<html><head>
<title>(Type a title for your page here)</title>
<script language=JavaScript>
<!--
function check_length(my_form)
{
maxLen = 50; // max number of characters allowed
if (my_form.my_text.value.length >= maxLen) {
// Alert message if maximum limit is reached.
// If required Alert can be removed.
var msg = "You have reached your maximum limit of characters allowed";
alert(msg);
// Reached the Maximum length so trim the textarea
my_form.my_text.value = my_form.my_text.value.substring(0, maxLen);
}
else{ // Maximum length not reached so update the value of my_text counter
my_form.text_num.value = maxLen - my_form.my_text.value.length;
}
}
//-->
</script>
</head>
<body>
<form name=my_form method=post>
<textarea onKeyPress=check_length(this.form); onKeyDown=check_length(this.form);
name=my_text rows=4 cols=30></textarea>
<br>
<input size=1 value=50 name=text_num> Characters Left
</form>
</body>
</html>
duna | 30-05-2012 |
thank you, this worked well for me. |
shana | 10-07-2012 |
its very useful to all |
Peter | 19-07-2012 |
Thanks, u helped me so much :) |
Cristian | 04-10-2012 |
thanks a lot for the code! |
Ram | 23-04-2013 |
Damn Good Code |
Raman | 23-04-2013 |
The code was right but need for button disabling with alert too |
589 | 30-06-2014 |
good |
Manoj Kumar | 23-07-2014 |
Thnks sir, for best way of your code |
srilakshmi | 19-12-2014 |
great job this is simple user understandable code,nd this helps me thanqx. |
srilakshmi | 19-12-2014 |
Damn good job |
madhu | 03-08-2015 |
You code is very usefull ...Thanks |
Akshit Saxena | 25-08-2015 |
what if we press the "Backspace"... the code crashes in word count in that case... cannot be applied to major project.. can you please help it out...?? |
Aravind | 30-04-2016 |
useful to beginner |