From: Dessalines <dessalines@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2022 17:06:41 +0000 (-0500)
Subject: Increase markdown field char limit to 50k. Fixes #849 (#850)
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Increase markdown field char limit to 50k. Fixes #849 (#850)
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diff --git a/src/shared/components/common/markdown-textarea.tsx b/src/shared/components/common/markdown-textarea.tsx
index 8cdfaad..d58520f 100644
--- a/src/shared/components/common/markdown-textarea.tsx
+++ b/src/shared/components/common/markdown-textarea.tsx
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import { i18n } from "../../i18next";
 import { UserService } from "../../services";
 import {
   isBrowser,
+  markdownFieldCharacterLimit,
   markdownHelpUrl,
   mdToHtml,
   pictrsDeleteToast,
@@ -143,7 +144,9 @@ export class MarkdownTextArea extends Component<
               required
               disabled={this.props.disabled}
               rows={2}
-              maxLength={this.props.maxLength.unwrapOr(10000)}
+              maxLength={this.props.maxLength.unwrapOr(
+                markdownFieldCharacterLimit
+              )}
               placeholder={toUndefined(this.props.placeholder)}
             />
             {this.state.previewMode &&
diff --git a/src/shared/utils.ts b/src/shared/utils.ts
index 473993b..6494a7d 100644
--- a/src/shared/utils.ts
+++ b/src/shared/utils.ts
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ export const fetchLimit = 40;
 export const trendingFetchLimit = 6;
 export const mentionDropdownFetchLimit = 10;
 export const commentTreeMaxDepth = 8;
+export const markdownFieldCharacterLimit = 50000;
 
 export const relTags = "noopener nofollow";