How can I set the initial value of a dijit.form.DateTextBox to today?

Question

I've created a DateTextBox like:

When the page loads there is no value in the field. I would like the value to default to today. Is there a way to handle this? I know I could use the "value" attribute and set it in the declaration, but that only allows me to put a static date in the field, not a dynamic date.

It would also be good if the solution works with a form reset too.

Thanks for the help!

Answer 1

The parser supports the "now" keyword, so you could do:

<input dojoType=dijit.form.DateTextBox value="now">

Of course, for programmatic creation you would simply do:

new dijit.form.DateTextBox({value: new Date()})