[SOLVED] Creating character and line limits for a form?

[Inkers]

Hi there!

Having been given an already HTML coded form, I've been asked to apply some JAVA to the various text fields in order to create character limits as at the end of the field, the text over laps the box or starts scrolling which isn't required.

As a newcomer to JAVA I'm looking for some good resource sites that offer the script for use as in my current programming skills doesn't hold any JAVA capabilities.

I also have a couple of questions with regards to the form I'm programming:

1. Can line limits be set (ie how many lines are used) or is it usually just a character limit?

2. If I set a character limit, would there always be a counter? If so, would it be possible to set it so that there is no counter visible?

Hope people can help and I'll be extremely grateful to those that offer their advice.


Thanks!

[alexgeek]

Originally Posted by Inkers

As a newcomer to JAVA I'm looking for some good resource sites that offer the script for use as in my current programming skills doesn't hold any JAVA capabilities.

There's a big difference between java and javascript.
Which are you using?

[Monie]

I use this one (Javascript): Javascript Text Counter
but the real time counter only worked in IE not FF.

This version works in both: Form field Limiter

[Inkers]

Originally Posted by alexgeek

There's a big difference between java and javascript.
Which are you using?

... one's coffee and one's code? :P No seriously, I didn't realise there was a difference. It's javascript I'm looking to use I assume. Or whichever is best for creating the limits I'm looking to set.

[Inkers]

Originally Posted by Monie

I use this one (Javascript): Javascript Text Counter
but the real time counter only worked in IE not FF.

This version works in both: Form field Limiter

Do they all have counters? Ideally because there's so many fields and many of them are single bars, I'm not really looking to have counters on all of them.

[alexgeek]

Post your HTML for us?
There could be a simpler solution..
By the way you must know that the validation in the forms can be disabled easily so you have to check server-side i.e the scrip that the data gets sent to.

[Inkers]

Ooo it looks like we've fixed it.

Thanks all and sorry for wasting any of your time >.<

[Daniel]

You're not wasting our time. It's what we're here for.

[Monie]

Mind sharing us the "solution"

Thanks.