charactercount

$(“#textarea”).keyup(function(){ $(“#count”).text($(this).val().length); }); The above will do what you want. If you want to do a count down then change it to this: $(“#textarea”).keyup(function(){ $(“#count”).text(“Characters left: ” + (500 – $(this).val().length)); }); Alternatively, you can accomplish the same thing without jQuery using the following code. (Thanks @Niet) document.getElementById(‘textarea’).onkeyup = function () { document.getElementById(‘count’).innerHTML = “Characters … Read more