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128 character limmit on Text Field in Flow Builder

Related products:Chat/Messaging
  • February 1, 2022
  • 7 replies
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Santiago12

Hi, we would like to know if there is a way to remove the 128 character limit in the Text Field on the Transfer step in the Flow Builder (or to add Multi-line Field to the options).

According to this documentation Text Fields have a maximum number of characters of  65,536, so we don't understand why the arbitrary 128 character limit. We would like our customers to be able to leave the reason why they are creating the ticket, and 128 characters is not enough.

There is also the problem that, if they exceed the 128 character limit, there is no indication and the field accepts more than that amount of characters. It only tells the user about the limit after they press next, so it becomes frustrating for them, and we take the brunt when the ticket is created and our support team talks to them. Another UX/UI problem is that a single line is not enough to fit those 128 characters, let alone 65,536, so it would be nice for it to wrap the text into multiple lines. 

Finally there is the case for efficiency. If we don’t let them write everything they wanted before the ticket is created, then they will have to write it afterwards, which means time wasted for our support team.

7 replies

Miranda11
  • Employee
  • February 18, 2022

Hi Santiago Gandolfo,

Thank you for your post.

Unfortunately, there is no way to remove the 128 character limitation at this time.  But, thank you for raising it.  It's a valid point.  We'll record this as a feature request on our side and look to remove the restriction in the future.  Unfortunately, I can't provide a timeline at this stage.

- Miranda.


Amy37
  • November 8, 2022

+ 1 on this feature. Our customers have complained they don't have enough space to write their query in the proposed form. Furthermore the bot doesn't make it intuitive enough for them to know they can submit more right after the form. 


Jon44
  • October 2, 2023

+1 . bumping this thread.


  • October 26, 2023

+1 here as well. 500 characters would be great. 


  • November 7, 2023

This limit is just plain absurd. 

 


Jon44
  • January 5, 2024

this is business-critical for us and greatly reduces the value of the Messenger experience for our customers-- please prioritize this enhancement for long-form text input. 

🙏


Gin
  • Employee
  • January 19, 2024

Hi all,
This has been updated. End-users can now submit up to 256 characters for text ticket fields (was 128 characters previously). This supports a use-case where the end-user wants to provide more information via a text field, for example to describe their issue. This change applies to bot connected messaging channels when a text field is configured for data capture using the bot builder ask for details step, and also for non-bot connected (basic) messaging channels via the default response settings.
Thanks,
Gin