Calendar picker with ComboBox

[Ron Boehm]

I want have a combobox that allows free text and a date picker icon only (no extra text box)

I can populate the combobox myself if I get a postback with the date selection.
Can I make the text box in a datepipcker hidden?

[Shinu]

Hello Ron,


Have you tried RadCalendar with separate image for pop-up, instead of RadDatePicker?

You can find some similar approach described here.

-Shinu.

[Ron Boehm]

Sorry, I accidentily replied to the old thread

I am able to remove the textbox and connect the calendar to the combobox.

The problems are:
    The calendar icon is in a dev and puts extra space around it in the GUI.
    On startup, the calendar flashes on and then off and the space it took up is not removed,
        so there is a big whole in my GUI.

[Ron Boehm]

Any ETA on this?  I need a solution today...

Any help will be appreciated...

[Nikolay Rusev]

Hello Ron,

You can toggle display property instead of setting control invisible initially:

<table>
        <tr>
            <td>
                <asp:TextBox ID="TextBox1" runat="server"></asp:TextBox>
            </td>
            <td>
                <img src="Calendar.png" alt="Alternate Text" onclick="openPopup();"/>
            </td>
        </tr>
    </table>
    <telerik:RadCalendar ID="RadCalendar1" runat="server" style="display:none">
        <ClientEvents OnDateSelected="OnDateSelected" />
    </telerik:RadCalendar>

<script type="text/javascript">
            function OnDateSelected(sender, args)
            {
                var dt = new Date();
                //args.get_renderDay().get_date()
            }
            function openPopup()
            {
                var calendar = $find('<%= RadCalendar1.ClientID %>');
                calendar.get_element().style.display = "";
                // Read the textbox value and set the Date of Calendar
            }
</script>

Greetings,
Nikolay
the Telerik team

[Ron Boehm]

Thanks, this seems to work.

Unfortunately, in the week it took to answer this question, I have already implimented a competitors control that provided a PopupCalendar out of the box.  In a fast paced world, a week is a long time...