Reduce Size of the jQuery DatePicker

I often use the jQuery ui-lightness theme for my DatePicker, which I feel is quite nice. However by default, the DatePicker layout is quite ‘explosive’ and displays with big fonts.

However there is a simple way to change that with a small amount of css. Here’s some sample CSS to reduce the font-size of the DatePicker to reduce its size and change some styling

<style type="text/css">
    .ui-datepicker {
        font-family:Garamond;
        font-size: 11px;
        margin-left:10px
     }
</style>

Now if you run the same code, the DatePicker shows up like this:

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Suprotim Agarwal, ASP.NET Architecture MVP works as an Architect Consultant and provides consultancy on how to design and develop Web applications.

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