With jQuery, how do I capitalize the first letter of a text field while the user is still editing that field?

Question

I\'m looking for an example of how to capitalize the first letter of a string being entered into a text field. Normally, this is done on the entire field with a function, r

Answer 1

My personal favorite when using jQuery is short and sweet:

function capitalize(word) {
   return $.camelCase("-" + word);
}

There's a jQuery plugin that does this too. I'll call it... jCap.js

$.fn.extend($, { 
    capitalize: function() {
        return $.camelCase("-"+arguments[0]); 
    } 
});