here i'm using jsp code to declere the textarea ---
<td colspan="3"><form:textarea path="purpose" class="tx-area-large
noSpecialChar" required="required"></form:textarea></td>
javascript code---
function CommantValidation() {
$('input, textarea').each(function(index, element) {
$(element).keyup(function() {
var inputVal = $(element).val();
var characterReg =/^[ A-Za-z 0-9*#_ ./-]*$/;
if(!characterReg.test(inputVal)) {
errorMessage="special characters not allowed !!!";
showContainer(errorMessage);
return false;
}else{
hideContainer();
return true;}
});
}); }
