make an input only-numeric type on knockout

Question

i read many tutorials but i dont know how to do this, this is the input

input(type=\"text\",name=\"price\",id=\"price\"data-bind=\"text: price,valueUpdate:[\         


        

Answer 1

An alternative approach: I have found that Knockout works well in combination with jQuery-validate. You just need to make sure that you validate the form before you attempt to use the numeric value.

Say you have a form DOM element, you can set up validation rules via

$(".yourform").validate({
    rules: {
        year: {
            digits: true,
            minlength: 4,
            maxlength: 4
        }
    },
    messages: {
        year: "Please enter four digits (e.g. 2009).",
    }
});

In your viewmodel you set the two-way binding up as usual, e.g. via self.year = ko.observable(""). Now make sure that you call $(".yourform").valid() before you are further processing self.year(). In my case, I am doing var year = parseInt(self.year(), 10). Right after form validation this is expected to always produce a meaningful result.