{"id":8543,"date":"2015-06-26T10:51:19","date_gmt":"2015-06-26T14:51:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/docs.gravityforms.com\/?post_type=gdoc&#038;p=8543"},"modified":"2026-06-24T15:11:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T19:11:12","slug":"gform_datepicker_options_pre_init","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/docs.gravityforms.com\/gform_datepicker_options_pre_init\/","title":{"rendered":"gform_datepicker_options_pre_init"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-background wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"background-color:#f5955221\"><strong>Note<\/strong>: the filter has been deprecated. See the <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.gravityforms.com\/?p=49414\">gform\/datepicker\/pre_init<\/a> filter for updated examples.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-description\">Description<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This filter can be used to modify the options used to initialize a fields datepicker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Gravity Forms Datepicker is powered by the jQuery UI Datepicker which is bundled with WordPress. See <a href=\"\/\/api.jqueryui.com\/datepicker\/\">jQuery UI API Documentation &#8211; Datepicker Widget<\/a> for all the possible options you can use with this filter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For cases where you are going to set a restriction (e.g. limiting dates), you may want to harden the restriction <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.gravityforms.com\/making-a-field-read-only\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">making the input for the field read only<\/a>. And optionally validating the value sent using the <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.gravityforms.com\/gform_field_validation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">gform_field_validation<\/a> filter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-usage\">Usage<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-syntaxhighlighter-code \"><pre class=\"brush: jscript; title: ; notranslate\" title=\"\">\ngform.addFilter( 'gform_datepicker_options_pre_init', function( optionsObj, formId, fieldId ) {\n    \/\/ do stuff\n \n    return optionsObj;\n} );\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-parameters\">Parameters<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>optionsObj<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.gravityforms.com\/javascript-object\/\">Javascript Object<\/a><br>The current datepicker object.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-syntaxhighlighter-code \"><pre class=\"brush: jscript; title: ; notranslate\" title=\"\">\n{\n    yearRange: '-100:+20',\n    showOn: 'focus',\n    dateFormat: 'mm\/dd\/yy',\n    changeMonth: true,\n    changeYear: true,\n    suppressDatePicker: false,\n    onClose: function () {\n        element.focus();\n        var self = this;\n        this.suppressDatePicker = true;\n        setTimeout(function () {\n            self.suppressDatePicker = false;\n        }, 200);\n    },\n    beforeShow: function (input, inst) {\n        return !this.suppressDatePicker;\n    }\n}\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>formID<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.gravityforms.com\/integer\/\">integer<\/a><br>The ID of the current form.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>fieldID<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.gravityforms.com\/integer\/\">integer<\/a><br>The ID of the current field.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-examples\">Examples<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-1-weekends-only\">1. Weekends only<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-syntaxhighlighter-code \"><pre class=\"brush: jscript; title: ; notranslate\" title=\"\">\ngform.addFilter( 'gform_datepicker_options_pre_init', function( optionsObj, formId, fieldId ) {\n    if ( formId == 12 && fieldId == 1 ) {\n        optionsObj.firstDay = 1;\n        optionsObj.beforeShowDay = function(date) {\n            var day = date.getDay();\n            return &#x5B;(day == 0 || day == 6)];\n        };\n    }\n    return optionsObj;\n});\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-2-no-weekends\">2. No Weekends<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-syntaxhighlighter-code \"><pre class=\"brush: jscript; title: ; notranslate\" title=\"\">\ngform.addFilter( 'gform_datepicker_options_pre_init', function( optionsObj, formId, fieldId ) {\n    if ( formId == 12 && fieldId == 6 ) {\n        optionsObj.firstDay = 1;\n        optionsObj.beforeShowDay = jQuery.datepicker.noWeekends;\n    }\n    return optionsObj;\n});\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-3-datepicker-1-becomes-mindate-for-datepicker-2\">3. Datepicker 1 becomes minDate for datepicker 2<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-syntaxhighlighter-code \"><pre class=\"brush: jscript; title: ; notranslate\" title=\"\">\ngform.addFilter( 'gform_datepicker_options_pre_init', function( optionsObj, formId, fieldId ) {\n    