Set datepicker default view to year selection

[Greg]

How to change datepicker default view to year selection?

[Manoj Sharma*]

I need an answer too..

[Atanas Korchev]

Hello,

 This is not currently supported by the datepicker. The day view is always selected by default.

Regards,
Atanas Korchev
the Telerik team

[Niko]

Well, after some work this seems to be actually a viable workaround for this limitation.

<%= Html.Telerik().DatePicker().Name("Picker1").ClientEvents(events => events.OnOpen("Picker1_Open")) %>

function Picker1_Open(e) {
    e.preventDefault();
    e.stopPropagation();
    var picker = $(this).data("tDatePicker");
    var calendar = picker.dateView._getCalendar();
    picker.open();
    if (!this.value) { // only show year first when no date selected
        var myDate = new Date();
        myDate = new Date(myDate.getFullYear() - 50, myDate.getMonth(), 1)
        var stopAnimBU = calendar.stopAnimation;
        calendar.stopAnimation = true;
        calendar.navigateVertically(3, myDate, false);
        calendar.stopAnimation = stopAnimBU;
    }
}