1 <!-- Original
: Ronnie T
. Moore
-->
2 <!-- Dynamic
'fix' by
: Nannette Thacker
-->
3 function textCounter(field
, countfield
, maxlimit
) {
4 var fieldval
= jq(field
).attr('value');
5 if (fieldval
.length
> maxlimit
) {
6 // if too long...trim it!
7 jq(field
).attr('value', fieldval
.substring(0, maxlimit
));
8 alert( 'This field is limited to ' + maxlimit
+ ' characters in length.' );
10 // update 'characters left' counter
11 jq('input[name="' + countfield
+ '"]').attr('value', Math
.max(maxlimit
- fieldval
.length
, 0));