If the maximum length of the title or body field is exceeded and the form is submitted the message appears:
The body field has exceeded its maximum number of characters

After this failed submission the remaining characters are not updated.

The problem also occurs if the form submission fails due to any other reason, e.g. the required title was not entered.

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#4 471138.patch3.28 KBswentel

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scoorch’s picture

scoorch commented

Do others have this problem as well? Just wondering because I think the module can hardly be used in a production environment with this bug...

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glkz commented

I have the same issue.

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rolfmeijer commented

Yep, me too. But note that I use it in combination with TinyMCE and the js_editor patch (http://drupal.org/node/314508#comment-1695260)

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swentel commented
Status: Active » Needs review
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new 471138.patch3.28 KB

Been bitten by this one too. Attached is a patch which fixes this. The key for success is #after_build since form_alter isn't invoked when at validation errors occur. I still left a lot of debugging code and didn't remove all code yet so others can play with it as well. Apply against latest dev version.

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dawehner
Primary language German
commented

Cool that is definitive a better way to do it.

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timbit commented

I had this issue as well.... until I added a CCK field to my node type. Now, it appears that form_alter is hit after a validation error despite the fact that I am only using maxlength on the title and body.

Why is it the case that without a CCK field I experience this behaviour, but once I add a custom field everything works as expected? I took a look through the code and didn't see anything specific to CCK that would cause form_alter to be called. Is this happening within CCK for some reason?

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NaX commented

Patch #4 worked for me. Thanks swentel.
Unfortunately I had to manually apply the patch but it still works on the latest dev.

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aron novak
Primary language Hungarian
Location Hungary, Budapest
commented
Status: Needs review » Fixed

It seems to be a quite solid approach, committed.

Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)

Automatically closed -- issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.