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var sprytextarea1 = new Spry.Widget.ValidationTextarea("sprytextarea1" {maxChars:100});
Leave the new tag empty. Spry provides the content of the tag later as the user types in text.
Note: The counter tag must appear within the HTML container tag for the widget.
2 Add the counterType option and a value to the widget constructor, as follows:
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var sprytextarea1 = new Spry.Widget.ValidationTextarea("sprytextarea1" {maxChars:100,
counterType:"chars_remaining"});
The counterType option defines the type of counter to use and can take two values: "chars_count", or
"chars_remaining".The"chars_count" value results in a counter that counts the number of characters typed in
the text area. The "chars_remaining" value results in a counter that displays the number of characters remaining
before the maximum number of characters is reached. The second option must be used in conjunction with the
maxChars option, as in the preceding example. For more information, see “Specify a minimum and maximum
number of characters” on page 71.
3 Add the counterId option to the widget constructor, and set its value equal to the unique idea you assigned to
the counter span tag, as follows:
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var sprytextarea1 = new Spry.Widget.ValidationTextarea("sprytextarea1" {maxChars:100,
counterType:"chars_remaining", counterId:"my_counter_span"});
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