Components

Stimulus Character Counter

A Stimulus controller that counts the number of characters in any input fields.

Installation

Install the package
```
$ yarn add @stimulus-components/character-counter
```
Register the controller in your application
app/javascript/controllers/index.js
```
import { Application } from '@hotwired/stimulus'
import CharacterCounter from '@stimulus-components/character-counter'

const application = Application.start()
application.register('character-counter', CharacterCounter)
```

Usage

app/views/index.html

<div data-controller="character-counter">
  <textarea data-character-counter-target="input"></textarea>

  <p>
    There are
    <strong data-character-counter-target="counter"></strong> characters in this textarea.
  </p>
</div>

You can use it in countdown mode, add the correct value and a maxlength attribute on the input/textarea field:

app/views/index.html

<div data-controller="character-counter" data-character-counter-countdown-value="true">
  <textarea data-character-counter-target="input" maxlength="280"></textarea>

  <p>
    There are
    <strong data-character-counter-target="counter"></strong> characters remaining.
  </p>
</div>

Configuration

Attribute	Default	Description	Optional
`data-character-counter-countdown-value`	`undefined`	Activate the countdown mode.	✅

Extending Controller

You can use inheritance to extend the functionality of any Stimulus component:

app/javascript/controllers/character_counter_controller.js

import CharacterCounter from '@stimulus-components/character-counter'

export default class extends CharacterCounter {
  connect() {
    super.connect()
    console.log('Do what you want here.')

    this.count // Will return the number of characters in the input/texterea.
  }
}

This controller will automatically have access to targets defined in the parent class.

If you override the connect, disconnect or any other methods from the parent, you'll want to call super.method() to make sure the parent functionality is executed.

Contributing

Do not hesitate to contribute to the project by adapting or adding features ! Bug reports or pull requests are welcome.

Don't forget to drop a 🌟 on GitHub to support the project.

License

This project is released under the MIT license.