jquery.maskedinput

A jQuery masked input control

* Support numeric parts, text, and predefined options
* Allows control (both css and js) on individual parts of the field
* Custom validators
* Many options

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Example

https://rawgit.com/danielgindi/jquery.maskedinput/master/example/index.html

Usage

Instantiate a new control:

``javascript
var input = new MaskedInput({
format: '## "times a day on" dd MMM yy'
});
input.$el.appendTo('#date4-field-cell');
input.resize(); // To cause an immediate resize of internal elements before DOM is rendered
`

Getting the full value:
`javascript
alert( input.value() ); // .val() will also work
`

Setting the full value:
`javascript
alert( input.value('5 times a day on 5 Dec 08') ); // .val() will also work
`

Api

#### Methods

* .field(index) - Get an internal field element by index or by name.
* .fieldOption(name, newValue?) - Get/set a field's configuration option (See MaskedInput~Part for available options)
* .fieldValue(index, newValue?) - Get/set an internal field's value by index or by name.
* .option(name, newValue?) - Get/set a configuration option
* .render() - Call if something has drastically changed and the control needs to be regenerated. Only applicable when you've manually changed a field's type.
* .resize() - Update the size of the field's content. This can't be called when the control is not on the DOM yet.
If you don't want the field to be dynamically sized, you can skip calling this.
* .val(newValue?) - A synonym for value
* .value(newValue?) - Get/set the full value

#### MaskedInput~Options

* format: String - The format to use. This is the most important thing here.
* patterns: Object - Additional patterns to recognize in the format

#### MaskedInput~PartType

You can access these value through MaskedInput.PartType.

* NUMBER = 'number' - A numeric field
* TEXT = 'text' - A textual field (possibly with pre-defined options)
* LABEL = 'label' - A label - this is the readonly text that appears between fields

#### MaskedInput~Part

* type: MaskedInput~PartType - Type of the field
* name: String - Name for this field
* ariaLabel: String - An ARIA accessibility label
* text: String - Text for this field if it's a LABEL
* placeholder: String - Placeholder for the field
* length: Number - The length, in characters, of the field. 0 means "any length". Applicable for both numberic and textual field.
* maxLength: Number - The maximum length, in characters, of the field.
* numericMin: Number - Minimum numeric value
* numericMax: Number - Maximum numeric value
* validator: RegExp|String|function(value:String) - Validator regex or function
* options: String[] - Array of pre-defined String options for a textual field.
* postProcess: function(value,type:MaskedInput~Part) - Function for post processing a value before retrieving by user
* padding: Number|Boolean - Enable (or specify minimum) padding in value result (default true)
* required: Boolean - Is the field required (default true)
* defaultValue: String - Default value, used if field is not required
* forcePlaceholderWidth: String - Always consider placeholder's width (default true)

#### MaskedInput~Pattern (inherits MaskedInput~Part)

* pattern: RegExp|String - Specifies the regex pattern to look for in the format

All MaskedInput~Part options (except validator and postProcess) can be specified in the MaskedInput~Pattern as they are, or as a function that returns the value.
If a function is specified, then it receives the regex match in the arguments.
i.e. length: 2, vs. length: function (match) { return match.length }.

Date plugin

In the jquery.maskedinput.full.js, the date plugin is bundled by deafult.
It adds patterns for date/time parts d/dd/M/MM/MMM/MMMM/yy/yyyy/H/HH/h/hh/m/mm/s/ss/t/tt/T/TT.

You can localize the relevant date parts by passing in a dateLocale option.
`
var input = new MaskedInput({
format: 'dd MMMM yy, hh:mm tt',

/ This is the default dateLocale: /
dateLocale: {
MMM: [
'Jan', 'Feb', 'Mar',
'Apr', 'May', 'Jun',
'Jul', 'Aug', 'Sep',
'Oct', 'Nov', 'Dec'
],
MMMM: [
'January', 'February', 'March',
'April', 'May', 'June',
'July', 'August', 'September',
'October', 'November', 'December'
],
t: ['a', 'p'],
tt: ['am', 'pm'],
T: ['A', 'P'],
TT: ['AM', 'PM'],
aria: {
day: 'Day',
month: 'Month',
year: 'Year',
hour: 'Hour',
minutes: 'Minutes',
seconds: 'Seconds',
meridiem: 'Am/Pm'
}
}
});
`

$3

If you want to extend the MaskedInput for more patterns globally, you can push extensions to MaskedInput.MaskedInput.patternAddons.
Each extension is a dictionary of String : MaskedInput~Pattern, where the key is a name for easy access and configuration, which has not meaning to MaskedInput itself.

You can also access and modify the default options, through MaskedInput.defaults`.

Me

* Hi! I am Daniel Cohen Gindi. Or in short- Daniel.
* danielgindi@gmail.com is my email address.
* That's all you need to know.

Help

I have invested, and investing, a lot of time in this project.
If you want to help, you could:
* Actually code, and issue pull requests
* Test the library under different conditions and browsers
* Create more demo pages
* Spread the word
*

License

All the code here is under MIT license. Which means you could do virtually anything with the code.
I will appreciate it very much if you keep an attribution where appropriate.

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2013 Daniel Cohen Gindi (danielgindi@gmail.com)

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