force native datepicker display

By: Chris Tiemann | Asked: 04/25/2024
ForumsCategory: General questionsforce native datepicker display
Chris Tiemann asked 6 months ago
hello, i would like to activate the native browser view for the datepicker and not the style that formidable forms provides. does anyone have an idea how i can force the native display? I just want it to work like this in the end:
https://www.w3schools.com/tags/tryit.asp?filename=tryhtml5_input_type_date
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Victor Font answered 6 months ago
You would have to create a custom field to do what you want. If you look at the HTML source code, Formidable Pro's date field is not a date field.it is a text field that uses the jQuery date picker. When stored in the database, all fields on the form are stored as text or serialized arrays. You have two choices, create a custom field so it appears on the drag and drop field menu, or create a field in a custom HTML. The second option will not save the field to the database, so you have to transfer the content to a hidden field. The first option requires you to convert the text data in the database to a date using jQuery when displayed in the browser.

Chris Tiemann answered 6 months ago

hey, thanks for your reply. i have implemented this with the custom field solution and it works quite well. However, there is still one small point to clarify. When I send the form, this format is displayed in the date field in the email: YYYY-MM-DD . However, it should be displayed like this: DD.MM.YYYY
Do you know how I could solve this? The date format is already set correctly in the general formidable settings, but apparently this does not apply to the "custom-date" field.

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