JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

by Vetrivel Samidurai

HTML

<textarea id="field" onkeyup="countChar(this)"></textarea>
    <div id="charNum">500 Characters left</div>

JavaScript

function countChar(val) {
    var len = val.value.length;
    if (len >= 500) {
      val.value = val.value.substring(0, 500);
    } else {
      $('#charNum').text(500 - len+" Characters left");
    }
      };