# Text entry length limits on detail screen

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/text-entry-length-limits-on-detail-screen/79895>\
**Category:** Ask for Help\
**Created:** [February 7, 2025, 8:03pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/text-entry-length-limits-on-detail-screen/79895 "2025-02-07T20:03:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![HeartwoodTreeCo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/heartwoodtreeco/32/8150_2.png) [@HeartwoodTreeCo](https://community.glideapps.com/u/HeartwoodTreeCo)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2025, 8:03pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/text-entry-length-limits-on-detail-screen/79895/1 "2025-02-07T20:03:46Z")

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Text entry component has max length specified (on a detail screen).

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/3/7/3759adc7ca71065ebf265fb2ce0dee097931595b.png)

It doesn’t actually restrict the length, other than showing it in red. The result will save without any issues.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/0/9/095d058f3cade9f6a1644544b8f751cc4c1a5970.png)

Do these limits only work on form screens? If so, they shouldn’t show up as an option on a detail or new screen.

Is there any way to use those limits as a condition on an action? Or is it necessary to use a workaround with columns for text length and if-then?.

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**Author:** ![Jeff\_Hager](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jeff_hager/32/43_2.png) [@Jeff\_Hager](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jeff_Hager)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2025, 8:51pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/text-entry-length-limits-on-detail-screen/79895/2 "2025-02-07T20:51:26Z")

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If you are not in a form, you can do a character count in the table since it’s being updated in real time, and base a condition from that count.

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**Author:** ![system](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/system/32/53398_2.png) [@system](https://community.glideapps.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2025, 8:52pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/text-entry-length-limits-on-detail-screen/79895/3 "2025-02-14T20:52:23Z")

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