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maxlength for event title

hekla
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maxlength for event title

6 years 5 months ago - 6 years 5 months ago

#26160

Hi there,

I'm looking for a solution to limit the input length for the title of events (not the length of the output – this is possible in the settings).
If somehow possible with an override and without core hack.

I would like to add the maxlength HTML attribut to the input tag in

Code:

<input type="text" name="jform[title]" id="jform_title"  value="" class="inputbox required" size="40" required aria-required="true" />

to get:

Code:

<input type="text" name="jform[title]" id="jform_title"  value="" class="inputbox required" size="40" required aria-required="true" maxlength="90" />

I couldn't figure out where the input filed is generated …

Help is appreciated

hekla

ps. Yes, I did a forum search and there are older posts on this topic, but all relating to eventlist and from 7 yrs ago

Last edit: 6 years 5 months ago by hekla. Reason: added ps.

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depebo
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Re: maxlength for event title

6 years 5 months ago - 6 years 5 months ago

#26161

Not sure if you can override a JEM model, but if you willing to hack core JEM you are looking for event.xml file in administrator\components\com_jem\models\forms\ (backend event edit) and components\com_jem\models\forms\event.xml (frontend event edit) folders.
Find field name title (around line 28 or 18) and add maxlength="90"

Code:

<field name="title" type="text"
			   class="inputbox"
			   size="40"
			   label="COM_JEM_EVENT_TITLE"
			   description="COM_JEM_EVENT_TITLE"
			   required="true"
			   maxlength="90"
		/>

EDIT: Have a look at this extension if you want to override JEM. I think it allows to override forms as well (have not tried myself)
gruz.ml/en/extensions/mvcoverride.html
It was referenced from Joomla! Docs docs.joomla.org/How_to_override_the_component_mvc_from_the_Joomla!_core

Last edit: 6 years 5 months ago by depebo.

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