React Mask Field

A lightweight, flexible input masking library for React applications built with TypeScript. This library provides customizable masked input components with type safety and modern React practices.

Features

• 🚀 Modern React API - Based on hooks and functional components
• 📦 Lightweight - No external dependencies
• 🔒 Type-safe - Written in TypeScript with full type definitions
• 🧰 Specialized Components - Components for common use cases like phone numbers, dates, and credit cards
• 🎨 Customizable - Flexible formatting options
• ⚛️ Compatible - Works with React 16.8+ including React 18 and React 19
• 🛡️ Clean DOM - Properly filters out non-standard props from DOM elements
• 📚 Interactive Documentation - Comprehensive Storybook documentation with live examples

Documentation

Explore our interactive component documentation with live examples:

View Storybook Documentation

The Storybook provides:

• Interactive examples of all components
• Configurable props with live preview
• Code snippets for common use cases
• Detailed API documentation

For information on building and deploying the Storybook, see STORYBOOK.md.

Installation

npm install @altricade/react-mask-field
# or
yarn add @altricade/react-mask-field
# or
pnpm add @altricade/react-mask-field

Basic Usage

import React from 'react';
import { MaskField } from '@altricade/react-mask-field';

function App() {
  return <MaskField mask="(999) 999-9999" onChange={e => console.log(e.target.value)} />;
}

Specialized Components

Phone Input

import React, { useState } from 'react';
import { PhoneInput } from '@altricade/react-mask-field';

function PhoneForm() {
  const [phone, setPhone] = useState('');

  return <PhoneInput countryCode="US" value={phone} onChange={e => setPhone(e.target.value)} />;
}

Date Input

import React from 'react';
import { DateInput } from '@altricade/react-mask-field';

function DateForm() {
  return (
    <DateInput
      format="MM/DD/YYYY"
      onChange={e => console.log(e.target.value)}
      enableDateValidation
    />
  );
}

Credit Card Input

import React, { useState } from 'react';
import { CreditCardInput, CardType } from '@altricade/react-mask-field';

function PaymentForm() {
  const [cardType, setCardType] = useState<CardType | null>(null);

  return (
    <div>
      <CreditCardInput
        onChange={e => console.log(e.target.value)}
        onCardTypeChange={setCardType}
        detectCardType
      />
      {cardType && <div>Card type: {cardType}</div>}
    </div>
  );
}

Time Input

import React from 'react';
import { TimeInput } from '@altricade/react-mask-field';

function TimeForm() {
  return <TimeInput format="12h" showSeconds onChange={e => console.log(e.target.value)} />;
}

API Documentation

MaskField Component

The core component that provides masking functionality.

Props

Default formatChars:

{
  '9': '[0-9]',
  'a': '[A-Za-z]',
  '*': '[A-Za-z0-9]'
}

Mask Format

The mask pattern supports the following format characters by default:

• 9: Any numeric character (0-9)
• a: Any alphabetic character (A-Z, a-z)
• *: Any alphanumeric character (A-Z, a-z, 0-9)

Fixed characters in the mask (like parentheses, dashes, etc.) will be automatically inserted as the user types.

Implementation Details

• Uses a simplified masking algorithm that properly restricts input based on the mask pattern
• Supports different placeholder types (9 for digits, a for letters, * for alphanumeric)
• Properly handles the maskChar property for placeholder generation
• Maintains proper event handling for onChange callbacks
• Filters out non-standard props from DOM elements to prevent React warnings

Examples

Phone Number

mask="(999) 999-9999"

This will format input as a US phone number like (123) 456-7890.

Credit Card

mask="9999 9999 9999 9999"

This will format input as a credit card number with spaces after every 4 digits.

Date

mask="99/99/9999"

This will format input as a date like 01/31/2023.

License

MIT