JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
by Visrozar
HTML
<body>
<textarea id="textareaID" rows="4" cols="50" maxlength="50"></textarea>
<p id="numberOfChars"><strong>Character typed:</strong> 0</p>
<p><strong>Max Character:</strong> 50</p>
</body>
JavaScript
$('#textareaID').bind('input propertychange', function() {
if(this.value.length){
$("#numberOfChars").html("<strong>Character typed:</strong> "+this.value.length);
}
});