I was looking for a character limiter for jhoroTEK SMS server reporting panel. Then i found this one in ajaxray’s blog. Though i liked the code much but writting some extra targeted code seems too much for me. So, i forked a jquery plugin from that one.
Let’s say your textarea class name is ‘test’.
in your HTML head add this :
$(document).ready(
function() {
$('.test').startCounting({limit: 160});
}
);
And here is the plugin file name: ajaxray_textcounting.js
/*
Original Code was by: AjaxRay ( http://www.ajaxray.com/blog/2007/11/09/interactive-character-limit-for-textarea-using-jquery/ )
Plugin Written by : Mohammad Amzad Hossain ( tohin.wordpress.com)
Thanks to : http://www.learningjquery.com/2007/10/a-plugin-development-pattern
*/
(function($) {
$.fn.startCounting = function(options){
var defaults = {
limit: 30
};
options = $.extend( defaults, options);
return $(this).each( function(i) {
var elem = $(this);
elem.after('');
elem.keyup( function(i) {
var limit = options.limit;
var text = elem.val();
var textlength = text.length;
if( textlength > limit)
{
elem.next('.counting_class').val( limit + ' / ' + limit);
elem.val(text.substr(0,limit));
return false;
}
else
{
elem.next('.counting_class').val( textlength + ' / ' + limit);
return true;
}
});
elem.trigger('keyup');
});
};
})(jQuery);
I hope this comes handy… as it comes to me. Dont’ forget to add jquery as it depends on jquery.
Note: Please let me know if you have any pointing, suggestion or bugs 
.
Please Download the js file from Download Section or click here . Thanks
HumaN said
Thanks for the plugins.
and finally thanks for ending users hassle with download link
take care…