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31-Oct-12 09:00

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Vixen

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From: Combe Martin, Devon, United Kingdom

Hello everyone. I wonder if anyone can help?

I found a character counter on the web and it works if used as is:

<script language="JavaScript">
function countit(what){
formcontent=what.form.charcount.value
what.form.displaycount.value=formcontent.length
}
</script>

<input type="text" name="charcount" size="40" >
<input type="button" onClick="countit(this)" value="Count" style="font-weight:bold;">
<input type="text" name="displaycount" size="3" style="font-weight:bold; text-align:center;">

[URL="http://s736.photobucket.com/albums/xx10/www_nitro-rc_co_uk/?action=view&current=1.jpg"]screenshot[/URL]

What I want to do is have the character counter on each of the 3 form input lines below instead of having it above the 3 lines (which at the moment means the customers would have to use the counter at the top and then either cut/paste or re-type the counted text into Line1, Line2 and Line 3).

I have tried doing this but (although the button does render at the side of each field) nothing works character counting wise.

To better understand, please add [URL="http://www.milenanyx.co.uk/unique-gifts/Personalised_Gifts.html"]this[/URL] test product to the cart and get to checkout page 2 to see what I mean.

I would really appreciate it if someone could get this to work. Thanks.

01-Nov-12 06:21

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chrishirst

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From: Blackpool, Lancashire, England

So! What you are asking is how to get a counter for each textbox, yes?

And why are you not simply using the maxlength attribute?

http://www.w3schools.com/tags/att_input_maxlength.asp

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02-Nov-12 04:24

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hadji

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maybe you need something like this:


<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title></title>
    <meta charset="utf-8"/>
    <script language="JavaScript">
        function countit() {
            var myTextFieldVal = document.getElementById('charcount').value;
            document.getElementById('displaycount').value = myTextFieldVal.length;
        }
    </script>
</head>
<body>
    <form>
        <input type="text" id="charcount" size="40">
        <input type="button" onClick="countit()" value="Count" style="font-weight:bold;">
        <input type="text" id="displaycount" size="3" style="font-weight:bold; text-align:center;">
    </form>
</body>
</html>