Are you tied to doing this real time? As in by keystroke? I would think you could do this with the validator framework in almost real time (well ok at submit)
Al -----Original Message----- From: Paul McCulloch [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 11:21 AM To: 'Struts Users Mailing List' Subject: RE: html:text area Watch out for users pasting in text that exceeds the allowed limit! Paul > -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Darretta [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 2005/20/04 17:03 > To: Struts Users Mailing List > Subject: Re: html:text area > > > I had the same issue, and resolved it by executing a simple > javascript > upon each keystroke. If the user exceeded the max, the > keystroke would > be rejected (that is, no more text could be entered without deleting > previous text).... > > In my JSP... > <html:textarea name="MyForm" property="myProperty" rows="15" > onkeydown="return > checkSizeAgainstMax(this, value, 65536)" > style="width:100%"/> > > My javascript.... > function checkSizeAgainstMax(textArea, str, maxLen) { > if (str.length >= maxLen) { > textArea.value = textArea.value.substring(0, maxLen); > } > } > > Mike > > > Srilatha Salla wrote: > > >Hi, > >Can we restrict the length of textarea with any of the attributes? > >I have textarea that should not accept more than 250 > characters, so I want to know if I can restrict the length > with textarea attibutes. > > > >Thanks. > > > >__________________________________________________ > >Do You Yahoo!? > >Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > >http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Axios Email Confidentiality Footer Privileged/Confidential Information may be contained in this message. If you are not the addressee indicated in this message (or responsible for delivery of the message to such person), you may not copy or deliver this message to anyone. In such case, you should destroy this message, and notify us immediately. If you or your employer does not consent to Internet email messages of this kind, please advise us immediately. Opinions, conclusions and other information expressed in this message are not given or endorsed by my Company or employer unless otherwise indicated by an authorised representative independent of this message. WARNING: While Axios Systems Ltd takes steps to prevent computer viruses from being transmitted via electronic mail attachments we cannot guarantee that attachments do not contain computer virus code. You are therefore strongly advised to undertake anti virus checks prior to accessing the attachment to this electronic mail. Axios Systems Ltd grants no warranties regarding performance use or quality of any attachment and undertakes no liability for loss or damage howsoever caused. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
