Adding dynamic character counter for a form field?


Hi guys,

I’m looking to take some data captured in a form and merge into some auto emails. Where I’m running into an issue is that we can only merge in a maximum of 255 characters before the data appears cut off in the auto emails.

Is there anything I can do using some custom workarounds to add a character counter next to the field in question? This would help us communicate that there is a limit and how close they are to that limit.

I envisage it working by starting at ‘0/255’ then as they type the counter increases by the number of characters in the field. Or simply a counter that starts at 255 and decreases as they type.

I’d really appreciate any help you can offer!

Thanks,
Rob 


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Hi Rob, 
This is an interesting request! We don’t have any official instructions on how to do this, but after searching on the web for a bit I was able to find this javascript that seems to do what you’re looking for. Go ahead and give that a whirl, be sure to let us know if it works for your needs. :) 

Amazing, thank you very much for your help Justin! That’s perfect.

Happy to help, Rob! :) 

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