/*
 * 
 * Textarea Maxlength Setter JQuery Plugin 
 * Version 1.0
 * 
 * Copyright (c) 2008 Viral Patel
 * website : http://viralpatel.net/blogs
 * 
 * Dual licensed under the MIT and GPL licenses:
 * http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
 * http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html
 * 
*/

jQuery.fn.maxlength = function(){
	/*
	$("textarea[@maxlength]").keypress(function(event){ 
		var key = event.which;
		
		//all keys including return.
		if(key >= 33 || key == 13) {
			var maxLength = $(this).attr("maxlength");
			var length = this.value.length;
			if(length >= maxLength) {
				
				event.preventDefault();
			}
		}
	});
*/
		$('textarea').keypress(function(){
			var max = parseInt($(this).attr('maxlength'));
			if(max){
				if($(this).val().length >= max){
					//$(this).val($(this).val().substr(0, $(this).attr('maxlength')));
					event.returnValue = false; 
					//event.preventDefault();
				}
			}
		});

}