HTML maxlength attribute not working on chrome and safari?

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Max length will not work with <input type="number" the best way i know is to use oninput event to limit the maxlength. Please see the below code.

<input name="somename"
        oninput="javascript: if (this.value.length > this.maxLength) this.value = this.value.slice(0, this.maxLength);"
        type = "number"
        maxlength = "6"
     />

Use the max attribute for inputs of type="number". It will specify the highest possible number that you may insert

  <input type="number" max="999" />

if you add both a max and a min value you can specify the range of allowed values:

  <input type="number" min="1" max="999" />

See this example

EDIT

If, for user experience, you would prefer the user not to be able to enter more than a certain number, use Javascript/jQuery, as seen in this example

The maxlength attribute does not apply to an input of type="number"

From W3 HTML5 spec concerning type="number"

The following content attributes must not be specified and do not apply to the element: accept, alt, checked, dirname, formaction, formenctype, formmethod, formnovalidate, formtarget, height, maxlength, multiple, pattern, size, src, and width.

Source: http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/Overview.html#number-state-type-number (under Bookkeeping details)

In FF and IE, the input is falling back to be a text input and therefore, maxlength applies to the input. Once FF and IE implement type="number", they should also implement it in a way where maxlength does not apply.

For those who still can't get it to work... Try this to fire up the fatter number pads:

<input type="number" name="no1" maxlength="1" size="1" max="9" pattern="[0-9]*" />

And the js:

$('input[name="no1"]').keypress(function() {
    if (this.value.length >= 1) {
        return false;
    }
});

Here is an example using type="number" and maxlength, that works with Chrome, IE and others. Hope it helps!

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>

    <head>
        <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.8.3/jquery.min.js">

        </script>
        <script>
            function test(id, event) {
                var element = $("#" + id);
                var len = element.val().length + 1;
                var max = element.attr("maxlength");

                var cond = (46 < event.which && event.which < 58) || (46 < event.keyCode && event.keyCode < 58);

                if (!(cond && len <= max)) {
                    event.preventDefault();
                    return false;
                }
            }
        </script>
    </head>

    <body>
        <input id="test" size="3" type="number" maxlength="3" onkeypress="test(this.id, event)">
    </body>

</html>

HTML maxlength attribute not working on chrome and safari?

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