jQuery to replace all spaces with underscores while typing in textbox

Introduction: In this article I am going to share how to replace or convert all spaces into underscores while typing in asp.net textbox or multiline textbox.

jQuery to replace all spaces with underscores while typing in textbox


Description: Sometime we want to restrict user to enter spaces in between text by replacing the space entered with underscore as shown in image above. This can be done easily using jquery. I have mentioned two ways to get this requirement done. You can use any on these two.

First way:
            $('#<%=txtData.ClientID%>').keyup(function () {
                this.value = this.value.replace(/ /g, "_");
            });

Second way:
            $('#<%=txtData.ClientID%>').keyup(function () {
                $(this).val($(this).val().split(' ').join('_'));
            });

Implementation: Let’s create a demo page for demonstration purpose.

HTML 
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head runat="server">
    <title></title>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.3/jquery.min.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript">
        $(document).ready(function () {
            $('#<%=txtData.ClientID%>').keyup(function () {
                this.value = this.value.replace(/ /g, "_");            
            });
        })
    </script>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
        <div>
            <fieldset style="height: 40px; width: 350px;">
                <legend>Replace all spaces with undersore while typing</legend>
                <asp:TextBox ID="txtData" runat="server" style="width:350px;"></asp:TextBox>
            </fieldset>
        </div>
    </form>
</body>
</html>

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Kapil Vyas
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October 15, 2015 ×

Nice Article. Thankx and Keep Posting

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October 17, 2015 ×

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