Question

There’a way in javascript to allow the user input in a text field (input type=”text”) only digits but optionally having the minus before them? (I.e. only negative and positive number)

Answer 1

<input type='text' onkeypress='return numbersOnly(this,event,false,true);'>

function numbersOnly(Sender,evt,isFloat,isNegative) {
            if(Sender.readOnly) return false;       

            var key   = evt.which || !window.event ? evt.which : event.keyCode;
            var value = Sender.value;

            if((key == 46 || key == 44) && isFloat){                
                var selected = document.selection ? document.selection.createRange().text : "";
                if(selected.length == 0 && value.indexOf(".") == -1 && value.length > 0) Sender.value += ".";
                return false;
            }
            if(key == 45) { // minus sign '-'
                if(!isNegative) return false;
                if(value.indexOf('-')== -1) Sender.value = '-'+value; else Sender.value = value.substring(1);
                if(Sender.onchange != null) {
                    if(Sender.fireEvent){
                        Sender.fireEvent('onchange');
                    } else {
                        var e = document.createEvent('HTMLEvents');
                            e.initEvent('change', false, false);
                        Sender.dispatchEvent(e);
                    }
                }

                var begin = Sender.value.indexOf('-') > -1 ? 1 : 0;
                if(Sender.setSelectionRange){
                    Sender.setSelectionRange(begin,Sender.value.length);
                } else {
                    var range = Sender.createTextRange();
                    range.moveStart('character',begin);
                    range.select();                 
                }

                return false;
            }
            if(key > 31 && (key < 48 || key > 57)) return false;
        }

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