Prevent jQuery Datepicker from closing by clicking anywhere

Question

How to limit the Datepicker to be closed only by clicking on the input field ?

Thanks in advance...

Answer 1

assuming its the UI datepicker plugin

see here: http://forum.jquery.com/topic/jquery-datepicker-plugin-how-to-prevent-the-datepicker-calendar-popup-from-closing

and here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1252512/jquery-datepicker-prevent-closing-picker-when-clicking-a-date