/* 
 * 
 * Textarea Maxlength Setter JQuery Plugin 
 * Version 1.0 
 * 
 * Copyright (c) 2008 Viral Patel 
 * website : http://viralpatel.net/blogs 
 * 
 * Dual licensed under the MIT and GPL licenses: 
 * http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php 
 * http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html 
 * 
*/  
jQuery.fn.maxlength = function()
{  
   $("textarea[@maxlength]").keypress(function(event)
	  {  
         var key = event.which;  
        //all keys including return.  
          if(key >= 33 || key == 13) 
	      {  
            var maxLength = $(this).attr("maxlength");  
            var length = this.value.length;  
            if(length >= maxLength) 
		    {  
               event.preventDefault();  
            }  
         }  
      }
   );  
}