28034 2015-02-16 12:13:53 +0000 support <input maxbytes="200"> 2015-06-17 06:14:50 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified HTML WG HTML5 spec unspecified All All RESOLVED WONTFIX P2 enhancement --- 1 netmosfera dave.null mike public-html-admin public-html-wg-issue-tracking public-html-bugzilla oldest_to_newest 117959 0 netmosfera 2015-02-16 12:13:53 +0000 Hello HTML team, The maxlength attribute is fine as long you don't use a language that requires multibyte sequences for its characters. <input maxlength="127" maxbytes="127" bytes-charset="UTF8"> ^ will be stored as UTF8 <input maxlength="127" maxbytes="127" bytes-charset="UTF16"> ^ will be stored as UTF16 This means: you are allowed to enter up to 127 characters, as long their size in bytes is lower or equal to 127 bytes using the specified encoding (fallbacks to the accept-charset="" one, or the page's one). Plenty of web applications already do this check using javascript for preventing form submission of data that would inevitably cause an error (or be truncated). HTH 121181 1 mike 2015-06-17 06:14:50 +0000 The best way to get feedback on this would be to start a discussion about it on discuss.webplatform.org or public-webapps@w3.org or whatwg@whatwg.org, the re-open this bug if/when there's new information or expressions of implementer support that emerge from those discussions.