[TYPO3-core] FYI: Added feature #16047: htmlArea RTE: Add word count in the status bar

[Steffen Kamper]

Hi Stan,

Stanislas Rolland schrieb:
> Hi Steffen,
>>>>>
>>>>> I wonder what should happen when the limit is reached. It is hard to
>>>>> truncate html content in a meaningful way.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> What should happen? No additional input when limit is reached.
>>>>
>>> This does not seem very friendly to me. Maybe some error message
>>> should popup?
>>>
>>
>> limits are never friendly :)
> They are helpful when they prevent errors.
> 
>> I always used it with textarea + charcounter, limited to 120 chars. When
>> limit is reached, there is no more input.
>>
> There are many ways to insert input into the RTE. A simple paste 
> operation may result in exceeded limit. The user should then be able to 
> modify the text...
> 

yes, that's true, so may be better to turn the color of counter to red 
if the size exceeded, user can modify until it's black again. Save with 
more than allowed could bring an alert, so nothing is lost.

vg Steffen