jquery-ui-datepicker - jQuery Datepicker (Keith Wood) prevent closing when date is selected

Question

How can I prevent the closing of the datepicker when I click on a date. Is there an option for that? I am using Keith Wood's Datepicker v4.0.6. I want to close it by clicking the "Close" link.

Answer 1

I found a solution by hacking the code. I know it's not good to do it like this, but it works.

Comment the line:

this.hide(target);

it's on row 1700 in the function selectDate.

Tested on Firefox 17, IE 10, Chrome 23.