Text limit in html

How to limit the number of characters allowed in form input text field?

In this article, we will learn how to limit the number of characters allowed in form input text field.

We use tag to get user input in HTML. To give a limit (or range) to the input field, we use the min and max attributes, which is to specify a maximum and minimum value for an input field respectively.

To set the maximum character limit in input field, we use maxlength attribute. This attribute is used to specify the maximum number of characters enters the field.

To set the minimum character limit in input field, we use minlength attribute. This attribute is used to specify the minimum number of characters enters the field.

First, we see how to set the maximum character limit in input field −

Syntax

Following is the syntax to set the maximum character limit in input field.

Example

Following is the example program to set the maximum character limit in input field −

!DOCTYPE html> html> head> title>/title> meta charset="UTF-8"> meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge"> meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"> /head> body> form action = "#"> Email Id: br> input type = "text" name = "email_id" maxlength = "30" /> br> Password: br> input type = "password" name = "password" maxlength = "10" /> br> input type = "submit" value ="Submit" /> /form> /body> /html> 
 

Setting the MinimumCharacter Limit

Now, we see how to set the minimum character limit in input field;

Syntax

Following is the syntax to set minimum character limit in input field in JavaScript −

Example

Following is the example program to set minimum character limit in input field in JavaScript −

!DOCTYPE html> html> head> meta charset="UTF-8"> meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge"> meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"> /head> body> form action="#"> Username: input type="text" name="username" minlength="10">br>br> Password: input type="password" name="password" minlength="8">br>br> input type="submit" value="Submit"> /form> /body> /html> 
 

Using Both Maximum andMinimum Characters in an Input Field

Now let us see how to use both minimum limit character and maximum limit character in a input field −

Example

Following is the example program to set minimum and maximum character limit in input field in JavaScript −

!DOCTYPE html> html> head> meta charset="UTF-8"> meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge"> meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"> /head> body> form action="#"> Username: input type="text" name="username" minlength="10" maxlength="20">br>br> Password: input type="password" name="password" minlength="8" maxlength="10">br>br> input type="submit" value="Submit"> /form> /body> /html> 
 

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HTML maxlength Attribute

The maxlength attribute specifies the maximum length (in characters) of a text area.

Browser Support

The numbers in the table specify the first browser version that fully supports the attribute.

Attribute
maxlength	Yes	10.0	4.0	Yes	Yes

Syntax

Attribute Values

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Html how to add text limit in html

Otherwise we can allow for other characters Solution 2: You can just get the value of the textbox and then split that into an array where there are spaces and then check how many items are in the array: Solution 3: Here is a flexible script for restricting the words allowed for an input/textarea I have created, this function allows you to add the onkeyup event to any input/textarea to limit the words allowed for it. (example picture of text before and after clicking:) Solution 3: Solution 1: You can add an eventlistener, then test the number of words.

How to limit text in input type button?

To make the input match a specific length in pixels (e.g. 100px) you need to set the width . This will make your input take 100px width.

To get a proper text overflow you add overflow:hidden and text-overflow:ellipsis .

Lastly add your text into the title attribute too, so you get the full text as tooltip when hovering the button — This is optional but i’d strongly recommend it for accessibility reasons.

HTML textarea maxlength Attribute, The maxlength attribute specifies the maximum length (in characters) of a text area. Browser Support. The numbers in the table specify the first browser version

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Character Limit in HTML

There are 2 main solutions:

The JavaScript one (attach it to a onKey Event):

function limitText(limitField, limitNum) < if (limitField.value.length >limitNum) < limitField.value = limitField.value.substring(0, limitNum); >> 

But anyway, there is no good solution. You can not adapt to every client’s bad HTML implementation, it’s an impossible fight to win. That’s why it’s far better to check it on the server side, with a PHP / Python / whatever script.

there’s a maxlength attribute

In addition to the above, I would like to point out that client-side validation (HTML code, javascript, etc.) is never enough. Also check the length server-side, or just don’t check at all (if it’s not so important that people can be allowed to get around it, then it’s not important enough to really warrant any steps to prevent that, either).

Also, fellows, he (or she) said HTML, not XHTML. 😉

HTML DOM Input Text maxLength Property, The maxLength property sets or returns the value of the maxlength attribute of a text field. The maxLength attribute specifies the maximum number of characters

Add text inside button image and limit text to not exceed the button size

Maybe you’re looking for something like this?

