Set value to currency in <input type=“number” />

Question

I am trying to format a number input by the user into currency using javascript. This works fine on . However, on

Answer 1

In the end I made a jQuery plugin that will format the appropriately for me. I also noticed on some mobile devices the min and max attributes don't actually prevent you from entering lower or higher numbers than specified, so the plugin will account for that too. Below is the code and an example:

(function($) {
  $.fn.currencyInput = function() {
    this.each(function() {
      var wrapper = $("
");
      $(this).wrap(wrapper);
      $(this).before("$");
      $(this).change(function() {
        var min = parseFloat($(this).attr("min"));
        var max = parseFloat($(this).attr("max"));
        var value = this.valueAsNumber;
        if(value < min)
          value = min;
        else if(value > max)
          value = max;
        $(this).val(value.toFixed(2)); 
      });
    });
  };
})(jQuery);

$(document).ready(function() {
  $('input.currency').currencyInput();
});

.currency {
  padding-left:12px;
}

.currency-symbol {
  position:absolute;
  padding: 2px 5px;
}