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Autocomplete usernames when TAB is pressed

I'm working on a "autocomplete usernames when TAB is pressed" feature.
I've been able to detect # and to search in a username list.
How to perform the autocompletion now, with a different matching username each time we press TAB ?
var userlist = ['bonjour', 'bleuet', 'bonobo', 'coucou'];
function getCaretPosition(ctrl) {
var start, end;
if (ctrl.setSelectionRange) {
start = ctrl.selectionStart;
end = ctrl.selectionEnd;
} else if (document.selection && document.selection.createRange) {
var range = document.selection.createRange();
start = 0 - range.duplicate().moveStart('character', -100000);
end = start + range.text.length;
}
return {
start: start,
end: end
}
}
$('#writing').keydown(function(e) {
if (e.keyCode == 9) {
var caret = getCaretPosition(this);
var word = /\S+$/.exec(this.value.slice(0, this.value.indexOf(' ',caret.end)));
word = word ? word[0] : null;
if (word.charAt(0) === '#')
alert(userlist.filter((x) => x.indexOf(word.slice(1)) === 0));
e.preventDefault();
return false;
}
});
#writing { width: 500px; }
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.9.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<textarea id="writing">Hello #b what's up? hello #you as well... Type #b and then "TAB" key it should autocomplete usernames
</textarea>

Here is the solution for your issue:
I used .on() to bind keydown to textbox, rather than keypress.
var userlist = ['bonjour', 'bleuet', 'bonobo', 'coucou'];
function getCaretPosition(ctrl) {
var start, end;
if (ctrl.setSelectionRange) {
start = ctrl.selectionStart;
end = ctrl.selectionEnd;
} else if (document.selection && document.selection.createRange) {
var range = document.selection.createRange();
start = 0 - range.duplicate().moveStart('character', -100000);
end = start + range.text.length;
}
return {
start: start,
end: end
}
}
$('#writing').keydown(function(e) {
if (e.keyCode == 9) {
var caret = getCaretPosition(this);
var word = /\S+$/.exec(this.value.slice(0, this.value.indexOf(' ',caret.end)));
word = word ? word[0] : null;
if (word.charAt(0) === '#')
//alert(userlist.filter((x) => x.indexOf(word.slice(1)) === 0));
var stringParts = $(this).val().split('#');
var nameToInsert = userlist.filter((x) => x.indexOf(word.slice(1)) === 0)[0];
var completeString = stringParts[0] + '#' + nameToInsert;
$(this).val(completeString);
e.preventDefault();
return false;
}
});
#writing { width: 500px; }
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.9.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<textarea id="writing">Hello #b what's up? hello #you as well... Type #b and then "TAB" key it should autocomplete usernames
</textarea>
Now it completes the name. But I would work on improving on the algorithm predicting the name.

Here's a very basic example that works in modern browsers (Chrome, Firefox, Edge):
const users = ['asdasd', 'fgsfds', 'Foobar']
const input = document.getElementById('input')
const patt = /\S+$/
input.addEventListener('keydown', e => {
if (e.key !== 'Tab') {
return
}
e.preventDefault()
const start = input.selectionStart
const seg = input.value.slice(0, start)
const match = (seg.match(patt) || [])[0]
if (!match) {
return
}
const idx = users.findIndex(x => x.startsWith(match))
if (idx < 0) {
return
}
const replace = users[users[idx] === match ? (idx + 1) % users.length : idx]
const newSeg = seg.replace(patt, replace)
input.value = newSeg + input.value.slice(start)
input.setSelectionRange(newSeg.length, newSeg.length)
})
<input type="text" id="input" size="50" value="bla asd bla fgs">
It cycles through the names and works at any point in the line. Support for older browsers can be added with Babel and es6-shim.