Keep in mind, you may want to consider other ways of creating buttons. My favorite way is with pure CSS 🙂 Check out this cool guide for more info on that.

I give the same basic answer as the other two people already have. But far as dynamically, what language do you want to use?

The only difference in this code is I show javascript using an onClick to change the text. You could of course use event listeners or whatnot. Additionally, my code can do 1, 2, or 3 lines all centered.

(example picture of text before and after clicking:)

 function changetext(num, text)

Limit number of characters allowed in form input text field, maxlength: The maximum number of characters that will be accepted as input. This can be greater that specified by SIZE , in which case the field will scroll

Set maximum number of words HTML textbox

You can add an eventlistener, then test the number of words.

• Find all inputs that have a word limit
• Iterate through each item in the list
• Add an event listener to each item
• Find the number of words in the input with onkeydown
• If we have reached the max number of words don’t allow for any more spaces
• Otherwise we can allow for other characters

// Get all inputs that have a word limit document.querySelectorAll('input[data-max-words]').forEach(input => < // Remember the word limit for the current input let maxWords = parseInt(input.getAttribute('data-max-words') || 0) // Add an eventlistener to test for key inputs input.addEventListener('keydown', e => < let target = e.currentTarget // Split the text in the input and get the current number of words let words = target.value.split(/\s+/).length // If the word count is >than the max amount and a space is pressed // Don't allow for the space to be inserted if (!target.getAttribute('data-announce')) // Note: this is a shorthand if statement // If the first two tests fail allow the key to be inserted // Otherwise we prevent the default from happening words >= maxWords && e.keyCode == 32 && e.preventDefault() else words >= maxWords && e.keyCode == 32 && (e.preventDefault() || alert('Word Limit Reached')) >) >)

You can just get the value of the textbox and then split that into an array where there are spaces and then check how many items are in the array:

// Add event handler for event that can be cancelled and prevent excessive data // from ever getting into the textbox document.getElementById("input").addEventListener("keypress", function(evt) < // Get value of textbox and split into array where there is one or more continous spaces var words = this.value.split(/\s+/); var numWords = words.length; // Get # of words in array var maxWords = 2; // If we are at the limit and the key pressed wasn't BACKSPACE or DELETE, // don't allow any more input if(numWords >maxWords) < evt.preventDefault(); // Cancel event >>);

Here is a flexible script for restricting the words allowed for an input/textarea I have created, this function allows you to add the onkeyup event to any input/textarea to limit the words allowed for it.

function wordLimit(inp, limit) < var val = inp.value var words = val.split(/\s+/); var legal = ""; for(i = 0; i < words.length; i++) < if(i < limit) < legal += words[i] + " "; >if(i >= limit) < inp.value = legal.trim(); >> > 

HTML input maxlength Attribute, The maxlength attribute specifies the maximum number of characters allowed in the element. Browser Support. The numbers in the table specify the first

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HTML maxlength Attribute

An element with a maximum length of 10 characters:

Definition and Usage

The maxlength attribute specifies the maximum number of characters allowed in the element.

Browser Support

The numbers in the table specify the first browser version that fully supports the attribute.

Attribute
maxlength	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

Syntax

Attribute Values

Value	Description
number	The maximum number of characters allowed in the element. Default value is 524288

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How to Limit the Text Length to One Line with CSS

If you want to limit the text length to one line, you can clip the line, display an ellipsis or a custom string. All these can be done with the CSS text-overflow property, which determines how the overflowed content must be signalled to the user.

Here, you will find all the three above-mentioned methods of limiting the text length to one line.

Example of limiting the text length to one line by clipping the line:

html> html> head> title>Title of the document title> style> div < white-space: nowrap; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: clip; > style> head> body> div> Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry's standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. div> body> html>

Result

Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry’s standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book.

The white-space property with the “nowrap” value and the overflow property with the “hidden” value are required to be used with the text-overflow property.

Example of limiting the text length to one line by adding an ellipsis:

html> html> head> title>Title of the document title> style> .text < white-space: nowrap; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; > style> head> body> div class="text"> Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry's standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. div> body> html>

The value of the text-overflow property used in the next example adds strings at the end of the line only in Firefox.

Example of limiting the text length to one line by adding strings:

html> html> head> title> Title of the document title> style> div.text < white-space: nowrap; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: "----"; > style> head> body> div class="text"> Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry's standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. div> body> html>

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