How to block +,-,e in input type Number?

Question

When I\'m giving input type number the letter e and special charecters are also displaying in input field. I want to display only digits. How to block them?

Answer 1

You can block entering those chars with keydown event

var inputBox = document.getElementById("inputBox");

var invalidChars = [
  "-",
  "+",
  "e",
];

inputBox.addEventListener("keydown", function(e) {
  if (invalidChars.includes(e.key)) {
    e.preventDefault();
  }
});

but the user can still enter them if s/he does a copy/paste (or through the console). To prevent copy/paste, you can do a replace on the entered value ^[*].

var inputBox = document.getElementById("inputBox");

var invalidChars = [
  "-",
  "+",
  "e",
];

inputBox.addEventListener("input", function() {
  this.value = this.value.replace(/[e\+\-]/gi, "");
});

inputBox.addEventListener("keydown", function(e) {
  if (invalidChars.includes(e.key)) {
    e.preventDefault();
  }
});

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* You can't really get the entered value on an input field with type set to number. You can get the entered value as long as it is a number, that is, the value passes the internal number check. If the user copy/paste 1e, suggested solution will fail.

What happens when you enter 1e is that, input field checks if it's a number, and if it's not (1e is not) it throws a warning:

The specified value "1e" is not a valid number. The value must match to the following regular expression: -?(\d+|\d+.\d+|.\d+)([eE][-+]?\d+)?

and the value property is set to "".

If you check the field's properties, you'll find valueAsNumber property. If the entered value is a number, input field parses the value and stores it in valueAsNumber. Since 1e is not a number, it evaluates to NaN, and NaN is assigned to valueAsNumber and value is set to "". Though you still see 1e on the input field.

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