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="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/21.1.35/ej2-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/21.1.35/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/21.1.35/ej2-inputs/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/21.1.35/ej2-popups/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/21.1.35/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>
</head>
<body>
<div id='loader'>LOADING....</div>
<div id='container'>
<input id='element' />
</div>
</body>
</html>