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React Textarea with Character Count
A controlled textarea with live character count display showing current length versus maxLength limit in text-right alignment
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Ever typed a long message only to discover you exceeded the character limit? This React textarea pattern shows real-time character counting using useState with value and onChange tracking. Built with shadcn/ui Label and Textarea components with maxLength enforcement, the live counter prevents surprises—perfect for tweets, bio fields, product descriptions, SMS messages, or any multi-line input with length constraints where showing remaining characters upfront prevents frustration from hitting unexpected limits and improves content quality by encouraging conciseness.
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Pattern created by @haydenbleasel
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