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Status updater with character counter
var main = function() {
$('.status-box').keyup(function() {
var postLength = $(this).val().length;
var charactersLeft = 140 - postLength;
$('.counter').text(charactersLeft);
if (charactersLeft < 0) {
$('.btn').addClass('disabled');
} else if (charactersLeft == 140) {
$('.btn').addClass('disabled');
} else {
$('.btn').removeClass('disabled');
}
});
$('.btn').addClass('disabled');
$('.btn').click(function() {
var post = $('.status-box').val();
$('<li>').text(post).prependTo('.posts');
$('.status-box').val('');
$('.counter').text(140);
$('.btn').addClass('disabled');
});
};
$(document).ready(main);
<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
<link href="http://s3.amazonaws.com/codecademy-content/courses/ltp2/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet">
<link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
<link href="styles.css" rel="stylesheet">
</head>
<body>
<div class="container">
<form>
<div class="form-group">
<textarea class="form-control status-box" rows="2" placeholder="What's on your mind?"></textarea>
</div>
</form>
<div class="button-group pull-right">
<p class="counter">140</p>
<a href="#" class="btn btn-primary">Post</a>
</div>
<ul class="posts">
</ul>
</div>
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="scripts.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
html,
body {
font-family: 'Roboto', sans-serif;
color: #404040;
background-color: #eee;
}
.container {
width: 520px;
margin-top: 20px;
}
.button-group {
margin-bottom: 20px;
}
.counter {
display: inline;
margin-top: 0;
margin-bottom: 0;
margin-right: 10px;
}
.posts {
clear: both;
list-style: none;
padding-left: 0;
width: 100%;
}
.posts li {
background-color: #fff;
border: 1px solid #d8d8d8;
padding-top: 10px;
padding-left: 20px;
padding-right: 20px;
padding-bottom: 10px;
margin-bottom: 10px;
word-wrap: break-word;
min-height: 42px;
}
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