Merge pull request #3001 from bitzesty/wordcount

Fix JS validation for word count in textarea
bitzesty · Jul 16, 2024 · d73681b · d73681b
2 parents 3882a99 + 18708ce
commit d73681b
Showing 1 changed file with 4 additions and 2 deletions.
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/frontend/form-validation.js.coffee b/app/assets/javascripts/frontend/form-validation.js.coffee
@@ -138,8 +138,10 @@ window.FormValidation =
         return question.find("input[type='checkbox']").filter(":checked").length
 
   validateWordLimit: (question) ->
-    wordLimit = $(question.context).attr("data-word-max")
-    wordCount = $(question.context).val().split(" ").length
+    textarea = question.find("textarea")
+    wordLimit = textarea.attr("data-word-max")
+    normalizedContent = textarea.val().replace(/&nbsp;/g, ' ').replace(/\n/g, ' ');
+    wordCount = normalizedContent.split(" ").length
     if wordCount > wordLimit
       @logThis(question, "validateWordLimit", "Word limit exceeded")
       @addErrorMessage(question, "Exceeded #{wordLimit} word limit.")