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Character Counter

Character Counter

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Limit the number of characters entered by a user

Want to limit the amount of characters that a user can enter on your form? Now you can can with our Character Counter widget! It allows you to set an upper limit on characters and count down as the user types in their response. You can also configure when and how to warn the user when they are about to run out. This widget is quick and easy to customize for any form — you can even resize it using the Form Builder toolbox.

Use this widget to

  • Limit the number of characters entered by a user
  • Count down characters on the form
  • Improve user experience
  • And more!
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Text Editor
12 Widgets

Jotform's text editor widgets add advanced functionality to your online forms, specifically to the way that the forms look and act when working with text. Examples include dynamically resizing text boxes, an automatic character counter, and more.

TextArea Autosize

TextArea Autosize

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Labelless

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Code Editor

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Squire Editor

Add a powerful text editor to your form
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Substring

Extract a set of characters from another form field
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CKEditor

Add CKEditor to your forms
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AutoJS

Add an autocomplete text box to your form
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TinyMCE

Let users enter rich content using this WYSIWYG HTML editor
Fancy Large Input

Fancy Large Input

Add a text box field with fancy input to your forms
jsFiddle

jsFiddle

Collaborate and share your Javascript, HTML and CSS scripts
Character Counter

Character Counter

Limit the number of characters entered by a user

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