regarding max. message length

[klumy]

If your message is too long there is a message

The message exceeds the maximum allowed length (20000 characters).

would be nice if SMF also display the current number of characters, so the user knows how many characters he have to delete until he can post his message

[A.M.A]

in Post.template.php look for:

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<textarea class="editor" name="', $context['post_box_name'], '" rows="', $context['post_box_rows'], '" cols="', $context['post_box_columns'], '" onselect="storeCaret(this);" onclick="storeCaret(this);" onkeyup="storeCaret(this);" onchange="storeCaret(this);" tabindex="2"', isset($context['post_error']['no_message']) || isset($context['post_error']['long_message']) ? ' style="border: 1px solid red;"' : '', '>', $message, '</textarea>
add after:

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    <br />
<span id="signatureLeft"></span>
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"><!--
function setInnerHTML(element, toValue)
{
if (typeof(element.innerHTML) != "undefined")
   element.innerHTML = toValue;
else
{
var range = document.createRange();
range.selectNodeContents(element);
range.deleteContents();
element.appendChild(range.createContextualFragment(toValue));
}
}
function tick()
{
if (typeof(document.postmodify) != "undefined")
calcCharLeft();
setTimeout("tick()", 1000);
}
function calcCharLeft()
{
var maxLength = ', $modSettings['max_messageLength'],';
var oldSignature = "", currentSignature = document.postmodify.', $context['post_box_name'], '.value;
if (!document.getElementById("signatureLeft"))
return;
if (oldSignature != currentSignature)
{
oldSignature = currentSignature;
if (currentSignature.replace(/\r/, "").length > maxLength)
document.postmodify.', $context['post_box_name'], '.value = currentSignature.replace(/\r/, "").substring(0, maxLength);
currentSignature = document.postmodify.', $context['post_box_name'], '.value.replace(/\r/, "");
}
setInnerHTML(document.getElementById("signatureLeft"), maxLength - currentSignature.length);
}
setTimeout("tick()", 1000);
// --></script>
This will place a counter beneath the post box with the amount of charters left.

[codenaught]

Thank's AMA. I tried it and it works well. Nice job. 

[klumy]

great thanks, hopefully this will be a default feature