Enable the text field character counter

  • Rversion finale: Australia
  • Mis à jour 12 mars 2026
  • 1 minute de lecture
  • By default, multi-line text fields have a 4000 character limit. To help users see how many characters remain before they reach the limit, you can enable the glide.ui.textarea.character_counter property.

    Avant de commencer

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    Pourquoi et quand exécuter cette tâche

    This property adds a counter under text fields, such as the Additional Comments and Work notes fields. The counter is dynamically updated as users enter text.

    Procédure

    1. Navigate to All > System Properties > UI Properties.
    2. Select the check box next to Character counter for textarea (journal and multi line text fields).
    3. Select Save.
      Callout for the location of character counter after the check box has been selected.