maxlength on textarea

[Sue]

Hi,

Textboxes can have maxlength but textarea cant. Is there
a way to limit the number of characters in a textarea to
say 50?

Thanks.

 

[Luke Nyswonger [MSFT]]

Hi Sue,

Thats correct, there is no maxlength for textarea. One way to work around this would be to use javascript. Here is a sample:

if (document.frmName.strTextBox.value.length > 50){
alert("Your message is too large. It needs to be less than 50 characters!");
document.frmName.strTextBox.focus();
return false;
}

Check around for full samples on javascript for the length. You could also validate it on the server side.

Regards,
Luke [MSFT]

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