window.onload = set_options_event;

function set_options_event(){ //Sets the event on the options box
 var get_textareas = document.getElementsByTagName("textarea");
 
 for (i = 0; i < get_textareas.length; i++){
		get_textareas[i].onkeyup = function () {
            if (this.value.length >= 282){
			this.value = this.value.slice(0, 282);
			alert("Sorry, the max number of characters in this box is 282.");
			};
        };
 }
 

}

function edit_text_areas(thistext){ // trims the text if longer then 272
	
	if (thistext.value.length >= 282){
	thistext.value = thistext.value.slice(0, 282);
	alert("Sorry, the max number of characters in this box is 282.");
	}
	
	
	
}