Can Character limits be added to text fields, specifically for a form?

Susie Bachman

I saw the post from 6/18/21 here: https://community.smartsheet.com/discussion/80492/can-character-limits-be-added-to-text-fields

However, the formula

=IF(Text@row >= 50, "Limit Reached. Please use less characters")

is creating an #UNPARSEABLE error.

edapel

Hi Susie,

Currently it is not possible to have a character limit in the text field of a form. They are limited to 4000 characters including spaces currently, but you cannot make it smaller. This is a good thing to put an enhancement request in, I know I would love to see this and I'm sure others would too.

Ed

edapel

Hi Susie,

Currently it is not possible to have a character limit in the text field of a form. They are limited to 4000 characters including spaces currently, but you cannot make it smaller. This is a good thing to put an enhancement request in, I know I would love to see this and I'm sure others would too.

Ed

Crew28

A setable character limit on an input form would be very useful, and would make the document builder more reliable in automation without having to put another step in to monitor / administer the process.

daniel.hawks

Any updates on this? Disappointing that this functionally is not available—but not surprising.

KRR

I would likewise appreciate an update on this. We have forms for which a hard character limit is necessary on entries to prevent truncation when the entry is passed to a display ad as a title. Lack of a character limit will require manual rejection of some entries for being too long, and a resultant email chain.

Most form tools had that functionality decades ago, why does this not have a simple character limit variable on text boxes?

SP11

I would also like to have this function. This is basic database management requirement and I'm surprised that Smartsheet doesn't have this function.

nonova

Agreed, this is necessary for my use case and sure many others will find it useful.