openedx / openedx/frontend-app-authoring
Remove 150 character limit for course short description
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- TypeScript
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Description
The course short description field has a maxlength in the frontend of 150 characters:
However, the backend does not enforce this 150 character limit, and the frontend help text - "Limit to ~150 characters." - suggests it's only a guideline.
So this maxlength could be removed.
Ref. https://github.com/openedx/openedx-demo-course/issues/72
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Research direction
Start in src/schedule-and-details/introducing-section/index.jsx at the linked field definition and inspect how the short description input applies its maxlength. Done means the frontend no longer prevents descriptions longer than 150 characters while retaining the existing help text and field behavior.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- react, typescript
- Domain
- frontend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 1/5
- Estimated time
- Under an hour
- Activity status
- Active
- Clarity
- Clearly specified
- Newbie friendliness
- 90/100