Please use the latest release available on google code at http://jquery-formatcurrency.googlecode.com
Hey all, its been a while since my last post. This just a simple little format currency plugin that I built a while back. Hope everyone enjoys it.
About the Plugin
The plugin, called the FormatCurrency Plugin, requires the jQuery core file and a single javascript file, jquery.formatCurrency.js. A demo is available on my prorfolio website. The plugin was designed with the following features.
- Formats the selector’s value to a formatted version of the currency.
Options
useHtml – if true this value uses the html() attribute to get and set the value for the currency, otherwise the plugin will use the val() attribute. The default is false.
symbol – The dollar sign to be used when formatting the currency. The default is $.
Downloads
Please use the latest release available on google code at http://jquery-formatcurrency.googlecode.com
jQuery Core (plugin built on jquery-1.2.6.js)
jQueryFormatCurrencySample.zip
Using the Plugin
In order to use this plugin create an html page and attached the jQuery core javascript file and the jquery.formatCurrency.js file. In this example I will be formatting the currency on a button click. Although another popular formatting technique would be to set the currency on lost focus (the sample download and demo contain both options).
Html
<div class="sample">
<h3>Formatting Using Button Click</h3>
<input type="textbox" id="currencyField" value="$1,220.00" />
<input type="button" id="currencyButton" value="Convert" /></div>
Javascript
$(document).ready(function()
{
$('#currencyButton').click(function()
{
$('#currencyField').formatCurrency();
});
});
Known Issues
At the moment their are no known issues. The plugin has been tested successfully in Windows IE 8 Beta, Mozilla, and Google Chrome.