Sometime it is requirement that we only want number to be entered through textbox, for e.g. we need to enter age through textbox, age will be always in number, to stop user from entering non-numeric value either we can use validation control and raise error when non-numeric value will be entered, or we can stop user from entering non-numeric word at all by using Javascript/Jquery. Here I will show how to use Javascript to allow only numbers to be entered in a textbox. This solution works in in all browsers. function NumericOnly(evt) { var e = evt if (window.event) { // For IE browsers var charCode = e.keyCode; } else if (e.which) { // For Safari 4, Firefox 3.0.4 and more var charCode = e.which } if (charCode > 31 && (charCode < 48 || charCode > 57)) return false; return true; } ...