Open datepicker popup on input click in EJ2 TypeScript Datepicker control

23 Jun 20232 minutes to read

To open the DatePicker popup upon input click by using show method in the focus event.

The following example demonstrates how to open the DatePicker popup upon focus the input.

import { DatePicker } from '@syncfusion/ej2-calendars';
// creates datepicker component
let datepickerObject: DatePicker = new DatePicker({
    focus: function () {
        // To open the popup upon input click
        datepickerObject.show();
    },
    // sets the palceholder property.
    placeholder: 'Enter date'
});
datepickerObject.appendTo('#element');
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
    <title>Essential JS 2 DatePicker control</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
    <meta name="description" content="Typescript UI Controls" />
    <meta name="author" content="Syncfusion" />
    <link href="styles.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/32.1.19/ej2-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/32.1.19/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/32.1.19/ej2-inputs/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/32.1.19/ej2-popups/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/32.1.19/ej2-calendars/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/systemjs/0.19.38/system.js"></script>
    <script src="systemjs.config.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/syncfusion-helper.js" type ="text/javascript"></script>
</head>

<body>
    <div id='loader'>LOADING....</div>
    <div id='container'>
        <input id='element' />
    </div>
</body>

</html>