Replace keypress with keydown. Keypress doesn't fire when tab is pressed, I guess because tab gets input out of focus.
EDIT:
Not perfect, gets undefined sometimes, but you can work from here
EDIT:
ok don't mind this, it's half done and #slikts solution is obviously better, made from scratch and all.
var userlist = ['bonjour', 'bleuet', 'bonobo', 'coucou'];
function getCaretPosition(ctrl) {
var start, end;
if (ctrl.setSelectionRange) {
start = ctrl.selectionStart;
end = ctrl.selectionEnd;
} else if (document.selection && document.selection.createRange) {
var range = document.selection.createRange();
start = 0 - range.duplicate().moveStart('character', -100000);
end = start + range.text.length;
}
return {
start: start,
end: end
}
}
function setCaretPosition(elem, caretPos, caretPosEnd) {
caretPosEnd = caretPosEnd || caretPos;
if(elem != null) {
if(elem.createTextRange) {
var range = elem.createTextRange();
range.move('character', caretPos);
range.select();
}
else {
if(elem.selectionStart) {
elem.focus();
elem.setSelectionRange(caretPos, caretPosEnd);
}
else
elem.focus();
}
}
}
function getIndexCloserTo(str, char, ref) {
if(str.indexOf(char) == -1) return false;
//flip string and find char beggining from reference point
var nstr = str.split("").reverse().join("");
return str.length - 1 - nstr.indexOf(char, str.length - 1 - ref);
}
var lastWordToMatch = "";
var lastAddedWord = "";
var lastIndexUsed = 0;
$(document).ready( function() {
$('#writing').keydown(function(e) {
if (e.keyCode == 9) {
var caret = getCaretPosition(this);
//Get username input part, from the "#" closer to the cursor
//to the position of the cursor
var beginning = getIndexCloserTo(this.value, '#', caret.start);
if( beginning !== false){
var word = this.value.slice( beginning , caret.start);
word = word ? word[0] : null;
if (word.charAt(0) === '#'){
//Get array of names that match what is written after the #
var usermatches = userlist.filter((x) => x.indexOf(word.slice(1)) === 0);
//Check if any matches were found
if( usermatches.length > 0 ){
//If the word is the same as last time, use the next match
if( word == lastWordToMatch ){
//use mod to circle back to beginning of array
index = (lastIndexUsed + 1 ) % usermatches.length;
lastIndexUsed = index;
} else {
//otherwise get first match
index = 0;
lastWordToMatch = word;
}
var text = this.value;
//Remove #
word = word.slice(1);
//replace the portion of the word written by the user plus the
//word added by autocompletion, with the match
$(this).val(text.replace(word+lastAddedWord, usermatches[index]) );
//save the replacement for the previous step, without the user input
//just what autocompetion added
lastAddedWord = usermatches[index].replace(word, '');
//put cursor back where it was
setCaretPosition(this,caret.start);
}
}
}
e.preventDefault();
return false;
}
});
});
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<textarea id="writing">Hello #b what's up? hello #you as well... Type #b and then "TAB" key it should autocomplete usernames
</textarea>

Insert "/" in MM/YYYY textbox on keypress event

I want to enter a "/" when user enters MM(2 digit) so it will be like MM/YYYY.
I have done similar for credit card number input which insert a space after 4 digit on keypress.
let ccNumber = e.target.value.split(" ").join("");
if (ccNumber.length > 0) {
ccNumber = ccNumber.match(new RegExp('.{1,4}', 'g')).join(" ");
}
e.target.value = ccNumber;

