[Javascript] How can i strict the length of TextAread form element ?

Mon Dec 24 09:09:19 CST 2001

something like this should work, specially if you don't want the user typing
more chars than allowed
--
Saludos,

Manuel Socarrás Reyes <msocarras at terra.es>
Barcelona. Spain

<html>
<head>
<title></title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<script>
  function restrictLenght(field, countfield, maxlimit) {
    if (field.value.length > maxlimit)
      field.value = field.value.substring(0, maxlimit);
    else
      countfield.value = maxlimit - field.value.length;
  }
</script>
</head>
<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
<form name="comments">
<p>Type your comments:</p>
  <p>
    <textarea cols=40 name="typed" rows=3 " wrap="virtual"
onKeyDown="restrictLenght(comments.typed,comments.left,120);" >
  </textarea>
  </p>
  <p>
    <input type="text" name="left" value="120">
  </p>
</form>
</body>
</html>

"M. Amin" wrote:

> Dear All,
>   I tried to strict the length of TextAread form element  using the
> maxlength attribute but
> it did n't work. So, How can i strict the length of TextAread form element ?
>
> Any help will be appreciated,
>
> Regards,
>  M. Amin
>
> _______________________________________________
> Javascript mailing list
> Javascript at LaTech.edu
> https://lists.LaTech.edu/mailman/listinfo/javascript