Enable automatically on fields with #maxlength

Hi Pierre,

Thanks for the feature request. We should think through the workflow for this to decide whether it is a feature we'll incorporate into the module.

I don't think we should enable MaxLength on all fields because not everyone wants to see that countdown message for every field that has a maxlength value.

We could provide a configuration option that is something like, "Display countdown message on all fields with a maxlength." But then we start getting into overridden settings with one behavior set on a MaxLength configuration page and other settings being defined at the form display level.

I'm afraid this feature request is going against our values of

• intuitive for site builders
• sustainable for site owners

However, I'd like to hear any additional thoughts you have on this.

Thanks!

I totally agree this should not be enabled automatically.

If you don't want to add a setting for this, I guess we could also publish this as a separate contrib module that depends on maxlength.

I think a contrib module is the best way to go. If you end up creating it, let us know and we'll be happy to reference it on the project page and mention it in the documentation. Thanks!

I published a new contrib module here: https://www.drupal.org/project/maxlength_auto/ →

Nice! I just updated the MaxLength project description and the documentation mentioning it. Thanks for contributing that module!