character count plugin for ckeditor
a character count plugin for ckeditor, which could make your dev quite easy and fast.
Details:
- textarea for ckeditor:
<textarea name="content" id="ckTemp">
</textarea>
- hidden input tag for ckeditor counter:
<input type="hidden" name="ckTempCharCount" pos="1" symbol="." value="300">
</input>
- name is based on which textarea they served for.
- value is the max number of count characters by setting.(if you haven't set a value for it, it will be 500 by default.)
- symbol is the symbol inserted into the number.for example:1,200.it can help us read the number better when it is large number.
- pos is the position where the symbol would be placed.
Go to My google Code to download it: http://code.google.com/p/ckeditor-charcount-plugin/
Example:
<html> <head> <title>CKEditor Word Count Demonstration</title> <script type="text/javascript" src="jquery/jquery.1.4.min.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="ckeditor/ckeditor.js"></script> </head> <body> <p> <label for="content">Content with 30 word limit</label> <textarea name="content" id="ckTemp" ></textarea> <input type="hidden" name="ckTempCharCount" pos='1' symbol='.' value="300" /> </p> <script type="text/javascript"> CKEDITOR.replace( 'ckTemp' , {toolbar: 'Basic', extraPlugins : 'charcount', skin :'xo', resize_enabled: false, toolbar : [['Bold', 'Italic', 'TextColor']], removeDialogTabs : 'paste', enterMode : CKEDITOR.ENTER_BR}); </script> </body> </html>
