glowPatternedTextBox jQuery Plugin

jQuery.fn.glowPatternedTextBox

Decorates a text input with patterned input functionality

Usage

$('SELECTOR').glowPatternedTextBox(options)

where 'SELECTOR' contains the text input element(s) which will be patterned and the options object can contain:

Options

pattern: The pattern to use for the text box. Two types of pattern definitions are supported (any text between a pattern definition is considered static and uneditable):
- Numeric range pattern: <X-Y> where X and Y are numbers. Any value between X and Y (inclusive) is considered valid. If either X or Y includes decimal places, the greatest number of decimal places will be used.
- Selection range pattern: <Value1,Value2,Value3,Value4,Value5> where any defined textual value is considered valid.
- Examples:
  - Date: <Jan,Feb,Mar,Apr,May,Jun,Jul,Aug,Sep,Oct,Nov,Dec> <1-31>, <1900-3000>
  - Time: <1-12>:<00-59> <AM,PM>
  - Unit: <0-1600> <px,pt,%,pc,in,mm,cm,em,ex>
  - Decimal Unit: <0.00-100.00> <px,pt,%,pc,in,mm,cm,em,ex>
  - Short-hand Date: <01-12>/<01-31>/<1900-3000>
- default: empty string
allowBlanks: whether to allow blank entries
- default: true
blankCharacter: pattern character which represents blanks
- default: -
onValidation: callback function which can provide custom logic for handling the input of a patterned text box. called whenever a segment of the pattern is iterated up or down. callback returns an array of selected indexes corresponding to each region in the patterned text box. callback is passed:
- jQ - the patternedTextBox instance jQuery selection
- regions - string array of current regions
- type - 'next' or 'previous' string - the direction of selection
- modifiedIndex - current index of regions being iterated

Events

glowPatternedTextBoxChange - triggered when the text box changes value

Methods

getPatternValues

Returns a string array of the selected pattern values

var patternValues = $('SELECTOR').glowPatternedTextBox('getPatternValues')

getPatternValueOptionIndex

Returns the index of a given pattern value within a given pattern identified by its pattern index

var patternIndex = 2;
var value = 'vale';
var valueIndex = $('SELECTOR').glowPatternedTextBox('getPatternValueOptionIndex', patternIndex, value)

getPatternValueOption

Returns the value of a given pattern index within a given pattern identified by its pattern index

var patternIndex = 2;
var valueIndex = 3;
var valueOption = $('SELECTOR').glowPatternedTextBox('getPatternValueOptionIndex', patternIndex, valueIndex);

setPatternValues

Applies selected pattern indices to each pattern

var patternValues = [4,3,9];
$('SELECTOR').glowPatternedTextBox('setPatternValues', patternValues);

val

Gets and/or sets the current value of the patterned text box

var value = $('SELECTOR').glowPatternedTextBox('val');
$('SELECTOR').glowPatternedTextBox('val', newValue);

disabled

Gets and/or sets whether the current patterned text box is disabled

var disabled = $('SELECTOR').glowPatternedTextBox('disabled');
$('SELECTOR').glowPatternedTextBox('disabled', true);

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