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Live character count of essay question box
I have an essay box with a limit of 1000 characters. I'd like to show (below it) a live character count of - either - characters used or characters remaining (either one, doesn't matter to me). I i...
I'm not sure what you mean. If you want to clear the email body text and reset the counter to 0 when you do, just:
Add one trigger to set TextEntry7 to (blank) which will clear the text input, and
Add another trigger that resets the AAcount variable to 0 when TextEntry7 is cleared.
The original JavaScript will not be triggered unless the user types in the input field. Just clearing it will not cause an event to fire, so you have to change it manually.
