http://codeutopia.net/blog/2009/08/01/weekend-coding-add-a-character-counter-as-the-background-of-a-textarea-with-javascript/ Software development with a focus on web-related technologies Sat, 04 Sep 2010 00:36:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://codeutopia.net/blog/2009/08/01/weekend-coding-add-a-character-counter-as-the-background-of-a-textarea-with-javascript/comment-page-1/#comment-40247 Matthias Zeis Sun, 02 Aug 2009 07:52:06 +0000 http://codeutopia.net/blog/2009/08/01/weekend-coding-add-a-character-counter-as-the-background-of-a-textarea-with-javascript/#comment-40247 Hi Jani, when using onkeypress & onkeydown, the counter is lagging one keystroke behind. If you replace them with onkeyup, the correct value is displayed immediately (should work in all major browsers). If you paste text via the edit or context menu, the counter won't get updated - the "paste" event can help here. Hi Jani,
when using onkeypress & onkeydown, the counter is lagging one keystroke behind. If you replace them with onkeyup, the correct value is displayed immediately (should work in all major browsers).
If you paste text via the edit or context menu, the counter won’t get updated – the “paste” event can help here.

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