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var textfieldwidget1 = new Spry.Widget.ValidationTextField("textfieldwidget1",
"custom", {pattern:"00 0000 AX"});
The following table shows a full list of values used for custom patterns.
Value Description
"0" Whole numbers between 0 and 9
"A" Uppercase alphabetic characters
"a" Lowercase alphabetic characters
"B"; "b" Case-insensitive alphabetic characters
"X" Uppercase alpha-numeric characters
"x" Lowercase alpha-numeric characters
"Y"; "y" Case-insensitive alpha-numeric characters
"?" Any character
The "A", "a", "X", and "x" custom pattern characters are case sensitive. In situations that use these characters, Spry
converts the characters to the correct case, even if the user enters the wrong case.
Specify when validation occurs
By default, the Validation Text Field widget validates when the user clicks the submit button. You can, however, set
two other options: blur or change.ThevalidateOn:["blur"] parameter causes the widget to validate whenever
the user clicks outside the text field. The validateOn:["change"] parameter causes the widget to validate as the
user changes text inside the text field.
❖ To specify when validation occurs, add a validateOn parameter to the constructor as follows:
var sprytextfield1 = new Spry.Widget.ValidationTextField("sprytextfield1", "none",
{validateOn:["blur"]});
As a convenience, you can discard the brackets if your validateOn parameter contains a single value (for example,
validateOn: "blur"). If the parameter contains both values, however (validateOn:["blur", "change"]),
include brackets in the syntax.
Note: In the preceding example, the second parameter is set to "none", but it could easily be set to any of the available
validation types (for example, "phone" or "credit_card"). See “Specify a validation type and format” on page 50.
Specify a minimum and maximum number of characters
This option is only available for the "none", "integer", "email", and "url" validation types.
The minChars option does not enforce a minimum number of characters if the text field is not required.
❖ To specify a minimum or maximum number of characters, add the minChars property or maxChars property (or
both) and a value to the constructor, as follows:
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