Open phpguru opened 8 years ago
I think both scenarios are goofy. It either looks like you need to enter more information or it looks like you are done but you have x
number of characters left that need to be entered...
If I get some time I'll look at what this change would entail. Not sure what the effort would be to have this feature.
I think the subtle difference here is that
it looks like you are done but you have x number of characters left that need to be entered
is not quite true. Entering 10 digits for a \d{10,13} - you are done - your input is valid. You don't need to enter more characters.
I can solve most common input questions with a tooltip separately from ui-mask. The option for config could look like { displayedPlaceholderChars: 'min' }
or { displayedPlaceholderChars: 'max' }
If I have \d{10,13} for a phone and want only 10 characters, I'd use the former; if I want all 13 displayed, I'd use the latter.
If it is easier than a new config option, I'd make the placeholder character count default to the minimum length of a range. In my mind, that makes more sense than defaulting to the maximum length.
It may be that providing an option to specify the exact placeholder string might be advantageous. If I could supply "__________"
vs "_____________"
that would solve it also. Plus, for a date field it might be useful to supply "____-__-__"
or "YYYY-MM-DD"
as the exact placeholder text.
Entering 10 digits for a \d{10,13} - you are done - your input is valid. You don't need to enter more characters.
I was thinking more from a user's point of view say they have some information already (in their head, email, paper, etc.) and that information needs to go in your field of \d{10,13}
. If you don't show 13 placeholder characters it could be misleading for the user if their information is 13 characters long.
However, I don't think it's a bad idea to have this ability because it at least allows whomever is using the library the option to choose what they want to display to the user. I might have some time today to look into the issue but PRs are always welcome too.
It would be cool if there was an option to turn the placeholder character for optional characters on/off.
For example on a phone field that takes 10 to 13 numeric digits, I'm getting this...
...in the input field. I would like if the last three underscores were not visible or to have a way to turn them off.