Rails 6: How to add jquery-ui through webpacker?

Question

I\'m currently trying to implement a datepicker into my application, the problem is that there is no documentation on how to add the jquery-ui-rails gem through

Answer 1

1. Run on the terminal (CLI)

yarn add jquery jquery-ui-dist

2. Add to the config/webpack/environment.js

...

const webpack = require("webpack")
environment.plugins.append("Provide", 
  new webpack.ProvidePlugin({
    $: 'jquery',
    jQuery: 'jquery'
  })
)

const aliasConfig = {
    'jquery': 'jquery/src/jquery',
    'jquery-ui': 'jquery-ui-dist/jquery-ui.js'
};

environment.config.set('resolve.alias', aliasConfig);
...

3. app/javascript/packs/application.js:

require("jquery-ui")

4. For the theme add code to any scss file. Do change according to your nee.

.ui-autocomplete {
    position: absolute;
    top: 100%;
    left: 0;
    z-index: 1000;
    float: left;
    display: none;
    min-width: 160px;   
    padding: 4px 0;
    margin: 0 0 10px 25px;
    list-style: none;
    background-color: #ffffff;
    border-color: #ccc;
    border-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);
    border-style: solid;
    border-width: 1px;
    -webkit-border-radius: 5px;
    -moz-border-radius: 5px;
    border-radius: 5px;
    -webkit-box-shadow: 0 5px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);
    -moz-box-shadow: 0 5px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);
    box-shadow: 0 5px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);
    -webkit-background-clip: padding-box;
    -moz-background-clip: padding;
    background-clip: padding-box;
    *border-right-width: 2px;
    *border-bottom-width: 2px; }

.ui-menu-item > a.ui-corner-all {
    display: block;
    padding: 3px 15px;
    clear: both;
    font-weight: normal;
    line-height: 18px;
    color: #555555;
    white-space: nowrap;
    text-decoration: none; }

.ui-state-hover, .ui-state-active {
    color: #ffffff;
    text-decoration: none;
    background-color: #0088cc;
    border-radius: 0px;
    -webkit-border-radius: 0px;
    -moz-border-radius: 0px;
    background-image: none; }