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helloworldiscool
helloworldiscool

Reputation: 37

What is the textarea character limit if a maxlength is not specified?

So I've read that maxlength's default value is 524288 for a textarea.

So, if I don't specify a maxlength, will the textarea box only accept 524288 characters? Or will it accept an infinite amount of characters?

I apologize if this has been asked before or answered before; I'm just confused by what "default value" means in this context.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 11135

Answers (2)

nedy
nedy

Reputation: 91

According to mdn the default of maxLength is not limited at all (unlimited).

If this value isn't specified, the user can enter an unlimited number of characters.

You can limit this by using attribute maxlength (but from your question i guess you already know how :) ) Example: 

 <textarea maxlength="100"> Enter text here... </textarea>

Upvotes: 5

aiyodev
aiyodev

Reputation: 13

Yes this is the default value : 524288, you can put that many characters if you aren't using max.

Upvotes: 0

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