How to solve bootstrap datepicker in modal
Simply wrap your datepicker code in bootstrap's modal shown event.
js
$('#your-modal').on('shown.bs.modal', function() {
$('.your-date-input').datepicker({});
});
TIP
Here is an full example Bootstrap DatePicker in Modal
html
<link href="//maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.6/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet"/>
<script src="//code.jquery.com/jquery-1.11.0.min.js"></script>
<script src="//netdna.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.1.1/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
<script src="//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/bootstrap-datepicker/1.3.0/js/bootstrap-datepicker.js"></script>
<style>
/* Optional: has to be larger than 1050 */
.datepicker {
z-index: 1600 !important;
}
/* Optional: in case your body is less than datapicker height */
.modal-body {
height: 200px;
}
</style>
<div class="well">
<button type="button" id="add">Add</button>
</div>
<div id="myModal" class="modal">
<div class="modal-dialog">
<div class="modal-content">
<div class="modal-header">
<h4></h4>
</div>
<div class="modal-body">
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
javascript
$('#myModal').on('shown.bs.modal', function() {
$('.input-group.date').datepicker({
format: "dd/mm/yyyy",
startDate: "01-01-2015",
endDate: "01-01-2020",
todayBtn: "linked",
autoclose: true,
todayHighlight: true,
container: '#myModal modal-body'
});
});
$("[id=add]").click(function() {
$("#myModal .modal-header h4").html("Request for Change");
$("#myModal .modal-body").html('<form class="form-horizontal" role="form"><br /><br /><label class="col-sm-2 control-label">Date Required</label><div class="col-sm-3"><div class="input-group date col-sm-8"><input type="text" class="form-control" id="DateRequired"><span class="input-group-addon"><i class="glyphicon glyphicon-th"></i></span></div></div></form>');
$("#myModal").modal("show");
});