how to show a jquery datepicker on button click

Question

I want to show a datepicker only on button click

$(\"#day\").datepicker();

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Answer 1

You can do this with the built-in showOn function:

$( "#hiddenField" ).datepicker({
    showOn: "button",
    buttonText: "day"
});

JSFiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/Uv8V4/

Reference: http://jqueryui.com/datepicker/#icon-trigger