From 805dba7f8d2a2d5f910ec1396247b36417170345 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Claire <claire.github-309c@sitedethib.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2024 15:09:45 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Change compose form to use server-provided post character
 limit (#28928)

---
 .../features/compose/components/compose_form.jsx         | 9 +++++----
 .../compose/containers/compose_form_container.js         | 1 +
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/components/compose_form.jsx b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/components/compose_form.jsx
index c5ee89468..b93bac9d1 100644
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/components/compose_form.jsx
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/components/compose_form.jsx
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ class ComposeForm extends ImmutablePureComponent {
     isInReply: PropTypes.bool,
     singleColumn: PropTypes.bool,
     lang: PropTypes.string,
+    maxChars: PropTypes.number,
     ...WithOptionalRouterPropTypes
   };
 
@@ -101,11 +102,11 @@ class ComposeForm extends ImmutablePureComponent {
   };
 
   canSubmit = () => {
-    const { isSubmitting, isChangingUpload, isUploading, anyMedia } = this.props;
+    const { isSubmitting, isChangingUpload, isUploading, anyMedia, maxChars } = this.props;
     const fulltext = this.getFulltextForCharacterCounting();
     const isOnlyWhitespace = fulltext.length !== 0 && fulltext.trim().length === 0;
 
-    return !(isSubmitting || isUploading || isChangingUpload || length(fulltext) > 500 || (isOnlyWhitespace && !anyMedia));
+    return !(isSubmitting || isUploading || isChangingUpload || length(fulltext) > maxChars || (isOnlyWhitespace && !anyMedia));
   };
 
   handleSubmit = (e) => {
@@ -224,7 +225,7 @@ class ComposeForm extends ImmutablePureComponent {
   };
 
   render () {
-    const { intl, onPaste, autoFocus, withoutNavigation } = this.props;
+    const { intl, onPaste, autoFocus, withoutNavigation, maxChars } = this.props;
     const { highlighted } = this.state;
     const disabled = this.props.isSubmitting;
 
@@ -297,7 +298,7 @@ class ComposeForm extends ImmutablePureComponent {
                 <PollButtonContainer />
                 <SpoilerButtonContainer />
                 <EmojiPickerDropdown onPickEmoji={this.handleEmojiPick} />
-                <CharacterCounter max={500} text={this.getFulltextForCharacterCounting()} />
+                <CharacterCounter max={maxChars} text={this.getFulltextForCharacterCounting()} />
               </div>
 
               <div className='compose-form__submit'>
diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/containers/compose_form_container.js b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/containers/compose_form_container.js
index ba20698ba..b5e530033 100644
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/containers/compose_form_container.js
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/containers/compose_form_container.js
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ const mapStateToProps = state => ({
   anyMedia: state.getIn(['compose', 'media_attachments']).size > 0,
   isInReply: state.getIn(['compose', 'in_reply_to']) !== null,
   lang: state.getIn(['compose', 'language']),
+  maxChars: state.getIn(['server', 'server', 'configuration', 'statuses', 'max_characters'], 500),
 });
 
 const mapDispatchToProps = (dispatch) => ({