Maxlength in TextArea

[FG1]

Is there the equivalent of the Maxlength attribute in a text input tag for the Textarea tag?

Thanks for any help.

FG

[Stefan]

No.
http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/interact/forms.html#edef-TEXTAREA

But you could use eg JavaScript to trim it if it gets too long before submitting.
Even better (ie always working) would be to trim it server side.

[FG1]

Thanks Stefan

As it is a fairly complex Database system I need to let the client know that he is running out of space. I will look into trapping the keypress event in the text area and throwing a wobbly if they go over the limit.

FG

[ecross]

Stefan is right. The Maxlength attribute will not work even if you try it.