Inputfield maxlength always 128

This should now be fixed.

It happens again with CCK Redirection field.

CCK Redirection adds a text type field with max length of 128 characters, even though
length in database is 255. It's not enough for long URL.

I can see that's because of system_elements(), but why is it so short by default?

Drupal 6.8
CCK Redirection 6.x-1.1
Content Construction Kit (CCK) 6.x-2.x-dev (2008-dec.-09) / 6.x-2.1 (2008-nov.-12)

Thanks,
Szy.

oh no! don't hack core!!

there are thousands of ways to solve this problem :)
@szd: This is a problem in the code of cck redirection field, but its easy to fix

anyway thats not good!

you can solve this using hook_form_alter etc.
This is not good what you are doing :)

any change in core is hacking core. Don't do that, and more importantly do not advise it to others. That is not a solution.
With your fix you probably caused several bugs in your Drupal install, where form elements relies on this value being 128..

*edited*

Sorry, please remove my post.

Szy.

Text fields in CCK allow you to define the size of input elements and also the maxlength.

If the issue is related to another field (#3 suggested it was about CCK Redirection? is that anothe module? ), then please open a report to the proper issues queue.

Create your own little helper Module and create a hook_form_alter like below.
Core hacking is dirty indeed.

function mymodule_form_alter(&$form, $form_state, $form_id) {
	if($form_id == 'content_field_overview_form'){
		$form['_add_new_field']['label']['#maxlength'] = 255;
		$form['_add_existing_field']['label']['#maxlength'] = 255;
	}
	else if($form_id == 'content_field_edit_form'){
		$form['basic']['label']['#maxlength'] = 255;
	}
}

#281449: Text field data entry limited to 128 characters with Maximum length blank

Good day! I try
"modules/system/system.module:
function system_elements():
$type['textfield'] = array(..., '#maxlength' => 128, ...); change to ---> $type['textfield'] = array(..., '#maxlength' => 255, ...);"
and
"

function mymodule_form_alter(&$form, $form_state, $form_id) {
    if($form_id == 'content_field_overview_form'){
        $form['_add_new_field']['label']['#maxlength'] = 255;
        $form['_add_existing_field']['label']['#maxlength'] = 255;
    }
    else if($form_id == 'content_field_edit_form'){
        $form['basic']['label']['#maxlength'] = 255;
    }
}

"
but it dont work (.
if use hook_form_alter then id do reload page filed settings after changes and dpr($form) then changes ( $form['basic']['label']['#maxlength'] = 255) do not see (((.

html text of the node elements

input id="edit-field-diagnosticum-file-2-data-description" class="form-text" type="text" value="" size="60" name="field_diagnosticum_file[2][data][description]" maxlength="128"

what is the solution in D7?

For D7, check out what they're doing here: http://drupal.org/project/field_display_label and modify as needed. Basically, the modified code would look like this:

/**
*  Implementation of hook_form_FORM_ID_alter
*/
function your_module_form_field_ui_field_edit_form_alter(&$form, $form_state, $form_id) {
  $form['instance']['label'] = array(
    '#type' => 'textfield',
    '#title' => t('Custom Display label'),
    '#description' => t('Lable to appear in form.'),
    '#default_value' => isset($form['#instance']['display_label']) ? $form['#instance']['display_label'] : '',
    '#weight' => $form['instance']['label']['#weight'] + 1,
    '#maxlength' => 'desired length',
  );
}

/**
*  Implementation of hook_field_display_alter
*/
function your_module_theme_registry_alter(&$theme_registry) {
  $theme_registry['field']['preprocess functions'][] = 'your_module_preprocess_field';
}

/**
*  Preprocess function to replace the regular label with the longer label
*/
function your_module_preprocess_field(&$variables) {
  $field = field_info_instance($variables['element']['#entity_type'], $variables['element']['#field_name'], $variables['element']['#bundle']);
  if (isset($field['display_label']) && strlen(trim($field['display_label'])) > 0) {
    $variables['label'] = $field['label'];
  }
}

what the solution for Drupal 8 please