> From: Michael Harrington <mike0351 at bellsouth.net> > > Use the maxlength parameter: > <input type="text" name="First_Name" size="30" tabindex="3" > maxlength="30"> the question was for a <textarea>... which has no maxlength... > See http://www.porjes.com/idocs/forms/_INPUT_MAXLENGTH.html . ugh... why do we all insist on linking to sites that *aren't* the specs? all these sites do is promulgate bad code (lack of quotes, for example, on the attributes)... maxlength: http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/interact/forms.html#adef-maxlength textarea: http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/interact/forms.html#edef-TEXTAREA