<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript"> function limitText(limitField, limitCount, limitNum) { if (limitField.value.length > limitNum) { limitField.value = limitField.value.substring(0, limitNum); } else { limitCount.value = limitNum - limitField.value.length; } } </script> <textarea name="text" id="text" onKeyUp="limitText(this.form.text,this.form.countdown,400);"> </textarea> <br /><font size="1">(Максимум символов: 400) <input readonly type="text" name="countdown" size="3" value="100"/> символов осталось.</font>