Help with using variables

[Simon_Axure]

Hi BecksParso,

If you’re using a text field widget, you can limit the number of max number of characters that can be entered using the “Max Length” field. You can find this option in the “Properties” tab of RP’s “Inspector” pane when the text field is selected:

Text area widgets don’t have this option, however you may be able to simulate this function by either using the “OnTextChangeEvent” to set the text area’s text to a limited substring as the user types or by placing a hidden text field widget with a max length over the text area. If you’re interested, jlhelmers posted these approaches here:

Character Countdown for text area

A.) You could simply add OnTextChange Set Text on This equal to [[This.text.substring(0,200)]] B.) Or you could also place an invisible text field over your desired text area, define the text limitations of the field then set OnTextChange to Set Text of your desired text area with the text of your invisible field [[This.text]]. You’d think there’d be an easier way to do it [image]

Hopefully this helps! I’ll also go ahead and submit a feature request to our PM team for the ability to have character limits on text area widgets.