I'm writing a form in HTML5. One of the inputs is type=number. I want the input to only show 2 digits but it seems to default to showing at least 5 digits, which takes up extra space. I've tried adding size="2" attribute, with no effect.
This the tag i'm using:
<input type="number" name="numericInput" size="2" min="0" max="18" value="0" />
What am I missing?
HTML5 number input doesn't have styles attributes like width or size, but you can style it easily with CSS.
input[type="number"] {
width:50px;
}
I have been looking for the same solution and this worked for me...add an inline css tag to control the width of the input.
For example:
<input type="number" min="1" max="5" style="width: 2em;">
Combined with the min and max attributes you can control the width of the input.
Unfortunately in HTML 5 the 'pattern' attribute is linked to only 4-5 attributes. However if you are willing to use a "text" field instead and convert to number later, this might help you;
This limits an input from 1 character (numberic) to 3.
<input name=quantity type=text pattern='[0-9]{1,3}'>
The CSS basically allows for confirmation with an "Thumbs up" or "Down".
Example 1
Example 2
There are only 4 specific atrributes:
value - Value is the default value of the input box when a page is first loaded. This is a common attribute for element regardless which type you are using.
min - Obviously, the minimum value you of the number. I should have specified minimum value to 0 for my demo up there as a negative number doesn't make sense for number of movie watched in a week.
max - Apprently, this represents the biggest number of the number input.
step - Step scale factor, default value is 1 if this attribute is not specified.
So you cannot control length of what user type by keyword. But the implementation of browsers may change.
Also you can replace size attribute by a style attribute:
<input type="number" name="numericInput" style="width: 50px;" min="0" max="18" value="0" />
There is a way:
<input type="number" min="0" max="100" step="5"/>
<input type="number" name="numericInput" size="2" min="0" maxlength="2" value="0" />
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How to ensure between 7 and 10 digits are entered using pattern attribute in HTML? I have following code:
<input type="number" name="Student" id="studID" required pattern="\d{7,10}" />
The number type of input elements does not support a pattern attribute:
See the MDN documentation in <input type="number">
In addition to the attributes commonly supported by all types, inputs of type number support these attributes:
Attribute Description
max The maximum value to accept for this input
min The minimum value to accept for this input
placeholder An example value to display inside the field when it's empty
readonly A Boolean attribute controlling whether or not the value is read-only
step A stepping interval to use when using up and down arrows to adjust the value, as well as for validation
<input type="text"> has the pattern attribute.
You could use the min and max attributes like so.
<input type="number" name="Student" id="studID" min="1000000" max="9999999999">
<input type="number" name="Student" id="studID" minlength="7" maxlength="10">
should solve the problem you're having
You can add pattern attribute like this:
<input type="number" name="Student" id="studID" required pattern="7-10" />
I have a HTML input with maxlength=4 attribute on it and it works well.
The thing is when I type the last character - it hides the first one while i'm focused on the input. when I lose focus (blur) the inputs looks ok.
Here's a visual explanation:
While typing:
When I get to 4 it looks like this (1 is hidden):
When I lose focus:
Here is my HTML input:
<input name="input[input-1]" type="text" maxlength="4" style="letter-spacing:15px;" class="numeric">
How can I fix this?
provide your html css code here. if you are using type="number" and a fixed width it might be for the reserved place in type number for the increment and decrement arrows.
i can't see any problem here :
<input type="number" min="1" max="9999" value="1">
When making an input, like so:
<input type="number" min="0" max="100"><br>
<input type="number" min="0" max="99"><br>
<input type="number" min="1" max="100"><br>
<input type="number" min="1" max="99"><br>
It shortens the width of the input field, specifically when max is at 100. Since i've never seen this, i can only guess it does this thinking i will use percentages or currency, which i actually do, but i do not want this. Is there another way to prevent this from happening besides using different values or changing the size of the input yourself?
This is the default behaviour of how some* browsers render those inputs. So the answer is No. If you want to have certain width, take a look at the other answers.
* Different browsers render elements differently:
And this is the result of your snippet in Mozilla Firefox:
The input field width adapts to the width of the highest value: 100. 99 has one less character, so the input field is shorter. I don't think you can prevent that difference without CSS if your max values have a different character length.