if ( formId == 12 && fieldId == 8 ) {\n        optionsObj.minDate = 0;\n        optionsObj.onClose = function (dateText, inst) {\n             jQuery('#input_12_9').datepicker('option', 'minDate', dateText).datepicker('setDate', dateText);\n        };\n    }\n    return optionsObj;\n});\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-4-datepicker-1-1-month-becomes-mindate-for-datepicker-2\">4. Datepicker 1 + 1 month becomes minDate for datepicker 2<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-syntaxhighlighter-code \"><pre class=\"brush: jscript; title: ; notranslate\" title=\"\">\ngform.addFilter( 'gform_datepicker_options_pre_init', function( optionsObj, formId, fieldId ) {\n    if ( formId == 12 && fieldId == 11 ) {\n        optionsObj.minDate = 0;\n        optionsObj.onClose = function (dateText, inst) {\n            dateText = new Date(dateText);\n            dateMin = new Date(dateText.getFullYear(), dateText.getMonth() + 1,dateText.getDate());\n            jQuery('#input_12_12').datepicker('option', 'minDate', dateMin).datepicker('setDate', dateMin);\n        };\n    }\n    return optionsObj;\n});\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-5-disable-specific-dates\">5. Disable specific dates<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-syntaxhighlighter-code \"><pre class=\"brush: jscript; title: ; notranslate\" title=\"\">\ngform.addFilter( 'gform_datepicker_options_pre_init', function( optionsObj, formId, fieldId ) {\n    if ( formId == 12 && fieldId == 14 ) {\n        var disabledDays = &#x5B;'06\/15\/2014', '07\/01\/2014', '07\/15\/2014'];\n        optionsObj.beforeShowDay = function(date) {\n            var checkdate = jQuery.datepicker.formatDate('mm\/dd\/yy', date);\n            return &#x5B;disabledDays.indexOf(checkdate) == -1];\n        };\n    }\n    return optionsObj;\n});\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-6-restrict-selectable-dates-to-specific-ranges\">6. Restrict selectable dates to specific ranges<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-syntaxhighlighter-code \"><pre class=\"brush: jscript; title: ; notranslate\" title=\"\">\ngform.addFilter( &#039;gform_datepicker_options_pre_init&#039;, function( optionsObj, formId, fieldId ) {\n    if ( formId == 12 &amp;&amp; fieldId == 16 ) {\n        var ranges = &#x5B;\n            { start: new Date(&#039;06\/15\/2014&#039;), end: new Date(&#039;06\/25\/2014&#039;) },\n            { start: new Date(&#039;07\/15\/2014&#039;), end: new Date(&#039;07\/25\/2014&#039;) },\n            { start: new Date(&#039;08\/15\/2014&#039;), end: new Date(&#039;08\/25\/2014&#039;) }\n        ];\n        optionsObj.beforeShowDay = function(date) {\n            for ( var i=0; i&lt;ranges.length; i++ ) {\n                if ( date &gt;= ranges&#x5B;i].start &amp;&amp; date &lt;= ranges&#x5B;i].end ) return &#x5B;true, &#039;&#039;];\n            }\n            return &#x5B;false, &#039;&#039;];\n        };\n        optionsObj.minDate = ranges&#x5B;0].start;\n        optionsObj.maxDate = ranges&#x5B;ranges.length -1].end;\n    }\n    return optionsObj;\n});\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-7-disable-specific-dates-and-a-certain-day-of-the-week\">7. Disable specific dates and a certain day of the week<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-syntaxhighlighter-code \"><pre class=\"brush: jscript; title: ; notranslate\" title=\"\">\ngform.addFilter('gform_datepicker_options_pre_init', function (optionsObj, formId, fieldId) {\n    if (formId == 149 && fieldId == 2) {\n        optionsObj.firstDay = 1;\n        optionsObj.beforeShowDay = function (date) {\n            var disabledDays = &#x5B;'06\/15\/2015', '06\/16\/2015', '06\/18\/2015'],\n                currentDate = jQuery.datepicker.formatDate('mm\/dd\/yy', date),\n                day = date.getDay();\n \n            return &#x5B;!(disabledDays.indexOf(currentDate) != -1 || day == 3)];\n        };\n    }\n \n    return optionsObj;\n});\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-8-setting-local-translations\">8. Setting local translations<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The below example will set the default region to France, which will include translations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Note:<\/strong> This assumes that the translation file is already present and enqueued. See the <a href=\"\/translating-the-datepicker\" data-autolink=\"autolink_translating-the-datepicker\">Translating The Datepicker<\/a> article.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-syntaxhighlighter-code \"><pre class=\"brush: jscript; title: ; notranslate\" title=\"\">\ngform.addFilter('gform_datepicker_options_pre_init', function (optionsObj, formId, fieldId) {\n    if (formId == 149 && fieldId == 2) {\n        jQuery.datepicker.regional&#x5B;'fr']\n    }\n \n    return optionsObj;\n});\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-9-disable-past-dates\">9. Disable past dates<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The snippet below will disable any past date and allow only to select current and future dates.