function counter(textarea, maxLen){ count = document.getElementById('count_display'); if (textarea.value.length > maxLen) { textarea.value = textarea.value.substring(0,maxLen); } number = maxLen - textarea.value.length; if (number < 11) { count.innerHTML = number; count.style.color = "#e35351"; count.style.fontWeight = "bold"; } else { count.innerHTML = number; count.style.color = "#3d4e53"; count.style.fontWeight = "normal"; } }