How to get the ck editor word count while typing instead of displaying the count on button click

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After typing some text in ckeditor i am able to see the word count on button click but i need to view the word count while typing only.How can i do this.

Below is my code which gives the word count on button click

ASP.NET

<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
   <div>
   <CKEditor:CKEditorControl ID="CKEditor1" BasePath="/ckeditor/" runat="server">
   </CKEditor:CKEditorControl>
           <asp:Button ID="btn1" runat="server" OnClick="btn1_Click" Text="Get Word Count" />
       <asp:Label ID="lbl1" runat="server"></asp:Label>
</div>
    </form>
</body>

C#

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
           
        }

        protected void btn1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            string whole_text = CKEditor1.Text;
            string trimmed_text = whole_text.Trim();

            // new line split here
            string[] lines = trimmed_text.Split(Environment.NewLine.ToCharArray());

            // don't need this here now...            
            //string[] split_text = trimmed_text.Split(' ');

            int space_count = 0;
            string new_text = "";
            foreach (string line in lines)
            {
                // Modify the inner foreach to do the split on ' ' here
                // instead of split_text
                foreach (string av in line.Split(' '))
                {
                    if (av == "")
                    {
                        space_count++;
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        new_text = new_text + av + ",";
                    }
                }
            }

            new_text = new_text.TrimEnd(',');

            // use lines here instead of split_text
            lines = new_text.Split(',');
            //MessageBox.Show(lines.Length.ToString());
            lbl1.Text = lines.Length.ToString();
        }

What I have tried:

how can i get the word count while typing instead of getting the word count on button click

Posted 2-Feb-17 20:48pm

kav@94

Updated 2-Feb-17 20:57pm

dan!sh

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*dan!sh* · Answer 1 · 2017-02-02T20:57:00

Solution 1

There is a plugin for that. Have you tried it yet? You can find it here: Word Count & Char Count Plugin | CKEditor.com[^]

Posted 2-Feb-17 20:57pm

dan!sh

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kav@94 3-Feb-17 3:07am

but i need to do it with c# code that too i need to display the word count while typing text in ck editor