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Topic: Character counter in input fields fails with Unicode characters

Checho Man free asked 2 years ago


Expected behavior

14 characters

Actual behavior

17 characters

Resources (screenshots, code snippets etc.)

https://mdbootstrap.com/docs/standard/forms/input-fields/#section-character-counter

code

<div class="form-outline">
  <input type="text" id="form16" class="form-control" data-mdb-showcounter="true" maxlength="64" />
  <label class="form-label" for="form16">SomeLabel</label>
  <div class="form-helper"></div>
</div>

Text used:

SomeText🐘🐘🚷End

Example


Michał Duszak staff answered 2 years ago


This is correct behaviour, as emojis consist of two unicode characters.



Please insert min. 20 characters.

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Status

Answered

Specification of the issue

  • ForumUser: Free
  • Premium support: No
  • Technology: MDB Standard
  • MDB Version: MDB5 3.10.2
  • Device: Laptop intel i7
  • Browser: Firefox
  • OS: Windows 10
  • Provided sample code: No
  • Provided link: Yes