From 93dfcaa3b147a49fa34bfa0dfd819d886a9be273 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Style87 <lucas.hartzell@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2014 14:06:19 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Update jquery.maskedinput.js

Added optional multi-character placeholder. Single character placeholders are applied to the applicable character positions.
---
 src/jquery.maskedinput.js | 31 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/jquery.maskedinput.js b/src/jquery.maskedinput.js
index ad999e3..a69a1c2 100644
--- a/src/jquery.maskedinput.js
+++ b/src/jquery.maskedinput.js
@@ -81,6 +81,23 @@ $.fn.extend({
 			completed: null
 		}, settings);
 
+		// If placeholder is a single character set it for all applicable positions.
+		if (settings.placeholder.length == 1) {
+			var p = settings.placeholder;
+			settings.placeholder = '';
+			for (var i = 0, len = mask.length; i < len; i++) {
+				switch(mask[i]) {
+					case 'a':
+					case '9':
+					case '*':
+					case '~':
+						settings.placeholder += p;
+						break;
+					default:
+						settings.placeholder += mask[i];
+				}
+			}
+		}
 
 		defs = $.mask.definitions;
 		tests = [];
@@ -107,7 +124,7 @@ $.fn.extend({
 				mask.split(""),
 				function(c, i) {
 					if (c != '?') {
-						return defs[c] ? settings.placeholder : c;
+						return defs[c] ? settings.placeholder[i] : c;
 					}
 				}),
 				defaultBuffer = buffer.join(''),
@@ -135,7 +152,7 @@ $.fn.extend({
 					if (tests[i]) {
 						if (j < len && tests[i].test(buffer[j])) {
 							buffer[i] = buffer[j];
-							buffer[j] = settings.placeholder;
+							buffer[j] = settings.placeholder[i];
 						} else {
 							break;
 						}
@@ -153,11 +170,11 @@ $.fn.extend({
 					j,
 					t;
 
-				for (i = pos, c = settings.placeholder; i < len; i++) {
+				for (i = pos; i < len; i++) {
 					if (tests[i]) {
 						j = seekNext(i);
 						t = buffer[i];
-						buffer[i] = c;
+						buffer[i] = settings.placeholder[i];
 						if (j < len && tests[j].test(t)) {
 							c = t;
 						} else {
@@ -269,7 +286,7 @@ $.fn.extend({
 				var i;
 				for (i = start; i < end && i < len; i++) {
 					if (tests[i]) {
-						buffer[i] = settings.placeholder;
+						buffer[i] = settings.placeholder[i];
 					}
 				}
 			}
@@ -286,7 +303,7 @@ $.fn.extend({
 
 				for (i = 0, pos = 0; i < len; i++) {
 					if (tests[i]) {
-						buffer[i] = settings.placeholder;
+						buffer[i] = settings.placeholder[i];
 						while (pos++ < test.length) {
 							c = test.charAt(pos - 1);
 							if (tests[i].test(c)) {
@@ -325,7 +342,7 @@ $.fn.extend({
 
 			input.data($.mask.dataName,function(){
 				return $.map(buffer, function(c, i) {
-					return tests[i]&&c!=settings.placeholder ? c : null;
+					return tests[i]&&c!=settings.placeholder[i] ? c : null;
 				}).join('');
 			});
 

From c49de0178997074ed0206db792660a1fc00950dc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Style87 <lucas.hartzell@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2014 15:00:58 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Update jquery.maskedinput.js

Correct bug when shifting left.
---
 src/jquery.maskedinput.js | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/jquery.maskedinput.js b/src/jquery.maskedinput.js
index a69a1c2..b699d5b 100644
--- a/src/jquery.maskedinput.js
+++ b/src/jquery.maskedinput.js
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ $.fn.extend({
 					if (tests[i]) {
 						if (j < len && tests[i].test(buffer[j])) {
 							buffer[i] = buffer[j];
-							buffer[j] = settings.placeholder[i];
+							buffer[j] = settings.placeholder[j];
 						} else {
 							break;
 						}

From d90c599b0f2042bb0db376d622f6ce1453392300 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Style87 <lucas.hartzell@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2014 15:04:52 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Update jquery.maskedinput.js

Added optional shift right/left settings to toggle the shifting of characters on edits before the last character entered.
---
 src/jquery.maskedinput.js | 27 +++++++++++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/jquery.maskedinput.js b/src/jquery.maskedinput.js
index b699d5b..ac0bf1f 100644
--- a/src/jquery.maskedinput.js
+++ b/src/jquery.maskedinput.js
@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@ $.mask = {
 	},
 	autoclear: true,
 	dataName: "rawMaskFn",
-	placeholder: '_'
+	placeholder: '_',
+	shiftLeft: true,
+	shiftRight: true
 };
 
 $.fn.extend({
@@ -78,6 +80,8 @@ $.fn.extend({
 		settings = $.extend({
 			autoclear: $.mask.autoclear,
 			placeholder: $.mask.placeholder, // Load default placeholder
+			shiftLeft: $.mask.shiftLeft,
+			shiftRight: $.mask.shiftRight,
 			completed: null
 		}, settings);
 
@@ -148,16 +152,18 @@ $.fn.extend({
 					return;
 				}
 
-				for (i = begin, j = seekNext(end); i < len; i++) {
-					if (tests[i]) {
-						if (j < len && tests[i].test(buffer[j])) {
-							buffer[i] = buffer[j];
-							buffer[j] = settings.placeholder[j];
-						} else {
-							break;
+				if ( settings.shiftLeft ) {
+					for (i = begin, j = seekNext(end); i < len; i++) {
+						if (tests[i]) {
+							if (j < len && tests[i].test(buffer[j])) {
+								buffer[i] = buffer[j];
+								buffer[j] = settings.placeholder[j];
+							} else {
+								break;
+							}
+	
+							j = seekNext(j);
 						}
-
-						j = seekNext(j);
 					}
 				}
 				writeBuffer();
@@ -165,6 +171,7 @@ $.fn.extend({
 			}
 
 			function shiftR(pos) {
+				if (!settings.shiftRight) return;
 				var i,
 					c,
 					j,