So, for the date example, you would like for the user to be able to type "1/1/2006" with the slashes and it would fill 01/01/2006? I want to make sure I'm understanding correctly.
Thanks Josh On Jun 13, 6:57 am, David Duymelinck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 1 is only an example it can be 1-9 or a-z. The idea is by typing the > next non validating character of the mask the validation should jump to > the next validation character and fill the left of the previous > validation part with a default character if necessary. It should only > jump if at least one of the previous validated characters is present. > > -- > David Duymelinck > ________________ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Josh Bush schreef: > > > If the users types '1' how would you know if the user means "01", "11" > > or "12"? > > However, 2-9 could always be interpreted as 0+digit. You > > could always hook into the keypress event and detect a leading digit > > that isn't a 1 with the following regex: /^[2-9]/ then just set the > > input to be 0+digit. The same thing could be said for the last 4 > > digits as well. If a user types 2 digits, you could expand that out > > to the full 4 digit year. > > > Just wanted to throw those ideas out there. Thanks for the feedback! > > > Josh > > > On Jun 13, 3:56 am, David Duymelinck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> Josh Bush schreef: > > >>> I'm proud to announce the second beta of my Masked Input Plugin for > >>> jQuery. This release fixes a few bugs from Beta 1 and adds a few > >>> features. > > >>> The following is a list of changes for this release. > > >>> * BREAKING CHANGE: If you were using the optional placeholder > >>> argument, you will need to change it to a hashmap syntax. Please see > >>> the example above for reference. > >>> * Fixed an issue with pasted values not persisting after a blur/focus. > >>> * Added an optional user defined function to execute when the mask has > >>> been completed. I'm using this for my personal projects to advance > >>> focus to another area of the form, but this could also be used to > >>> validate the value inside the input box. Please see example above. > >>> * Fixed the naming convention to conform to the jQuery standard of > >>> jquery.pluginname.js > >>> * Moved the project files to a more logical location on the web > >>> server. > > >>> Please head on over tohttp://digitalbush.com/projects/masked-input-plugin > >>> to check it out. > > >> Nice work on the plugin i already used it to present a site in > >> developing stage to a client. > > >> One thing that still bothers me, especially inputing dates, is the fact > >> you have to type the leading zero. Could it not be catched using a > >> default value and the first not validated character? When you type 1/ > >> with the mask 99/ you get 01/ where 0 is of course the default value. > > >> -- > >> David Duymelinck > >> ________________ > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