Fiddle
This works with
Regular keyboard input
Copy/Cut/Paste
Selected text
Adding the /
Because you're programmatically adding the / character, you have to update the cursor position whenever that affects the new input value. This can be more than one character if the user is pasting something. Most of the code complexity revolves around this issue.
There are a lot of comments in the code explaining the various situations that come up because of the /.
Full Code
var date = document.getElementById('date');
date.addEventListener('keypress', updateInput);
date.addEventListener('change', updateInput);
date.addEventListener('paste', updateInput);
date.addEventListener('keydown', removeText);
date.addEventListener('cut', removeText);
function updateInput(event) {
event.preventDefault();
var string = getString(event);
var selectionStart = this.selectionStart;
var selectionEnd = this.selectionEnd;
var selectionLength = selectionEnd - selectionStart;
var sanitizedString = string.replace(/[^0-9]+/g, '');
// Do nothing if nothing is added after sanitization
if (sanitizedString.length === 0) {
return;
}
// Only paste numbers that will fit
var valLength = date.value.replace(/[^0-9]+/g, '').length;
var availableSpace = 6 - valLength + selectionLength;
// If `/` is selected it should not count as available space
if (selectionStart <= 2 && selectionEnd >= 3) {
availableSpace -= 1;
}
// Remove numbers that don't fit
if (sanitizedString.length > availableSpace) {
sanitizedString = sanitizedString.substring(0, availableSpace);
}
var newCursorPosition = selectionEnd + sanitizedString.length - selectionLength;
// Add one to cursor position if a `/` gets inserted
if (selectionStart <= 2 && newCursorPosition >= 2) {
newCursorPosition += 1;
}
// Previous input value before current cursor position
var valueStart = date.value.substring(0, this.selectionStart);
// Previous input value after current cursor position
var valueEnd = date.value.substring(this.selectionEnd, date.value.length);
var proposedValue = valueStart + sanitizedString + valueEnd;
// Remove anything that's not a number
var sanitized = proposedValue.replace(/[^0-9]+/g, '');
format(sanitized);
this.setSelectionRange(newCursorPosition, newCursorPosition);
}
function removeText(event) {
if (event.key === 'Backspace' || event.type === 'cut') {
event.preventDefault();
var selectionStart = this.selectionStart;
var selectionEnd = this.selectionEnd;
var selectionLength = selectionEnd - selectionStart;
// If pressing backspace with no selected text
if (selectionLength === 0 && event.type !== 'cut') {
selectionStart -= 1;
// Remove number from before `/` if attempting to delete `/`
if (selectionStart === 2) {
selectionStart -= 1;
}
}
var valueStart = date.value.substring(0, selectionStart);
var valueEnd = date.value.substring(selectionEnd, date.value.length);
// Account for added `/`
if (selectionStart === 2) {
selectionStart += 1;
}
var proposedValue = valueStart + valueEnd;
var sanitized = proposedValue.replace(/[^0-9]+/g, '');
format(sanitized);
this.setSelectionRange(selectionStart, selectionStart);
}
}
function getString(event) {
if (event.type === 'paste') {
var clipboardData = event.clipboardData || window.clipboardData;
return clipboardData.getData('Text');
} else {
return String.fromCharCode(event.which);
}
}
function format(sanitized) {
var newValue;
var month = sanitized.substring(0, 2);
if (sanitized.length < 2) {
newValue = month;
} else {
var year = sanitized.substring(2, 6);
newValue = month + '/' + year;
}
date.value = newValue;
}
<input id="date" type="text" maxlength="7">

Try:
var date = document.getElementById('date');
date.addEventListener('keypress', function (event) {
var char = String.fromCharCode(event.which),
offset = date.selectionStart;
console.log(offset)
if (/\d/.test(char) && offset < 7) {
if (offset === 2) {
offset += 1;
}
date.value = date.value.substr(0, offset) + char + date.value.substr(offset + 1);
date.selectionStart = date.selectionEnd = offset + 1;
}
if (!event.keyCode) {
event.preventDefault();
}
});
<input id="date" type="text" value="mm/yyyy" maxlength="6" size="6">

function keypress(elem) { // get Input
if (typeof elem == 'string') {
if (document.getElementById(elem)) elem = document.getElementById(elem);
if (typeof elem == 'string') elem = document.getElementsByName(elem).item(0);
}
const el = elem; //handle error if not found input
el.maxLength = 19;
el.addEventListener('keypress', function (e) {
const t = e.keyCode || e.which
if (t == 8 || (t > 47 && t < 58)) { // limit numeric characters and backspace
if (t != 8) {
if (el.value.length == 2) el.value += '/';
if (el.value.length == 5) el.value += '/';
if (el.value.length == 10) el.value += ' ';
if (el.value.length == 13) el.value += ':';
if (el.value.length == 16) el.value += ':';
}
} else {
e.preventDefault();
}
});}

Can I return a string into an input type: text field onkeypress?

