'How to show calendar popup when input[type="date"] is on focus

Is there a way to activate the native HTML5 date picker dropdown on focus of an input element?

Large Input Element:

Large Input[type=date] Element

Currently I can only utilize the calendar on click of an arrow at the far right side of the input element.

Large Input Element Click of Arrow

Large Input[type=date] Element onClick of Arrow

I would like to activate this calendar on focus of the input element.

Here is the code in question.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en" dir="ltr">
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title>Test</title>
  </head>
  <style media="screen">
  .form-question {
    display: flex;
    flex-direction: column;
    justify-content: center;
    margin: 0 0 3rem;
    min-height: 3rem;
  }
  .form-question__title {
    color: #342357;
    font-size: 1.5rem;
    padding: 1rem;
  }
  .input-container {
    border-bottom: solid 2px #333333;
  }
  .input-container input {
    border: none;
    box-sizing: border-box;
    outline: 0;
    padding: .75rem;
    width: 100%;
  }
  </style>
  <body>
    <div class="form-question">
      <div class="form-question__title">
        <span>Effective Date</span>
      </div>
      <div class="input-container">
        <input id="effective-date" type="date" name="effective-date" minlength="1" maxlength="64" placeholder=" " autocomplete="nope" required="required"></input>
        <span class="bar"></span>
      </div>
    </div>
  </body>
</html>

CSS solution preferred but javascript is welcome, please no jQuery.

Thanks in advance!

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Solution 1:[1]

For anyone who stumbles across this, I solved it (webkit only firefox also seems to respect this) by making the calendar-picker-indicator the full height and width of the input, as outlined here.

.input-container input {
    border: none;
    box-sizing: border-box;
    outline: 0;
    padding: .75rem;
    position: relative;
    width: 100%;
}

input[type="date"]::-webkit-calendar-picker-indicator {
    background: transparent;
    bottom: 0;
    color: transparent;
    cursor: pointer;
    height: auto;
    left: 0;
    position: absolute;
    right: 0;
    top: 0;
    width: auto;
}
<input type="date">

Full-Width Clickable Calendar Dropdown

Solution 2:[2]

    input[type="date"] {
        position: relative;
    }

    /* create a new arrow, because we are going to mess up the native one
    see "List of symbols" below if you want another, you could also try to add a font-awesome icon.. */
    input[type="date"]:after {
        content: "\25BC"; 
        color: #555;
        padding: 0 5px;
    }

    /* change color of symbol on hover */
    input[type="date"]:hover:after {
        color: #bf1400;
    }

    /* make the native arrow invisible and stretch it over the whole field so you can click anywhere in the input field to trigger the native datepicker*/
    input[type="date"]::-webkit-calendar-picker-indicator {
        position: absolute;
        top: 0;
        left: 0;
        right: 0;
        bottom: 0;
        width: auto;
        height: auto;
        color: transparent;
        background: transparent;
    }

    /* adjust increase/decrease button */
    input[type="date"]::-webkit-inner-spin-button {
        z-index: 1;
    }

    /* adjust clear button */
    input[type="date"]::-webkit-clear-button {
        z-index: 1;
    }

Solution 3:[3]

why not using js to do so

const inputDate = document.getElementById("inputId");

inputDate.addEventListener("focus",function (evt) {
  if (this.getAttribute("type")==="date") {
    this.showPicker();
  }
});

Solution 4:[4]

Pimped @MJ12358 solution a bit, so the Icon is preserved.

input {
    position: relative;
}

input[type="date"]::-webkit-calendar-picker-indicator {
    background-position: right;
    background-size: auto;
    cursor: pointer;
    position: absolute;
    bottom: 0;
    left: 0;
    right: 0;
    top: 0;
    width: auto;
}
<input type="date" />

Sources

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Solution Source
Solution 1 Dima Parzhitsky
Solution 2 msrajwat298
Solution 3 Ernesto
Solution 4 SirPilan

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