https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/maximum-characters-using-custom-field-paragraph-text Gravity Support Forums Topic: Maximum characters using Custom Field (paragraph text) en-US Mon, 20 Apr 2026 08:28:06 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.1 q https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/search.php https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/maximum-characters-using-custom-field-paragraph-text#post-10068 Sun, 19 Sep 2010 12:51:32 +0000 Joe 10068@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Thanks, I'll check that out :o) </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/maximum-characters-using-custom-field-paragraph-text#post-10065 Sun, 19 Sep 2010 11:35:21 +0000 Kevin Flahaut 10065@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>You would have to do this with some jQuery since the textarea fields don't support maxchar. Here's one method.</p> <p><a href="http://forum.gravityhelp.com/topic/limit-characters-in-paragraph-text-field#post-1747" rel="nofollow">http://forum.gravityhelp.com/topic/limit-characters-in-paragraph-text-field#post-1747</a></p> <p>There are plenty other scripts out there you could use as well.. most are very simple to implement.</p> <p>We do plan on adding support for this in a future release, most likely with a full character counter option, etc. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/maximum-characters-using-custom-field-paragraph-text#post-10052 Sat, 18 Sep 2010 22:34:58 +0000 Joe 10052@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Is there a way to place the maximum number of characters using a custom field paragraph text box? I see there is one for single line text, but it then disappears when selecting paragraph text.</p> <p>Alternatively, and preferably, is there a way to do the same using an except box instead? </p>