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How to get the maxlength value of a text box 1
- Thread starter daph
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Try this....
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<html>
<head>
<title>Untitled</title>
</head>
<body>
<script language="JavaScript">
function showlength()
{
if (document.myForm.ALotOffText.value.length == 20)
alert(document.myForm.ALotOffText.value.length);
}
function totallength()
{
alert(document.myForm.ALotOffText.value.length);
}
</script>
<form name="myForm" method="post">
<textarea id="ALotOffText" name="ALotOffText" style="width:490px; height:75px;" onkeypress="showlength()" ondblclick="javascript: totallength();"></textarea>
</form>
</body>
</html>
Succes
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<html>
<head>
<title>Untitled</title>
</head>
<body>
<script language="JavaScript">
function showlength()
{
if (document.myForm.ALotOffText.value.length == 20)
alert(document.myForm.ALotOffText.value.length);
}
function totallength()
{
alert(document.myForm.ALotOffText.value.length);
}
</script>
<form name="myForm" method="post">
<textarea id="ALotOffText" name="ALotOffText" style="width:490px; height:75px;" onkeypress="showlength()" ondblclick="javascript: totallength();"></textarea>
</form>
</body>
</html>
Succes
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1
- #3
For claity, copy and paste this code and you'll see what I mean. Not sure but I think this is what you're looking for.
code
------------
<html>
<!-- Creation date: 11/29/2001 -->
<head>
<title></title>
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
<!--
function a()
{
alert(text.getAttribute('maxlength'));
}
//-->
</SCRIPT>
</head>
<body>
<INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="text" maxlength="20">
<INPUT TYPE="submit" onclick= "return a();">
</body>
</html>
code
------------
<html>
<!-- Creation date: 11/29/2001 -->
<head>
<title></title>
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
<!--
function a()
{
alert(text.getAttribute('maxlength'));
}
//-->
</SCRIPT>
</head>
<body>
<INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="text" maxlength="20">
<INPUT TYPE="submit" onclick= "return a();">
</body>
</html>
- Thread starter
- #6
getAttribute() does not work with NS4. Yet another reason to drop NS4 support for all.
// other reasons to upgrade. Gary " Haran
// other reasons to upgrade. Gary " Haran
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