Limit The Amount Of Characters Within Input/Textarea - maxLength

maxLength is a tiny (~2kb minified) jQuery plugin that limits characters for an input or textarea element using the native maxlength attribute and displays a counter indicating how many characters are remaining.

More Features:

• The character counter is displayed only when you are typing.
• Automatically prevents typing when you reach the max limit.
• Supports paste event.

How to use it:

1. Determine the maximum character limit for your input or textarea element using the maxlength attribute:

<h2>Input</h2>
<input maxlength="56" />
<h2>Textarea</h2>
<textarea maxlength="140"></textarea>

2. Download the plugin and insert the JavaScript jquery-maxlength.min.js after loading jQuery library.

<script src="/path/to/cdn/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="/path/to/jquery-maxlength.min.js"></script>

3. Attach the plugin to the input and/or textarea element and done.

$(function(){
  $("input,textarea").maxlength({
    // options here
  });
});

4. Customize the appearance of the character counter.

• text: text to display in the counter
• position: "left" or "right"
• color: font color
• fontSize: font size
• template: container element
• showTemplate: whether to show the template

$("input,textarea").maxlength({
  text: "{total}/{maxLength}",
  position: "left",
  color: "grey",
  fontSize: "12px",
  template: "<div />",
  showTemplate: true
});

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This awesome jQuery plugin is developed by GururajNadager. For more Advanced Usages, please check the demo page or visit the official website.