Word and Character Counts in Help Text

WS Form can add word or character counters to all types of text fields and in any format you wish.

Word and character counters are added to the Help Text setting of a field.

To determine how the word or character count is displayed, you simply add some WS Form variables in the help text setting of a field. To do this:

WS Form - Adding Character and Word Counts to Help Text

Examples

Here are some examples of how these variables can be used in the Help Text setting.

#character_count #character_count_label / #word_count #word_count_labelExample output: 15 characters / 3 words

#character_count #character_count_label
Example output: 123 characters

#word_count #word_count_label
Example output: 12 words

#word_count #word_count_label (Maximum: #word_max #word_max_label)
Example output: 1 word (Maximum: 12 words)

You have #word_remaining #word_remaining_label remaining.
Example output: You have 5 words remaining.

The word and character count variables are as follows:

Variable	Name	Description
`#character_count`	Count	Returns the total character count. For more information about this variable, click here.
`#character_count_label`	Count Label	Returns 'character' or 'characters' depending on the character count. For more information about this variable, click here.
`#character_max`	Maximum	Returns the maximum character length that you set for a field. For more information about this variable, click here.
`#character_max_label`	Maximum Label	Returns 'character' or 'characters' depending on the maximum character length. For more information about this variable, click here.
`#character_min`	Minimum	Returns the minimum character length that you set for a field. For more information about this variable, click here.
`#character_min_label`	Minimum Label	Returns 'character' or 'characters' depending on the minimum character length. For more information about this variable, click here.
`#character_remaining`	Count Remaining	If you set a maximum character length for a field, this will return the total remaining character count. For more information about this variable, click here.
`#character_remaining_label`	Count Remaining Label	If you set a maximum character length for a field, this will return the total remaining character count. For more information about this variable, click here.

Variable	Name	Description
`#word_count`	Count	Returns the total word count. For more information about this variable, click here.
`#word_count_label`	Count Label	Returns 'word' or 'words' depending on the word count. For more information about this variable, click here.
`#word_max`	Maximum	Returns the maximum word length that you set for a field. For more information about this variable, click here.
`#word_max_label`	Maximum Label	Returns 'word' or 'words' depending on the maximum word length. For more information about this variable, click here.
`#word_min`	Minimum	Returns the minimum word length that you set for a field. For more information about this variable, click here.
`#word_min_label`	Minimum Label	Returns 'word' or 'words' depending on the minimum word length. For more information about this variable, click here.
`#word_remaining`	Count Remaining	If you set a maximum word length for a field, this will show the total remaining word count. For more information about this variable, click here.
`#word_remaining_label`	Count Remaining Label	If you set a maximum word length for a field, this will show the total remaining word count. For more information about this variable, click here.