How can I make this date validation feature "friendly" when it comes to deleting characters?
Here's the working code:
The ONLY thing that's in need of improvement is if the user goes to delete any characters in the date field. For example, if they enter "12" and they meant to enter "11," when you go to delete the 2 and the newly asserted "/," you can't do it! It's like it's getting stuck in this perpetual cycle.
Now, if you just highlight all of the characters and delete everything, that will work. But how can I craft the code so should a user go to delete a value, it doesn't get hung up?
Thanks!
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Bruce Gust</title>
<link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Lato:400,400i,700" rel="stylesheet">
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.12.4.js"></script>
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/ui/1.12.1/jquery-ui.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
Phone <input type="text" name="phone" maxlength="25" id="txtDate" style="width:150px;">
</body>
<script>
$(document).ready(function() {
$("#txtDate").keyup(function(){
if ($(this).val().length == 2){
$(this).val($(this).val() + "/");
}else if ($(this).val().length == 5){
$(this).val($(this).val() + "/");
}
});
});
</script>
</html>The ONLY thing that's in need of improvement is if the user goes to delete any characters in the date field. For example, if they enter "12" and they meant to enter "11," when you go to delete the 2 and the newly asserted "/," you can't do it! It's like it's getting stuck in this perpetual cycle.
Now, if you just highlight all of the characters and delete everything, that will work. But how can I craft the code so should a user go to delete a value, it doesn't get hung up?
Thanks!
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