Limit total entries displayed by datalist

Question

When there is a long set of elements in a datalist, they will all get displayed with a scroll bar next to them. Is there an easy way to only display the top 5, and just cut

Answer 1

No javascript example:

Took me a minute of experimenting :) PS: The minimum length should protect against empty submissions. However, you'll need to select the object and then hit backspace to see :|