Adding a "Mask" to TEXT INPUT field 1

[jaredc]

Hi

I have a TEXT INPUT field on a HTML FORM. Ideally I would like to provide a "mask" field for users to enter a date in mm/yy format, i.e. the user would see "_ _ / _ _" rather than a blank text field. I think I have seen this being done elsewhere on the web, but I have been unable to find/work out how to do this for myself.

Any help or thoughts would be very much appreciated.

 

[Boomerang]

Hi MikePasty,

I think this will solve your problem:

http://javascript.internet.com/forms/format-date.html

e.g. In the first field you can,

just type: 01 (and see what happens)
then type: 12 (and see what happens)
and last type: 59 and click the Tab-key (and see what
happens)

Do also try a wrong date like: 22/22/1967 + Tab-key

Hope this helps,
Erik
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[jaredc]

Thanks very much for that Erik, I actually just wanted to display the format as mm/yy so I'll have to have a go at amending the source code a bit...