Limit the number of input characters in TextArea

[Alien]

Hi,
How to limit the number of input characters in TextArea?
there is one feature in TextInput name maximumLength for that how about TextArea?

Thanks,

[sierdzio]

There is nothing built-in, but you can implement the limit with something like this:

TextArea {
  onTextChanged: if (length > MyLimit) remove(MyLimit, length);
}

[Alien]

Dear @sierdzio ,
Thanks it works nicely.

[sierdzio]

:-) you're welcome, happy coding!

[AlexChris]

Indeed, I support using this way:
onTextChanged: {
remove((cursorPosition-(length-maxlen)),cursorPosition)
}
it can prevent user from inserting characters in the middle part of the text.
Howerer, when "ctrl + z" is typed, there're still problems.

[mmjvox]

I think this is better:

property int maximumLength: -1;
property string lastValidText: "";
        onTextChanged: {
            if (text.length > maximumLength  && maximumLength>-1) {
                var currentPosition = cursorPosition-1;
                text = lastValidText;
                cursorPosition = currentPosition;
            } else {
                lastValidText = text;
            }
        }