Gravity Support Forums Topic: Maxlength for Paragraph Text Fields

Gravity Support Forums Topic: Maxlength for Paragraph Text Fields https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/maxlength-for-paragraph-text-fields Gravity Support Forums Topic: Maxlength for Paragraph Text Fields en-US Sat, 04 Apr 2026 10:20:49 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.1 <![CDATA[Search]]> q https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/search.php Kevin Flahaut on "Maxlength for Paragraph Text Fields" https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/maxlength-for-paragraph-text-fields#post-10832 Wed, 06 Oct 2010 00:30:08 +0000 Kevin Flahaut 10832@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ @blafarmm - I emailed you back. Your earlier message ended up in my spam folder. As I mentioned there, this isn't really a form support issue, but a customization. I've tested this script in Thesis 1.7 and it worked fine. Since you're having implementation problems, you may need to get in touch with the Thesis support for some guidance... I'm not sure . Or as I mentioned in the email as well, maybe you can reach out to an experienced developer to help get it going for you. blafarmm on "Maxlength for Paragraph Text Fields" https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/maxlength-for-paragraph-text-fields#post-10830 Wed, 06 Oct 2010 00:02:16 +0000 blafarmm 10830@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ Kevin, It may be "operator error" on my part -- but this "fix" is not working for me. Even worse, the formating of my Gravity forms that are embedded in Thesis 1.7 pages is completely screwed up -- even without the textarea approach. In short, my checkbox "boxes" are all over the place in Firefox, IE and Chrome -- and this is on multiple sites. I'm not quite sure what's going on here -- but I've emailed you several times with a description of the problem. I'm in a bit of a bind -- so I'm hoping there is a quick solution I can apply to this pressing problem. And afterward, maybe you can find fault in my implementation of the textarea fix you suggested. Thanks very much. Kevin Flahaut on "Maxlength for Paragraph Text Fields" https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/maxlength-for-paragraph-text-fields#post-9433 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 19:10:03 +0000 Kevin Flahaut 9433@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ Great news. Thanks for the update. ignitephoenix@gmail.com on "Maxlength for Paragraph Text Fields" https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/maxlength-for-paragraph-text-fields#post-9432 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 19:09:22 +0000 ignitephoenix@gmail.com 9432@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ Kevin - This worked for us. Thanks so much for your help. Cheers, Michael Kevin Flahaut on "Maxlength for Paragraph Text Fields" https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/maxlength-for-paragraph-text-fields#post-9365 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 18:38:00 +0000 Kevin Flahaut 9365@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ Okay guys, I've got this working on Thesis 1.7 and here's the how-to. First, I created a "js" folder inside the custom folder and uploaded the <a href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/688846/gravityhelp/limit-textarea.js" rel="nofollow">limit-textarea.js file</a> into that directory. <a href="http://grab.by/grabs/0d6ca498d0476feb6ba98ffa5f51080a.png" rel="nofollow">screenshot</a> Then, I went to the Thesis Site Options page and added the following to the Document Head > additional scripts section. <pre><code><script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.4.1/jquery.min.js"></script> <script src="/wp-content/themes/thesis_17/custom/js/limit-textarea.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(document).ready(function() { jQuery(".limit150 .textarea").attr("maxlength", "150"); jQuery(".limit150 .textarea").attr("onkeyup", "return ismaxlength(this)"); }); </script></code></pre> <a href="http://grab.by/grabs/8e1bb58eb9c31c7a714e6a74bc82f392.png" rel="nofollow">screenshot</a> Notice that I included a link to the jQuery library there.. if you're already loading jQuery somewhere, you probably don't need that. There is a relative path to the js file so you shouldn't have to change that unless you put the file in another directory. Once that's done, you then need to go to the form admin. Navigate to the textarea that you want to apply the limit to, then under the advanced tab, add the class name "limit150" <a