I'm using the datepicker control for jquery and all is well except that I cannot get it to highlight the currently selected input value (or the current date for that matter). Even though I have s valid date value in my text input and can get the datepicker to return the correct month / year, I cannot get it to highlight that date on the calendar.
Here is my code:
$('.date_picker').datepicker({ dateFormat: 'dd/mm/yy', duration: '', gotoCurrent: true, defaultDate: -1});
..and here is the stylesheet:
/*datepicker*/
/* Main Style Sheet for jQuery UI date picker */
.ui-datepicker-div, .ui-datepicker-inline, #ui-datepicker-div {
/*resets*/margin: 0; padding: 0; border: 0; outline: 0; line-height: 1.3; text-decoration: none; font-size: 100%; list-style: none;
font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;
background: #ffffff url(images/ffffff_40x100_textures_01_flat_0.png) 0 0 repeat-x;
font-size: 0.80em;
border: 4px solid #dddddd;
width: 15.5em;
padding: 2.5em .5em .5em .5em;
position: relative;
}
.ui-datepicker-div, #ui-datepicker-div {
z-index: 9999; /*must have*/
display: none;
}
.ui-datepicker-inline {
float: left;
display: block;
}
.ui-datepicker-control {
display: none;
}
.ui-datepicker-current {
display: none;
}
.ui-datepicker-next, .ui-datepicker-prev {
position: absolute;
left: .5em;
top: .5em;
background: #e6e6e6 url(images/e6e6e6_40x100_textures_02_glass_75.png) 0 50% repeat-x;
}
.ui-datepicker-next {
left: 14.6em;
}
.ui-datepicker-next:hover, .ui-datepicker-prev:hover {
background: #dadada url(images/dadada_40x100_textures_02_glass_75.png) 0 50% repeat-x;
}
.ui-datepicker-next a, .ui-datepicker-prev a {
text-indent: -999999px;
width: 1.3em;
height: 1.4em;
display: block;
font-size: 1em;
background: url(images/888888_7x7_arrow_left.gif) 50% 50% no-repeat;
border: 1px solid #d3d3d3;
cursor: pointer;
}
.ui-datepicker-next a {
background: url(images/888888_7x7_arrow_right.gif) 50% 50% no-repeat;
}
.ui-datepicker-prev a:hover {
background: url(images/454545_7x7_arrow_left.gif) 50% 50% no-repeat;
}
.ui-datepicker-next a:hover {
background: url(images/454545_7x7_arrow_right.gif) 50% 50% no-repeat;
}
.ui-datepicker-prev a:active {
background: url(images/222222_7x7_arrow_left.gif) 50% 50% no-repeat;
}
.ui-datepicker-next a:active {
background: url(images/222222_7x7_arrow_right.gif) 50% 50% no-repeat;
}
.ui-datepicker-header select {
border: 1px solid #d3d3d3;
color: #555555;
background: #e6e6e6;
font-size: 1em;
line-height: 1.4em;
position: absolute;
top: .5em;
margin: 0 !important;
}
.ui-datepicker-header option:focus, .ui-datepicker-header option:hover {
background: #dadada;
}
.ui-datepicker-header select.ui-datepicker-new-month {
width: 7em;
left: 2.2em;
}
.ui-datepicker-header select.ui-datepicker-new-year {
width: 5em;
left: 9.4em;
}
table.ui-datepicker {
width: 15.5em;
text-align: right;
}
table.ui-datepicker td a {
padding: .1em .3em .1em 0;
display: block;
color: #555555;
background: #e6e6e6 url(images/e6e6e6_40x100_textures_02_glass_75.png) 0 50% repeat-x;
cursor: pointer;
border: 1px solid #ffffff;
}
table.ui-datepicker td a:hover {
border: 1px solid #999999;
color: #212121;
background: #dadada url(images/dadada_40x100_textures_02_glass_75.png) 0 50% repeat-x;
}
table.ui-datepicker td a:active {
border: 1px solid #dddddd;
color: #222222;
background: #ffffff url(images/ffffff_40x100_textures_02_glass_65.png) 0 50% repeat-x;
}
table.ui-datepicker .ui-datepicker-title-row td {
padding: .3em 0;
text-align: center;
font-size: .9em;
color: #222222;
text-transform: uppercase;
}
table.ui-datepicker .ui-datepicker-title-row td a {
color: #222222;
}
.ui-datepicker-cover {
display: none;
display/**/: block;
position: absolute;
z-index: -1;
filter: mask();
top: -4px;
left: -4px;
width: 193px;
height: 200px;
}
I'm using IE7 to test, but I see the same behaviour in Firefox.
Any ideas as to the problem?