A simple django form field widget for a text field with a current word count. It can alternatively be configured
to display the character, paragraph, or sentence count.
- Install with pip
pip install django-countable-field
- Add "countable_field" to your INSTALLED_APPS setting like this:
INSTALLED_APPS = [
...
'countable_field',
]
- In the form, set the field's widget to be "CountableWidget", passing the count type, minimum and maximum word count as additional parameters, such as:
self.fields['essay_response'].widget = \
CountableWidget(attrs={'data-count': 'words',
'data-min-count': this.essay_min_length,
'data-max-count': this.essay_max_length})
The additional parameters are optional. data-min-count and data-max-count must be integers.
data-count indicates what kind of text to count, and can be one of the following: 'words' (default),
'characters', 'paragraphs', or 'sentences'.
Additional parameters:
| Attribute | Options |
|---|---|
data-count |
The type of text to be counted. Options are 'words' (default), 'characters', 'paragraphs', or 'sentences'. |
data-min-count |
The minimum of the text count type that is required for this field. Must be an integer. |
data-max-count |
The maximum of the text count type that is allowed for this field. Must be an integer that is larger than the data-min-count (if set). |
data-count-direction |
Whether the counter displays the current count or the allowed remaining count. Options are 'up' (default) or 'down'. Set to to 'down' to display the allowed text remaining. |
To run the example project, run the server using the settings file in the example_project module.
python manage.py runserver --settings=example_project.settings
This project makes use of the Countable.js library courtesy of Sacha Schmid. https://sacha.me/Countable/