plato-creative/silverstripe-fieldcounter

Adds a counter to defined fields to show remaining characters

Silverstripe FieldCounter

Shows a field counter on specified fields in the SilverStripe CMS, _(*1)

Usage

To add the field counter to a Silverstripe field in the CMS you need to add:, _(*2)

TextField::('myfield')->setAttribute('data-fieldcounter', 140);

If you require different limits change the 140. Note: Adding this to a TextareaField prevents new lines., _(*3)

If you want to prevent more text than your limit, use the built in HTML attribute maxlength e.g., _(*4)

TextField::('myfield')->setAttribute('maxlength', 140);

Install

SilverStripe 3, _(*5)

$ composer require plato-creative/silverstripe-fieldcounter:1.*, _(*6)

SilverStripe 4, _(*7)

$ composer require plato-creative/silverstripe-fieldcounter:2.*, _(*8)

Documentation

See Docs, _(*9)