set a max size for textarea input

[OhioSteve]

Hi!

I have an html question. I am creating an area where my users will type several words of text. They should be able to type up to 200 characters. How can I do one of these two things?

EITHER

create an "input text" element with word wrap and multiline capability

OR

create a "textarea" element with a cap of 200 characters

Thanks alot for your help!

PS: I know about the row and column attributes of the textarea element. I tried capping it that way, but that did not prevent me from typing >200 characters.

 

[vacunita]

You can't limit the amount of characters in a textarea using pure HTML, you'll have to use Javascript for that, or enforce it server-side when you process the form.

For a Javascript solution ask in the Javascript forum here: forum216.



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