Restrict user input in HTML

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Hello guys I want to restrict user from entering date manually in an input field in HTML. I want user to select date from the date-picker provided to avoid input date entry

Here is the my code in which I've used date-picker.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html class="html">
<head>
	<meta charset="utf-8">
	<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width,initial-scale=1">
	<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"> </script>
	<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://ajax.aspnetcdn.com/ajax/jquery.ui/1.10.4/themes/redmond/jquery-ui.css">
	<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.12.1/jquery-ui.min.js"> </script>
	<script>
		$(function() {
			$("#datepicker").datepicker(
			{
				dateFormat:'dd-mm-yy',
				changeMonth: true,
				changeYear: true,
			});	
		});
	</script>
	<style>
		.date-picker{
			width: 250px;
			height: 30px;
			font-size: 18px;
			padding-left: 7px;
			margin-top: 10px;
			margin-left: 145px;
			border: 1px solid grey;
			border-radius: 5px;
		}
	</style>
</head>
<body class="body">
		<div class="date-picker-container">
			<input class="date-picker" id="datepicker" placeholder="Date Of Birth">
		</div>
	</form>
</body>
</html>

Please help me I'm stuck with this date validation issue.

Add readonly to your input <input readonly /> this will avoid entering date manually by user. — Girisha C
– Girisha C, Commented Jul 31, 2018 at 11:50

Zenoo · Accepted Answer · 2018-07-31 11:45:10Z

2

You can simply add the readonly attribute to your input :

<input class="date-picker" id="datepicker" placeholder="Date Of Birth" readonly>

Demo:

$(function() {
  $("#datepicker").datepicker({
    dateFormat: 'dd-mm-yy',
    changeMonth: true,
    changeYear: true,
  });
});

.date-picker {
  width: 250px;
  height: 30px;
  font-size: 18px;
  padding-left: 7px;
  margin-top: 10px;
  margin-left: 145px;
  border: 1px solid grey;
  border-radius: 5px;
}

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js">
</script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://ajax.aspnetcdn.com/ajax/jquery.ui/1.10.4/themes/redmond/jquery-ui.css">
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.12.1/jquery-ui.min.js">
</script>

<div class="date-picker-container">
  <input class="date-picker" id="datepicker" placeholder="Date Of Birth" readonly>
</div>

answered Jul 31, 2018 at 11:45

Zenoo

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2 Comments

Adam Over a year ago

@JoelMathews, if his answer helped you, mark it as the right answer.

Joel Mathews Over a year ago

Ok Adam thank you for letting me know as I'm new to this place

RmK · Accepted Answer · 2018-07-31 11:47:08Z

All what you need is to add readonly='true' attribute to your input field

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html class="html">
<head>
	<meta charset="utf-8">
	<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width,initial-scale=1">
	<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"> </script>
	<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://ajax.aspnetcdn.com/ajax/jquery.ui/1.10.4/themes/redmond/jquery-ui.css">
	<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.12.1/jquery-ui.min.js"> </script>
	<script>
		$(function() {
			$("#datepicker").datepicker(
			{
				dateFormat:'dd-mm-yy',
				changeMonth: true,
				changeYear: true,
			});	
		});
	</script>
	<style>
		.date-picker{
			width: 250px;
			height: 30px;
			font-size: 18px;
			padding-left: 7px;
			margin-top: 10px;
			margin-left: 145px;
			border: 1px solid grey;
			border-radius: 5px;
		}
	</style>
</head>
<body class="body">
		<div class="date-picker-container">
			<input class="date-picker" id="datepicker" placeholder="Date Of Birth" readonly='true'>
		</div>
	</form>
</body>
</html>

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