Is there any way to control the long page blanking that occurs when using the date picker?

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Using SmartNavigation addresses most of the flashing / page blanking, but the custom width stretching mentioned below remains. - How to get the control to render without the initial stretching from default to custom width??
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This seems to be worse if a custom width is used, as when the control renders, it initially appears at the default size and then "stretches" to the larger custom width.

I know that there are visible true / false settings, but am wondering if there is a way to control the rendering, such as render and then display. When I set the datepicker visible property to false, the issue disappears.

Any thoughts?

Thanks,
Dave

Thanks for the response. The combination of your DIV suggestion and SmartNavigation eliminate the flashing, as well as the temporary effect on the rest of my layout while the datepicker renders. However, the datepicker initially renders at its default width and then stretches to the designated width specified in the width property. If I use the default width, then the datepicker renders fine, with no movement.

I guess my bottom line question is the following: Why does the datepicker render at its default width before assuming the specified width? Is there a way around this? If not, I'll live with it, but the rendering would be a lot cleaner if it would render at the specified width immediately instead of assuming the specified width after it is visible.