# Countdown maximum characters

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/countdown-maximum-characters/230567>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [June 27, 2007, 8:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/countdown-maximum-characters/230567 "2007-06-27T08:07:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![xvisx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/74df32/32.png) [@xvisx](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/xvisx)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2007, 8:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/countdown-maximum-characters/230567/1 "2007-06-27T08:07:55Z")

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Perhaps it’s too early, or maybe my brain just isn’t working, but I just can’t seem to find a solution for this problem I’ve got. Even the searchfunction -yes, I’ve tried…- won’t give answers.

In fact it’s fairly simple: I have a input text field, where people can type text in, limited to a maximum set of characters. And, instead of just putting a text under this textfield saying ‘max. 50 characters’, I want to have a countdown that counts down (wow, some descriptions really do speak for themselves 😉 ) from 50 (the maximum of input characters) to 0,in accordance of the characters in the textfield.

Anybody outthere who’s mind is working and can help me?