Maximum length textarea

[mel47]

Hello,

Just a quick question/confirmation. I set a maximum length for textarea to 200 characters. However, I was expecting some kind of warning to user before saving (else the red color of the counter). But it seems not, and the page is saved without problem. Is it the expected behavior?

Thanks

Mel

 

[Zeka]

There is a notice about in field configuration screen

If the field is not “required” then minimum length is only enforced when a value is present.

but it also true for maximum length. 

What I would recommend is to not enforce limits, but just notice that only 200 chars will be outputted on the fronted.

For text truncate you can use these handy functions:

https://processwire.com/blog/posts/processwire-3.0.101-core-updates/

 

[mel47]

ah ok, it's strange. I forgot to mention, but it was already set as required. But I get full length on frontend. Anyway, it's not the most important thing...