find out how long your tag is right as you put it in
// ==UserScript==
// @name AO3: [Wrangling] Character Counter when Creating New Tags
// @description find out how long your tag is right as you put it in
// @version 1.1
// @author Rhine
// @namespace https://github.com/RhineCloud
// @match https://*.archiveofourown.org/tags/new
// @match https://*.archiveofourown.org/tags/*/edit
// @require https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.6.0/jquery.min.js
// @grant none
// @license GPL-3.0 <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
// ==/UserScript==
(function($) {
// find out which page is open
var page_url = window.location.pathname;
// how to find the relevant elements on tag edit pages
var legend_sel = '#edit_tag [for="tag_syn_string_autocomplete"]';
var field_sel = '#edit_tag #tag_syn_string_autocomplete';
// how to find the relevant bits on the new tag page instead
if (page_url.endsWith('/tags/new')) {
legend_sel = '#new_tag [for="tag_name"]';
field_sel = '#new_tag #tag_name';
}
var tag_length = 0;
// add the neutral/default counter text
$(legend_sel).append('<span style="font-size:0.8em;"> (tag length: ' +
'<span class="counted_length">...</span>)</span>');
// do this thing once the typing is done
$(field_sel).on('keyup', function() {
// find out what was entered
var tag_input = $(this).val();
// figure out the length of the input
if (tag_input) {tag_length = tag_input.length;}
// insert the length into the counter text
$('.counted_length').text(tag_length);
// change the appearance of the field
// depending on whether the resulting tag would be too long
if (tag_length > 150) {
$(this).css({'color':'white',
'background-color':'darkred'});
} else {
$(this).css({'color':'#222',
'background-color':'honeydew'});
}
});
})(jQuery);