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JavaScript: Limit the number of characters in a textarea
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| <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" | |
| "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> | |
| <!-- Code source: http://www.devcurry.com/2009/08/limit-number-of-characters-in-textarea.html THANKS --> | |
| <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> | |
| <head> | |
| <title>Limit Number of Characters in a TextArea</title> | |
| <script type='text/javascript' | |
| src='http://jqueryjs.googlecode.com/files/jquery-1.3.2.min.js'></script> | |
| <script type='text/javascript'> | |
| $(document).ready(function() { | |
| $('#ta').keyup(function() { | |
| var len = this.value.length; | |
| if (len >= 150) { | |
| this.value = this.value.substring(0, 150); | |
| } | |
| $('#charLeft').text(150 - len); | |
| }); | |
| }); | |
| </script> | |
| </head> | |
| <body> | |
| <textarea id="ta" cols="20" rows="8"></textarea><br/> | |
| (Maximum characters: 150)<br/> | |
| <span id="charLeft"> </span> Characters left | |
| </body> | |
| </html> |
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