Fixed issue with HTML entities in character length count.

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name": "@caspingus/lt",
-    "version": "2.7.0",
+    "version": "2.7.1",
     "description": "A utility library of helpers and tools for working with Learnosity APIs.",
     "main": "src/index.js",
     "author": "michael@learnosity.com",
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
         "collectCoverage": true
     },
     "dependencies": {
+        "entities": "^4.5.0",
         "howler": "^2.2.4",
         "mousetrap": "^1.6.5",
         "platform-detect": "^3.0.1",

src/assessment/extensions/validation/essayLimitByCharacter.js

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import * as activity from '../../core/activity';
 import * as player from '../../core/player';
 import * as items from '../../core/items';
 import * as questions from '../../core/questions';
+import * as entities from 'entities';
 
 /**
  * Extensions add specific functionality to Items API.
@@ -263,11 +264,20 @@ function setQuestionListeners() {
  * @ignore
  */
 function checkLimit(questionInstance, setUI = true) {
+    const type = questionInstance.getQuestion().type;
     const maxLength = questionInstance.getQuestion().max_length;
     const rawResponse = questionInstance.getResponse()?.value ? questionInstance.getResponse()?.value : '';
-    const response = state.includeSpaces ? stripHtml(rawResponse) : stripSpaces(stripHtml(rawResponse));
-    const strLength = response.length;
     let validLength = true;
+    let response;
+    let strLength;
+
+    if (type === 'plaintext') {
+        response = state.includeSpaces ? rawResponse : stripSpaces(rawResponse);
+        strLength = response.length;
+    } else {
+        response = state.includeSpaces ? stripHtml(rawResponse) : stripSpaces(stripHtml(rawResponse));
+        strLength = entities.decodeHTML(response).length;
+    }
 
     if (maxLength) {
         if (strLength > maxLength) {