textarea has to be jQuery object

diff --git a/mod/thewire/views/default/js/thewire.php b/mod/thewire/views/default/js/thewire.php
index 1eda90bee6db975f7f0718fc90025287e5f6cc2a..d9bf6d10e09c76781e51809ba54c2b3496ce6249 100644 (file)
--- a/mod/thewire/views/default/js/thewire.php
+++ b/mod/thewire/views/default/js/thewire.php
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ elgg.thewire.init = function() {
  */
 elgg.thewire.textCounter = function(textarea, status, limit) {
 
-       var remaining_chars = limit - textarea.value.length;
+       var remaining_chars = limit - $(textarea).val().length;
        status.html(remaining_chars);
 
        if (remaining_chars < 0) {
@@ -83,4 +83,4 @@ elgg.thewire.viewPrevious = function(event) {
        event.preventDefault();
 }
 
-elgg.register_hook_handler('init', 'system', elgg.thewire.init);
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+elgg.register_hook_handler('init', 'system', elgg.thewire.init);