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About
a2x-text-counter is simple jQuery plugin which counts the number of symbols you intered in textarea or input[text] element.
There are two common strategies. If your textarea has maxlength attribute the plugin behaves as countdown counter. Elsewhere it counts the number of entered symbols.
Installing
You can install it via bower by executing bower install a2x-text-counter.
Usage
<html>
<head>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="bower_components/a2x-text-counter/css/a2x-text-counter.jquery.plugin.css"/>
</head>
<body>
<input type="text" id="element"/>
<script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery.js"></script>
<script src="bower_components/a2x-text-counter/js/a2x-text-counter.jquery.plugin.js"></script>
<script>
$(document).ready(function() {
$('#element').a2xCounter();
});
</script>
</body>
</html>
Home page with demo
http://a2xchip.github.io/a2x-text-counter/