Windows SearchBar MaxLength > 0 not working properly

[rachelkang]

Description

On Windows, the platform control AutoSuggestBox does not have a built-in property for MaxLength

Therefore, we are having some issues with getting MaxLength to fully work for SearchBar on Windows. For MaxLength > 0, any preassigned text gets truncated by our substring logic - however, it does not limit the searchbar itself and text greater than the assigned maxlength can still be inputted.

Creating an attached property (as was done with this control for IsReadOnly did not make a difference.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Create a File > New > .NET MAUI app
2. Add <SearchBar Text="1 SearchBar text" MaxLength="1" /> to the MainPage.xaml
3. Deploy app to Windows machine
4. Notice the SearchBar text only shows the first character "1"
5. Click into the SearchBar, type more, and notice that it is possible when it shouldn't be

Version with bug

Release Candidate 1

Last version that worked well

Unknown/Other

Affected platforms

Windows

Affected platform versions

all

Did you find any workaround?

A potential workaround is calling UpdateMaxLength() every time the text is updated
However, this is not ideal and is very laggy/glitchy, having the appearance of text being deleted after the fact

Relevant log output

No response

[davidortinau]

Still seeing this behavior on main (rc3).

[ghost]

We've moved this issue to the Backlog milestone. This means that it is not going to be worked on for the coming release. We will reassess the backlog following the current release and consider this item at that time. To learn more about our issue management process and to have better expectation regarding different types of issues you can read our Triage Process.