I want to limit an html input field to an input like

Name 1 & Name 2,

so that the user can only type in two names in the format

e.g. “Steven & Peter” or “Alex & Jennifer”.

I tried it with jQuery “maskedinput” and

$(‘.picName’).mask(‘aaaaaaaa & aaaaaaaa’);

but here the user has to input EXACTLY 8 characters per name, but I want it to set to MAX. 8 characters per name. Does anybody know if that’s possible with maskedinput?

I’ve just tried setting “allowPartial: true”, and it looks like there is a small bug. I have several inputs on the form with numeric mask and “completed” processing to jump to the next input automatically. One of these inputs was recently requested to keep partially filled. So, when I set “allowPartial” for this one while others remain standard, this “partial” control displayed placeholders not being focused. I had to use spaces for placeholders everywhere.

I would also vote for “ranges” in mask.

Thank you for this _excellent_ plugin!

I actually had a question about how I would go about specifying a specific value range for any particular space. I guess essentially it’s a question of how to self validate within the mask while on input.

So I could do a time value and make it so only the following was acceptable:
[0-2][0-9]:[0-6][0-9]

Or for a date:
[0-1][0-9]/[0-3][0-9]/[0-9][0-9]?

Anything you could point me towards or suggest would be much appreciated.

mask(“(999) 999-9999″);
will only accept a space after “)”, & nothing else. Right?