Input date value not detected by datepicker about flatpickr HOT 15 CLOSED

Hi Rafael,

You may now take advantage of the defaultDate option.
You can also hardcode self.element.value and then self.redraw().

Also, the datepicker now always opens on the selected date (if any), or the defaultDate (if specified), or today's date, when closed and reopened.

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Hi Gregory!

Thanks for the fast feedback.

I tried this new defaultDate option on the sample page, and I think it is not working.

The doc says: "Set the date to highlight on first opening if the associated input field is blank. Specify either an actual date via a Date object or as a string"

But this is the result:

The datepicker popup does not focus the defaultDate.

Best regards.

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You might have to refresh the browser cache, I just verified it working on multiple machines.

Let me know if the problem persists.

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On Chrome 45, anonymous mode, with cleared cache, the behavior stills the same :(

No console errors as well.

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Hi there!

The new "data-defaultDate" alternative does work, selecting the "2016-1-10" date when the popup is open.

The defDate.set('defaultDate', '2015-10-10') still not working on the sample page, as shown in the print before this post.

Did you try to simulate on Chrome 45?

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Hi, for me the same issue

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Hello,

Make sure you're using the latest version of flatpickr.

I also made a demo page for this current issue, please verify that its working there.

Thank you. :)

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Hi Greg, all the reports were verified on the main demo page. I did not download the master to test locally, because the demo page just don't work for that feature (http://chmln.github.io/flatpickr/)

About the demo page for this issue (http://chmln.github.io/flatpickr/issue-4-demo/), it has wrong attr name. The code has "data-defaultdate", but the doc says it should be "data-defaultDate", which made the sample of this page not working. Also, the problem on the main demo page is regarding the JS command to set the defaultDate "defDate.set('defaultDate', '2015-10-10')". Using attr works just fine.

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I just pushed some changes that should address any issues you might've had.

Check it out, update, and let me know 👍

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Now it is working 😄

Thank you very much

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I tried using the set method for setting the defaultDate but it is still not working.
I checked the code and found a setDate method, which gives results, but I the format is not what I need (I guess its maybe m.d.Y? when I am going for d.m.Y) so it messes up the calendar.

In short: data attributes work, toFlatpickr.set('defaultDate', '12.12.2012'); does nothing.

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Yes, definitely use self.setDate() for setting dates.
It will set the selected date object, and update the input value as per self.config.dateFormat

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Well, I used d.m.Y when I initialised the datepicker, setDate didn't respect that. I got undefined NaN in my calendar and the days and months were flipped.

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I've addressed some issues in the latest release, please try and let me know if the problem persists.

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@chmln I think setDate needs to be documented as part of the standard api of flatpickr. This method saved me some time where I have to update the date for an already initialized flatpickr.

Also, destroy() or creating multiple instances for same selector does not work for me as mentioned in #79

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