Option to disable the counting of blank spaces and line breaks.

Hi alejico,

Thank you for filing this issue. The current counting of blank spaces and line breaks as how the module is intended to work, so I'm updating this to be a feature request.

If we were to implement this, do you envision this being a universal setting at a new Configuration page for MaxLength? That's what I'm envisioning as it would be confusing to an editor for the character limit functionality to behave differently between forms on the same site.

Also, it seems that if we do this that there be one setting for counting line breaks and another for spaces. I can see an editor wanting to count space, but not line breaks, for example.

Also, to be transparent, I'm not convinced this feature is in line with our values of:

• helpful for authors
• intuitive for site builders
• sustainable for site owners
• extendable for developers

So we might not approve this feature request. We'll keep the discussion open for now though, to learn more from yourself and other community members on the value of this feature.

Hello cedewey,

Yes, you are right, that has no sense.

After analizing my problem a little more: It seems my problem with the remaining characters is only in the JS counter. It could be fixed if the counter would subtract the remaining characters with each keystroke and not with only letter. Then it would also count spaces and line breaks on the fly.

As this has nothing to do with the title or the proposed solution, do you think I should modify the post (I don't know if I can because I still don't have the confirmed role) or create a new one?

Thank you very much for taking the time to read this post.
Alejandro.

Hi Alejandro,

In that case this other issue sounds like the same problem you're experiencing - 🐛 Line break count is broken Active

Is that right?

Hello Clayton,

Sorry for the delay. In the end I made the decision not to use maxlength.js and make my own jquery.

Yes, looks like similar problem. I will take a look since there is a patch for solution to try if solve my problem.

Thank you!

Thanks Alejandro. Since it's better for us to fix 🐛 Line break count is broken Active rather than add an extra configuration option, I'm going to close this and mark it as a duplicate.