By default, on focusing the MaskedTextBox the entire mask gets selected. You can customize by using any one of the following methods:
Following is an example that demonstrates the above cases to set cursor position in the MaskedTextBox using focus
event.
import { Component } from '@angular/core';
@Component({
selector: 'app-root',
// sets mask format to the MaskedTextBox
template: `
<div class="col-sm-6">
<br/><ejs-maskedtextbox #mask="" id="mask1" mask='00000-00000' value='93828-32132' name="mask_value1" placeholder= 'Default cursor position' floatLabelType= 'Always'></ejs-maskedtextbox><br/>
<ejs-maskedtextbox #mask="" id="mask2" mask='00000-00000' value='83929-43427' name="mask_value2" placeholder= 'Cursor positioned at start' floatLabelType= 'Always' (focus)= "onStartfocus($event)"></ejs-maskedtextbox><br/>
<ejs-maskedtextbox #mask="" id="mask3" mask='00000-00000' value='83929-32131' name="mask_value3" placeholder= 'Cursor positioned at end' floatLabelType= 'Always' (focus)= "onEndfocus($event)"></ejs-maskedtextbox><br/>
<ejs-maskedtextbox #mask="" id="mask4" mask='+1 000-000-0000' value='234-432-4324' name="mask_value4" placeholder= 'Cursor at specified position' floatLabelType= 'Always' (focus)= "onSpecificfocus($event)"></ejs-maskedtextbox>
</div>
`
})
export class AppComponent {
public onStartfocus(args): void {
//sets cursor position at start of MaskedTextBox
args.selectionEnd= args.selectionStart;
}
public onEndfocus(args): void {
//sets cursor position at end of MaskedTextBox
args.selectionStart=args.selectionEnd;
}
public onSpecificfocus(args): void {
//sets cursor at specified position
args.selectionStart = 3;
args.selectionEnd = 3;
}
}
import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
import { MaskedTextBoxModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-inputs';
/**
* Module
*/
@NgModule({
imports: [
BrowserModule,MaskedTextBoxModule
],
declarations: [AppComponent],
bootstrap: [AppComponent]
})
export class AppModule { }
import { platformBrowserDynamic } from '@angular/platform-browser-dynamic';
import { enableProdMode } from '@angular/core';
import { AppModule } from './app.module';
enableProdMode();
platformBrowserDynamic().bootstrapModule(AppModule);
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<title>EJ2 Angular MaskedTextBox</title>
<meta charset="utf-8" />
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
<meta name="description" content="Angular MaskedTextBox Component" />
<meta name="author" content="Syncfusion" />
<link href="index.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<!-- Here we have used CDN links for our preview purpose -->
<link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-angular-inputs/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<script src="https://unpkg.com/core-js/client/shim.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/core-js/2.4.1/core.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/zone.js/0.6.25/zone.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://unpkg.com/reflect-metadata@0.1.3"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/systemjs/0.19.38/system.js"></script>
<script src="systemjs.config.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<div id='ang_container'>
<div class='wrap'>
<app-root>
<div id='loader'>LOADING....</div>
</app-root>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
#container {
visibility: hidden;
}
#loader {
color: #008cff;
height: 40px;
left: 45%;
position: absolute;
top: 45%;
width: 30%;
}
.wrap {
margin: 20px auto;
width: 240px;
}
.label {
font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'Helvetica', 'Arial', 'sans-serif';
font-size: 14px;
}
.e-widget {
padding-bottom: 12px;
}