Removed warning message when at the max character limit

4 files changed, 6 insertions, 51 deletions

diff --git a/web/react/components/create_comment.jsx b/web/react/components/create_comment.jsx
index f6e34fda9..c2b7e222f 100644
--- a/web/react/components/create_comment.jsx
+++ b/web/react/components/create_comment.jsx
@@ -104,17 +104,14 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
             this.lastTime = t;
         }
     },
-    handleUserInput: function(message) {
-        var messageText = utils.truncateText(message);
-        var newPostError = utils.checkMessageLengthError(messageText, this.state.postError, 'Comment length cannot exceed ' + Constants.MAX_POST_LEN + ' characters');
-
+    handleUserInput: function(messageText) {
         var draft = PostStore.getCommentDraft(this.props.rootId);
         draft.message = messageText;
         PostStore.storeCommentDraft(this.props.rootId, draft);
 
         $('.post-right__scroll').scrollTop($('.post-right__scroll')[0].scrollHeight);
         $('.post-right__scroll').perfectScrollbar('update');
-        this.setState({messageText: messageText, postError: newPostError});
+        this.setState({messageText: messageText});
     },
     handleUploadStart: function(clientIds, channelId) {
         var draft = PostStore.getCommentDraft(this.props.rootId);
diff --git a/web/react/components/create_post.jsx b/web/react/components/create_post.jsx
index 73210c855..b9142223f 100644
--- a/web/react/components/create_post.jsx
+++ b/web/react/components/create_post.jsx
@@ -130,12 +130,9 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
             this.lastTime = t;
         }
     },
-    handleUserInput: function(message) {
-        var messageText = utils.truncateText(message);
-        var newPostError = utils.checkMessageLengthError(messageText, this.state.postError, 'Message length cannot exceed ' + Constants.MAX_POST_LEN + ' characters');
-
+    handleUserInput: function(messageText) {
         this.resizePostHolder();
-        this.setState({messageText: messageText, postError: newPostError});
+        this.setState({messageText: messageText});
 
         var draft = PostStore.getCurrentDraft();
         draft['message'] = messageText;
diff --git a/web/react/components/edit_post_modal.jsx b/web/react/components/edit_post_modal.jsx
index df692e1bb..1c5a1ed5e 100644
--- a/web/react/components/edit_post_modal.jsx
+++ b/web/react/components/edit_post_modal.jsx
@@ -38,10 +38,8 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
         $("#edit_post").modal('hide');
         $(this.state.refocusId).focus();
     },
-    handleEditInput: function(editText) {
-        var editMessage = utils.truncateText(editText);
-        var newError = utils.checkMessageLengthError(editMessage, this.state.error, 'New message length cannot exceed ' + Constants.MAX_POST_LEN + ' characters');
-        this.setState({editText: editMessage, error: newError});
+    handleEditInput: function(editMessage) {
+        this.setState({editText: editMessage});
     },
     handleEditKeyPress: function(e) {
         if (e.which == 13 && !e.shiftKey && !e.altKey) {
diff --git a/web/react/utils/utils.jsx b/web/react/utils/utils.jsx
index 34a0d55da..5266b1381 100644
--- a/web/react/utils/utils.jsx
+++ b/web/react/utils/utils.jsx
@@ -1001,43 +1001,6 @@ module.exports.isBrowserEdge = function() {
     return window.naviagtor && navigator.userAgent && navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase().indexOf('edge') > -1;
 };
 
-// Gets text length consistent with maxlength property of textarea html tag
-module.exports.getLengthOfTextInTextarea = function(messageText) {
-    // Need to get length with carriage returns counting as two characters to match textbox maxlength behavior
-    // unless ie10/ie11/edge which already do
-
-    var len = messageText.length;
-    if (!module.exports.isBrowserIE() && !module.exports.isBrowserEdge()) {
-        len = messageText.replace(/\r(?!\n)|\n(?!\r)/g, '--').length;
-    }
-
-    return len;
-};
-
-module.exports.checkMessageLengthError = function(message, currentError, newError) {
-    var updatedError = currentError;
-    var len = module.exports.getLengthOfTextInTextarea(message);
-
-    if (!currentError && len >= Constants.MAX_POST_LEN) {
-        updatedError = newError;
-    } else if (currentError === newError && len < Constants.MAX_POST_LEN) {
-        updatedError = '';
-    }
-
-    return updatedError;
-};
-
-// Necessary due to issues with textarea max length and pasting newlines
-module.exports.truncateText = function(message) {
-    var lengthDifference = module.exports.getLengthOfTextInTextarea(message) - message.length;
-
-    if (lengthDifference > 0) {
-        return message.substring(0, Constants.MAX_POST_LEN - lengthDifference);
-    }
-
-    return message.substring(0, Constants.MAX_POST_LEN);
-};
-
 // Used to get the id of the other user from a DM channel
 module.exports.getUserIdFromChannelName = function(channel) {
     var ids = channel.name.split('__');