jQuery: what is the best way to restrict “number”-

Question

What is the best way to restrict "number"-only input for textboxes?

I am looking for something that allows decimal points.

I see a lot of examples. But have yet to decide which one to use.

Update from Praveen Jeganathan

No more plugins, jQuery has implemented its own jQuery.isNumeric() added in v1.7. See: https://stackoverflow.com/a/20186188/66767

Answer 1

   window.jQuery.fn.ForceNumericOnly =
       function () {

           return this.each(function () {
               $(this).keydown(function (event) {
                   // Allow: backspace, delete, tab, escape, and enter
                   if (event.keyCode == 46 || event.keyCode == 8 || event.keyCode == 9 || event.keyCode == 27 || event.keyCode == 13 ||
                       // Allow: Ctrl+A
                       (event.keyCode == 65 && event.ctrlKey === true) ||
                       // Allow: home, end, left, right
                       (event.keyCode >= 35 && event.keyCode <= 39)) {
                       // let it happen, don't do anything
                       return;
                   } else {
                       // Ensure that it is a number and stop the keypress
                       if (event.shiftKey || (event.keyCode < 48 || event.keyCode > 57) && (event.keyCode < 96 || event.keyCode > 105)) {
                           event.preventDefault();
                       }
                   }
               });
           });
       };

And apply this on all the inputs you want:

$('selector').ForceNumericOnly();

Answer 2

The best way is to check the contects of the text box whenever it loses focus.

You can check whether the contents are a "number" using a regular expression.

Or you can use the Validation plugin, which basically does this automatically.

Answer 3

/* this is my cross browser version of How to allow only numeric (0-9) in HTML inputbox using jQuery?
*/

$("#inputPrice").keydown(function(e){
    var keyPressed;
    if (!e) var e = window.event;
    if (e.keyCode) keyPressed = e.keyCode;
    else if (e.which) keyPressed = e.which;
    var hasDecimalPoint = (($(this).val().split('.').length-1)>0);
    if ( keyPressed == 46 || keyPressed == 8 ||((keyPressed == 190||keyPressed == 110)&&(!hasDecimalPoint && !e.shiftKey)) || keyPressed == 9 || keyPressed == 27 || keyPressed == 13 ||
             // Allow: Ctrl+A
            (keyPressed == 65 && e.ctrlKey === true) ||
             // Allow: home, end, left, right
            (keyPressed >= 35 && keyPressed <= 39)) {
                 // let it happen, don't do anything
                 return;
        }
        else {
            // Ensure that it is a number and stop the keypress
            if (e.shiftKey || (keyPressed < 48 || keyPressed > 57) && (keyPressed < 96 || keyPressed > 105 )) {
                e.preventDefault();
            }
        }

  });

Answer 4

If you're using HTML5 you don't need to go to any great lengths to perform validation. Just use -

<input type="number" step="any" />

The step attribute allows the decimal point to be valid.

Answer 5

The jquery.numeric plugin has some bugs that I notified the author of. It allows multiple decimal points in Safari and Opera, and you can't type backspace, arrow keys, or several other control characters in Opera. I needed positive integer input so I ended up just writing my own in the end.

$(".numeric").keypress(function(event) {
  // Backspace, tab, enter, end, home, left, right
  // We don't support the del key in Opera because del == . == 46.
  var controlKeys = [8, 9, 13, 35, 36, 37, 39];
  // IE doesn't support indexOf
  var isControlKey = controlKeys.join(",").match(new RegExp(event.which));
  // Some browsers just don't raise events for control keys. Easy.
  // e.g. Safari backspace.
  if (!event.which || // Control keys in most browsers. e.g. Firefox tab is 0
      (49 <= event.which && event.which <= 57) || // Always 1 through 9
      (48 == event.which && $(this).attr("value")) || // No 0 first digit
      isControlKey) { // Opera assigns values for control keys.
    return;
  } else {
    event.preventDefault();
  }
});

Answer 6

Check this find code for Database use:

function numonly(root){
    >>var reet = root.value;
    var arr1 = reet.length;
    var ruut = reet.charAt(arr1-1);
    >>>if (reet.length > 0){
        var regex = /[0-9]|\./;
        if (!ruut.match(regex)){
            var reet = reet.slice(0, -1);
            $(root).val(reet);
        >>>>}
    }
}
//Then use the even handler onkeyup='numonly(this)'