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POIE8 custom jQuery maxlength onpaste-script for textareas drops value
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copied!<p>I have the following jQuery script in use, which implements a maxLength behaviour for textareas.</p> <p>Here's my code:</p> <p><strong>code deleted</strong> see fiddle instead: <a href="http://jsfiddle.net/G7mA7/2/" rel="nofollow">http://jsfiddle.net/G7mA7/2/</a></p> <p>I am not searching for another script because this usally works fine, but only usally :-)</p> <p>Now the real weired thing bout this. Try my code in IE8 and hold ctrl + v to paste something in a textarea. As you can quickly see after reaching the maxLimit the whole text of the textarea is deleted! If you do it step by step everything works fine.</p> <p>First I thought the next paste event starts before the other is finisched, but as far as I can see this is not the case.</p> <p>So dudes.. why is this happening when I stay on paste, but does not happen when I do it step by step?</p> <p><strong>update</strong> I've forked the fiddle from @thedixon so you can see the effect. </p> <p><a href="http://jsfiddle.net/G7mA7/" rel="nofollow">http://jsfiddle.net/G7mA7/</a></p> <p>Just open it in IE8. Safe a string like "0123456789" into your clipboard, click into the textarea and stay on ctrl + v to paste.. as you can see the text disappears after reaching the limit.</p> <p><strong>update</strong> sorry, had to update the code, because the simple code did not even work in simplest case. It's now a bit complexer, but without the other elements the "step by step" pasting wont work.. but now see for yourself.</p>

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