Check out flatpickr. It does ranges, is easy to integrate with Qualtrics, and much lighter.

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Thanks, Tom! I will take a look.

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coding is not my forte. In the look and feel advanced, I inserted this for jquery and flatpickr

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.11.3/jquery-ui.min.js"></script><script>var $j = jQuery.noConflict();</script>

<link href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/flatpickr/dist/flatpickr.min.css" rel="stylesheet" /><script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/flatpickr"></script>



then in the JS oiption in the question

flatpickr();



obviously, I'm doing something worng

Thanks for your help

Emmanuel

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> @esegui said:

> coding is not my forte. In the look and feel advanced, I inserted this for jquery and flatpickr

> <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.11.3/jquery-ui.min.js"></script><script>var $j = jQuery.noConflict();</script>

> <link href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/flatpickr/dist/flatpickr.min.css" rel="stylesheet" /><script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/flatpickr"></script>

>

> then in the JS oiption in the question

> flatpickr();

>

> obviously, I'm doing something worng

> Thanks for your help

> Emmanuel

>

>

>



Yes, you are. No need to load jQuery (Qualtrics already loads it), so your look & feel header is just:

```

<link href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/flatpickr/dist/flatpickr.min.css" rel="stylesheet" />

<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/flatpickr"></script>

```

Then in your question, you need to attach flatpickr to a text input:

```

jQuery("#"+this.questionId+" .InputText").flatpickr();

```

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thanks a lot

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I have a simple but powerful improvement to the calendar code that's described here. Basically, qualtrics now provides a calendar picker example question that you can import via Qualtrics Library > Survey Questions > Demographics > Calendar & Date > "Enter a date:". See video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljWkJBeXoDw.



This however provides a very bulky calendar that takes up alot of room. What i've done is modified the code so that the calendar is hidden and only toggles when you click on the input field and after selecting the date it will again toggle hide.



Simply add the following code to the html view of your input text question type.

```

Enter date here (MM-DD-YYYY):<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/yui/2.9.0/build/calendar/assets/skins/sam/calendar.css">



<script type="text/javascript" src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/yui/2.9.0/build/yahoo-dom-event/yahoo-dom-event.js"></script>

<script type="text/javascript" src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/yui/2.9.0/build/calendar/calendar-min.js"></script>

```

Then in add the following Javascript to your question within Qualtrics.SurveyEngine.addOnload(function(){

});



```

Qualtrics.SurveyEngine.addOnload(function()

{

/*Place your JavaScript here to run when the page loads*/



let qid = this.questionId;

let qContainer = this.questionContainer;



//===Creates Calendar===

let calOuter = QBuilder('div');

$(calOuter).setStyle({clear:'both'});

let calid = qid+'_cal';



let calender = QBuilder('div',{className:'yui-skin-sam'},[QBuilder('div', {id:calid}), calOuter]);

qContainer = $(qContainer).down('.QuestionText');

qContainer.appendChild(calender);



let yahWidget = new YAHOO.widget.Calendar(calid);

yahWidget.render();

calOuter.style.display="none";

calender.style.display="none";



//===Creates Input Field===

let inputField = $('QR~' + qid);

$(inputField).setStyle({marginTop: '20px',width: '150px'});

let inputContainer =$(inputField).up();

let inputDiv = QBuilder('div');

$(inputDiv).setStyle({clear:'both'});

inputContainer.insert(inputDiv,{position:'before'});



//===Toggles Show Calendar===

inputField.addEventListener("click", function() {

calender.style.display="block";

});



//===Select Date and Toggles Hide Calendar===

yahWidget.selectEvent.subscribe(function(e,dates){

let date = dates[0][0];

if (date[1] < 10) {date[1] = '0' + date[1];};

if (date[2] < 10) {date[2] = '0' + date[2];};

inputField.value = date[1] +'-'+date[2]+'-'+date[0];

calender.style.display="none";

});



});



```

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This works great, but do you know how I can limit the choice to allow the user to only pick dates two weeks in advance and no weekends?

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Hi, how can i set a date range in the calendar? For example, I want the calendar to show only the past 3 months till the current date?

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https://community.qualtrics.com/XMcommunity/discussion/comment/41411#Comment_41411Flatpickr documentation is here.

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