Only Numeric value allowed

Hi,
Hello I have a text field. Would like to use the user to key in only numeric values. Is there any property in the text field, which sets this. Don't wanna use JavaScript. If no other option then no other go, but to use it.
Thanks in advance,

Mahesh

im afraid not. you will have to use scripting.

this is really ugly but a select with options can be used to limit input values.The javascript function is only for demonstration.

function showNumber(){
document.number.t0.value = "" +
document.number.t4.options[document.number.t4.selectedIndex].value  +
document.number.t3.options[document.number.t3.selectedIndex].value  +
document.number.t2.options[document.number.t2.selectedIndex].value  +
document.number.t1.options[document.number.t1.selectedIndex].value ;
}
 
<form name="number">
<select name="t4" onChange="showNumber()">
<option name="0" value="0">0<option name="9" value="9">9<option name="8" value="8">8
<option name="7" value="7">7<option name="6" value="6">6<option name="5" value="5">5
<option name="4" value="4">4<option name="3" value="3">3<option name="2" value="2">2
<option name="1" value="1">1
</select>
<select name="t3" onChange="showNumber()">
<option name="0" value="0">0<option name="9" value="9">9<option name="8" value="8">8
<option name="7" value="7">7<option name="6" value="6">6<option name="5" value="5">5
<option name="4" value="4">4<option name="3" value="3">3<option name="2" value="2">2
<option name="1" value="1">1
</select>
<select name="t2" onChange="showNumber()">
<option name="0" value="0">0<option name="9" value="9">9<option name="8" value="8">8
<option name="7" value="7">7<option name="6" value="6">6<option name="5" value="5">5
<option name="4" value="4">4<option name="3" value="3">3<option name="2" value="2">2
<option name="1" value="1">1
</select>
<select name="t1" onChange="showNumber()">
<option name="0" value="0">0<option name="9" value="9">9<option name="8" value="8">8
<option name="7" value="7">7<option name="6" value="6">6<option name="5" value="5">5
<option name="4" value="4">4<option name="3" value="3">3<option name="2" value="2">2
<option name="1" value="1">1
</select>
<input name="t0" type=text readonly="yes" maxlength="4" size="4" value="0000">
</form>

Hi,
Thanks for Ur help.
In WML there is a property called FORMAT for text field in which we can specify the format reqd(numeric, alphanumeric, and so on)...
SO, is there no such property in HTML.

Mahesh

I agree the input type=text control should have such a std attribute as format.X-Forms will but that is a ways off.
Handy Online Guides including html:
http://www.devguru.com/Technologies/html/quickref/html_input.html#text

Thanks Guys,
I think the only option is using JavaScript.

Mahesh

Here is a numericOnly Format option for input text controls, just add onkeypress="formatNumberKp()" in the input type=text tag and include the 2 simple functions.With a little work you could extend this to any browser and any format.

[ April 30, 2002: Message edited by: Charlie Sturman ]

Mahesh,
Are you just validating the input for numbers or do you want to allow for number selection only, like suggested with the drop downs? If just validating, using regular expressions is a good choice.
Rob

Hi Mahesh,
Though this comes late -- you could try this code .....
<script>
function onlyNumeric(){
if( (event.srcElement.type == "text") && isNaN(event.srcElement.value) )
{
alert("Enter a numeric value")
str = event.srcElement.value
truncatedValue = str.substring(0,str.length-1)

if(isNaN(truncatedValue)==false)
event.srcElement.value =truncatedValue
else
event.srcElement.value =""
}
}
document.onkeyup = onlyNumeric ;
</script>
This code will make sure every text box in the page allows only numeric values.
All the best....