MAL counter for Profile and Blog

Adds counter while editing profile or blog that shows how many characters are left to the limit

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey, Greasemonkey or Violentmonkey to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey or Violentmonkey to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey or Violentmonkey to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey or Userscripts to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey to install this script.

You will need to install a user script manager extension to install this script.

(I already have a user script manager, let me install it!)

You will need to install an extension such as Stylus to install this style.

You will need to install an extension such as Stylus to install this style.

You will need to install an extension such as Stylus to install this style.

You will need to install a user style manager extension to install this style.

You will need to install a user style manager extension to install this style.

You will need to install a user style manager extension to install this style.

(I already have a user style manager, let me install it!)

// ==UserScript==
// @name        MAL counter for Profile and Blog
// @namespace   MAL
// @include     http://myanimelist.net/editprofile.php
// @include     http://myanimelist.net/myblog.php*
// @include     https://myanimelist.net/editprofile.php
// @include     https://myanimelist.net/myblog.php*
// @description Adds counter while editing profile or blog that shows how many characters are left to the limit
// @version     1.0.2
// ==/UserScript==

function xpath(query, object) {
    if(!object) var object = document;
    return document.evaluate(query, object, null, XPathResult.UNORDERED_NODE_SNAPSHOT_TYPE, null);
}

var warningText = "Characters left: ";
var charactersLimit = 65535;
var noteText = "Please be aware that letters such as ä, ý, ø, û, ş etc. take 8 characters each. This counter does <u>not</u> take that into account, so the actual amount you have left may be lower";

var allElements = xpath("//textarea[@name='entry_text'][@class='textarea'] | " + "//textarea[@class='textarea'][@name='profile_aboutme']");
if(allElements.snapshotLength > 0) {
    textarea = allElements.snapshotItem(0);

    var div1 = document.createElement("div");
    div1.style="margin: 0px; margin-top:10px; margin-bottom:5px";
    div1.align ="Left";
    div1.id = "characterLimit";
    div1.textContent = warningText + (charactersLimit - textarea.value.length) + ". ";
    div1.style.display = "block";

    textarea.parentNode.insertBefore(div1, textarea.nextSibling);
    if (div1.nextSibling.tagName == "BR") {
        div1.nextSibling.style.display = "none";
    }

    textarea.addEventListener('keyup', function(e) {
        div1.textContent = warningText + (charactersLimit - textarea.value.length) + ". ";
    }, true);

    var span2 = document.createElement("span");
    span2.id = "characterNote";
    span2.textContent = "Note";
    span2.style.color = "rgb(29, 67, 155)";
    //span2.onmouseover = function(){span2.style.textDecoration = 'underline'};
    //span2.onmouseout = function(){span2.style.textDecoration = ''};
    div1.appendChild(span2);

    var span3 = document.createElement("span");
    span3.id = "characterNoteTooltip";
    span3.innerHTML = noteText;
    span3.style.color = "black";
    span2.appendChild(span3);
    GM_addStyle("#characterNoteTooltip {display: none; background: #C8C8C8; padding: 5px; position: absolute; width: 420px; height: auto;}");
    GM_addStyle("#characterNote:hover #characterNoteTooltip {display: block;}");
}