jQueryUI Datepicker in Dialog auto focus in IE9 - jquery-ui

Question

I'm able to load and reopen jQueryUI Dialogs with a Datepicker as the first element in all browsers I've tried ... except IE 9.
If a Datepicker is the first element to receive focus when the Dialog opens, the Datepicker will auto launch. I'm able to suppress this behavior in FireFox and Chrome. IE 9 still launches the Datepicker on creation.
My open and close function for the Dialog are:
open: function (event, ui) {
$('#Date').blur(); // kill the focus
if ($('#Date').hasClass('hasDatepicker')) {
$("#Date").datepicker('enable');
}
else {
$("#Date").datepicker();
}
},
close: function (event, ui) {
$("#Date").datepicker('disable');
}
Here is the 'click' code
var dialogs = {};
$('#clicker').click(function (e) {
if (!dialogs['dlg']) {
loadAndShowDialog('dlg');
} else {
dialogs['dlg'].dialog('open');
}
});
var loadAndShowDialog = function (id) {
dialogs[id] = $('#dlg').clone().find('#ChangeMe').attr('id', 'Date').end()
.appendTo(document.body)
.dialog({ // Create the jQuery UI dialog
title: 'Testing',
modal: true,
resizable: true,
draggable: true,
width: 300,
open: see above
close: see above
};
jsfiddle showing this IE9 problem http://jsfiddle.net/stocksp/DdRLp/8/
What can I do to get IE to behave, short of not placing the Datepicker as the first element?

Answer 1

I don't have IE9 available at home so give this a try: http://jsfiddle.net/DdRLp/10/
I added a class to the datepicker input to make it easier to grab.
$(function() {
$(document).on("dialogcreate", "#dlg", function() {
$(".date_picker").datepicker();
$(".date_picker").datepicker("disable");
});
var dialogs = {};
$('#clicker').click(function(e) {
if (!dialogs['dlg']) {
loadAndShowDialog('dlg');
} else {
dialogs['dlg'].dialog('open');
}
});
var loadAndShowDialog = function(id) {
dialogs[id] = $('#dlg').clone().find('#ChangeMe').attr('id', 'Date').end().appendTo(document.body).dialog({ // Create the jQuery UI dialog
title: 'Testing',
modal: true,
resizable: true,
draggable: true,
width: 300,
open: function(event, ui) {
$("div#dlg form input").blur(); //takes focus off inputs
$(".date_picker").datepicker("enable");
},
close: function(event, ui) {
$(".date_picker").datepicker("disable");
}
});
};
});