Merge pull request darrentaytay#7 from ChrisMagellan/master

Parse HTML5 attributes for max length
CashStar · Feb 16, 2015 · 216a69e · 216a69e
2 parents 2d7945a + 0d99a18
commit 216a69e
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diff --git a/jquery.charactercounter.js b/jquery.charactercounter.js
@@ -34,6 +34,12 @@
         var options = $.extend(defaults, opts);
 
         return this.each(function() {
+            var html5len = $(this).attr('maxlength');
+            if (typeof html5len !== typeof undefined && html5len !== false) {
+                $.extend(defaults, {
+                    limit: parseInt($(this).attr('maxlength'))
+                });
+            }
             if (!options.counterSelector) {
                 $(this).after(generateCounter());
             }