# Javascript character counting in a form

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/javascript-character-counting-in-a-form/143394>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [July 18, 2008, 1:35am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/javascript-character-counting-in-a-form/143394 "2008-07-18T01:35:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![dino\_d](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@dino\_d](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dino_d)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2008, 1:35am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/javascript-character-counting-in-a-form/143394/1 "2008-07-18T01:35:59Z")

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Hi -

I’ve seen a few websites that show you how many characters you have  
left while you’re typing. Does anyone know of a plugin to accomplish  
automatically?

Thanks,  
Dino

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**Author:** ![dino\_d](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@dino\_d](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dino_d)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2008, 1:58am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/javascript-character-counting-in-a-form/143394/2 "2008-07-18T01:58:12Z")

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I found this plugin:

[http://text-area-with-status.googlecode.com/svn/tags/text\_area\_with\_status](http://text-area-with-status.googlecode.com/svn/tags/text_area_with_status)

by searching for “characters left” I hope it works out, I’ll post  
back.