https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/max-characters-in-title Gravity Support Forums Topic: Max Characters in Title en-US Mon, 20 Apr 2026 11:54:20 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.1 q https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/search.php https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/max-characters-in-title#post-217840 Sun, 21 Apr 2013 13:12:20 +0000 jmtaha 217840@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Just for the record, I would love the ability to do this on the form posting fields also. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/max-characters-in-title#post-78450 Tue, 02 Oct 2012 01:44:15 +0000 Chris Hajer 78450@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>@John, that code will go in your theme's functions.php file. You will have to customize the form ID and field ID before the code will work for you. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/max-characters-in-title#post-78439 Tue, 02 Oct 2012 00:43:29 +0000 John 78439@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>I too would like to implement a max character count for post titles on my forms.</p> <p>To David (or anyone else that may know) — I am interested in trying the validation solution that Cirfzen provided above. However, where do I insert that code? </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/max-characters-in-title#post-78386 Mon, 01 Oct 2012 18:47:07 +0000 David Peralty 78386@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Hi Nicolap, lots of people have found workarounds, and it isn't a widely needed feature, so we haven't ever implemented it. We try to be careful about adding features so that people don't feel overwhelmed by the number of options on each field. Imagine if we had every option available for every field. It would take hours to potentially build a single form. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/max-characters-in-title#post-78366 Mon, 01 Oct 2012 15:57:53 +0000 Nicolap 78366@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>I would like this feature as well. I don't understand why there can't be a character limit for Titles like there is for Posts. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/max-characters-in-title#post-59375 Fri, 18 May 2012 05:33:51 +0000 Cirfzen 59375@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Tried a validation solution that works:<br /> <pre><code>&lt;?php /* VALIDATE title for max char of 30, form have id 1 and title field is number 4 */ add_filter(&quot;gform_field_validation_1_4&quot;, &quot;custom_validation&quot;, 10, 4); function custom_validation($result, $value, $form, $field){ if($result[&quot;is_valid&quot;] &amp;&amp; strlen($value) &gt; 30){ $result[&quot;is_valid&quot;] = false; $result[&quot;message&quot;] = &quot;Maximum of 30 characters is allowed!&quot;; } return $result; } ?&gt;</code></pre> <p>But the best solution would be to have a Max character choice in the Form editor like the rest of the text fields.. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/max-characters-in-title#post-59372 Fri, 18 May 2012 04:59:10 +0000 Cirfzen 59372@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>I have the same problem and would be happy to find a solution.</p> <p>Maybe it can be done with the filter "gform_field_content".<br /> But the example provided by Gravity Forms documentation is a bit to complex for me to understand.<br /> So someone with more knowledge in this filters and hooks, please enlighten us. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/max-characters-in-title#post-41635 Sat, 19 Nov 2011 03:08:59 +0000 antonv 41635@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>I would be interested in this as well. It is weird that it's not implemented on the Title field as well as most other fields have it...</p> <p>As for the suggestions, how would you go about doing the custom validation? The other suggestions are not really an option as truncating the title without informing the user seems to me a really bad idea. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/max-characters-in-title#post-38493 Fri, 21 Oct 2011 00:51:06 +0000 Chris Hajer 38493@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Which of my suggestions did you like best? I will help you implement the one you would like to try. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/max-characters-in-title#post-38491 Fri, 21 Oct 2011 00:42:45 +0000 selym 38491@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Thanks for your suggestions Chris. I don't understand how to implement any of your suggestions without some research, but I'm trying. I'm currently reading and attempting to figure out what the heck is being discussed here:</p> <p><a href="http://www.gravityhelp.com/documentation/page/Using_the_Gravity_Forms_%22gform_validation%22_Hook" rel="nofollow">http://www.gravityhelp.com/documentation/page/Using_the_Gravity_Forms_%22gform_validation%22_Hook</a></p> <p>GravityForms certainly appears to have a ton of options and flexibility, but when you're not a programmer, it sure starts to feel a lot less flexible. </p> <p>Thanks,<br /> Selym </p>