Now, CSS should be a piece of cake....
<style>.medium-input {width:100px;}</style>
<input type="number" min="0" max="100" class="medium-input"><br>
<input type="number" min="0" max="99" class="medium-input"><br>
<input type="number" min="1" max="100" class="medium-input"><br>
<input type="number" min="1" max="99" class="medium-input"><br>
I'm adding the same class to all of the inputs, so that you can also define some other lengths if you like.
You could also do it with input[type=number] as a selector.
you can add css to control the width of inputs.
this will do the job :
input[type=number]{
width: 150px;
}
If I have a HTML file with the tag <input type="text" size="3" …>it does what it should do, it renders an input element with the width of 3 characters. On the other hand, if I have the tag <input type="number" size="3" …> it renders the default width for an input field (much longer than 3 chartacters).
I know I can make a custom class with a .myclass { width: 75px; }, but I think it would be much easier to use the size attribute, specially if I know for a number field that the numbers accepted will be from 0 to 100, why to use a wider input field?
Is this done by design? Am I required to use CSS for this? If that so, how can I render an input field of exactly three characters wide according to the font family/size I'm using in the form?
Size is not an attribute for input type=number, it has min and max attribute to specify minimum and maximum number. To adjust width you will have to use width style.
I just tested the following:
<input type="number" size="20" min="1" max="5"/>
The size attribute didn't respond on Chrome or FireFox, but very surprisingly it did work on Internet Explorer 11.
My guess is it's still in the process of receiving global compatibility, and I would recommend creating a css class to handle the width as you so desire.
Here is a fiddle of the code for testing purposes.
<input type="number" min="1" max="5">
Is this what you are looking for? Other then that, I haven't found anything that would resize the input. I think the best thing to do is use css in your css file or add style="" to the input field.
This seems to work for me.
<input type="number" size="3" max=1 min=5>
Edit. Need to add min and max for size to work.
I'm facing the issue for input field's attributes min and max values in Firefox (v_30.0) browser.
This works
<input name="year" type="number" placeholder="YYYY" required min="1" max="12"/>
But this does not
<input name="year" type="number" placeholder="YYYY" required min="1990" max="20014"/>
it displays 1 on input box and does not move further.
Firefox (unlike Chrome) seems to follow the HTML5 definition for stepping up the value of an input type=number element. When the value is not set, as it here isn’t initially, it is interpreted as 0, so the result of incrementing is 1. Since it is outside the range, it is an invalid value, and further stepping is not possible.
This means that input type=number is intended for use with quantities for which an initial value can be set (or the default initial value of 0 can be accepted). After all, stepping up and down is really the reason for using this element type, and it needs to start somewhere.
Consequently, there is not much point in using required for such an element, unless the implicit default of 0 is acceptable and within the bounds set.
If you still want to use input type=number, you need to set some initial value with the value attribute that is within the bounds. Technically, this means that the pattern attribute has no effect.
To read a required 4-digit number when no default value is set, optionally with a placeholder, you can use a text input field with suitable attributes (but you cannot express a range requirement in HTML, in any reasonable way, in this approach):
<input name="year" type="text" placeholder="YYYY"
size="4" maxlength="4" pattern="\d[4}" required
style="font-family: Consolas, monospace">
Just set the starting value and it will work
<input name="year" type="number" min="1990" max="2014" value="1990" required />
http://jsfiddle.net/ywq6dq93/
EDIT:
As another user previously pointed out, this will not show the placeholder but instead the starting value of 1990. In Chrome it works to not set the value and still show the placeholder and achieve the desired functionality, however it seems that in FF you would need to set the value by javascript when focusing on the input field, if you want to show a placeholder instead of a starting value.
Demo for this: http://jsfiddle.net/1pg5727f
<input type="number" step="1" min="1" name="product_qty" value="1" title="Qty" class="input-text" size="4" maxlength="10" pattern="\d*" required />
if you still looking for the answer you can use input type="number".
min max work if it set in that order:
1-name
2-maxlength
3-size
4-min
5-max
just copy it
<input name="X" maxlength="3" size="2" min="1" max="100" type="number" />