Not allow space as a first character and allow only letters using jquery

Question

Im using jquery for the name validation I have tried a code which is given below

$(\"#contactname\").keypress(function(e) {
    if(e.which < 97 /* a */ || e.w         


        

Answer 1

Can you use the HTML5 attribute pattern? See the MDN article on it for more information.

Using a regex of ^[a-zA-Z][\sa-zA-Z]* seems to cover your requirements.

So something like:

Username: