jquery ui - disable today and highlight next 3 days - jquery-ui

Question

So far I can disable Today's date, but I'm coming up short trying to highlight the next 3 days
$( "#someDiv" ).datepicker({
beforeShowDay: function( date ){
//disable Sundays;
return [date.getDay() != 0, '']
},
/* today is disabled */
minDate: 1
});
... or is there a way to render individual day cells with date info as data attributes or something like that?

Answer 1

In your return, add a condition that will check for the date range you want and add a class to those dates.
Here is a jsFiddle with the full example. I'm sure this can be improved upon though.
The code and CSS to add a background to the dates when the condition is true (style it how you like):
.highlightDay .ui-state-default {
background: #484;
color: #FFF;
}
$(document).ready(function() {
$("#datepicker").datepicker({
beforeShowDay: function(date) {
var newDate = addDays(new Date(), 0);
var thirdDay = addDays(new Date(), 3);
return [date.getDay() != 6,
// This can probably be improved
date >= newDate && date <= thirdDay ? "highlightDay" : ""];
},
minDate: 1
});
});
function addDays(theDate, days) {
return new Date(theDate.getTime() + days*24*60*60*1000);
}