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-syntaxhighlighter-code \"><pre class=\"brush: jscript; title: ; notranslate\" title=\"\">\ngform.addFilter( 'gform_datepicker_options_pre_init', function( optionsObj, formId, fieldId ) {\n    \/\/ Apply to field 2 only \n    if ( fieldId == 2 ) {\n        optionsObj.minDate = 0;\n    }\n    return optionsObj;\n});\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-10-disable-month-and-year-selection\">10. Disable month and year selection<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-syntaxhighlighter-code \"><pre class=\"brush: jscript; title: ; notranslate\" title=\"\">\ngform.addFilter( 'gform_datepicker_options_pre_init', function( optionsObj, formId, fieldId ) {\n    if ( formId == 381 && fieldId == 2 ) { \/\/ Update form and field id in this line\n    optionsObj.changeMonth = false;\n    optionsObj.changeYear = false;  \n    }\n    return optionsObj;\n});\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-11-disable-specific-months\">11. Disable specific months<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The following example will disable date selection for months January, April, and July in a datepicker field with id 1 in a form with id 1744.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-syntaxhighlighter-code \"><pre class=\"brush: jscript; title: ; notranslate\" title=\"\">\ngform.addFilter( &#039;gform_datepicker_options_pre_init&#039;, function( optionsObj, formId, fieldId ) {\n    if ( formId == 1744 &amp;&amp; fieldId == 1 ) {\n \n        \/\/ Months to disable (0 for January, 1 February, etc...)\n        monthsDisabled = &#x5B;0, 3, 6];\n \n        optionsObj.beforeShowDay = function(date) {\n            if (jQuery.inArray(date.getMonth(), monthsDisabled) &gt; -1) {\n                return &#x5B;false, &#039;&#039;];\n            }\n            return &#x5B;true, &#039;&#039;];\n        };\n    }\n    return optionsObj;\n});\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-12-force-week-to-start-on-monday\">12. Force week to start on Monday<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The following example uses the <a href=\"https:\/\/api.jqueryui.com\/datepicker\/#option-firstDay\">firstDay<\/a> parameter to force the week to start on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-syntaxhighlighter-code \"><pre class=\"brush: jscript; title: ; notranslate\" title=\"\">\ngform.addFilter( 'gform_datepicker_options_pre_init', function( optionsObj, formId, fieldId ) {\n    \/\/ Sunday is 0, Monday is 1, etc.\n    optionsObj.firstDay = 1;\n    return optionsObj;\n});\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-13-allow-selection-for-other-months-days\">13. Allow selection for other months days<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The following example uses the <a href=\"https:\/\/api.jqueryui.com\/datepicker\/#option-selectOtherMonths\">selectOtherMonths<\/a> parameter to make days in other months shown before or after the current month selectable.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-syntaxhighlighter-code \"><pre class=\"brush: jscript; title: ; notranslate\" title=\"\">\ngform.addFilter( 'gform_datepicker_options_pre_init', function( optionsObj, formId, fieldId ) {\n    \/\/ Allow selection for other months days.\n    optionsObj.selectOtherMonths = true;\n    return optionsObj;\n});\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-14-hide-dates-in-other-months\">14. Hide dates in other months<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The following example uses the <a href=\"https:\/\/api.jqueryui.com\/datepicker\/#option-showOtherMonths\">showOtherMonths<\/a> parameter to hide dates in other months (non-selectable) at the start or end of the current month.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-syntaxhighlighter-code \"><pre class=\"brush: jscript; title: ; notranslate\" title=\"\">\ngform.addFilter( 'gform_datepicker_options_pre_init', function( optionsObj, formId, fieldId ) {\n    \/\/ Turn off displaying of dates in other months (non-selectable).\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0optionsObj.showOtherMonths = false;\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0return optionsObj;\n});\n\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-15-disable-specific-days-of-the-week\">15. Disable specific days of the week<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-syntaxhighlighter-code \"><pre class=\"brush: jscript; title: ; notranslate\" title=\"\">\ngform.addFilter( &#039;gform_datepicker_options_pre_init&#039;, function( optionsObj, formId, fieldId ) {\n        \/\/ Days to disable. Possible values from 0 (Sunday) to 6 (Saturday).\n        daysDisabled = &#x5B;0, 5]; \/\/ Disable Sunday and Friday.\n          optionsObj.beforeShowDay = function(date) {\n            if (jQuery.inArray(date.getDay(), daysDisabled) &gt; -1) {\n                return &#x5B;false, &#039;&#039;];\n            }\n            return &#x5B;true, &#039;&#039;];\n        };\n\n    return optionsObj;\n});\n\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-16-disabling-mobile-keyboard-input-on-datepicker-fields\">16. 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