jhayes4
Member
i know i can change the size of the body post field, but Is there a way to limit the number words or characters that are typed into the field?
I sometimes get people submitting posts that are far too long and i'd love to be able to set a maximum amount of characters. (and if there was a countdown to let them know they're getting close to their maximum, all the better!)
Thanks
This isn't currently built in functionality. Here is a forum thread that discusses how to implement it on your own:
http://forum.gravityhelp.com/topic/limit-characters-in-paragraph-text-field
Here is another thread where someone has implemented it themselves using jQuery:
http://forum.gravityhelp.com/topic/single-line-text-max-length
You wouldn't have a visible character counter but you could limit the amount of content with these types of customizations. They all use jQuery.
There are other scripts out there that you can experiment with that do add the textarea limit along with a counter.
Basic JS version..
http://javascript.internet.com/forms/limit-textarea.html
or nicer jQuery plugin
http://roy-jin.appspot.com/jsp/textareaCounter.jsp
I haven't tested them, but either should work just as well as the other ones Carl referenced with just a little work.
Do you think you might add this option in a future release? I really need the ability for several text boxes to have limits on total characters.
Fred, yes, it's going to be added but it's still going to be a little further down the line. I know you've been itching for it.
Check out the jQuery plugin I referenced above. It looks pretty sweet and fairly simple to implement.
http://roy-jin.appspot.com/jsp/textareaCounter.jsp
You can call the plugin file, then in your your page template or header file, set up the parameters for multiple fields. It looks like you can restrict by the number of words or characters and it even adds a nice counter so people know where they're at.
If you need somebody to help implement something like that for you as an interim solution, I'd be happy to recommend a good developer.
I would be interested in that, please email me.
Hey Fred, I emailed you the contact info. Good luck with it.
semrocc
Member
As a new user of Gravity Forms, I must say that this is a tremendous plugin. I was a little surprised that max characters wasn't an option in text fields, but I do look forward to when it is implemented.
Keep up the great work!
As of version 1.4, the maxchar attribute can be set on standard text fields.
We'll be adding character limit support for textareas, probably including a character count script as well in an upcoming version.
Haha. I'm actually looking for a minimum character restriction. Perhaps it would be best if you provided a range from minimum to maximum allowing either end to be open. I would like this for post body because in one case I have a problem where too little content is entered and in others, too much
