Insert hyphen(-) automatically while typing an SSN in a Textbox using jQuery [closed]

Answer 1

It will be pretty hard for the user if the system puts some characters when he is typing. Allow the user to enter his number and then when he changes focus from the textbox you can show the altered string in a preview pane.

Answer 2

The normal way is to have the textbox already populated by

 __-__-____ 

and as the user types in a number or a backspace, change the data.

Answer 3

I think this one can help

Masked input plugin