Re: Limit <textarea> length without losing caret position

pradeep wrote:
> <script>

  <script type="text/javascript">

> function textLimit(field, maxlen)
> {
>   if (field.value.length > maxlen)
>   {
>     field.value = field.value.substring(0, maxlen); // if the length
> is more than the limit (maxlen) then take only the first 'maxlen' no.
> of characters
>   }
>   return (maxlen - field.value.length);   // current value length is
> returned back
> }
> </script>
> 
> <textarea onkeyup='textLimit(this,100);return false'></textarea>

| but all my Google searches either lead to obsolete scripts that
| overwrite the "value" property (thus losing caret position)


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