Jquery datepicker popup not closing on select date in IE8

Question

I\'ve got a web form with a start date field. I\'ve tied a jquery datepicker to the txt field. Now when I choose a date in FF, the selected date is populated in the text box

Answer 1

The fix...

onSelect: function() {}

..does not appear to work if the problem is with a CustomValidator that relies on a servewr side event handler to validate input.

There are a couple of other fixes mentioned here...

http://dev.jqueryui.com/ticket/4071

The problem is down to IE's event handling differing from other browsers and the client side validation code supplied by ASP Net not reacting gracefully to a situation not contemplated by it's authors.