[OT] Limiting word count with TinyMCE

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Tinymce ver 4.4

        tinymce.init({
            selector: "textarea.longdesc",
            mode: "specific_textareas",
            plugins: "preview wordcount code paste charmap",
            toolbar: "cut copy paste | charmap | bold | bullist numlis
+t | outdent indent | undo redo | code | preview",
            menubar: false,
            toolbar_items_size: 'large',
            valid_elements: "a[href|target=_blank],strong/b,br,ol,ul,l
+i,p,p/h1,p/h2,p/h3,p/h4",
            max_word: 1300,
            setup: function (ed) {
                ed.on('keyup', function (e) {    
                    var writtenWords = tinyMCE.activeEditor.getContent
+().replace(/(<([^>]+)>)/ig,'').length;                    
                    var maxWord = ed.settings.max_word;
                    var limited = "";
                    var content = ed.getContent();
                    
                    if (writtenWords >= maxWord) {
                        $('.mce-wordcount').css("color", "red");
                        
                        limited = $.trim(content).split(" ", maxWord);
                        limited = limited.join(" ");

                        ed.setContent(limited);
                    
                    
                    }else if (writtenWords < maxWord) {
                        $('.mce-wordcount').css("color", "green");
                    }
                });
            }
                   
        });
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This code does not work correctly? help, it works just enough to make me nuts

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Re: [OT] Limiting word count with TinyMCE by markong (Pilgrim) on Apr 08, 2019 at 00:39 UTC
This code does not work correctly? Who knows? perl does not even accept it! Have you tried executing the JS somewhere? Also: }else if (writtenWords < maxWord) { should be written as a simple `} else {` An "else if" clause is used when there are more than 2 branches.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: [OT] Limiting word count with TinyMCE by VC (Novice) on Apr 08, 2019 at 01:21 UTC
`<script type="text/javascript" src="/js/tinymce/jquery.tinymce.min.js" +></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="/js/tinymce/tinymce.min.js"></scri +pt>` [download] I changed it to just "else" Still the same?	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: [OT] Limiting word count with TinyMCE by LanX (Saint) on Apr 08, 2019 at 01:57 UTC
I think this might have been irony. This is a Perl board, could you please elaborate the connection to Perl? Cheers Rolf _{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language :) Wikisyntax for the Monastery FootballPerl is like chess, only without the dice}	[reply]
Re^4: [OT] Limiting word count with TinyMCE by VC (Novice) on Apr 08, 2019 at 02:29 UTC
Re: [OT] Limiting word count with TinyMCE by AnomalousMonk (Archbishop) on Apr 07, 2019 at 23:38 UTC
Please see How do I change/delete my post? for site protocol and etiquette for editing/updating posts. Give a man a fish: `<%-{-{-{-<`	[reply] [d/l]


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