{"id":3525,"date":"2013-03-11T04:12:05","date_gmt":"2013-03-11T04:12:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/blogs\/sagecrm\/?p=3525"},"modified":"2013-03-11T04:12:05","modified_gmt":"2013-03-11T04:12:05","slug":"changing-max-allowable-length-of-text-field-using-jquery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/blogs\/sagecrm\/2013\/03\/11\/changing-max-allowable-length-of-text-field-using-jquery\/","title":{"rendered":"Changing max allowable length of Text field using Jquery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In my earlier blog, I have explained how to restrict a length of Sage CRM text field on screen block using JavaScript.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/blogs\/sagecrm\/2013\/01\/14\/set-field-length-at-run-time-in-sage-crm\/\">https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/blogs\/sagecrm\/2013\/01\/14\/set-field-length-at-run-time-in-sage-crm\/<\/a><br \/>\nHere is how you can achieve the same using JQuery. Here explaining the example with Company Name field on Company screen.<br \/>\n1) I have input text field on CRM screen with field name \u201c<strong>comp_name<\/strong>\u201d and I want this field allow maximum 10 characters in it.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/blogs\/sagecrm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Img11.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3526\" title=\"Img1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/blogs\/sagecrm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Img11.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"242\" height=\"45\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n2) Open Screen customization through <strong>Administration <\/strong><strong>|\u00a0<\/strong><strong>[Entity name] |\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Screens |<\/strong><strong>\u00a0[Screen name]<\/strong>.<br \/>\n3) Paste below jQuery code in <strong>Custom Content<\/strong> area.<br \/>\n&lt;Script&gt;<br \/>\njQuery(document).ready(function()<br \/>\n{<br \/>\n\/\/Assign Max Input length..<br \/>\nvar iInputWidthText = 10;<br \/>\nvar iInputWidthTextarea = 10;<br \/>\n<strong>\/\/&#8217;Create Id for all the textarea fields in the screen..<\/strong><br \/>\n$(&#8216;textarea&#8217;).each(function()<br \/>\n{<br \/>\nvar sFldName = $(this).attr(&#8220;<strong>comp_name<\/strong>&#8220;)<br \/>\n$(this).attr(&#8220;id&#8221;,sFldName);<br \/>\n});<br \/>\n<strong>\u00a0\/\/\u2019Text input Restriction for Input length..<\/strong><br \/>\n$(&#8216;#comp_name&#8217;).keypress(function()<br \/>\n{<br \/>\nif($(this).val().length &gt;= iInputWidthText) {<br \/>\n$(this).val($(this).val().slice(0, iInputWidthText));<br \/>\nreturn false;<br \/>\n}<br \/>\n});<br \/>\n<strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/\/Teatarea Restriction for Input length..<\/strong><br \/>\n$(&#8216;textarea#comp_note&#8217;).keypress(function()<br \/>\n{<br \/>\nif($(this).val().length &gt; iInputWidthTextarea) {<br \/>\n$(this).val($(this).val().slice(0, iInputWidthTextarea));<br \/>\nreturn false;<br \/>\n}<br \/>\n});<br \/>\n});<br \/>\n&lt;\/script&gt;<br \/>\n4. Click on save button and check comp_name field will not allow more than 10 characters in it.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/blogs\/sagecrm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Img21.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3527\" title=\"Img2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/blogs\/sagecrm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Img21.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"242\" height=\"46\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n5. The above code will work for multiline text box also (i.e. Textarea). You just need to change <strong>&#8216;textarea#comp_note&#8217;<\/strong> with field name.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In my earlier blog, I have explained how to restrict a length of Sage CRM text field on screen block using JavaScript. https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/blogs\/sagecrm\/2013\/01\/14\/set-field-length-at-run-time-in-sage-crm\/ Here is how you can achieve the same using JQuery. 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