From ba8d19b5c9fb8ac27426c8eb00013ad414e50d76 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dessalines <tyhou13@gmx.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2022 13:20:44 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Increase markdown field char limit to 50k. Fixes #849

---
 src/shared/components/common/markdown-textarea.tsx | 5 ++++-
 src/shared/utils.ts                                | 1 +
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/shared/components/common/markdown-textarea.tsx b/src/shared/components/common/markdown-textarea.tsx
index 8cdfaadc..d58520fe 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 473993b2..6494a7d9 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";