Is there a minlength validation attribute in HTML5?

Question

It seems the minlength attribute for an field doesn\'t work.

Is there any other attribute in HTML5 with the help of which I

Answer 1

My solution for textarea using jQuery and combining HTML5 required validation to check the minimum length.

minlength.js

$(document).ready(function(){
  $('form textarea[minlength]').on('keyup', function(){
    e_len = $(this).val().trim().length
    e_min_len = Number($(this).attr('minlength'))
    message = e_min_len <= e_len ? '' : e_min_len + ' characters minimum'
    this.setCustomValidity(message)
  })
})

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