Hi I have a characeter counter for a text area. My problem is that it doesn\'t count spaces or linebreaks. How do I make it so that it does so?
you can use a function with call ng-change=""
<div class="controls">
<textarea rows="4" cols="50" maxlength="1500"
data-ng-minLength="1" data-ng
model="createprofilefields.description"
ng-change="countLength(createprofilefields.description.length)"
required highlight-on-error>
</textarea>
<br />
<!--counter-->
<span class="form-help">{{1500-chrLength}}
Characters</span>
</div>
and in controller.js
$scope.countLength = function(val){
$scope.chrLength = val;
}
With Angular, textarea
has an optional argument called ngTrim
. According to the Angular textarea page:
If set to false Angular will not automatically trim the input. (default: true)
Usage:
<textarea
ng-model="string"
[ng-trim="boolean"]>
...
</textarea>
The following code shows how to use ngTrim
in order to prevent Angular to trim the input:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en" ng-app="">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>Character count</title>
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.5.5/angular.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<textarea ng-trim="false" ng-model="countmodel"></textarea>
<p>{{15 - countmodel.length}} left</p>
</body>
</html>
Note that input[text]
has the same optional ngTrim
argument (Angular input page).
Create a directive named charCount
.directive('charCount', ['$log', '$timeout', function($log, $timeout){
return {
restrict: 'A',
compile: function compile()
{
return {
post: function postLink(scope, iElement, iAttrs)
{
iElement.bind('keydown', function()
{
scope.$apply(function()
{
scope.numberOfCharacters = iElement.val().length;
});
});
iElement.bind('paste', function()
{
$timeout(function ()
{
scope.$apply(function()
{
scope.numberOfCharacters = iElement.val().length;
});
}, 200);
});
}
}
}
}
}])
In your HTML call the directive char-count and access variable numberOfCharacters
<textarea
ng-model="text"
ng-required="true"
char-count></textarea>
Number of Characters: {{ numberOfCharacters }}<br>
It's because angularJS automatically trimmed your model.
If you're using angularJS 1.1.1 or newer, add ng-trim="false"
to textarea
.
Working example: http://jsfiddle.net/9DbYY/