If I set that breakpoint at the READY event, no it only breaks when the page first loads.

I was trying to research others having the same problem before - it was hard to research.

I am wondering if there is a way with jQuery to attach the input mask to the input field permanently instead of having it apply the input mask on page load. OR maybe there's a way to re-apply the input mask if the validation doesn't pass and my error message is shown.

Not sure how to do that! But, maybe that would do the trick?