Selecting the input box should not populate with date

[sgsweb]

The initial click onto the input box should only popup the datepicker box where the user must make a selection to populate the input box. Currently, this is what happens:

1. The user clicks on the input box.
2. The datepicker pops up and a default time is placed in the input box.
3. The user modifies the date by using the datepicker appropriately.

On line 2, a default time should not be placed in the input box. Instead, the user must select a date/time. If the user closes the datepicker without doing so will render the input box empty.

There should be an additional parameter when creating the datetimepicker that prevents placing date/time onto the input box when the user selects the input box to see the datepicker.

$('element').datetimepicker({noDefaultTime:true})

thanks,
sgs.

[gamov]

yes, totally agree with that. The worst part of this bug is that if the user 'tabs' through a field with time picker but WITHOUT selecting a time, a default time will be included and user has to take the mouse to clear it...

Actually, it's worse than that: if there already is a date in the field, it will be cleared to put the default date/time as soon as you activate the panel, even though you don't select anything!

[gamov]

The idea here is to have a disabled text field so user sees the datetime (coming from Rails backend) but can only edit through the picker AND blank value is allowed.
I poked around for hours yesterday to make this work for me. Here is my workaround for my case.
jQuery 1.7.2 / jUI 1.8.22 / datetimepicker 1.0.1.

Datetimepicker (line 584-588):
I commented the following lines

            if (this.inst !== null) {
                var timeDefined = this.timeDefined;
                this._onTimeChange();
                this.timeDefined = timeDefined;
            }

To keep a constant UI (Time pops once you select a time otherwise), add to your configuration:
showTime: false
This configuration is great because you can select a date without a time if you want!

Lastly, to clear the field (since it's disabled), add this to your configuration:

                //HACK -> adding the clear button
                beforeShow: function( input ) {
                    setTimeout(function() {
                        var buttonPane = $( input )
                            .datepicker( "widget" )
                            .find( ".ui-datepicker-buttonpane" );

                        $( "<button>", {
                            text: "Clear",
                            click: function() {

                                $(input).val('');
                            }
                        }).addClass('ui-state-default ui-corner-all')
                            .appendTo( buttonPane );
                    }, 1 );
                }

Hope it helps. I'm a bit shocked that nobody is handling this problem. Maybe I'm doing something wrong but I don't want the user to input ambiguous or incorrect dates... Any comments appreciated.

[trentrichardson]

Hey gamov, this use to not happen. At some point an update has changed the functionality... I will look back through the commits

[gamov]

great, thanks.