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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://community.appian.com/cfs-file/__key/system/syndication/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Datefield component restriction on input characters</title><link>https://community.appian.com/discussions/f/user-interface/29501/datefield-component-restriction-on-input-characters</link><description>Hi All, 
 
 We have a date field component in an interface and its taking more number of characters which is not needed. Refer below screenshot. 
 
 We need to restrict the number of characters to be entered is mm/dd/yyyy i.e., 10. Along with that is</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 12</generator><item><title>RE: Datefield component restriction on input characters</title><link>https://community.appian.com/thread/116945?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Fri, 28 Jul 2023 11:24:42 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:311f9b7d-70b8-4b77-9f83-34ef0aca3076</guid><dc:creator>Mathieu Drouin</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Date component works as is.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;You could try using a text field with formatting and validation rules or developing your own component.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Datefield component restriction on input characters</title><link>https://community.appian.com/thread/116942?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Fri, 28 Jul 2023 11:19:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:d78fe53b-bede-4273-bac5-65b208a0524c</guid><dc:creator>sanchitg0002</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;It is not possible to restrict users from what they can type but these kind of inputs will not be accepted in the date field and it will through a validation message. I&amp;nbsp;think you know that users can also select the date of their choice by clicking on calendar icon too.&lt;/p&gt;
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