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

If you want prevent user to typing date in date picker and only select date from pop-up try this code

$(".k-datepicker").find('span').find('input').attr("readonly", "readonly");