I have a sentence defined as a list(a string? an array?- I'm not sure the correct term) that I want returned sequentially as any key is pressed. I'm trying to use .split. Here is the list and function:
var list1 = "This is a test".replace(/\s/g, "\xA0").split("")
function transformTypedChar(charStr) {
var position = $("#verse1").text().length;
if (position >= list1.length) return '';
else return list1[position];
}
Currently, the "T" from the beginning of the list is returned repeatedly, and the rest of the list is ignored. I'm calling the function as follows:
document.getElementById("verse1").onkeypress = function(evt) {
var val = this.value;
evt = evt || window.event;
// Ensure we only handle printable keys, excluding enter and space
var charCode = typeof evt.which == "number" ? evt.which : evt.keyCode;
if (charCode && charCode > 32) {
var keyChar = String.fromCharCode(charCode);
// Transform typed character
var mappedChar = transformTypedChar(keyChar);
var start, end;
if (typeof this.selectionStart == "number" && typeof this.selectionEnd ==
"number") {
// Non-IE browsers and IE 9
start = this.selectionStart;
end = this.selectionEnd;
this.value = val.slice(0, start) + mappedChar + val.slice(end);
// Move the caret
this.selectionStart = this.selectionEnd = start + 1;
} else if (document.selection && document.selection.createRange) {
// For IE up to version 8
var selectionRange = document.selection.createRange();
var textInputRange = this.createTextRange();
var precedingRange = this.createTextRange();
var bookmark = selectionRange.getBookmark();
textInputRange.moveToBookmark(bookmark);
precedingRange.setEndPoint("EndToStart", textInputRange);
start = precedingRange.text.length;
end = start + selectionRange.text.length;
this.value = val.slice(0, start) + mappedChar + val.slice(end);
start++;
// Move the caret
textInputRange = this.createTextRange();
textInputRange.collapse(true);
textInputRange.move("character", start - (this.value.slice(0,
start).split("\r\n").length - 1));
textInputRange.select();
}
return false;
}
};
How do I return the entire list, sequentially? In other words, on the first key event the "T" appears, on the second key event, the "h" appears and so on. I can achieve this in contenteditable divs, but I'm using input type: text fields as I want to autotab between.
The entire code is here: http://jsfiddle.net/NAC77/9/

Calling $(el).text() on input elements returns an empty string, you should be calling $(el).val(): http://jsfiddle.net/NAC77/10/

