如何调用mask（）jQuery函数onclick？

Question

I want to call jQuery function mask() onclick. The code I tried is below but it didn't work please help.

<input type="text" onclick="$('addAccountContactForm\\:homePhone').mask('(999)999-9999')" maxlength="13" value="" name="addAccountContactForm:homePhone"  id="addAccountContactForm:homePhone"/>

Answer 1

Try this:

<input type="text" maxlength="13" value="" name="addAccountContactForm:homePhone" id="addAccountContactForm:homePhone" />

$(function() {
    $('addAccountContactForm\\:homePhone').click(function() {
        $(this).mask('(999)999-9999');
    });
});