title: maxSize validation for <g:textarea ... />
body: <p>when grails creates view, it automatically adds a <code>maxLength</code> attribute to text fields. This is great because users will not be able to input a string which is longer than the contraint. This helps to avoid getting an error message...</p>
  
  <p>however, if you try the same with a textarea, grails will not place such a contraint in the html code. I know: html has no maxLength for textareas. But there are many javascript based solutions out there which even show how many characters are left...</p>
  
  <p>Does anybody know of a plugin which adds this feature?</p>
  
  <p>PS: I am speaking of Grails 1.3.7 - don't know if a newer version already implements this.</p>