Accessing options in jQuery Datapicker

Question

How can I access options that I set in a jQuery Datepicker?

$("#testDatePicker").datepicker({
    minDate: new Date(2005, 0, 26),
    showOn: 'button',
    buttonImage: 'js/themes/default/images/calendar.gif',
    buttonImageOnly: true
    });
var minDate = $("#testDatePicker").?????;

Answer 1

I'd take a look at the code. Most plugins I've looked at have either a option or config var that they extend with what you pass in.

You could check real quick and try to do something like $.datepicker.buttonImageOnly = false; and then see if that actually changed anything.

Of course this may not work. I haven't looked at the plugin. I'm just operating off of what I see as typical behavior of plugins I've worked with (tablesorter, etc)

Answer 2

What about storing the options in a named var instead of an anonymous object?

var dpOptions = {minDate: new Date(2005, 0, 26), ...};
$('#testDatePicker').datepicker(dpOptions);
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var minDate = dpOptions.minDate;

Answer 3

If you don't have enough with @mausch solution the settings are stored here:

 $.data($('#testDatePicker')[0], 'datepicker').settings