LimitTextArea

LimitTextArea is a jQuery plugin. It limit the number of characters in textarea and displays the number of remaining characters.

How to use

1. set the maxlength attribute for textarea

<textarea name="text" cols="50" rows="5" maxlength="100">Some text here</textarea>

2.then put javascript:

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.5.min.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="jquery.limitTextArea.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> $(document).ready(function() { $("textarea").limitTextArea(); }); </script>

Setting

You can pass these options to limitTextArea function:

• labelContent - content of the label. Default: '{count} characters left', {count} will be replaced with number of remaining characters
• labelClass - determines css-class for the label with number of remaining characters. Default is textAreaLabel
• alertClass - css class will be added to the label when no remaining characters. Default is alert
• hoverClass - css class will be added to the label when textarea receive focus. Default is hover

For example: $("textarea").limitTextArea({labelContent : 'Remaining characters: {count}'});