{"id":6235,"date":"2022-11-30T04:58:56","date_gmt":"2022-11-30T04:58:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/studysection.com\/blog\/?p=6235"},"modified":"2022-11-30T06:02:37","modified_gmt":"2022-11-30T06:02:37","slug":"handling-the-white-space-issues-for-textarea-which-is-a-required-field","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studysection.com\/blog\/handling-the-white-space-issues-for-textarea-which-is-a-required-field\/","title":{"rendered":"Handling the whitespace issues for textarea, which is a required field"},"content":{"rendered":"

For any input types that are required fields, we generally face whitespace issues. In Whitespace issues, required fields allow users to type space or tab, which means non-printable characters. Generally, we want to prohibit web forms to submit blank and non-printable characters for required fields.<\/p>\n

To avoid submission of non-printable characters on a form for required fields, we use a pattern attribute along with the required attribute for inputs, as shown below:
\n<input type=\"text\" class=\"form-control\" placeholder=\"First Name\" name=\"fname\" id=\"fname\" maxlength=\"64\" pattern=\".*\\S+.*\" required\/><\/code><\/p>\n

The above pattern attribute validates the field to type only printable characters.
\nFor inputs, the pattern attribute works perfectly. I tried the same approach for textarea as well, as shown below.
\n<textarea class=\"form-control\" placeholder=\"Note\" name=\"note\" id=\"note\" maxlength=\"100\" pattern=\".*\\S+.*\" required\/><\/code><\/p>\n

But, textarea continues to allow non-printable characters to submit irrespective of the required field, as textarea doesn\u2019t support the pattern attribute.
\nNow, what is the solution to handle the whitespace-characters-issue for textarea? With the help of a javascript<\/a>\/jquery script, we can resolve our issue. Let\u2019s see:
\nfunction checkTextareaValidity(textareaObj) {
\nvar re = \/^.*\\S+.*$\/;
\nif((re).test(textareaObj.val())) {
\ntextareaObj[0].setCustomValidity(\"\");
\nreturn true;
\n}
\nelse {
\ntextareaObj[0].setCustomValidity(\"invalid\");
\nreturn false;
\n}
\n}
\n$(document).on('submit', '#add_info_form', function(e) {
\nvar form = $(\"#add_info_form'\");
\nvar textareaObj = $('#add_info_form' textarea[required]');
\nif (form[0].checkValidity() === false) {
\ne.preventDefault();
\ne.stopPropagation();
\nalert(\"Please fill required fields\");
\n} else {
\ne.preventDefault();
\nif(checkTextareaValidity(textareaObj) === false) {
\nreturn false;
\n}
\n\/\/further code if textarea is successfully validated
\n});<\/code><\/p>\n

First, you will see the checkTextareaValidity<\/em><\/strong> function to check whether a textarea has at least one printable character or not.<\/p>\n

In the form to submit an event, first, all html5 validation will be performed. If the form submit passes the validation, then we will perform textarea validation and accordingly proceed further.<\/p>\n

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