# Show remaining characters (maxlength)

**URL:** <https://discourse.getcockpit.com/t/show-remaining-characters-maxlength/336>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [October 15, 2018, 6:54am UTC](https://discourse.getcockpit.com/t/show-remaining-characters-maxlength/336 "2018-10-15T06:54:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![flex8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@flex8](https://discourse.getcockpit.com/u/flex8)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2018, 6:54am UTC](https://discourse.getcockpit.com/t/show-remaining-characters-maxlength/336/1 "2018-10-15T06:54:14Z")

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Hi  
is there a command to include in the json field to show _a live preview_ number (similar to when using “slug”) of the remaining characters (if we selected f.e. a max length of 150)?

thx