I can look into adding those features after I get a stable release out here. I'm not sure that there is a huge benefit if the user is typing the mask characters in order to pad their input. You're trading a leading '0' for a '/' in the date example.
-josh On Jun 13, 7:47 am, David Duymelinck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes that's the idea. I was getting overanalytical i guess :) > > Josh Bush schreef: > > > > > 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] > > -- > David Duymelinck > ________________ > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
