..  include:: /Includes.rst.txt
..  _columns-text-properties-maxlength:

===
max
===

..  confval:: max
    :name: text-max
    :Path: $GLOBALS['TCA'][$table]['columns'][$field]['config']
    :type: integer
    :Scope: Display
    :RenderType: :ref:`textTable <columns-text-renderType-textTable>`,
        :ref:`default <columns-text-renderType-default>`

    Adds the HTML5 attribute "maxlength" to a textarea. Prevents the field from adding more than
    specified number of characters. This is a client side restriction, no server side length restriction
    is enforced.

    Does not apply for RTE fields.

Examples
========

..  _tca_example_text_11:

Textarea with a maximum of 30 characters
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..  include:: /Images/Rst/Text11.rst.txt

..  include:: /CodeSnippets/Text11.rst.txt