Switch between two textareas only when pressing Tab button

Normally when a user is visiting a web page and pressing TAB button on a keyboard, the selection moves from one element to another starting from the begining of the page.
I am looking for a solution to switch between two particular text areas by pressing TAB button on a keyboard with an initial focus on the first one when web page is loaded? All other elements on the page have to be ignored for this TAB key press event.
How can I achive this?
Thanx for your help!
= Update =
I have managed to make it work under Firefox 12.0 . IE and Chrome do not work properly. Asuming the text area IDs are #ICCID and #MSISDN, the Jquery looks like this:
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.7.2/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(function() {
$(document).ready(function() {
$("#ICCID").focus();
});
var $inp = $('.cls');
$inp.bind('keydown', function(e) {
var key = e.which;
if (key == 9) {
e.preventDefault();
var nxtIdx = $inp.index(this) + 1;
$(".cls:eq(" + nxtIdx + ")").focus();
//Simulate Enter after TAB
var textInput = $("#MSISDN").val();
var lines = textInput .split(/\r|\r\n|\n/);
if (lines > 1) {
$("#MSISDN").on("keypress", function(e) {
if (e.keyCode == 9) {
var input = $(this);
var inputVal = input.val();
setTimeout(function() {
input.val(inputVal.substring(0,inputVal.length) + "\n");
}, 1);
}
});
}
}
if (key == 9) {
e.preventDefault();
var nxtIdx = $inp.index(this) - 1;
$(".cls:eq(" + nxtIdx + ")").focus();
//Simulate Enter after TAB
$("#ICCID").on("keypress", function(e) {
if (e.keyCode == 9) {
var input = $(this);
var inputVal = input.val();
setTimeout(function() {
input.val(inputVal.substring(0,inputVal.length) + "\n");
}, 1);
}
});
}
});
});
</script>

Catch the keydown action using jQuery, determine which textarea has focus, and then use the focus() method to set the focus to the other textarea.
Supposing that your textareas have id="textarea1" and id="textarea2". First you can set focus to the first textarea when the page loads by doing : $('#textarea1').focus();
$("body").keypress(function(e) {
var code = (e.keyCode ? e.keyCode : e.which);
switch(code)
{
case 9:
if($("#textarea1").focus()){
//First one has focus, change to second one
$("#textarea2").focus();
}
else if($("#textarea2").focus()) {
//Second one has focus, change to first one
$("#textarea1").focus();
}
}
});

Ok I have found the solution for for my task! It also includes the simulation of ENTER key just after the TAB key event, so user do not need to hit ENTER to go to the new line. Tested with IE9, FF12, Chrome 18.0.x
Here it is:
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.7.2/jquery.min.js"></script>
<!-- Switching between ICCIDs and MSISDNs textareas + simulating ENTER key pressing after the TAB key event - START -->
<script type="text/javascript">
$(function() {
$(document).ready(function() {
$("#ICCID").focus();
});
var $inp = $('.cls');
$inp.bind('keydown', function(e) {
var key = e.which;
if (key == 9) {
e.preventDefault();
var nxtIdx = $inp.index(this) + 1;
$(".cls:eq(" + nxtIdx + ")").focus();
//Simulate Enter after TAB
var textInput = $("#MSISDN").val();
var lines = textInput .split(/\r|\r\n|\n/);
if (lines > 1) {
$("#MSISDN").on("keyup", function(e) {
if (e.keyCode == 9 || e.which == 9) {
var input = $(this);
var inputVal = input.val();
setTimeout(function() {
input.val(inputVal.substring(0,inputVal.length) + "\r\n");
}, 1);
}
});
}
}
if (key == 9) {
e.preventDefault();
var nxtIdx = $inp.index(this) - 1;
$(".cls:eq(" + nxtIdx + ")").focus();
//Simulate Enter after TAB
$("#ICCID").on("keyup", function(e) {
if (e.keyCode == 9 || e.which == 9) {
var input = $(this);
var inputVal = input.val();
setTimeout(function() {
input.val(inputVal.substring(0,inputVal.length) + "\r\n");
}, 1);
}
});
}
});
});
</script>
<!-- Switching between ICCIDs and MSISDNs textareas + simulating ENTER key pressing after the TAB key event - END -->

