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

Either switch from using input[type=date] to input[type=text] or use Modernizr to detect support for the native datepicker. I've wrote a post about the implications of both options here - http://tjvantoll.com/2012/06/30/creating-a-native-html5-datepicker-with-a-fallback-to-jquery-ui/.