Ability to trim trailing spaces for a field

  • spaceandtime
    Asked on June 18, 2018 at 1:34 PM

    Is there any possibility of getting trim implemented so trailing spaces could be automatically removed from a field?   

    And even better if it could find and replace on fields (e.g. replace spaces with %20 for example)

    I've raised this before and it was suggested it may go to dev for future release, just wanted to enquire on it

  • Kiran Support Team Lead
    Replied on June 18, 2018 at 2:12 PM

    Is there any possibility of getting trim implemented so trailing spaces could be automatically removed from a field?

    This feature is not yet available. Let me forward this thread to our backend team as a feature request for evaluation. Please note that we cannot provide any ETA at this moment. Once we have any news, we'll let you know here.

    And even better if it could find and replace on fields (e.g. replace spaces with %20 for example)

    Unfortunately, there is no update yet on the feature request. I notice that the feature is currently on low priority which would sometime to implement. If there is any update in this regard, you'll be posted on the respective thread.

    Thank you!

  • spaceandtime
    Replied on June 18, 2018 at 2:51 PM

    Ok thanks, look forward to hearing on what would be 2 great additions to a great product

  • naazdeboo
    Replied on June 21, 2018 at 1:03 PM

    I am also looking forward to this feature that would enable trimming leading & trailing spaces from field values.

    This feature is key because the existence of leading/trailing spaces causes the validation control that checks for unique input values to fail.

    Any suggestion to plug this gap would be helpful.  Is there any way one can use Calculate Field feature to trim spaces from fields?  Just a thought.

  • Kiran Support Team Lead
    Replied on June 21, 2018 at 1:11 PM

    @naazdeboo,

    Your question is moved to a separate thread and shall be addressed there shortly. Please follow the link below:

    https://www.jotform.com/answers/1505533

    Thank you!  

  • spaceandtime
    Replied on October 19, 2018 at 11:40 AM

    Any further thoughts on whether this will get on the roadmap?

  • Richie JotForm Support
    Replied on October 19, 2018 at 1:49 PM

    The ticket is still open and we cannot give you an ETA when this feature would be implemented.

    Once this is implemented, you will be informed via this thread.


    Thank you.