can someone help me with code that will not let a user type in a "space" mark in a form field and procede. For example in the name field of a form if they press the space bar and move on to the next field it shouldn't be valid.
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It will alert even if you type something like 'John Smith'. Because it has a white space.
Try this better:
<script>
function ignoreSpaces(string) {
var temp = "";
string = '' + string;
splitstring = string.split(" ");
for(i = 0; i < splitstring.length; i++)
temp += splitstring[i];
return temp;
}
</script>
<input type="text" onblur="if(String.lenght(i
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It will alert even if you type something like 'John Smith'. Because it has a white space.
Try this better:
<script>
function ignoreSpaces(string) {
var temp = "";
string = '' + string;
splitstring = string.split(" ");
for(i = 0; i < splitstring.length; i++)
temp += splitstring[i];
return temp;
}
</script>
<input type="text" onblur="if(String.lenght(i
cheers =0)
<html>
<head>
<title>Validate Text Box</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
function validateTextBox(strFieldNa
var frmField = document.forms[0].elements
var strValue =frmField.value;
strValue =strValue.split(" ").join("")
if(strValue <1) {
alert("Please fill in the "+strMsg+" !");
frmField.focus();
return false;
}
}
//-->
</script>
</head>
<body>
<form name="form1" method="post" action="" onSubmit="return validateTextBox('fname','F
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<input type="text" name="fname">
<input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Validate">
</form>
</body>
</html>
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Maybe something simple like this:
<input type="text" onblur="if(this.value.inde