How do I set MAXLENGTH in TEXTAREA? 1

[MENON]

Hi All,

I need to have a text input for 500 chars. I thought of using TEXTAREA but it doesn't have the MAXLENGTH attribute available with "INPUT type=text"

Does anyone have any suggestions.

Thanks,
Rakesh

 

[TazzMann]

I don't know about javascript, but you can do this in vb script:

<script language=vbscript>
sub TextAreaName_onkeyup()
if len(myForm.TextAreaName.Value) > 500 then
myform.TextAreaName.Value = myform.textareaname.value,500)
End If
</script> Tazzmann

 

[Niv3k]

In Javascript, you could do it this way:

<script language=javascript>
  function CheckLength(txt, MaxChars) {
    var X = txt.value
    if (X.length > MaxChars) {
      alert ('You have entered too many characters for this field.  The maximum # of characters is' + MaxChars);
      txt.focus();
      txt.value = txt.value.substring(0,500);
    }
  }
</script>

<TEXTAREA Name='Whatever' Rows=6 Cols=45 onKeyUp=&quot;javascript:CheckLength(this, 500);&quot;></TEXTAREA>

 

[MENON]

Thanks Niv3K and TazzMann.

I should have thought about that.

Regards,
Rakesh