angularjs text area character counter

Question

Hi I have a characeter counter for a text area. My problem is that it doesn\'t count spaces or linebreaks. How do I make it so that it does so?

Answer 1

With Angular, textarea has an optional argument called ngTrim. According to the Angular textarea page:

If set to false Angular will not automatically trim the input. (default: true)

Usage:

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The following code shows how to use ngTrim in order to prevent Angular to trim the input:

    
    
    



    
    
{{15 - countmodel.length}} left

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Note that input[text] has the same optional ngTrim argument (Angular input page).