Max Length Form Controls 2.0
Created Sunday 31st of August 2008 by Andreas Lagerkvist
Copyright © 2008 Andreas Lagerkvist (andreaslagerkvist.com)
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What it Does
Gives form-controls with a 'maxlength-XXX'-class a max-length and prohibits user from entering more than set amount. It also displays number of characters user has left next to the control.
How to Use
jQuery(document.body).maxLengthFormControls();
Run the plug-in on a parent-element of the form-controls.
Example
Example Code
HTML
<div id="jquery-max-length-form-controls-example">
<p>
<label>
Dummy<br />
<input type="text" name="dummy" class="maxlength-8" />
</label>
</p>
</div>
JS
// I already use it on my site...
// jQuery(document.body).maxLengthFormControls();
Source Code
jQuery.fn.maxLengthFormControls = function (conf) {
var config = jQuery.extend({
remainingStr: 'remaining',
className: 'characters-remaining'
}, conf);
return this.each(function () {
jQuery('*[class*="maxlength-"]', this).each(function () {
var t = $(this);
var maxLength = parseInt(t.attr('class').replace(/.*?maxlength-([0-9]+)/, '$1'), 10);
var remaining = maxLength - t.val().length;
var charRemaining = jQuery('<span class="' + config.className + '">' + remaining + ' ' + config.remainingStr + '</span>').insertAfter(t);
t.keyup(function () {
if (t.val().length > maxLength) {
t.val(t.val().substring(0, maxLength));
}
charRemaining.text((maxLength - t.val().length) + ' ' + config.remainingStr);
});
});
});
};
