Neutral comments html is too long, max length is 5120 characters

martin_van_der_
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On some math problems in quizzes, I am using the "General answer comments" to provide students with an explanation of the solution.

I try to remain concise but often get the following message: "Neutral comments html is too long, max length is 5120 characters"

Why such a limitation? Any way I can override it?

Also wanted to report some buggy aspect of this error message:

  • If a question generates the "max length is 5120 characters" error upon clicking on "Update Question", the error disappears whether I remove or add anything to the comment before clicking "Update Question" (regardless of the length of what was added or removed).
  • Something frustrating is you're only warned about your comment being too long after you click on "Update Question", and if you do click on "Update Question"  while your comment is too long, it seems you lose all your latest edits!
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