jquery - validate characters on keypress?

Question

I have a form text field that I want to allow only numbers and letters in. (i.e., no #$!, etc...) Is there a way to throw up an error and prevent the keypress from actuall

Answer 1

You could try this extension:

jQuery.fn.ForceAlphaNumericOnly =
function()
{
    return this.each(function()
    {
        $(this).keydown(function(e)
        {
            var key = e.charCode || e.keyCode || 0;
            // allow backspace, tab, delete, arrows, letters, numbers and keypad numbers ONLY
            return (
                key == 8 || 
                key == 9 ||
                key == 46 ||
                (key >= 37 && key <= 40) ||
                (key >= 48 && key <= 57) ||
                (key >= 65 && key <= 90) ||
                (key >= 96 && key <= 105));
        })
    })
};

Useage:

$("#yourInput").ForceAlphaNumericOnly();