Nothing you type into a project's title, description or media caption is silently cut by UNI. You are running into one of two different things, and they behave differently.
The builder stops you before you type past a limit
Four fields in the project builder carry a hard character cap enforced in the input box itself. Once you reach the number below, the field will not accept another character.
| Field | Where you edit it | Character limit |
|---|---|---|
| Project title | Project builder, top of the page | 200 |
| Project name | New-project screen, before the project exists | 100 |
| Project description | Project builder, description box | 360 |
| Media title | Edit Media dialog, "Title" | 200 |
| Media caption | Edit Media dialog, "Description" | 500 |
These are the only four fields with a real cap, and it lives in the input box, not on the server. Nothing behind it enforces a shorter length, so nothing is refused with an error and nothing is trimmed after you save. The number you see while typing is the true limit.
Cards clip your text, they do not shorten it
Wherever a project appears as a card, in search results, on a profile, in a discipline feed, the title is limited to two lines and the description to three. Past that point the rest is hidden behind an ellipsis. That is a card layout rule, not a rewrite of what you wrote.
- Open the project page and every character you entered is still there.
- Reopen the builder and the full title and description load back in untouched.
- Only the card's fixed height is doing the clipping, not the field underneath it.
So if your text "got cut off" on a card, nothing was lost. Open the project or the builder to see it in full.
What this means for you
- If the builder stops accepting keystrokes, you have hit that field's cap, 100, 360, 200 or 500 characters, and the rest needs trimming by you.
- If your text looks complete in the builder but shortened on a card, that is the card's display limit, not the field's.
- There is no separate rule on the server tighter than what the builder enforces. What the input box allows you to type is the real limit.