API:TextEditBoxSetMaxChars

UI Lua API · TextEditBox functions
Version: WAR 1.4.8

Sets the maximum number of characters a TextEditBox accepts.

TextEditBoxSetMaxChars(editBoxName, maxChars)

Arguments

editBoxName: string – Name of a TextEditBox window.
maxChars: number – The new limit. Fractions are dropped.

Returns

Nothing.

Details

If the new limit is lower than the old one, the box's current text is taken out, the box is cleared and the text is set again.
The value is not range-checked.
The function needs at least two arguments and only reads the last two.

Errors

These are written to the UI log; the call returns normally.

Error in function call 'TextEditBoxSetMaxChars': Window %s does not exist
Error in function call 'TextEditBoxSetMaxChars': Window %s is not a TextEditBox

Example

From ea_guildwindow/source/guildwindowtabrecruitprofile.lua:

TextEditBoxSetMaxChars( "GWRecruitProfileDescEditBox", 64 )
...
TextEditBoxSetMaxChars( "GWRecruitProfileSummaryEditBox", 500 )

From easystem_dialogmanager/source/dialogmanager.lua:

TextEditBoxSetText( "TextEntryDlg"..dlgIndex.."TextEntry", defaultUserText )
TextEditBoxSetMaxChars( "TextEntryDlg"..dlgIndex.."TextEntry", maxChars )

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