// txt is the text to measure, font is the full CSS font declaration,
// e.g. "bold 12px Verdana"
function measureText(txt, font) {
var id = 'text-width-tester',
$tag = $('#' + id);
if (!$tag.length) {
$tag = $('<span id="' + id + '" style="display:none;font:' + font + ';">' + txt + '</span>');
$('body').append($tag);
} else {
$tag.css({
font: font
}).html(txt);
}
return {
width: $tag.width(),
height: $tag.height()
}
}
function shrinkToFill(input, fontSize, fontWeight, fontFamily) {
var $input = $(input),
txt = $input.val(),
maxWidth = $input.width() + 5, // add some padding
font = fontWeight + " " + fontSize + "px " + fontFamily;
// see how big the text is at the default size
var textWidth = measureText(txt, font).width;
if (textWidth > maxWidth) {
// if it's too big, calculate a new font size
// the extra .9 here makes up for some over-measures
fontSize = fontSize * maxWidth / textWidth * .9;
font = fontWeight + " " + fontSize + "px " + fontFamily;
// and set the style on the input
$input.css({
font: font
});
} else {
// in case the font size has been set small and
// the text was then deleted
$input.css({
font: font
});
}
}
$(function() {
$('#my_input').keydown(function() {
shrinkToFill(this, 20, "", "Georgia, serif");
})
});
input {
font: 20px Georgia, serif;
width: 150px;
height: 25px;
}
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<input id="my_input">