JavaScript兑现textarea的maxlength

JavaScript实现textarea的maxlength
这个脚本模拟实现textarea的maxlength,无闪限制输入固定长度的字符串
目前只支持IE(ff,chrome中textarea的maxlength效果与input中的maxlength一样)
在之后会想办法做到兼容长用的浏览器


JavaScript脚本如下:
/*--------------------------------------------------|
| 文件中的对象名 | 文件路径                                                                                                                  |
|---------------------------------------------------|
| Copyright (c) 2002-2003 Geir Landr                |
| Email  : ianylb@sina.com、yelb@surekam.com         |
|                                                   |
| This script can be used freely as long as all     |
| copyright messages are intact.                    |
| Updated: 11.06.2011                               |
| Description: 因为textarea中没有maxlength这个属性,                           |
|           这个脚本模拟了input中maxlength功能,限定                                  |
| 输入固定长度的字符串。此脚本暂时只支持IE               |
|--------------------------------------------------*/
var MaxLengthCheck = function(){
    /**
     * 如果textarea没有maxlength属性,那么默认可输入2048个字符
     */
    var textMaxLength = 2048;
    /**
     * 当按键按下时,可绑定这个方法
     */
    this.doKeyPress = function(element, event){
        var maxLength = element.getAttribute("maxLength");
        maxLength = maxLength || textMaxLength;
        if (maxLength !== "") {
            if (element.value.length >= maxLength) {
                if (window.event) {
                    window.event.returnValue = null;
                }
                else {
                    return false;
                }
            }
        }
        this.doOtherThing();
    };
    /**
     * 当粘贴时,可绑定这个方法
     */
    this.doPaste = function(element, event){
        var maxLength = element.getAttribute("maxLength");
        maxLength = maxLength || textMaxLength;
        if (maxLength !== "") {
            var text = window.clipboardData.getData("Text");
            var subStr = text.substr(0, maxLength - element.value.length);
            window.clipboardData.setData("Text", subStr);
        }
        this.doOtherThing();
    };
    /**
     * 可复写这个方法,用于客户端程序员实现其它功能
     */
    this.doOtherThing = function(){
        // Client Programer implment this function
    };
}

对JavaScript脚本做如下测试:

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<html>
    <head>
        <title>MaxLengthCheck </title>
        <script src="MaxLengthCheck.js"></script>
        <script>
            window.onload = function(){

                var checkLength = new MaxLengthCheck();
//重写doOtherThing();
                checkLength.doOtherThing = function(){
                    alert("haha");
                };

//在事件上绑定方法
                var element = document.getElementById("textarea");
                element.onpaste = function(){
                    checkLength.doPaste(element, event);
                };
                element.onkeypress = function(){
                    checkLength.doKeyPress(element, event)
                }
            }
        </script>
    </head>
    <body>
        <textarea id="textarea">
        </textarea>
    </body>
</html>