nicopenaredondo/jquery-character-counter

A simple, Twitter style character counter for HTML input fields.

jquery-character-counter

A simple, Twitter style character counter for HTML input fields. Based on your specified limit, the plugin simply adds a span ( by default ) after your HTML input and updates it as you type.

Features:

• Ctrl & V paste support
• Right click & paste support
• Customizable wrapper and css classes
• Customizable counter format

Getting Started

To get started with the character counter, simply reference jQuery and the jQuery Character Counter plugin in your page.

<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.7.2/jquery.min.js"></script>	
<script type="text/javascript" src="jquery.charactercounter.js"></script>

Examples

Default Usage

HTML:

<form>
  <textarea id="count_me"></textarea>
</form>

Javascript:

$("#count_me").characterCounter();

Custom Limit

HTML:

<form>
  <textarea id="count_me"></textarea>
</form>

Javascript:

$("#count_me").characterCounter({
  limit: '250'  
});

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Options

The following options are currently available:

limit: 150,
counter: { 
  wrapper: 'span', 
	css_class: 'counter',
	format: '%1'
},
exceeded: { 
	css_class: 'exceeded'
}

limit: - the number of characters you wish to limit.
counter.wrapper - the element you wish to wrap your counter in.
counter.css_class - the CSS class to apply to your counter.
counter.format - the format of your counter text where '%1' will be replaced with the remaining character count.
exceeded.css_class - the CSS class to apply when your limit has been exceeded.