TextArea MaxLength Countdown

[mattsmith321]

I know the TextArea form field supports MaxLength and will display a message if the limit is passed but it would be nice to see the following on TextArea:


A counter that displays the remaining number of characters available. Right now, there are no visual indicators to let the user know how much text they can type.
Limit the input the MaxLength. Currently the user can continue to type in the TextArea even if they have exceeded the limit and the message is displayed. They then have to delete until they reach the appropriate limit.


There are many sites that have this functionality but you can see our current implementation (http://www.myhomepoint.com/App/Calendar/Event.aspx?fn=doe&mn=john&pwd=pwd) on the Notes field at the bottom of the form (start typing in the field to kick it off).

Thanks,
Matt

[jack.slocum]

Hi Matt,

#1 has been added to the the list (see the other sticky thread).

#2 has too many usability issues. For example, you can't paste in long text and edit out what you want, it truncates from the end.

[mattsmith321]

Thanks Jack! I understand about #2.

Thanks for putting up the sticky feature thread. Good to see that everything is locked down for 1.0.

[Herm]

+1 for the character countdown request.

Cheers,
Peter

[mrgekko]

Any progress with the countdown feature? Would be useful for a project I'm working on right now. If not yet implemented, I'd guess I could implement it myself, but not sure if I can fit this into the (as-always-way-to-tight :) ) project time budget.

[AddOn]

We would like to have this feature in our application, too. What's the current status?
According to the docs of 2.1 there still is no such functionality...

Greetings
Kai