Adds a maxlength to your textarea field.

I bet you've seen it: a textarea field with the message "max 255 characters" next to it. But when do i have to stop typing? Me, I open MS Word and use the "count characters" feature. Very annoying.

Screenshots:

Features:

• Define the maximal number of characters.
• Progress bar. See example 1.
• "Background color warning": as option, the background can transform into red when running out of space. See example 2.
• Customize the look using css classes and/or style strings.
• API functions: setValue(), getValue(), setMaxLength(), getMaxLength(), getCurrentLength()
• Backward and non-js compatible. A field is a field, even if the fancy javascript is not supported.

Examples:

• Example 1 - text and style customization, progress bar
• Example 2 - setBgColorWarning()

Download:

This component ships with the full "BlueShoes Framework" package, the "BlueShoes JavaScript" package and the "BlueShoes JavaScript LimitedTextarea" package. See the download page.

Documentation

API-Doc

License:

Available with

• BlueShoes "developer extended" license
• BlueShoes commercial licenses

Check the license overview page for details.

Compatibility:

Browser List

5.0+		MS Internet Explorer
?		MS IE on Mac Untested.
1.0+		Gecko (Firefox etc)
?		Safari, Konqueror Untested.
7.11+		Opera

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