Easiest way to mask characters in HTML(5) text input

Question

Does HTML5 have any kind of text field masking or do I still have to trap onkeydown etc.?

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Answer 1

Yes, according to HTML5 drafts you can use the pattern attribute to specify the allowed input using a regular expression. For some types of data, you can use special input fields like . But these features still widely lack support or have qualitatively poor support.