How to prevent user to enter text in textarea after reaching max character limit

Question

I want to prevent user to enter text in textarea once it reaches a max character limit. What was happening that when i reached to max limit then my text-area scroll-bar move

Answer 1

Use the above code to limit the number of characters inserted in a text area, if you want to disable the textarea itself (ie, will not be able to edit afterwards) you can use javascript/jquery to disable it.