The possibility to specify a maximum item limit for a Repeater field

[szabesz]

From time to time people run into this issue:
https://processwire.com/talk/topic/13089-repeater-field-limits-and-server-timeouts/

So the idea is simple:
Admin > Setup > Fields > Details (tab) > Maximum items allowed / 0 = No limit
Something like the one for images.

And may be a nice little yellow boxed notice underneath, about why it is a good idea to impose a limit...

I love these inline help bits, they help me a lot.

EDIT: I forgot to add that - of course - we also need some GUI voodoo to support it.

Edited April 22, 2016 by szabesz

[tpr]

I think there was a discussion on this, and it was on a (lengthy) todo list.

I also think that the default repeaters should be avoided, and I wouldn't mind removing them entirely.

[szabesz]

Additional use cases to justify the need for this

- one-to-one relationship support. Example: internal only SEO "Pages" (records) attached to one page only, e.g.:

- JS slider records, when we need to limit the number of items by design

- all sorts of other records when we need to limit the number of records by design...

While we are at it, such a limiting capability can be handy in the case of other types too, such as AsmSelect, PageTable to name a few

Edited August 18, 2016 by szabesz
removed "images", we have that one :)

[Robin S]

FYI, I released a Limit Repeater module.