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Open

methods

Opens the calendar or the time drop-down list.

open

Parameters:viewString

The view of the DateTimePicker, expressed as a string. Available views are "time" and "date".

<input id="datetimepicker" />
<button id="open">Open</button>
<script>
$("#datetimepicker").kendoDateTimePicker();

var datetimepicker = $("#datetimepicker").data("kendoDateTimePicker");

$("#open").click(function() {
    datetimepicker.open("date");
});
</script>

<input id="datetimepicker" />
<button id="open">Open</button>
<script>
$("#datetimepicker").kendoDateTimePicker();

var datetimepicker = $("#datetimepicker").data("kendoDateTimePicker");

$("#open").click(function() {
    datetimepicker.open("time");
});
</script>