Create jQuery Form with Progress bar and Input Limiter

Author: Zeeshan Rasool | Apr 24, 2010

JQuery, PHP, Web Development

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Simple jQuery progress bar on form to show characters length with input limiter functionality. Demo available with downloads.

CSS for your form.

body{ margin:30px auto; width:75%; font: normal normal 12px/1.8em "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; }
 #heading
{
 font-family:Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
 font-size:56px;
 color:#CC0000;
 float:left;}
 a{
 font-size:24px}
#description
{
	width:297px; height:100px;
	font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;

	color:#000000;
	font-size:15px;
}
#filling_tube_input
{
	background-color:red;
	width:0px;
	height:6px;
}
#filling_tube_subject
{
	background-color:red;
	width:0px;
	height:6px;
}
#filling_tube
{
	background-color:red;
	width:0px;
	height:6px;
}
.label{
       width:100px;
}
input{outline: none; margin-bottom:1px;/* Get rid of the 'glow' effect in WebKit, optional */}
#container
{
height:6px; background-color:#FFFFFF; width:299px; border:solid 1px #000; margin-right:3px;
}
#container_input
{
height:6px; background-color:#FFFFFF; width:201px; border:solid 1px #999; margin-right:3px;
}
#container_subject
{
height:6px; background-color:#FFFFFF; width:201px; border:solid 1px #000; margin-right:3px;
}

body{ margin:30px auto; width:75%; font: normal normal 12px/1.8em "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; }

#heading

{

font-family:Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;

font-size:56px;

color:#CC0000;

float:left;}

font-size:24px}

#description

{

width:297px; height:100px;

font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;

color:#000000;

font-size:15px;

}

#filling_tube_input

{

background-color:red;

width:0px;

height:6px;

}

#filling_tube_subject

{

background-color:red;

width:0px;

height:6px;

}

#filling_tube

{

background-color:red;

width:0px;

height:6px;

}

.label{

width:100px;

}

input{outline: none; margin-bottom:1px;/* Get rid of the 'glow' effect in WebKit, optional */}

#container

{

height:6px; background-color:#FFFFFF; width:299px; border:solid 1px #000; margin-right:3px;

}

#container_input

{

height:6px; background-color:#FFFFFF; width:201px; border:solid 1px #999; margin-right:3px;

}

#container_subject

{

height:6px; background-color:#FFFFFF; width:201px; border:solid 1px #000; margin-right:3px;

}

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jQuery file with input limiter plugin.

<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.4.2/jquery.min.js" type="text/javascript"><!--mce:0--></script>

1	<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.4.2/jquery.min.js" type="text/javascript"><!--mce:0--></script>

Downlad Input Limiter Plugin

javascript to call input limiter function.

$(function() {
	$('#description').inputlimiter({limit: 200});
    $('#name').inputlimiter({limit: 35});
    $('#subject').inputlimiter({limit: 100});
});

$(function() {

$('#description').inputlimiter({limit: 200});

$('#name').inputlimiter({limit: 35});

$('#subject').inputlimiter({limit: 100});

});

Code to perform progress bar action

$(document).ready(function()
{
	$("#description").keyup(function()
	{
		var box=$(this).val();
		var fill = box.length;
		var main = box.length *100;
		if(fill &lt;= 200)
		{
			fill = fill/2;
			var round_val = Math.round(fill);
			$('#filling_tube').animate(
			{
			"width": fill+'%',
			}, 1);
		}

	});
    $("#name").keyup(function()
	{
		var box=$(this).val();
		var fill2 = box.length;
		var main = box.length *100;
        if(fill2 &lt;= 40)
		{
            fill2 = fill2*3;
            fill2 = fill2-5;
            $('#filling_tube_input').animate(
			{
			"width": fill2+'%',
			}, 1);
		}

  	});
   $("#subject").keyup(function()
	{
		var box=$(this).val();
		var fill3 = box.length;
		var main = box.length *100;
        if(fill3 &lt;= 100)
		{
			$('#filling_tube_subject').animate(
			{
			"width": fill3+'%',
			}, 1);
		}

  	});

});

$(document).ready(function()

{

$("#description").keyup(function()

{

var box=$(this).val();

var fill = box.length;

var main = box.length *100;

if(fill <= 200)

{

fill = fill/2;

var round_val = Math.round(fill);

$('#filling_tube').animate(

{

"width": fill+'%',

}, 1);

}

});

$("#name").keyup(function()

{

var box=$(this).val();

var fill2 = box.length;

var main = box.length *100;

if(fill2 <= 40)

{

fill2 = fill2*3;

fill2 = fill2-5;

$('#filling_tube_input').animate(

{

"width": fill2+'%',

}, 1);

}

});

$("#subject").keyup(function()

{

var box=$(this).val();

var fill3 = box.length;

var main = box.length *100;

if(fill3 <= 100)

{

$('#filling_tube_subject').animate(

{

"width": fill3+'%',

}, 1);

}

});

HTML

<div class="label">Name</div>
<input id="name" name="name" size="30" />
<div class="label">Email</div>
<input id="subject" name="subject" size="30" />
<div class="label">Description</div>
<textarea id="description"></textarea>

<div class="label">Email</div>

<div class="label">Description</div>

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Zeeshan Rasool is the founder and editor of this blog. Beside this, he is an experienced PHP web developer and freelancer. He loves to create best and interactive web apps. You can follow him at twitter @99_Points and facebook OR drop an email at 99points.info@gmail.com

Author of 99Points
Zeeshan Rasool is an experienced PHP Web Developer and founder at 99Points. Expert in Codeigniter (MVC), WordPress, JSON, jQuery & HTML5

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