DatePicker JQuery Reference Needed

[Steve]

<%=Html.Telerik().DatePicker()
    .Name(ViewData.TemplateInfo.GetFullHtmlFieldName(string.Empty))
    .HtmlAttributes(
        new
            {
                id =ViewData.TemplateInfo.GetFullHtmlFieldId(string.Empty) +DateTime.Now.Millisecond
            })
.Value(Model > DateTime.MinValue ? Model : DateTime.Today)
.InputHtmlAttributes(new { style = "width: 110px" })
%>

<input value="7/12/2010" style="width: 110px;" name="StartDate" id="StartDate951-input" class="t-input" autocomplete="off">

I'm using Ajax binding with the Editor Template in an Telerik  MVC  Grid.
How do I get a JQuery reference to a DatePicker Control (in this example,called StartDate)  that is being edited?

The following code works fine, but I obviously don't know the actual id as this is dynamic based on template (millisecs) above
var date1 = $('#StartDate951').data("tDatePicker").value();

As Id of the DateTimePicker is auto-generated, I need something less direct and was wondering if there is a JQuery that can pick up the current rows StartDate value WITHOUT knowing the suffix (in this case 951)

The telerik grid bound column is :

columns.Bound(o => o.StartDate).Width(170).Format("{0:ddd, dd MMM yyyy}");

thanks

[Georgi Krustev]

Hello Steve,

In order to find DatePicker component you can use StartsWith jQuery selector. Thus you will not depend on the suffix. Here is a code snippet which shows how to achieve this:

function onEdit(e) {
        $(e.form).find('[id^="ColumnName"][class*="t-datepicker"]')
    }

Wire OnEdit client event and search for the rendered DatePicker UI component there.

Kind regards,
Georgi Krustev
the Telerik team

[Steve]

Thanks Georgi, looks like that is exactly what I'm looking for...

Cheers