From 575391b27f0b5b86d876a3c24ff2ca886184c713 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Chris <cward@MBP-GARUDA.local>
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2015 22:09:12 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] jQuery .bind changed to .on

Line 54 - minor efficiency update, faster to declare all vars outside
of your loops.

bindEvents() - Updated from .bind to .on - it appears your supporting
jQuery 1.7.2 and up, so this should be fine since its supported 1.7+
---
 jquery.charactercounter.js | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/jquery.charactercounter.js b/jquery.charactercounter.js
index e32cc25..0546330 100644
--- a/jquery.charactercounter.js
+++ b/jquery.charactercounter.js
@@ -49,9 +49,9 @@
 
         function customFields(params)
         {
-            var html='';
+            var i, html='';
 
-            for (var i in params)
+            for (i in params)
             {
                 html += ' ' + i + '="' + params[i] + '"';
             }
@@ -118,10 +118,10 @@
         function bindEvents(element)
         {
             $(element)
-                .bind("keyup", function () {
+                .on("keyup", function () {
                     checkCount(element);
                 })
-                .bind("paste", function () {
+                .on("paste", function () {
                     var self = this;
                     setTimeout(function () { checkCount(self); }, 0);
                 });

From 641f5124c7012098f99ce7f72907db7628078a3e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Chris <wardtwits@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2015 23:53:06 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Validation element insertion breaks counter (because
 plugin is looking for $elem.next())

Modifying the plugin to look for the counterCssClass among $elem siblings instead of $elem.next() - this way if validation inserts an extra label, span, etc. the plugin won't break.
---
 jquery.charactercounter.js | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/jquery.charactercounter.js b/jquery.charactercounter.js
index 0546330..2c1c316 100644
--- a/jquery.charactercounter.js
+++ b/jquery.charactercounter.js
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
         function checkCount(element)
         {
             var characterCount = $(element).val().length;
-            var counter = options.counterSelector ? $(options.counterSelector) : $(element).next("." + options.counterCssClass);
+            var counter = options.counterSelector ? $(options.counterSelector) : $(element).siblings("." + options.counterCssClass);
             var remaining = options.limit - characterCount;
             var condition = remaining < 0;
 

From 87b8f377e63549aa9e44e14ab3c2f751456cf9b6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Chris <wardtwits@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2015 23:57:38 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Using .siblings() instead of next()

The plugin currently looks for $elem.next() - when validation (or any other scripts) insert a new element (such as an error label) next to the <textarea> it breaks the plugin.  Searching for $elem siblings with the counterCssClass will fix this.
---
 jquery.charactercounter.js | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/jquery.charactercounter.js b/jquery.charactercounter.js
index 0546330..2c1c316 100644
--- a/jquery.charactercounter.js
+++ b/jquery.charactercounter.js
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
         function checkCount(element)
         {
             var characterCount = $(element).val().length;
-            var counter = options.counterSelector ? $(options.counterSelector) : $(element).next("." + options.counterCssClass);
+            var counter = options.counterSelector ? $(options.counterSelector) : $(element).siblings("." + options.counterCssClass);
             var remaining = options.limit - characterCount;
             var condition = remaining < 0;