How to disable manual input for JQuery UI Datepicker field? [duplicate]

Answer 1

I think you should add style="background:white;" to make looks like it is writable

<input type="text" size="23" name="dateMonthly" id="dateMonthly" readonly="readonly"   style="background:white;"/>

Answer 2

When you make the input, set it to be readonly.

<input type="text" name="datepicker" id="datepicker" readonly="readonly" />