Word Count in Firefox

[FunkHouse9]

I built a form that is depentent on a word count a word count. What I have works just fine in IE but doesn't work in Firefox. It changes the count from 0 to 1 and that's as far as it goes. Here's what I'm doing.

<script type=text/javaScript>
<!--

function word_count(val) {
val = val.split(/\s+/g);
document.form.op3.value = val.length;
}

//-->
</script>

<form name="form">

<textarea onkeyup="word_count(this.innerHTML)" name="adtext" rows="12" cols="85"></textarea>
<br />
<p>Word Count:
<input readonly="readonly" size="3" value="0" name="op3" /></p>
</form>

Does anyone know what I can do to make it work in Firefox? I haven't tried it in anything else, so if there's a universal fix, that would be helpful!

[dmjpro]

i think this.innerHTML this is the problem.

though i m not very much familiar with FIREFOX... actually our project is IE speciifc .
this is for private GOV. company.

yet i think this is the bug in ur code.
change it to this.value i think this ll work for both.

have a good day.

kind regards.
dmjpro.

[FunkHouse9]

It looks like your suggestion fixed my problem. I can't thank you enough!

[dmjpro]

that depends on u....

kind regards.
dmjpro.

[harryngh]

I suggest a word count add-on that might help your writing if you use Chrome

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/word-count-tool/ibjgdahgcdkpdlbkadidojhfddflblcm

if you use Firefox:

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/word-count-tool

if you want a fast & reliable solution, you can go to its web version:
Word Count