Hi, In a textarea I want to limit the number of characters to be 3

rmittal · Aug 23, 2000

Hi,
In a textarea I want to limit the number of characters to be 358. After 358 characters the user shouls not be able to type. Also, the initial value in a textarea should be '**' and the user should start writing after these 2 characters. So then the characters the user can type will be 356+"**". How do i do this??

Someone told me to use <input type=textarea maxlength=358 value="**">
But this does not work. It just shows a single text field. I want a textarea to be seen.

froggerIII · Aug 23, 2000

here is some code for you:

<html>
<script>
function test_onkeypress() {
var text = document.frmMain.test.value
if(text.length >= 358) {
alert("you have typed to many characters&quot

return false;
}
}
</script>
<body>
<form name=frmMain>
<textarea name=test rows=20 cols=50 onkeypress="return test_onkeypress()">**</textarea>
</form>
</html>

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Hi, In a textarea I want to limit the number of characters to be 3

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