Character limits of default value in DevOps Multiple Lines field

[Haowei715]

Hi Developers,

I intend to use multiple lines field as a text box, in which I can embed hyperlinks with <a> tag and plain text into. However, I found the default value of multi-line field has a character limitation. I am wondering what the specific character limit of default value is and if there is an alternative approach to embed hyperlink which can be clicked by users directly.

Thanks a lot

[#2]

The default String fields take a max of 255 characters. You could use Text field type instead of the default String field, which supports entry of a text string that can contain more than 255 Unicode characters.

You can check the document FIELD (Definition) element reference for some more details

[#3]

@Robina Thanks! But I didn't find the PlainText Text field. Could you please help me with more details? 

[#4]

Hello @Robina, could you please add some details how to do it? Thank you

[#5 · Accepted solution]

@Haowei715 hi, I actually managed to do this via rules (the same section as Work Item editing). I added a rule as: When work item is created, set a value for the field ... . HERE input takes up to 4000 characters 🙂  hope it helps

[#6]

Thanks! This approach works for me 🙂

[#7]

@OlgaPatapava but what about if I would like to type text as default so, when user create work item already has pre-defined text more that 255 characters. Now if I want to add in default field is limited.

[#8]

@OlgaPatapava This has the limitation when we create a copy of workitem Azure Devops considers it as new workitem and add the default values rather tan copying the existing workitem field values