Blazor MaskedTextbox Overview

The Blazor MaskedTextbox component provides a mask and prompts the user to enter the data in the required format. The component prevents input that does not match the mask. Use it to show the user the required format for values like phone numbers, credit card numbers, ZIP codes, IP addresses, percentage values, and so on.

You can also add standard attributes such as custom CSS classes, name, placeholder, tabindex, and more, and also respond to events.

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Creating Blazor MaskedTextBox

1. Add the <TelerikMaskedTextBox> tag to your razor page.
2. Set its Value parameter to a string. The parameter supports two-way binding.
3. Set the desired Mask to prompt the user.

Basic MaskedTextBox with two-way Value binding and a credit card mask

<TelerikMaskedTextBox @bind-Value="@MaskedValue"
                      Mask="0000-0000-0000-0000"
                      Width="300px" />

<br /><br />
The component value is: @MaskedValue

@code{
    private string MaskedValue { get; set; }
}

Validation

You can validate the content of the TelerikMaskedTextBox using the Data Annotation attributes. See the Input Validation article for an example on how to validate the content of the MaskedTextBox.

Events

The MaskedTextBox component fires events for value changes and blur. Use them to respond to user actions.

Mask-Related Parameters

The table below provides a quick overview of the mask-related parameters. See the Mask and Prompt article for additional details.

Parameter	Type and Default value	Description
IncludeLiterals	bool	Controls if the literal characters from the mask are included in the Value. These are the characters that don't carry a special meaning such as brackets or dashes.
Mask	string	The mask (pattern) that the user has to follow.
MaskOnFocus	bool	Controls if the mask appears only while the input is focused. When true and no value is set, the user sees the FloatingLabel or Placeholder instead of the mask. When a value is set, the user sees both the mask and value.
Prompt	char (_)	The character that will show in the mask where there is no user input already.
PromptPlaceholder	char? ( space)	The character that is added to the raw Value for places where there is no user input yet.

MaskedTextBox Parameters

See the MaskedTextBox API Reference for a full list of parameters, methods and events.

Parameter	Type and Default value	Description
AriaDescribedBy	string	The aria-describedby attribute of the input.
AriaLabel	string	The aria-label attribute of the input.
AriaLabelledBy	string	The aria-labelledby attribute of the input.
DebounceDelay	int (150)	The time in milliseconds between the last typed symbol and the value update.
Enabled	bool (true)	Controls if users can type in the component.
Id	string	The id attribute of the input.
InputMode	string	The inputmode attribute of the <input /> element.
Name	string	The name attribute of the input.
Placeholder	string	The placeholder attribute of the HTML element.
TabIndex	int	The tabindex attribute of the input.
Title	string	The title attribute of input. Use it to add a tooltip.
ValidateOn	ValidationEvent enum (Input)	The event that will trigger validation (if validation is enabled). See Validation Modes for Simple Inputs.
Value	string	The value of the component. Supports two-way binding.

Styling and Appearance

Parameter	Type and Default value	Description
Class	string	The custom CSS class of the <span class="k-maskedtextbox"> element.
Width	string	The component width.

Find more parameters to customize the masked textbox styling in the Appearance article.

MaskedTextBox Reference and Methods

The MaskedTextBox proves a FocusAsync method that enables programmatic focus. To use it, obtain reference to the component instance.

<TelerikButton OnClick="@FocusTextBox">Focus TextBox</TelerikButton>

<TelerikMaskedTextBox @ref="@MaskedTextBoxRef"
                      @bind-Value="@MaskedValue"
                      Mask="0000-0000-0000-0000"
                      Width="300px" />

@code{
    private TelerikMaskedTextBox MaskedTextBoxRef { get; set; }

    private string MaskedValue { get; set; }

    private async Task FocusTextBox()
    {
        await MaskedTextBoxRef.FocusAsync();
    }
}

Mask Examples

The examples below demonstrates how to create a few masks for commonly used input types:

• phone - Utilizes literals (the brackets and the plus sign for the country code; and dashes for readability) and rules for numbers.

