jquery-characters-calculator

Install

npm

npm install jquery-characters-caculator

Basic Setup

• Import jQuery
• Import js/jquery-characters-caculator.js

HTML file

<form class="form1" action="">
    <h3>Limit true, whitespaces true</h3>
    <textarea id="textarea" rows="10" width="100%"></textarea>
    <span id='target' class="count"></span>
</form>
<form class="form2" action="">
    <h3>Limit true, whitespaces false</h3>
    <textarea id="textarea1" rows="10" width="100%"></textarea>
    <span id='target1' class="count"></span>
</form>
<form class="form2" action="">
    <h3>Limit fasle, whitespaces false</h3>

    <textarea id="textarea2" rows="10" width="100%"></textarea>
    <span id='target2' class="count"></span>
</form>
<form class="form2" action="">
    <h3>Limit fasle, whitespaces true</h3>

    <textarea id="textarea3" rows="10" width="100%"></textarea>
    <span id='target3' class="count"></span>
</form>

Javascript file

        $(document).ready(function () {
            var element = $('#textarea');
            element.calculate(function (length, limit) {
                (limit > 0 ? $('#target').html(`<span>${length}</span>/${limit}`) : $('#target').html(`${length}`));
            });
                // #target is a DOM will show results
             //defaultf is no limit and count spaces as character
            var element1 = $('#textarea1');
            element1.calculate(function (length, limit) {
                (limit > 0 ? $('#target1').html(`<span>${length}</span>/${limit}`) : $('#target1').html(`${length}`));
            }, { whitespaces: true, limit: 300 });
            //limit:  maximum number of characters 300 and count spaces as character
            var element2 = $('#textarea2');
            element2.calculate(function (length, limit) {
                (limit > 0 ? $('#target2').html(`<span>${length}</span>/${limit}`) : $('#target2').html(`${length}`));
            }, { whitespaces: false, limit: 500 });
            //whitespaces: false --> Not count spaces as character
        });

Features

A plugin to show the number while typing or paste.

• Count spaces as character or not
• Limit character
• Used the callback function