My site currently used a custom version of framework/thirdparty/jquery-ui/datepicker/i18n/jquery.ui.datepicker-en-GB.js so that I can have year selection and a default start date.

All very well but a git pull or framework file update will destroy it.

Id there a default place I can put a copy so it will be found or is there a way I can tell the framework to look somewhere else

Julian

You need to overload DateField_View_JQuery and add your javascript file to the requirements.

class myDateField_View_JQuery extends DateField_View_JQuery {
	
	/**
	 * @param String $html
	 * @return 
	 */
	public function onAfterRender($html) {
		$html = parent::onAfterRender($html);
		
		Requirements::javascript('mydatefield.js');
		
		return $html;
	}
	
}

Object::useCustomClass('DateField_View_JQuery', 'myDateField_View_JQuery');

Thanks a lot. I would have had no idea where to look for this.

Now I see its in framework/forms/DateField.php and I observe that at the moment there are no other form elements that have the same treatment - however calendar is very particular about its use and may indeed vary on one site.

Julian

There seems to be a snag.

DateField_View_JQuery is only used for static method calls that I can tell, which means I can't useCustomClass() on it as it's never created with the factory method Object::create().

So its back to the drawing board. ..

it's never created with the factory method Object::create().

Of course it is. It's in DateField::FieldHolder()... Line 118... Works fine for me.

if ($this->getConfig('showcalendar')) {
	// TODO Replace with properly extensible view helper system 
	$d = DateField_View_JQuery::create($this); 

~~

may indeed vary on one site

Well, then you need to overload DateField() itself and add your code as required.

class MyDateField extends DateField{
	function FieldHolder($properties = array()) {
		$html = parent::FieldHolder($properties); 
		Requirements::javascript('mydatefield.js'); 
		return $html;
	}
}
$myDateField = MyDateField::create('date');
// or
$myDateField = new MyDateField('date');

I'll have another look. I did a searc for that and did not find it.

I realise I could have extended and customised it in where it was finally called but I wanted to override the Class in such a way as when the repos are refreshed that change does not get erased anywhere including userdefined forms module