Sorry to dig this up. But, maybe you could combine some of the codes and techniques here -- http://www.ajaxray.com/Examples/charLimit.html
-- Louie Miranda ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://www.louiemiranda.net Security Is A Series Of Well-Defined Steps chmod -R 0 / ; and smile :) On Dec 12 2007, 9:36 pm, sidisinsane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is what I'm trying to do with a textarea. > 1. Limit number of characters > 2. Limit number of lines > 3. Diminish linelimit if characters in line exceed charlimit/linelimit > 4. Substract number of "lost" chararacters from charlimit if linebreak > ("\n") is provoked > 5. Disable input when either limit is reached > > So far I have managed to get 1, 2 and 5 (buggy) to work with the > following function. A demo can tested > athttp://sidisinsane.com/sandbox/jquery/limitentry/ > > function limitEntry(txtid,infid,linelimit,charlimit) > { > var txt = $('#'+txtid).val(); > var txtlength = txt.length; > var line = txt.replace(/\s+$/g,""); > var split = line.split("\n"); > var splitlength = split.length; > > if(splitlength > linelimit || txtlength > charlimit) > { > $('#'+infid).html('Your entry has reached its > limit!'); > $('#'+txtid).val(txt.substr(0,linelimit)); > $('#'+txtid).val(txt.substr(0,charlimit)); > return false; > }else{ > $('#'+infid).html((linelimit - splitlength)+' lines > and '+ > (charlimit - txtlength)+' characters left.'); > return true; > } > } > > $(document).ready(function() > { > $(function() > { > $('#entry').keyup(function() > { > limitEntry('entry','counter',5,100); > }) > }); > }); > > I've tried a couple of things but didn't quite manage to achieve my > goals. I could use some help on this one.
