only entering letters/characters into textbox

Question

hey guys I want to restrict a textbox to only entering characters (a-z) i have this done for integers but can figure out a way to do it for characters thanks guys

Ajeesh · Answer

You can use below code to make textbox accepts only alphabets script > $(document).ready(function() { //Attach key press event to textbox $("#Textbox1").keypress(function(e) { //Get the key code var key = e.keyCode; if (key > = 48 && key = 57) { e.preventDefault(); } }); }); script > Complete Code > html > head > meta charset = "utf-8" > meta name = "viewport" content = "width=device-width" > script src = "https://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.9.1.js" > script > script > $(document).ready(function() { //Attach key press event to textbox $("#Textbox1").keypress(function(e) { //Get the key code var key = e.keyCode; if (key > = 48 && key = 57) { e.preventDefault(); } }); }); script > head > body > input type = "text" id = "Textbox1" /> body > html > Sample Demo : http://jsbin.com/cuyubofiki/edit?html,output

Rupesh Kahane · Answer

Try this html > head > title > allwon only alphabets in textbox using JavaScript title > script language = "Javascript" type = "text/javascript" > function onlyAlphabets(e, t) { try { if (window.event) { var charCode = window .event.keyCode; } else if (e) { var charCode = e.which; } else { return true; } if ((charCode > 64 && charCode 91 ) || (charCode > 96 && charCode 123 )) return true; else return false; } catch (err) { alert(err.Description); } } script > head > body > table align = "center" > tr > td > input type = "text" onkeypress = "return onlyAlphabets(event,this);" /> td > tr > table > body > html >

only entering letters/characters into textbox

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