ChronoForms8 - Set max character count in text area.

Question

I looked through the posts but didn't see anything related to this. Please point me in the right direction:

Is there a way to set the maximum characters users can enter in a textarea? (e.g. 1,000 character, ~200 words)

And as an aside, is there a way to search this forum?

Max_admin · Accepted Answer

there is no built in feature, I may add it to a future update, but here is a quick snippet which you can add inside a Javascript view on your form page to do just that:


document.getElementById('textarea_id').addEventListener('input', function() {
    var maxLength = 1000;
    var currentLength = this.value.length;
    var remainingLength = maxLength - currentLength;
    
    // Update the character count display
    document.getElementById('charCount').textContent = remainingLength;
    
    // Truncate the value if it exceeds the maximum length
    if (currentLength > maxLength) {
        this.value = this.value.slice(0, maxLength);
    }
});

change "textarea_id" to the ID of your textarea element

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ChronoForms8 - Set max character count in text area.