When adding elements it is sometimes desireable to add some descriptive text. The current name field length is too restrictive.

For example, I would like to add the following block to an email field however am prevented by the current field length:

Email for notification of results
(Leave blank if not required)

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ullgren’s picture

ullgren CreditAttribution: ullgren commented

Currently I'm using the name filed as a "key" in the xml serialized way I store the submited data.
Making it longer (and including alot of brackets) would probably screw things up.

I will address this in problem in issue 7999 & 8324.

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quicksketch
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CreditAttribution: quicksketch commented
Version: 4.4.x-1.x-dev » 4.7.x-1.x-dev
Status: Postponed » Closed (fixed)

We're up to 128 characters now in 4.7. Names are no longer being used as the field name in forms, so it is safe to remove this restriction.