jquery.lilCharacterCount

A lightweight jQuery character countdown utility for text fields, similar in behavior to Twitter's countdown text box. Uses Twitter's Bootstrap classes as defaults.

Usage

Simple:

$("#textbox").lilCharacterCount();

With options:

$("#textbox").lilCharacterCount({
  limit: 140,
  warning: 100,
  allowExceed: true,
  counterClass: "character-count",
  defaultClass: "bg-info",
  warningClass: "bg-warning",
  dangerClass: "bg-danger",
  submitButton: ""
});

Options

Option	Type	Description	Default
limit	Number	Sets the character limit for the text box.	140
warning	Number	Toggles the warning class on the counter when this character count is reached. When set to 0, it is disabled	100
allowExceed	Boolean	Determines whether or not typing is allowed past the limit.	true
submitButton	String	ID of submit button that, if supplied, will be disabled if limit is exceeded.	blank
counterClass	String	Class for the counter.	character-count
defaultClass	String	Class applied to counter when the character warning or limit values haven't been exceeded.	bg-info
warningClass	String	Class applied to counter when the character warning values have been exceeded.	bg-warning
dangerClass	String	Class applied to counter when the character limit value has been exceeded.	bg-danger

License

MIT License. Copyright 2013 Orlando de Frias. http://orlandodefrias.com