Translation can not be longer than 128 characters... error

Created on 29 July 2025, 11 days ago

Problem/Motivation

When the maxlength module is installed and enabled. Then translating content, where the field's max length is set to 255 and the English (original) character count is 119, getting the error

Translation cannot be longer than 128 characters but is currently 169 characters long.

even though the max length is set to 255.

Steps to reproduce

# The maxlength module is enabled and a field is set to a max length, 255 for example.
# Create content where the character count for English is lengthy, near 128 and the translation would be over 128 characters
# Translate the content
# Review and try to save the translation
# Get the error described above

Proposed resolution

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Status

Active

Version

1.17

Component

Core

Created by

πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈUnited States kamkejj WI

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