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Limiting TexareaField Characters input

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ciaranhickey

Community Member, 17 Posts

4 August 2010 at 11:59pm

Hi,

I'm trying to limit the amount of characters that can be entered into a TextareaField in the admin area (eg. 400 char limit) but I can't seem to find any info on this on the forum or documentation.

I can limit a simple TextField using

$f->addFieldToTab("Root.Content.Main", new TextField('Intro', 'Intro', '', 400), 'Content');

But can't find anything for TextareaField.

Any help would be appreciated.

Regards,
Ciarán

Willr

Forum Moderator, 5523 Posts

5 August 2010 at 7:59pm

No way AFAIK built in to do this. Whenever I've had to do this I've implemented a custom jQuery based solution like http://www.devcurry.com/2009/08/limit-number-of-characters-in-textarea.html

ciaranhickey

Community Member, 17 Posts

6 August 2010 at 12:13am

Thanks for your help Willr.

I'll give the jQuery solution a go!

Regards,
Ciarán

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