How to allow only numeric (0-9) in HTML inputbox using jQuery?

Question

I am creating a web page where I have an input text field in which I want to allow only numeric characters like (0,1,2,3,4,5...9) 0-9.

How can I do this using jQuery

Answer 1

I wrote mine based off of @user261922's post above, slightly modified so you can select all, tab and can handle multiple "number only" fields on the same page.

var prevKey = -1, prevControl = '';
$(document).ready(function () {
    $(".OnlyNumbers").keydown(function (event) {
        if (!(event.keyCode == 8                                // backspace
            || event.keyCode == 9                               // tab
            || event.keyCode == 17                              // ctrl
            || event.keyCode == 46                              // delete
            || (event.keyCode >= 35 && event.keyCode <= 40)     // arrow keys/home/end
            || (event.keyCode >= 48 && event.keyCode <= 57)     // numbers on keyboard
            || (event.keyCode >= 96 && event.keyCode <= 105)    // number on keypad
            || (event.keyCode == 65 && prevKey == 17 && prevControl == event.currentTarget.id))          // ctrl + a, on same control
        ) {
            event.preventDefault();     // Prevent character input
        }
        else {
            prevKey = event.keyCode;
            prevControl = event.currentTarget.id;
        }
    });
});