Josh, these are very cool additions, love the New mask syntax option '?' and the improved usability. Thanks for your hard work!
just noticed in the demo that if i don't fill the input completely and go to another input, it removes the entered value entirely as soon as the input loses focus. That's a bit harsh. Maybe that's where a validation should take over and paint the input red so that the user realizes he didn't completely filled in the content. On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 3:39 PM, Josh Bush <josh.b...@gmail.com> wrote: > > There is now a new version of my Masked Input Plugin ( > http://digitalbush.com/projects/masked-input-plugin/ ) for jQuery. > Version 1.2.1 moves one step closer to my bigger picture for the > plugin. I had to make a few breaking changes to do so, but I feel > that the end result is worth it. This release adds a lot more polish > to the 1.2 release. Here's what we've got. > > * BREAKING CHANGE: Removed deprecated $.mask.addPlaceholder method. > Use the "$.mask.definitions['']="";" syntax instead. I said I was > going to do this on the last release and now seems just as good a time > as any. > * BREAKING CHANGE: Removed "allowPartial" option in favor of new mask > syntax I'll describe below. A discussion and code exchange with > Michael Bray inspired this change. I hate that it's a breaking > change, but the new way makes a lot more sense. > * New mask syntax option '?'. Anything listed after '?' within the > mask is considered optional user input. The common example for this > is phone number + optional extension. The new syntax will look like > this: "(999) 999-9999? x99999" > * I got rid of the awkward input behavior where users typed over top > of existing input. The plugin acted like a word processor Insert > mode. This has always agrivated me, so now the input shifts on input > and backspace/delete. > * Now calling .change() on blur if the value has changed since the > plugin prevents the change event from being fired naturally. > * Pasting incomplete test no longer wipes the input. Instead, the > cursor is just placed where the input leaves off. > * Fixed backspace detection for iPhone. Plugin is now iPhone > compatible. > * Fixed pasting bug when mask starts with a literal and caret position > is on the literal character. > > I feel really good about this release. I made some changes that I > feel are good for the direction of the plugin. Iif you don't like > some of the changes please let me know and I'll look at adding them > back in as options. I'm trying hard not to bloat things up, but I > don't want to remove features that are needed. > > Merry Christmas! > Josh > digitalbush.com
