Input & Textarea character limit display with jQuery

/* This little jQuery snippet will let you quickly add a limit counter to input fields to display available remaining characters. A nice feature to include for improved user experience. Source: http://www.scriptiny.com/2012/09/jquery-input-textarea-limiter/ Demo: http://sandbox.scriptiny.com/tinylimiter/ */ function($) { $.fn.extend( { limiter: function(limit, elem) { $(this).on("keyup focus", function() { setCount(this, elem); }); function setCount(src, elem) { var chars = src.value.length; if (chars > limit) { src.value = src.value.substr(0, limit); chars = limit; } elem.html( limit - chars ); } setCount($(this)[0], elem); } }); })(jQuery); //To setup the limiter, simply include a call similar to the one below: var elem = $("#chars"); $("#text").limiter(100, elem); /* The first parameter is the character limit integer and the second is a jQuery element representing the target object to display the characters remaining. This is not a replacement for the maxlength parameter or server-side validation, just a visual way to represent the limit. */
This little jQuery snippet will let you quickly add
a limit counter to input fields to display available remaining characters.

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