What about this.... Im to bored at work i think..
http://jsbin.com/uqalej/3/
HTML:
<input/>
<textarea id="t1"></textarea>
<textarea id="t2"></textarea>
<input/>
<button onClick='window.toggleBetween=true;'>Init</button>
<button onClick='window.toggleBetween=false;'>Destroy</button>
JS:
var d = document,
t1 = d.getElementById("t1"),
t2 = d.getElementById("t2"),
nodeType, nodeTypes = [],
i, iLen,
y, yLen;
nodeTypes.push( d.getElementsByTagName("textarea") );
nodeTypes.push( d.getElementsByTagName("input") );
nodeTypes.push( d.getElementsByTagName("select") );
i = 0;
iLen = nodeTypes.length;
for ( ; i < iLen; i++ ) {
nodeType = nodeTypes[i];
y = 0;
yLen = nodeType.length;
for ( ; y < yLen; y++ ) {
if ( nodeType[y] != t1 && nodeType[y] != t2 ) {
nodeType[y].onfocus = function() {
if ( window.toggleBetween )
t1.focus();
};
}
}
}

Using javascript on page load:
document.getElementById("textarea1").focus();
document.getElementById('textarea1').tabIndex="1";
document.getElementById('textarea2').tabIndex="2";

Getting Deleted character

in in Input field, if the user presses Backspace or Delete key, is there a way to get the deleted character.
I need to check it against a RegExp.

Assuming the input box has an id 'input'. Here is how with least amount of code you can find out the last character from the input box.
document.getElementById("input").onkeydown = function(evt) {
const t = evt.target;
if (evt.keyCode === 8) { // for backspace key
console.log(t.value[t.selectionStart - 1]);
} else if (evt.keyCode === 46) { // for delete key
console.log(t.value[t.selectionStart]);
}
};
<input id="input" />

The following will work in all major browsers for text <input> elements. It shouldn't be used for <textarea> elements because the getInputSelection function doesn't account for line breaks correctly in IE. See this answer for a (longer) function that will do this.
function getInputSelection(input) {
var start = 0, end = 0;
input.focus();
if ( typeof input.selectionStart == "number" &&
typeof input.selectionEnd == "number") {
start = input.selectionStart;
end = input.selectionEnd;
} else if (document.selection && document.selection.createRange) {
var range = document.selection.createRange();
if (range) {
var inputRange = input.createTextRange();
var workingRange = inputRange.duplicate();
var bookmark = range.getBookmark();
inputRange.moveToBookmark(bookmark);
workingRange.setEndPoint("EndToEnd", inputRange);
end = workingRange.text.length;
workingRange.setEndPoint("EndToStart", inputRange);
start = workingRange.text.length;
}
}
return {
start: start,
end: end,
length: end - start
};
}
document.getElementById("aTextBox").onkeydown = function(evt) {
evt = evt || window.event;
var keyCode = evt.keyCode;
var deleteKey = (keyCode == 46), backspaceKey = (keyCode == 8);
var sel, deletedText, val;
if (deleteKey || backspaceKey) {
val = this.value;
sel = getInputSelection(this);
if (sel.length) {
deletedText = val.slice(sel.start, sel.end);
} else {
deletedText = val.charAt(deleteKey ? sel.start : sel.start - 1);
}
alert("About to be deleted: " + deletedText);
}
};

No, there is no variable that stores the deleted char. Unless you have a history for Undo/Redo, but it would be difficult to get the information out of that component.
Easiest would be to compare the contents of the input field before and after delete/backspace have been pressed.

You could try something with the caret position:
function getCaretPosition(control){
var position = {};
if (control.selectionStart && control.selectionEnd){
position.start = control.selectionStart;
position.end = control.selectionEnd;
} else {
var range = document.selection.createRange();
position.start = (range.offsetLeft - 1) / 7;
position.end = position.start + (range.text.length);
}
position.length = position.end - position.start;
return position;
}
document.getElementById('test').​​​​onkeydown = function(e){
var selection = getCaretPosition(this);
var val = this.value;
if((e.keyCode==8 || e.keyCode==46) && selection.start!==selection.end){
alert(val.substr(selection.start, selection.length));
} else if(e.keyCode==8){
alert(val.substr(selection.start-1, 1));
} else if(e.keyCode==46){
alert(val.substr(selection.start, 1));
}
}​
Tested on Chrome 6. See jsFiddle for an example