• credit card - Utilizes rules for the numbers and literals for the dashes.

• SSN - Same as credit card.

• UK post code - Uses rules for letters and numbers.

• ZIP code - Uses rules for numbers.

• ZIP+4 code - Riteral for the dash between the rules for numbers.

• percentage - Rules for numbers with a literal for the decimal separator taken from the current culture and a literal for the percentage sign. The example also shows how you can parse that to a double value.

• customized mask - An example of mixing literals and rules to require an invoice number that has a certain portion of symbols that are not up to the user. Also shows how to escape characters that are rules so they act like literals.

Phone, credit card, SSN, UK post code, ZIP code, ZIP+4 code masks

@* type in the inputs to see the result. Depending on what you want to get, you may want to set IncludeLiterals=tru like for the percentage example at the end *@

<div style="white-space:pre;">
    @Phone
    @CardNumber
    @SSN
    @ZipCode
    @ZipPlus4Code
</div>

<TelerikMaskedTextBox Mask="([phone]" @bind-Value="@Phone"></TelerikMaskedTextBox><br />
<TelerikMaskedTextBox Mask="0000-0000-0000-0000" @bind-Value="@CardNumber"></TelerikMaskedTextBox><br />
<TelerikMaskedTextBox Mask="000-00-0000" @bind-Value="@SSN"></TelerikMaskedTextBox><br />
<TelerikMaskedTextBox Mask="L0L 0LL" @bind-Value="@UkPostcode"></TelerikMaskedTextBox><br />
<TelerikMaskedTextBox Mask="00000" @bind-Value="@ZipCode"></TelerikMaskedTextBox><br />
<TelerikMaskedTextBox Mask="00000-0000" @bind-Value="@ZipPlus4Code"></TelerikMaskedTextBox><br />

@code{
    string Phone { get; set; }
    string CardNumber { get; set; }
    string SSN { get; set; }
    string UkPostcode { get; set; }
    string ZipCode { get; set; }
    string ZipPlus4Code { get; set; }
}

One way to get percentage input and values

@* See the method that parses the string into the desired numerical value - you can customize that as needed by your app *@

<div style="white-space:pre;">
    @RawPercentage
    @ActualPercentage
</div>

<TelerikMaskedTextBox Mask="@PercentageMask"
                      IncludeLiterals="true"
                      PromptPlaceholder="null"
                      @bind-Value="@RawPercentage">
</TelerikMaskedTextBox>

@code{
    string PercentageMask { get; set; } = $"00{System.Globalization.CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.NumberFormat.NumberDecimalSeparator}00%";
    string RawPercentage { get; set; }
    double? ActualPercentage => ParsePercentage();

    //note: this parses the value exactly and will result in numbers that can be between 0 and 100
    //and not like .NET usually treats percents as a value between 0 and 1
    //you can implement any preferred logic
    double? ParsePercentage()
    {
        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(RawPercentage))
        {
            return null;
        }
        string trimmedValue = RawPercentage?.Replace("%", "").Replace(" ", "");
        double result;
        if(double.TryParse(trimmedValue, out result))
        {
            return result;
        }
        return null;
    }
}

Custom mask that presets literals for the user

@* This example requires an invoice number that starts with a letter, has a second character that is a letter or a number, then a dash, then has the numbers "900" and four more numbers. For example A4-900123 *@

@invoiceNumber

<TelerikMaskedTextBox Mask="LA-\9\0\00000" @bind-Value="@invoiceNumber" IncludeLiterals="true"></TelerikMaskedTextBox>

@code{
    string invoiceNumber { get; set; }
}

Next Steps

• Configure the MaskedTextBox mask
• Explore the MaskedTextBox behavior when pasting content
• Handle MaskedTextBox events

See Also

• Live Demo: MaskedTextbox
• Live Demo: MaskedTextbox Validation
• Add Floating Label
• API Reference