react-character-counter

react-character-counter

Installation

Package Manager

NPM

npm install react-character-counter --save

Basic Usage

This Component only works for controlled inputs

import CharacterCounter from 'react-character-counter'

state = {
  name: ''
}

<CharacterCounter value={this.state.name} maxLength={120} >
  <input type='text' maxLength={120}  value={this.state.name}>
</CharacterCounter>

Accepted Props are below

{
  value: String, Required
  maxLength: Number, Required
  wrapperStyle: Object, Optional
  characterCounterStyle: Object, Optional
  overrideStyle: Boolean, Optional
}

Adding more styles can be done as

<CharacterCounter
  value={this.state.name}
  maxLength={120}
  wrapperStyle={{position: 'relative'}}
  characterCounterStyle={{color: 'orange'}}
>
  <input type='text' maxLength={120}  value={this.state.name}>
</CharacterCounter>

Overriding existing Styling and positioning all together can be done as

<CharacterCounter
  value={this.state.name}
  maxLength={120}
  wrapperStyle={{position: 'relative'}}
  characterCounterStyle={{
    position: "absolute",
    fontSize: "12px",
    fontWeight: "600",
    top: "14px",
    right: "0px"
  }}
>
  <input type='text' maxLength={120}  value={this.state.name}>
</CharacterCounter>

Default Styling is listed below

Wrapper Style

{
  position: "relative"
}

Character Counter Style

{
  position: "absolute",
  fontSize: "12px",
  fontWeight: "600"
}