Easy jQuery Textarea Characters Countdown Plugin - Character Countdown
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Character Countdown is a simple and easy-to-use jQuery plugin for creating a text counter to display the remaining characters eligible in a textarea, similar to the Twitter's textarea character count effect. The plugin also has the ability to prevent from typing any characters when the the countdown has reached it's limit (Default to 140).
See also:
- jQuery Character Counter and Limit Plugin - wChar
- Simple Char Counter For Inputs and Textareas
- Char Counter and Limiter Plugin - Charlimiter
- Twitter-Like Text Area Character Counter
- jQuery Character Counter and Limit Plugin For Bootstrap
- Simple Live Character Counter with Javascript - Countable
- Simple jQuery Characters & Words Counter Plugin - Simply Countable
- Simple jQuery Textarea Characters Limit Plugin - Stop Verbosity
How to use it:
1. Create a textarea and a container for the characters countdown.
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2. Include the latest jQuery javascript library and JQuery Character Countdown plugin at the end of your document.
<textarea></textarea> <div class="countdown"></div>
3. Initialize the plugin with options.
<script> $(function() { $('textarea').characterCountdown( { countdownTarget: '.countdown', // the class, ID or element that will display the countdown maxChars: 140 // the maximum amount of characters }); }); </script>
This awesome jQuery plugin is developed by michael-lynch. For more Advanced Usages, please check the demo page or visit the official website.