How to allow only numeric (0-9) in HTML inputbox using jQuery?

Question

I am creating a web page where I have an input text field in which I want to allow only numeric characters like (0,1,2,3,4,5...9) 0-9.

How can I do this using jQuery

Answer 1

You can use this JavaScript function:

function maskInput(e) {
    //check if we have "e" or "window.event" and use them as "event"
        //Firefox doesn't have window.event 
    var event = e || window.event 

    var key_code = event.keyCode;
    var oElement = e ? e.target : window.event.srcElement;
    if (!event.shiftKey && !event.ctrlKey && !event.altKey) {
        if ((key_code > 47 && key_code < 58) ||
            (key_code > 95 && key_code < 106)) {

            if (key_code > 95)
                 key_code -= (95-47);
            oElement.value = oElement.value;
        } else if(key_code == 8) {
            oElement.value = oElement.value;
        } else if(key_code != 9) {
            event.returnValue = false;
        }
    }
}

And you can bind it to your textbox like this:

$(document).ready(function() {
    $('#myTextbox').keydown(maskInput);
});

I use the above in production, and it works perfectly, and it is cross-browser. Furthermore, it does not depend on jQuery, so you can bind it to your textbox with inline JavaScript: