ng-maxlength screws up my model

I'm trying to do a simple textarea with "so many chars remaining" along with validation. when I use ng-maxlength to validate my form, it resets my charcount as soon as the length hits the max length. Here's the plunkr Any workarounds?

  <body ng-controller="MainCtrl">
    <div ng-form="noteForm">
      <textarea ng-maxlength="15" ng-model="result"></textarea>
      <p>{{15 - result.length}} chars remaining</p>
      <button ng-disabled="!noteForm.$valid">Submit</button>
    </div>
  </body>

Solution

When your textarea exceeds 15 characters, result becomes undefined — that's just how the ng-min/maxlength directives work. I think you'll have to write your own directive. Here is a directive that will block input after 15 characters:

<textarea my-maxlength="15" ng-model="result"></textarea>

app.directive('myMaxlength', function() {
  return {
    require: 'ngModel',
    link: function (scope, element, attrs, ngModelCtrl) {
      var maxlength = Number(attrs.myMaxlength);
      function fromUser(text) {
          if (text.length > maxlength) {
            var transformedInput = text.substring(0, maxlength);
            ngModelCtrl.$setViewValue(transformedInput);
            ngModelCtrl.$render();
            return transformedInput;
          } 
          return text;
      }
      ngModelCtrl.$parsers.push(fromUser);
    }
  }; 
});

fiddle

Update: to allow more than 15 characters, but disable the submit button when the count exceeds 15:

link: function (scope, element, attrs, ngModelCtrl) {
  var maxlength = Number(attrs.myMaxlength);
  function fromUser(text) {
      ngModelCtrl.$setValidity('unique', text.length <= maxlength);
      return text;
  }
  ngModelCtrl.$parsers.push(fromUser);
}

fiddle