Counting the number of words

How can I read the number of words entered in a FCKeditor textfield. I would like to validate this before submitting a form. Say for example impose a limit of 300 words in a text field.

Any one?

Fri, 09/02/2005 - 13:50

xenden

Joined: 08/04/2006

Posts: 321

RE: Counting the number of words

There is a beautiful plugin in the plugins section that will show html chars AND "normal" chars! Very nice.

Plugins are here
https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?atid=7 ... unc=browse

or here (shorter
http://tinyurl.com/7h5bz

Have fun!

Sat, 10/22/2005 - 10:29

yoki28

Joined: 27/10/2005

Posts: 10

RE: Counting the number of words

Hi Xenden

Thanks for the link but it's not quite i'm looking for. I'm looking for a javascript or plugin that stops a user entering more than 300 words for example. I have no clue on how to implement this and would very much appreciate someones help over this.

Sat, 10/22/2005 - 20:54

xenden

Joined: 08/04/2006

Posts: 321

RE: Counting the number of words

The 300 word limit is tough, as it's not a real charachter limit. You can try counting spaces, but that's hit or miss-ish.

You will need someone who knows how to either modify the char-counting plugin to halt entry at some certain number or assign a onkeydown event handler and have it check.

All this is probably greek. If I get the time I'll write one, as there have been requests before...

Mon, 10/24/2005 - 06:42

yoki28

Joined: 27/10/2005

Posts: 10

RE: Counting the number of words

Hey Denny,

That would be awesome if you could write it!!! I've tried looking at the structure of a plugin but I am not advanced enough to do it.