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Javascript input mask

The jSuites javascript mask plugin is a lightweight script to force certain accepted formats in HTML input fields.

Using the mask plugin, you can easily define Dates, Numbers, Currency, Phone and much other masked strings.

<html>
<script src="https://jsuites.net/v4/jsuites.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://jsuites.net/v4/jsuites.css" type="text/css" />

<button id='btn'>Alert: jSuites.mask.run('447473725104', '(00) 000000 0000')</button>

<script>
document.getElementById('btn').addEventListener('click', function() {
    var value = jSuites.mask.run('447473725104', '(00) 000000 0000');
    alert(value);
})
</script>

</html>

The following example show how to alert when the data input is completed.

What is your birthday? dd/mm/yyyy

<html>
<script src="https://jsuites.net/v4/jsuites.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://jsuites.net/v4/jsuites.css" type="text/css" />

<p>What is your birthday? <strong>dd/mm/yyyy</strong></p>
<input id='date' data-mask='dd/mm/yyyy'> <span id='status'></span>

<script>
date.onkeyup = function(e) {
    document.getElementById('status').innerHTML = '';

    if (e.target.getAttribute('data-completed') == 'true') {
        document.getElementById('status').innerHTML = 'Complete';
    } else {
        document.getElementById('status').innerHTML = 'Incomplete';
    }
} 
</script>
</html>
TokenTarget
aAny letter
0Any Number
#.##Formatted number
#,##Formatted number
# ##Formatted number
yyyyYear four digits
yyYear two digits
mmMonth
ddDay
hh24Hour 24
hhHour 12
miMinutes
ssSeconds
\aLetter "a" (escape for a)
\0Number "0" (escape for 0)
[-]Number signal (- or +)

NOTE: All tokens should be lowercase.