HTML5 Date Input Type Interfering with jQuery Datepicker

Question

I am using the jQuery UI\'s datepicker for date selections on my site. One of my users just upgraded to the newest version of Chrome, which has built-in native date picker f

Answer 1

Use Modernizr or similar library to feature detect if the browser supports the input type=date, and then load the jQuery UI datepicker if if does not.

if (!Modernizr.inputtypes.date) {
    $('input[type=date]').datepicker();
}