How angular material 2 date picker can be configured to be opened automatically on focus? I didn't find anything in the documentation at https://material.angular.io/components/datepicker/overview.
Current html is like this:
<input [mdDatepicker]="myDatepicker" id="inputWeekEnding" name="inputWeekEnding" type="text" class="form-control" show-button-bar="false"
[(ngModel)]="weekEnding" [mdDatepickerFilter]="weekEndingPickerFilter" (ngModelChange)="weekEndingChanged()"
required>
<span class="input-group-btn">
<button type="button" class="btn btn-default" [mdDatepickerToggle]="myDatepicker">
<i class="glyphicon glyphicon-calendar"></i>
</button>
</span>
<md-datepicker #myDatepicker md-open-on-focus ></md-datepicker>
mdDatepicker
provides method open()
in order to open it manually doe developers. You can invoke it at md-input
's focus event. See docs(Method of MatDatepicker).
<md-input-container>
<input mdInput [mdDatepicker]="picker" (focus)="picker.open()" placeholder="Choose a date">
<button mdSuffix [mdDatepickerToggle]="picker"></button>
</md-input-container>
<md-datepicker #picker></md-datepicker>
Demo(included demo for opening on focus and opening in typescript)
As per @angular/material2 v7.0.1 I've been able to handle the input focus correctly by...
- adding
(focus)="picker.open()"
on matInput
input element to trigger the datepicker opening on focus
- adding
(closed)="input.blur()"
on mat-datepicker
element so it could remove the focus on the input once the date-picker is closed
<mat-form-field>
<input matInput #input [matDatepicker]="picker" (focus)="picker.open()" formControlName="yourControlName">
<mat-datepicker-toggle matSuffix [for]="picker"></mat-datepicker-toggle>
<mat-datepicker #picker (closed)="input.blur()"></mat-datepicker>
</mat-form-field>
For the new Angular & Material (5 and above) it should something like this.
The link in question points to up-to-date documentation, but uses code from Angular 2, which might be confusing to newbies.
<mat-form-field>
<input matInput [matDatepicker]="picker" (focus)="picker.open()" formControlName="yourControlName">
<mat-datepicker-toggle matSuffix [for]="picker"></mat-datepicker-toggle>
<mat-datepicker #picker></mat-datepicker>
</mat-form-field>