/** * jQuery byteLimit * * @author Jan Paul Posma */ ( function( $ ) { /** * Enforces a byte limit to a textbox, so that UTF-8 entries are counted as well, when, for example, * a databae field has a byte limit rather than a character limit. * Plugin rationale: Browser has native maxlength for number of characters, this plugin exists to * limit number of bytes instead. * * Can be called with a custom limit (to use that limit instead of the maxlength attribute value), * a filter function (in case the limit should apply to something other than the exact input value), * or both. Order of arguments is important! * * @context {jQuery} Instance of jQuery for one or more input elements * @param limit {Number} (optional) Limit to enforce, fallsback to maxLength-attribute, * called with fetched value as argument. * @param fn {Function} (optional) Function to call on the input string before assessing the length * @return {jQuery} The context */ $.fn.byteLimit = function( limit, fn ) { // If the first argument is the function, // set fn to the first argument's value and ignore the second argument. if ( $.isFunction( limit ) ) { fn = limit; limit = undefined; } // Default limit to current attribute value if ( limit === undefined ) { limit = this.prop( 'maxLength' ); } // Update/set attribute value, but only if there is no callback set. // If there's a callback set, it's possible that the limit being enforced // is too low (ie. if the callback would return "Foo" for "User:Foo"). // Usually this isn't a problem since browsers ignore maxLength when setting // the value property through JavaScript, but Safari 4 violates that rule, so // we have to remove or not set the property if we have a callback. if ( fn == undefined ) { this.prop( 'maxLength', limit ); } else { this.removeProp( 'maxLength' ); } // Nothing passed and/or empty attribute, return without binding an event. if ( limit === undefined ) { return this; } // Save function for reference this.data( 'byteLimit-callback', fn ); // We've got something, go for it: return this.keypress( function( e ) { // First check to see if this is actually a character key // being pressed. // Based on key-event info from http://unixpapa.com/js/key.html // jQuery should also normalize e.which to be consistent cross-browser, // however the same check is still needed regardless of jQuery. // Note: At the moment, for some older opera versions (~< 10.5) // some special keys won't be recognized (aka left arrow key). // Backspace will be, so not big issue. if ( e.which === 0 || e.charCode === 0 || e.which === 8 || e.ctrlKey || e.altKey || e.metaKey ) { return true; //a special key (backspace, etc) so don't interfere. } var val = fn !== undefined ? fn( $( this ).val() ): $( this ).val(), len = $.byteLength( val ), // Note that keypress returns a character code point, not a keycode. // However, this may not be super reliable depending on how keys come in... charLen = $.byteLength( String.fromCharCode( e.which ) ); if ( ( len + charLen ) > limit ) { e.preventDefault(); } }); }; } )( jQuery );