How to get the size of a textarea element?

[Brett123]

I'm probably just overlooking something simple, but is there a way to get the size (i.e. the number of characters) of a TEXTAREA element?&nbsp;&nbsp;Or a way to set the maximum size like the MAXLENGTH property of input text fields?&nbsp;&nbsp;I haven't been able to find any commands like this.<br><br>Thanks in advance, Brett

 

[avdezign]

&nbsp;&nbsp;Simple, just use the following arguments, 'size' & 'maxlength'. If for instance, wanted a text field with only 24 characters visible, but with a maximum of 50 characters, it would look like this.<br><br>&lt;input type=&quot;text&quot; name=&quot;textfield&quot; size=&quot;24&quot; maxlength=&quot;50&quot;&gt;<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;With these two arguments at your disposal, you will be able to create any type of fields you like.<br><br>Hope it helps. <p>Andre Vandal<br><a href=mailto:dezign@canada.com>dezign@canada.com</a><br><a href=

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[Brett123]

Thanks Andre, but I actually needed the element to be a textarea, because the user can submit up to a full page of text.&nbsp;&nbsp;I was able to do a simple validation using javascript by getting the value of the textarea element and then checking it's length to make sure it wasn't too long.&nbsp;&nbsp;Thanks again though for your suggestion.<br><br>Brett