General idea

The number of characters the user is allowed to enter into a segment is restricted by translate5. It is possible to

• restrict the max length
• require a min length

test data

for test data of Across xliff ask Marc

GUI implementation

Visual

next to the editor

• In the opened row editor a small area for icons is shown directly under the opened segment. It contains an icon, that shows the current number of chars in the segment. The icon is only shown, if there is a length restriction on the segment. The small area for icons is only shown, if there is an icon defined for the current open segment.
• the number changes on typing
• The background of the number is green, if the value is within the restrictions, but red if not
• Tags are not counted as chars
• On hovering over the icon with the number of chars, a tool-tip is shown that eplains the restriction (by writing "max length 30; min lenght 5". Only show max or min, if it is defined for this segment).

on saving

When the user tries to save the segment with not enough or to much characters, this is not possible and an info message appears (which will disappear again), explaining why nothing is saved and the editor stays open.

Getting information from XLIFF

In XLIFF each segment can have a max and a min length.
translate5 will read them at import time and set the values in translate5 accordingly.