# Active character countdown

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/active-character-countdown/77028>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** scripting, perspective\
**Created:** [July 27, 2023, 5:10pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/active-character-countdown/77028 "2023-07-27T17:10:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![cmallonee](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/cmallonee/32/6416_2.png) [@cmallonee](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/cmallonee)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2023, 5:51pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/active-character-countdown/77028/4 "2023-07-27T17:51:18Z")

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If you're only going to save the content if it is less than 250 characters, it might be best to actually limit the content of the input.

See [this post](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-perspective-limit-number-of-characters-allowed-in-input-text-field/37937/4) for how to limit the number of characters an input will accept.

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