Tee Minus Two Eighty - Version One

teeMinusTwoEighty.js

/* 
Quick fix to bring back a precise char counter.
Copy into browser console to enable for new tweets.
(Reply tweets not supported yet...maybe next version?)
Works in current Chrome browser on 11/07/2017.
*/

$('#tweet-box-global').on('keyup', function(event) {
  var $box = $('#tweet-box-global div');
  event.preventDefault();
  var remainLength = 280 - $box.text().length;
  var charCountDisplay = `
    <div id="chars-left" style="color: red">
      ${remainLength}
    </div>
  `
  $("#chars-left").remove();
  $box.parent().parent().append(charCountDisplay);
});