Max Character Length Q

[jamesx521]

Why for small text area maxlength of characters input works, but not for big text field?

<input name="name1" type="text" id="phone" form size="1" maxlength="3">
<textarea name="name2" cols="40" maxlength="3" rows="10" form="form">

How can I limit the text input of a large text field <textarea>?

[NogDog]

maxlength is not a valid attribute of the textarea element. (See http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/interact/forms.html#h-17.7 for more info.) Basically, if you need to limit the number of characters entered, you either need to use a input element with maxlength set, or do some sort of programatic validation on the client (e.g. JavaScript) and/or on the server at the form handler.