Specifying maxlength for multiline textbox

Question

I\'m trying to use asp:

I want a way to spe

Answer 1

Another way of fixing this for those browsers (Firefox, Chrome, Safari) that support maxlength on textareas (HTML5) without javascript is to derive a subclass of the System.Web.UI.WebControls.TextBox class and override the Render method. Then in the overridden method add the maxlength attribute before rendering as normal.

protected override void Render(HtmlTextWriter writer)
{
    if (this.TextMode == TextBoxMode.MultiLine
        && this.MaxLength > 0)
    {
        writer.AddAttribute(HtmlTextWriterAttribute.Maxlength, this.MaxLength.ToString());
    }

    base.Render(writer);
}