# Maximum characters for a text area

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/maximum-characters-for-a-text-area/7175>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [August 31, 2013, 7:24pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/maximum-characters-for-a-text-area/7175 "2013-08-31T19:24:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![phassler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5f8ce5/32.png) [@phassler](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/phassler)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2013, 7:24pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/maximum-characters-for-a-text-area/7175/1 "2013-08-31T19:24:05Z")

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It would be helpful if the text area component had a maximumCharacters property just like a text field. This is really useful for doing automatic validation when synchronizing with a database.