Hey friends, today we will see how to make a words and character counter using HTML, CSS & JavaScript. Before we enter, check out my video tutorial below:


Now what is this project? The user can type inside the cool input box we have first. As the user types, below the input field, we have a counter. These 2counters display how many words and characters you have typed. This is made possible with JavaScript.


Now, let's see the source code file. Paste the code below in a HTML file and learn:

<!--Created by CodingPorium,2021. Visit codingporium.blogspot.com or search for CodingPorium on YouTube with no spaces. -->
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
    <title>Word and Character Counter with JavaScript</title>
</head>
<style>
@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Poppins:wght@200;300;400;500;600;700&display=swap');
     * {
  padding: 0;
  margin: 0;
  box-sizing: border-box;
  font-family: poppins;
 }
 ::selection{
     color:white;
     background:#4169e1;
 }
 body{
    display: flex;
  font-family:poppins;
  justify-content: center;
  align-items: center;
  background-color:#4169e1;
  color:black;
  height: 600px;
 }
 .container{
	background-color:white;
    width:50%;
    border-radius: 10px;
    padding:36px;
    box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.35) 0px 5px 15px;
}
.input-container {
  position: relative;
  font-size: 1rem;
  margin-bottom: 15px;
  display: block;
 }
 .input {
  padding: 13px 15px;
  border-radius: 8px;
  border: 2px solid #4169e1;
  outline: 0;
  width: 100%;
 }
 .label {
  position: absolute;
  top: -7px;
  left: 10px;
  color: #4169e1;
  font-size: 0.85rem;
  padding-right: 0.33rem;
  padding-left: 0.33rem;
  background: #fff;
  transition: all 0.15s cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1);
  text-transform: capitalize;
 }
 textarea {
  min-height: 6em;
  max-height: 50vh;
  width: 100%;
 }
</style>
<body>
    <div class="container">
        <label class="input-container">
         <textarea class="input" id="word-count-input"></textarea>
         <span class="label">Enter your Message:</span>
        </label>
        <p><strong><span id="word-count">0</span> words</strong> | <strong><span id="character-count">0</span> characters</strong></p>
       </div>
</body>
<script>
 var countTarget = document.querySelector("#word-count-input");
 var wordCount = document.querySelector("#word-count");
 var characterCount = document.querySelector("#character-count");
 var count = function () {
  var characters = countTarget.value;
  var characterLength = characters.length;
  var words = characters.split(/[\n\r\s]+/g).filter(function (word) {
   return word.length > 0;
  });
  wordCount.innerHTML = words.length;
  characterCount.innerHTML = characterLength;
 };
 count();
 window.addEventListener(
  "input",
  function (event) {
   if (event.target.matches("#word-count-input")) {
    count();
   }
  },
  false
 );
</script>
</html>

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