

Thanks in advance.

jquery jquery-ui jquery-datepicker

edited Jul 18 '10 at 3:50 asked May 25 '10 at 15:53

If a given answer works please mark it as the "answer" to help everyone else. This saves dup questions being

asked. – danrichardson May 26 '10 at 9:06

I know, but I expressed myself badly so I edited the question and I'm waiting for answers before marking the

correct one. Thanks for the answer anyway! :D – MazarD May 26 '10 at 9:30

Sadly i don't think that is possible. You have access to the onSelect callback, however the contents of the

DatePicker get redrawn also and i don't know if this can be stopped. But the the new answer i have given

WOULD work if you can stop the date picker getting redrawn. – danrichardson May 26 '10 at 11:15

I think the best way (assuming i have understood you correctly) is to simply override the css.

In your site stylesheet or html head section you just need to override the following css selector

.ui-datepicker-current-day .ui-state-active { background: #000000; }

EDIT

With your edit in mind, the following should work (assuming you can get the datepicker to stop

refreshing)

onSelect: function(value, date) {

date.dpDiv.find('.ui-datepicker-current-day a')

.css('background-color', '#000000');

}

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edited May 26 '10 at 11:18 answered May 25 '10 at 16:11

But if I do it overriding the css it wouldn't allow me to have multiple cells with different colors, right? – MazarD

May 26 '10 at 9:12

Marked your answer as the correct because it's the best approximation, anyway I didn't get the thing to stop

refreshing so I decided to write my own event calendar. Thanks for the interest and the help!! – MazarD May

27 '10 at 10:24

No worries, you could always have a look at the very robust datePicker made by Kelvin Luck though -

kelvinluck.com/assets/jquery/datePicker – danrichardson May 27 '10 at 16:11

this worked: jsfiddle.net/abhMH/2 as suggested here: stackoverflow.com/questions/12690626/… – Stano Jul 21

at 20:03

change in your css the class .ui-datepicker-current-day

answered May 25 '10 at 16:09

with the way the css is jQuery css structured, this would be overridden as the above only equals 10 in terms of

css cascade-order value. The css requires a value of 20 or more (two classes) to override the jQuery ui css

default. – danrichardson May 25 '10 at 16:16

The datepicker by default follows your theme. But you can override anything.

ui-state-active is the style of the date you select. ui-state-highlight is the style it uses to

identify the current date.

So do something like this:

#ui-datepicker-div .ui-state-active {color: #FFFFCC;}

#ui-datepicker-div .ui-state-highlight {color: #DCDCDC;}

You can rather add this css to the page or adjust the theme itself.

edited Mar 6 '12 at 18:31 answered Mar 6 '12 at 17:57

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