Accessible character counter for input elements
npm install short-and-sweet

Tested with VoiceOver (Safari 11) & NVDA (FF 60)
- Tells user the amount of space left when the field is focussed
- Updates the user periodically while typing
Play around with the demo:
https://codepen.io/rikschennink/pen/LmoJYY
View a video of Short and Sweet with VoiceOver:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NDCEvHHaCY (sound is off)
- No dependencies
- Easy setup
- Accessible
Install from npm:
```
npm install short-and-sweet --save
Or download dist/short-and-sweet.min.js and include the script on your page like shown below.
Run short-and-sweet like shown below and pass an element reference or a querySelector. For best performance include the script just before the closing
element.`html
`
The following options are available to pass to the shortAndSweet method.
| Option | Default | Description |
| ------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| counterClassName | 'short-and-sweet-counter' | The classname of the counter element |counterLabel
| | '{remaining} characters left' | The text shown in the counter element, placeholders available are {remaining}, {maxlength}, {length} |assistDelay
| | 2000 | The time in milliseconds the assist waits before updating the user with the screenreader user with the current count |append
| | (el, counter) => { el.parentNode.appendChild(counter); }` | The method used to append the element to the DOM |
- Modern browsers
- VoiceOver + Safari
- NVDA + Firefox
- IE 10+
Versioning follows Semver.
MIT