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.

5 files changed, 32 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/web/react/components/create_comment.jsx b/web/react/components/create_comment.jsx
index 1de768872..59b0a5c2b 100644
--- a/web/react/components/create_comment.jsx
+++ b/web/react/components/create_comment.jsx
@@ -106,13 +106,21 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
         }
     },
     handleUserInput: function(messageText) {
+        var newPostError = this.state.postError;
+
+        if (!this.state.postError && messageText.length >= Constants.MAX_POST_LEN) {
+            newPostError = 'Message length cannot exceed 4000 characters';
+        } else if (this.state.postError === 'Message length cannot exceed 4000 characters' && messageText.length < Constants.MAX_POST_LEN) {
+            newPostError = '';
+        }
+
         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});
+        this.setState({messageText: messageText, postError: newPostError});
     },
     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 efaa40577..242513d07 100644
--- a/web/react/components/create_post.jsx
+++ b/web/react/components/create_post.jsx
@@ -132,8 +132,16 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
         }
     },
     handleUserInput: function(messageText) {
+        var newPostError = this.state.postError;
+
+        if (!this.state.postError && messageText.length >= Constants.MAX_POST_LEN) {
+            newPostError = 'Message length cannot exceed 4000 characters';
+        } else if (this.state.postError === 'Message length cannot exceed 4000 characters' && messageText.length < Constants.MAX_POST_LEN) {
+            newPostError = '';
+        }
+
         this.resizePostHolder();
-        this.setState({messageText: messageText});
+        this.setState({messageText: messageText, postError: newPostError});
 
         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 2d865a45d..2dce889f8 100644
--- a/web/react/components/edit_post_modal.jsx
+++ b/web/react/components/edit_post_modal.jsx
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 var Client = require('../utils/client.jsx');
 var AsyncClient = require('../utils/async_client.jsx');
+var Constants = require('../utils/constants.jsx');
 var Textbox = require('./textbox.jsx');
 var BrowserStore = require('../stores/browser_store.jsx');
 
@@ -37,7 +38,15 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
         $(this.state.refocusId).focus();
     },
     handleEditInput: function(editText) {
-        this.setState({ editText: editText });
+        var newError = this.state.error;
+
+        if (!this.state.error && editText.length >= Constants.MAX_POST_LEN) {
+            newError = 'Message length cannot exceed 4000 characters';
+        } else if (this.state.error === 'Message length cannot exceed 4000 characters' && editText.length < Constants.MAX_POST_LEN) {
+            newError = '';
+        }
+
+        this.setState({editText: editText, error: newError});
     },
     handleEditKeyPress: function(e) {
         if (e.which == 13 && !e.shiftKey && !e.altKey) {
@@ -53,7 +62,7 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
         var self = this;
 
         $(this.refs.modal.getDOMNode()).on('hidden.bs.modal', function(e) {
-            self.setState({ editText: "", title: "", channel_id: "", post_id: "", comments: 0, refocusId: "" });
+            self.setState({editText: "", title: "", channel_id: "", post_id: "", comments: 0, refocusId: "", error: ''});
         });
 
         $(this.refs.modal.getDOMNode()).on('show.bs.modal', function(e) {
@@ -69,7 +78,7 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
         return { editText: "", title: "", post_id: "", channel_id: "", comments: 0, refocusId: "" };
     },
     render: function() {
-        var error = this.state.error ? <div className='form-group has-error'><label className='control-label'>{ this.state.error }</label></div> : null;
+        var error = this.state.error ? <div className='form-group has-error'><br /><label className='control-label'>{ this.state.error }</label></div> : <div className='form-group'><br /></div>;
 
         return (
             <div className="modal fade edit-modal" ref="modal" id="edit_post" role="dialog" tabIndex="-1" aria-hidden="true">
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>
         );
     }
diff --git a/web/react/utils/constants.jsx b/web/react/utils/constants.jsx
index 8239a4a69..82fc3da22 100644
--- a/web/react/utils/constants.jsx
+++ b/web/react/utils/constants.jsx
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ module.exports = {
   ],
   MONTHS: ["January", "February", "March", "April", "May", "June", "July", "August", "September", "October", "November", "December"],
   MAX_DMS: 20,
+  MAX_POST_LEN: 4000,
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