[hotuhai]

Hi, I have a great bbpress site, But how to check the text before submitting?
I want the user to write at least 500 characters before they can press submit.
I used the bbp_new_topic_pre_content hook but now I want them to not be able to press submit before being eligible.
Do you have any solution?
Many Thank

[Robin W]

This might be the same as you are saying you don’t want – the user can press the submit, but it returns an error. As close as you’ll get without some js.

function rew_min_length ($reply_content) {
	if (strlen($reply_content)<500) {
		bbp_add_error( 'bbp_reply_content', __( '<strong>ERROR</strong>: Your reply must be at least 500 characters.', 'bbpress' ) );
	}
return $reply_content ;
}

add_filter( 'bbp_new_reply_pre_content', 'rew_min_length' );

[hotuhai]

Thank you very much, but this is not what I need,
You and I were basically the same thing with different hooks.
However, we still have to send the request to check after pressing the submit button.
I don’t want that to happen.
I am looking for a solution to not show the submit button when it is not eligible.
I was thinking of javascript, however, it depends on the client. Any ideas in this direction?
Thank you.

[Robin W]

sorry, well beyond free help, but in essence this is just an html form, so a bit of googling should let you create some js.

[Robin W]

eg
https://www.w3schools.com/js/js_validation.asp