Limit number of characters in input field

Question

I want to use jquery to limit the number of characters in an editable div (or form input).

Answer 1

As for input field you can use maxlength attribute. If you are looking for div, check the following,

        $(function() {

            $ ('#editable_div').keydown ( function (e) {
                //list of functional/control keys that you want to allow always
                var keys = [8, 9, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 27, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 45, 46, 144, 145];

                if( $.inArray(e.keyCode, keys) == -1) {
                    if (checkMaxLength (this.innerHTML, 15)) {
                        e.preventDefault();
                        e.stopPropagation();
                    }
                }
            });

            function checkMaxLength (text, max) {
                return (text.length >= max);
            }
        });

        
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Edit: you should rewrite the checkMaxLength function to ignore tabs and newline