Character Counter for text fields that are not journal or multi line

We have been having an issue with users typing too many characters in short description within incident causing their text is be truncated.   Does anyone know of a way to let the user know that they have reached the character limit?   I see there is a UI Property setting that allows you to place a counter for Journal and Multi Line text fields.   I see that this doesn't count shorter text fields.   Any suggestion would be appreciated.