jQuery Date picker not moving with page scroll

Question

I am using the standard jQuery UI datepicker ,However when i scroll the page the date picker remains fixed . Any ideas how to solve this ?

http://jsfiddle.net/jbK6a/

Answer 1

Couldn't find any answers on this using Bootstrap and datepicker that was having an issue with the datepicker staying attached to the element when scrolling on a modal. This was my solution:

 var dateModals = (function() {
    'use strict';

    var currentInput = '';

    var setPos = function() {
        if (currentInput === '') return false;
        var $datepicker = $('.datepicker');
        var topPos = currentInput.offset().top + currentInput.outerHeight();
        if ($datepicker.hasClass('datepicker-orient-bottom')) {
            topPos -= $datepicker.outerHeight() + currentInput.parent('.date').outerHeight();
        }
        $datepicker.css('top', topPos);
    };

    var attachEvents = () => {
        $('.modal').on('scroll', function() {
            setPos();
        });

        $('.modal').on('click', '.date input.form-control', function() {
            currentInput = $(this);
        });
    };

    var initialize = (function() {
        attachEvents();
    })();

})();

If following Bootstrap & Datepicker syntax, this should play nicely.

Answer 2

Just remove height: 100% rule from html selector. That's solves problem.

Answer 3

To solve this problem in jQuery UI 1.11.4 I added a .bind() event to the end of the datepicker instantiation:

$("*selector*").datepicker({
  *settings*
}).bind('click',function () {
  $("#ui-datepicker-div").appendTo("*other-selector*");
});

In my case, the "other-selector" was $(this).closest('the-date-input-parent'). This picks up the single #ui-datepicker-div box (which jQuery UI places at the end of the DOM) and moves it to a location somewhere else within the document. This can be done for multiple datepickers on the same page.

The other-selector should have position: relative; set so that the absolutely positioned #ui-datepicker-div becomes positioned relative to the new parent. Once so, it scrolls just fine.

This solution was the easiest fix to this problem (though it took a lot of time and searching to come to this conclusion) and allowed the datepicker to work correctly on mobile devices and tablets where it would otherwise be unusable.

Answer 4

The problem is that the datepicker is outside the div with overflow: scroll;. If the datepicker was generated inside the container this wouldn't be a problem.

Solution: http://jsfiddle.net/jbK6a/15/

I placed the datepicker behind the input with the beforeShow event.

And I used position: relative; on the scrollable container so that de absolute element listens to the container.

Answer 5

With a little fiddling I managed to get the following:

http://jsfiddle.net/jbK6a/12/

Using this, the datepicker hides itself on page scroll. I believe there are jQuery methods to ascertain the scroll position and so with a bit more fiddling, you could then manually manipulate the datepicker and update its position based on this value...

UPDATE: Just fiddled a bit and got: http://jsfiddle.net/jbK6a/18/ which scrolls the datepicker, but it's really messy, any number of things can break it especially other collapsible elements. Fortunately Sem has a far better and cleaner solution :)

(Thought I'd add my code anyway though)