I think it's reasonable to request that the length of user signatures be longer than 255 characters. The only factor limiting this is the database; I ran UPDATE TABLE {users} MODIFY signature text and it allows signatures up to the length of "text" now.

It would be nice if this were configurable, but that's quite a bit more major (the limit would need to be enforced by PHP, and as such modified at the form_submit leverl). At the same time there should be some feedback to the user that their signature is too long, rather than just cutting it off silently. These are features that might be nice for 7, or even 8 if it's too late to add something like that.

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NancyDru’s picture

Version: 6.19 » 7.x-dev

I seriously doubt D6 has a chance of getting this, although I consider it a significant UE bug.

meustrus’s picture

I guess, but is there any reason whatsoever why the signature field can't just be expanded? I have had no issues at all since I did that.

NancyDru’s picture

In what I have seen so far, there's no reason why it can't be changed to "text" and the form's maxlength changed.

bfroehle’s picture

You could probably do this in a module by using hook_schema_alter(), but I haven't looked into it.

NancyDru’s picture

I have coded a 6.x version of a module to do this, but I'm temporarily having difficulty creating a new contrib. Basically it does the hook_schema alter, db_change_field, and a hook_form_alter. Pretty small, but works fine.

bfroehle’s picture

Version: 7.x-dev » 8.x-dev
Vc Developer’s picture

Will this be for D8 only and is there a solution for D7?

rallyant’s picture

How did you go with this? id love to increase mine a little! D6

halfelven’s picture

The real problem is NO WARNING ON THE LENGTH OF SIGNATURES!!!!! And since HTML is allowed, this means lots of open tags in signatures because it doesn't truncate until it is saved. This is not just a missing feature, this is a bug.

Version: 8.0.x-dev » 8.1.x-dev

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Version: 8.1.x-dev » 8.2.x-dev

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dpi’s picture

Issue summary: View changes
Status: Active » Closed (won't fix)
Related issues: +#1548204: Remove user signature and move it to contrib

Signatures were removed from core.