What is the best way to emulate an HTML input “maxlength” attribute on an HTML textarea?

Question

An HTML text input has an attribute called \"maxlength\", implemented by browsers, which if set blocks user input after a certain number of characters.

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Answer 1

Here's a jQuery plugin that I use called "Simply Countable" that allows you to add a counter to a textarea. One of the features is that it allows you to set a maximum number of characters that are allowed in a field and it enforces it so the user can't exceed that limit.

Here's the GitHub page for Simply Countable:
https://github.com/aaronrussell/jquery-simply-countable/

You would use it like this...

$('#my_textarea').simplyCountable({
    counter: '#counter',
    maxCount: 140,
    strictMax: true
});