Textarea with character limit
Renders a textarea component with a character limit.
- Use the
useState()
hook to create thecontent
state variable. Set its value to that ofvalue
prop, trimmed down tolimit
characters. - Create a method
setFormattedContent
, which trims the content down tolimit
characters and memoize it, using theuseCallback()
hook. - Bind the
onChange
event of the<textarea>
to callsetFormattedContent
with the value of the fired event.
const LimitedTextarea = ({ rows, cols, value, limit }) => {
const [content, setContent] = React.useState(value.slice(0, limit));
const setFormattedContent = React.useCallback(
text => {
setContent(text.slice(0, limit));
},
[limit, setContent]
);
return (
<>
<textarea
rows={rows}
cols={cols}
onChange={event => setFormattedContent(event.target.value)}
value={content}
/>
<p>
{content.length}/{limit}
</p>
</>
);
};