Kendo UI Datepicker disable typing

Question

I want users to be able to change a Kendo UI Datepicker value only through its button and selecting the date from the pop-up. How can I prevent users from typing in the Date

Answer 1

Find your input element, and disable it

$('#datepicker').attr('disabled','disabled');

( tried it on the kendo demo website http://demos.kendoui.com/web/datepicker/index.html )