Hi All, I had come across a situation where i need to limit the character count into a text box. Suppose, your there is a requirement where the text box should take only 20 characters. In this situation preferably use the keypress method for even to happen as follows $( '#IdOfTheTextBox’ ).keypress( function (e) { if (e.which < 0x20) { //This snippet you have to use , otherwise it will not allow you perform action using backspace or delete button on FireFox return ; } if ( this .value.length == "20" ) { ...