I have a textbox
where the user can enter any number of characters, But I want its width to be increased dynamically with respect to the number of chara
<input type="text" id="txtbox" size="10"/>
$('#txtbox').keypress(function() {
var txtWidth = $(this).attr('size');
var cs = $(this).val().length-6;
txtWidth = parseInt(txtWidth);
if(cs>txtWidth){
$(this).attr('size',txtWidth+5); }
});
You were using width field which is actually meant for type = image. You can get more info here. I have used size attribute which is used to set the size of input tag in pixels. When its 1 it can take 6 characters by default hence -6. Hope it helps.
On the x-editable documentation you can find the option type so i guess you have to add data-editable-type="textarea"
Adding a simple inline code in onkeyUp should help
<input type="text" name="fname" onkeypress="this.style.minWidth = ((this.value.length + 1) * 7) + 'px';">
A solution similar to @Tejas', but doesn't require the font to be mono-space:
The trick is to use scrollWidth
, which gives us the total string length, even on single-line textboxes without a scrollbar:
https://stackoverflow.com/a/9312727/1869660
NOTE: I couldn't get this to work in IE, where scrollWidth
always returned 2 for some reason..
Some code:
function expand(textbox) {
if (!textbox.startW) { textbox.startW = textbox.offsetWidth; }
var style = textbox.style;
//Force complete recalculation of width
//in case characters are deleted and not added:
style.width = 0;
var desiredW = textbox.scrollWidth;
//Optional padding to reduce "jerkyness" when typing:
desiredW += textbox.offsetHeight;
style.width = Math.max(desiredW, textbox.startW) + 'px';
}
...
<input type="text" onkeyup="expand(this);" >
JSFiddle example
I have tried this code and it works fine.
<html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript">
function Expand(obj){
if (!obj.savesize) obj.savesize=obj.size;
obj.size=Math.max(obj.savesize,obj.value.length);
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<form>
<input type="text" size="5" style="font-family:Courier;" onkeyup="Expand(this);">
</form>
</body>
</html>
Be sure to use mono space fonts in text box, otherwise the size attr. and number of characters won't match