RichTextArea does not respect the length constraint of a String column

Support
#1

I have Product description attribute and set the max length to be 512:


@Column(name = "DESCRIPTION", length = 512)
protected String description;

in product-edit.xml:


<richTextArea id="prodDescription"
              datasource="productDs"
              property="description"
              width="100%"/>

Then on product edit screen, I can type in text more than 512 characters without any limitation or warning.

The document says at:
https://doc.cuba-platform.com/manual-6.6/gui_TextField.html#gui_TextField_ValueChangeListener

“If a text field is linked to an entity attribute (via datasource and property), and if the entity attribute has a length parameter defined in the @Column JPA-annotation, then the TextField will limit the maximum length of entered text accordingly.”

Does the max length constraint (512 in my case) work, or I am missing something?

Thank you,
-Mike

#2

Hi,

Unfortunately, RichTextArea produces HTML mark-up instead of plain text and this option does not make sense for users. If you want to use this limitation - use simple TextArea component.

#3

Understood. Thank you Yuriy.
-Mike