Prevents users from typing more than 4000 characters into any 'textbox' (posts, comments, and post/comment edits). Also adds new error message for when users hit exactly 4000 characters so they know the limit.

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/web/react/components/textbox.jsx b/web/react/components/textbox.jsx
index b5c5cc564..efd2dd810 100644
--- a/web/react/components/textbox.jsx
+++ b/web/react/components/textbox.jsx
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
         return (
             <div ref='wrapper' className='textarea-wrapper'>
                 <CommandList ref='commands' addCommand={this.addCommand} channelId={this.props.channelId} />
-                <textarea id={this.props.id} ref='message' className={'form-control custom-textarea ' + this.state.connection} spellCheck='true' autoComplete='off' autoCorrect='off' rows='1' placeholder={this.props.createMessage} value={this.props.messageText} onInput={this.handleChange} onChange={this.handleChange} onKeyPress={this.handleKeyPress} onKeyDown={this.handleKeyDown} onFocus={this.handleFocus} onBlur={this.handleBlur} onPaste={this.handlePaste} />
+                <textarea id={this.props.id} ref='message' className={'form-control custom-textarea ' + this.state.connection} spellCheck='true' autoComplete='off' autoCorrect='off' rows='1' maxLength={Constants.MAX_POST_LEN} placeholder={this.props.createMessage} value={this.props.messageText} onInput={this.handleChange} onChange={this.handleChange} onKeyPress={this.handleKeyPress} onKeyDown={this.handleKeyDown} onFocus={this.handleFocus} onBlur={this.handleBlur} onPaste={this.handlePaste} />
             </div>
         );
     }