# Impossible to copy more than 1000 characters from a Text field **URL:** \ **Category:** Bugs & Issues\ **Created:** [April 3, 2023, 9:29am UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/impossible-to-copy-more-than-1000-characters-from-a-text-field/4234 "2023-04-03T09:29:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Claude\_de\_Loupy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/claude_de_loupy/32/1637_2.png) [@Claude\_de\_Loupy](https://community.fibery.io/u/Claude_de_Loupy)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2023, 9:29am UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/impossible-to-copy-more-than-1000-characters-from-a-text-field/4234/1 "2023-04-03T09:29:17Z")
Hi, I found this [old post](https://community.fibery.io/t/max-length-of-text-field/1858). Now, it seems we can have more than 1000 characters in a text field. But you cannot copy more than 1000 characters from a text fiel to another. I just tested that with a Text field “Text 1” and a formula in “Text 2” which is only a reference to “Text 1”. After 1000 characters, the text is ignored. This is a big problem for me. Since I cannot manipulate rich texts, I need to manipulate Text fields and have the need for long texts. Can you help ? Thanks ---
**Author:** ![Chr1sG](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/chr1sg/32/3941_2.png) [@Chr1sG](https://community.fibery.io/u/Chr1sG)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2023, 1:41pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/impossible-to-copy-more-than-1000-characters-from-a-text-field/4234/2 "2023-04-03T13:41:37Z")
What are the manipulations you need in text fields (rich text or otherwise)? ---
**Author:** ![Claude\_de\_Loupy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/claude_de_loupy/32/1637_2.png) [@Claude\_de\_Loupy](https://community.fibery.io/u/Claude_de_Loupy)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2023, 3:37pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/impossible-to-copy-more-than-1000-characters-from-a-text-field/4234/3 "2023-04-03T15:37:24Z")
I have several texts and data used to build a complete text which is used for an API call. The format of the API needs a single text with all the information in it. ---
**Author:** ![Chr1sG](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/chr1sg/32/3941_2.png) [@Chr1sG](https://community.fibery.io/u/Chr1sG)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2023, 4:46pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/impossible-to-copy-more-than-1000-characters-from-a-text-field/4234/4 "2023-04-03T16:46:05Z")
And what’s stopping you from performing the necessary manipulations with rich text fields? ---
**Author:** ![Claude\_de\_Loupy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/claude_de_loupy/32/1637_2.png) [@Claude\_de\_Loupy](https://community.fibery.io/u/Claude_de_Loupy)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2023, 7:28am UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/impossible-to-copy-more-than-1000-characters-from-a-text-field/4234/5 "2023-04-04T07:28:19Z")
OK. It should work and I should have think about it. Thanks But it is quite annoying because using formulas was so simple, elegant and needed much less effort. Now I have to use javascript to build a rich text (there are tests involved in the process). Can we agree the 1000 characters limitation is a bug that should be fixed? ---
**Author:** ![Chr1sG](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/chr1sg/32/3941_2.png) [@Chr1sG](https://community.fibery.io/u/Chr1sG)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2023, 7:39am UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/impossible-to-copy-more-than-1000-characters-from-a-text-field/4234/6 "2023-04-04T07:39:38Z")
Well, there has to be some limit on the size of simple text fields, so I guess the true issue is that rich text manipulations are not easy enough to do ---
**Author:** ![Claude\_de\_Loupy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/claude_de_loupy/32/1637_2.png) [@Claude\_de\_Loupy](https://community.fibery.io/u/Claude_de_Loupy)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2023, 8:23am UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/impossible-to-copy-more-than-1000-characters-from-a-text-field/4234/7 "2023-04-04T08:23:39Z")
Limitation on the size is one thing. But there is no clear limitation, because I can have more than 1000 characters in a text field. It is just that I cannot copy them. Would the limitation have been on the size, it would have been clear from the start and I wouldnt have built all my infrastructure around Text fields only to scratch my head days later. So, it’s definitely a bug and I will change the category. … hmmm… sorry I sound frustrated (trully, I am !). Fibery still is the most fantastic nocode tool I have encountered so far 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Chr1sG](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/chr1sg/32/3941_2.png) [@Chr1sG](https://community.fibery.io/u/Chr1sG)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2023, 8:38am UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/impossible-to-copy-more-than-1000-characters-from-a-text-field/4234/8 "2023-04-04T08:38:05Z")
Sorry, my fault for not clearly understanding the problem you described. Indeed, if a text field can contain up to X number of characters, then it should be possible to copy all of them(!)