I am setting up a LEAVE A COMMENT box on my home page. I want to limit the number of characters they type in the box and actually show a VISUAL count down underneath the text box. This is so they will know how many they have left. Any one help free for me?
Simple Javascript will do this for you. The one I have coded for you has limit of 200. You can change that to what you want inside the function(s) The <span id="discussCommentsRemainingChars" style="font-size: 9px; margin: 3px 0px 0px 20px; text-align:center;"> is where the count down will show.
In your home.tpl place your text area anywhere you want:
Now open catalog/view/javascript/common.js and place these functions below EVERYTHING after the last }.
I even added a function that will clear the field when clicked on. If you don't want that then just delete onclick="clearComments(); from the text area. This will work as long as you call the ID of the text area field. I made it "comments" for the text area and id="discussCommentsRemainingChars" for the count down box. You can make it whatever you like.
In your home.tpl place your text area anywhere you want:
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<p> <textarea name="comments" maxlength="200" id="comments"cols="21" rows="10" onkeyup="calculateDiscussCommentsRemainingChars(); return ismaxlength_discussComments(this);" onclick="clearComments(); ">Write your comments here...</textarea><br /><span id="discussCommentsRemainingChars" style="font-size: 9px; margin: 3px 0px 0px 20px; text-align:center;"> 200 characters remaining </span><p>Code: Select all
function calculateDiscussCommentsRemainingChars() {
var remaining;
if (document.getElementById('comments').value.length <= 200) {
remaining = 200-document.getElementById('comments').value.length;
document.getElementById('discussCommentsRemainingChars').innerHTML = + remaining.toString() + " characters remaining ";
} else {
document.getElementById('discussCommentsRemainingChars').innerHTML = " 0 characters remaining ";
}
}
function ismaxlength_discussComments(obj){
var mlength=obj.getAttribute? parseInt(obj.getAttribute("maxlength")) : ""
if (obj.getAttribute && obj.value.length>mlength)
obj.value=obj.value.substring(0,mlength)
}
function clearComments(){
$( "#comments" ).val("");
}
Last edited by Avvici on Sat May 12, 2012 1:42 am, edited 1 time in total.
Damn...this works good. I'd spent 4 day's trying to do it. So if I want to change the limit I work this? value.length <= 200
Hi,
I was thinking of adding the same feature but for textarea option for products. Could you help me with that? And is there any chance that I could find an extension that gives an option to adjust the limit for different products.
Thanks
I was thinking of adding the same feature but for textarea option for products. Could you help me with that? And is there any chance that I could find an extension that gives an option to adjust the limit for different products.
Thanks
That would take quite a bit more customizing because if you were to add multiple option text areas then all would have a newly generated ID on the fly.This id would have to match up with the id of the text area as well as the id of the COUNTER field. The below code is what you would start working with.
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if (ui.item.type == 'textarea') {
html += ' <tr>';
html += ' <td><?php echo $entry_option_value; ?></td>';
html += ' <td><textarea name="product_option[' + option_row + '][option_value]" cols="40" rows="5"></textarea></td>';
html += ' </tr>';
}I have the same question but I want to increase the 200 character limit for the product return description.
Where and how can I change the 200 limit?
Where and how can I change the 200 limit?
Joomla Web Site Designer at www.modernmagic.com
I think its 255, not 200.modernmagic wrote:I have the same question but I want to increase the 200 character limit for the product return description.
Where and how can I change the 200 limit?
The code you change is:
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if ((utf8_strlen($this->request->post['product']) < 1) || (utf8_strlen($this->request->post['product']) > 255)) {
$this->error['product'] = $this->language->get('error_product');
}
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