href="http://grab.by/grabs/84960c7abc00cb67511362839aee5c0a.png" rel="nofollow">screenshot</a> Save the form, go to your form page, refresh it and it should be working for you. You can apply the class to any textarea you'd like to limit. Of course, you can tweak the jQuery statement to change the limit number, the class name or whatever you like to suit your application. ignitephoenix@gmail.com on "Maxlength for Paragraph Text Fields" https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/maxlength-for-paragraph-text-fields#post-9359 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 17:52:34 +0000 ignitephoenix@gmail.com 9359@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ We are having the same problem as blfarmm. We are on Thesis 1.7 and did everything you mentioned above. Created a js folder in the custom direct and copied the limit-textarea.js file to it. We are testing the Gravity form at <a href="http://ignitephoenix.com/dev/gravity-testing-page/" rel="nofollow">http://ignitephoenix.com/dev/gravity-testing-page/</a>. Here's exactly what are script looks like: <pre><code><script src="<?php bloginfo('http://ignitephoenix.com/public_html/wordpress/wp-content/themes/thesis_17/custom/js/limit-textarea.js'); ?>/js/limit-textarea.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(document).ready(function() { jQuery("#input_1_6").attr("maxlength", "350"); jQuery("#input_1_6").attr("onkeyup", "return ismaxlength(this)"); }); { jQuery("#input_1_8").attr("maxlength", "350"); jQuery("#input_1_8").attr("onkeyup", "return ismaxlength(this)"); }); </script></code></pre> blafarmm on "Maxlength for Paragraph Text Fields" https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/maxlength-for-paragraph-text-fields#post-9164 Mon, 30 Aug 2010 17:20:27 +0000 blafarmm 9164@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ It definitely makes sense to keep files in the Custom folder -- especially when updates roll-out. Thanks for the reminder. I created a "js" folder in the "custom" directory (as there was none) and copied "limit-textarea.js" file to it. And, here's exactly what I pasted into my "Thesis Site Options > Additional Scripts": <pre><code><script src="http://MYDOMAIN.info/public_html/wordpress/wp-content/themes/thesis_17/custom/js/limit-textarea.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(document).ready(function() { jQuery("#input_96_739").attr("maxlength", "250"); jQuery("#input_96_739").attr("onkeyup", "return ismaxlength(this)"); }); </script></code></pre> I've cleared the cache in my browser -- and it still does not work. Not sure what's going on here -- but I appreciate the help. rochestercitypages on "Maxlength for Paragraph Text Fields" https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/maxlength-for-paragraph-text-fields#post-9126 Sun, 29 Aug 2010 23:10:40 +0000 rochestercitypages 9126@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ blafarmm, Then if your using thesis you need to add the js into the custom folder. Thats what I do and it works fine. <a href="http://MYDOMAIN.info/public_html/wordpress/wp-content/themes/thesis_17/custom/js/limit-textarea.js" rel="nofollow">http://MYDOMAIN.info/public_html/wordpress/wp-content/themes/thesis_17/custom/js/limit-textarea.js</a> You don't wanna mess with the core of Thesis...put everything in the custom folder that way it down the road you wont have to worry about trying to figure this out again. Luke blafarmm on "Maxlength for Paragraph Text Fields" https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/maxlength-for-paragraph-text-fields#post-9125 Sun, 29 Aug 2010 22:18:56 +0000 blafarmm 9125@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ Thanks rochestercitypages. Unfortunately, that didn't work either. For the record, I used both the single quote ' from the original script -- as well as the double quotes " you used in your example. I didn't use the "js" directory from you example -- as Thesis does not have one. But I did path the script to both the Thesis root directory -- as well as the Thesis "/lib/scripts" directory. And, no dice. Not sure why this worked so easily a month ago -- and not now. rochestercitypages on "Maxlength for Paragraph Text Fields" https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/maxlength-for-paragraph-text-fields#post-9124 Sun, 29 Aug 2010 21:50:31 +0000 rochestercitypages 9124@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ blafarmm, Try changing the path to: <code><script src="http://MYDOMAIN.info/public_html/wordpress/wp-content/themes/thesis_17/js/limit-textarea.js"></script></code> I hope that will work for you. Luke