javascript - Bootstrap Datepicker appearing at incorrect location in a modal

Question

I have a button on a page that calls a modal having datepicker.

If this button is at top (I don't have to scroll page to click), modal opens and datepicker displays correctly.

But if this button is lower on the page( so that I have to scroll page to click), modal opens and datepicker displays incorrect. (NOT SURE if scrolling has a relation)

Here's the jsfiddle

Here's the image displaying problem, the datepicker should display above as a tooltip, but it goes down :

Here's the code :

<button type="button" class="btn btn-danger" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#callModal">Contact</button>

<div class="modal fade" id="callModal">
        <div class="modal-dialog">
          <div class="modal-content">
            <div class="modal-header">
              <button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal"><span aria-hidden="true">&times;</span><span class="sr-only">Close</span></button>
              <h4 class="modal-title">Modal title</h4>
            </div>
            <div class="modal-body">
              <form role="form">
                <div class="form-group">
                  <label for="name">Name</label>
                  <input type="text" class="form-control" id="name" placeholder="Enter name">
                </div>
                <div class="form-group">
                  <label for="contact">Contact</label>
                  <input type="text" class="form-control" id="contact" placeholder="Your mobile number">
                </div>
                <div class="row">
                  <div class='col-sm-6'>
                    <div class="form-group">
                      <label for="cal">Date &amp; Time</label>
                      <div class='input-group date' id='datetimepicker1'>
                        <input type='text' class="form-control" id="cal"/>
                        <span class="input-group-addon"><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-calendar"></span>
                      </span>
                    </div>
                  </div>
                   <script type="text/javascript">
                $(function () {
                  $('#datetimepicker1').datetimepicker();
                });
              </script>
                </div>
              </div>
            </form>
          </div>
          <div class="modal-footer">
            <button type="button" class="btn btn-default" data-dismiss="modal">Close</button>
            <button type="button" class="btn btn-danger">Contact </button>
          </div>
        </div><!-- /.modal-content -->
      </div><!-- /.modal-dialog -->
    </div><!-- /.modal -->

EDIT The datetimepicker tooltip is shifted by the amount by which I scroll the page before clicking the button "Contact" to appear the modal containing the datetimepicker.

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/27966645/bootstrap-datepicker-appearing-at-incorrect-location-in-a-modal

Answer 1

I just ran into this same issue. I was able to solve it by adding a container attribute to the div.

$('#myDatePicker').datepicker({
  container:'#myModalId'
});

or if you are using the "lazy load" method as I was:

<input id='myDatePicker' data-provide='datepicker' data-date-container='#myModalId'>

Reference : http://bootstrap-datepicker.readthedocs.org/en/latest/options.html

Hope it helps someone else!