jQuery UI datepicker change event not caught by KnockoutJS

Question

I\'m trying to use KnockoutJS with jQuery UI. I have an input element with a datepicker attached. I\'m currently running knockout.debug.1.2.1.js and it seems th

Answer 1

I've used a different approach. Since knockout.js doesn't seem to fire the event on change, I've forced the datepicker to call change() for its input once closed.

$(".date").datepicker({
    onClose: function() {
        $(this).change(); // Forces re-validation
    }
});