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Automatic Hyphens in Forms Field

Updated February 2, 2017

asked on January 30, 2017

When entering a number with hyphens into forms, can I set it to automatically insert the hyphens without having the user type them in? If so, how?

For example, the pattern is xx-xxx-xx-xxxxx. If I enter 112223344444, can I make it appear as 11-222-33-44444?

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replied on February 2, 2017

I did need to install the file. I discovered that after I knew that the process was called masking. I was able to locate the help files. Sorry for the slow response. I have it working now.

For those who are new to this, I suggest reading instructions very carefully. I had put my code in the CSS section, as opposed to the JavaScript section. Took me a while to figure it out.

I'm new to coding anything. I guess I will learn!

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replied on January 30, 2017

What you are asking for is a feature called masking. It is not currently available natively in Forms as of version 10.2. If you do a search for field masking in Answers, you will find some others who have come up third party solutions.

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replied on January 30, 2017

I will try that.

Thanks!

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replied on January 30, 2017

$(document).ready(function () {
  $.getScript('http://formsServerName/Forms/js/jquery.mask.min.js', function () {
    $(".phone input").mask("(999)999-9999");
  });
});

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replied on January 30, 2017

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That would require them to have the js file in that location on their server. Do you know where to obtain that js file from?

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replied on January 30, 2017

Yes forgot to add in this step its for v9 but the same steps should work.

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replied on February 2, 2017

I did need to install the file. I discovered that after I knew that the process was called masking. I was able to locate the help files. Sorry for the slow response. I have it working now.

For those who are new to this, I suggest reading instructions very carefully. I had put my code in the CSS section, as opposed to the JavaScript section. Took me a while to figure it out.

I'm new to coding anything. I guess I will learn!

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