diff --git a/src/UI/InputElement/Validators/StringValidator.ts b/src/UI/InputElement/Validators/StringValidator.ts
index 9da065c9a3..6b62e0f590 100644
--- a/src/UI/InputElement/Validators/StringValidator.ts
+++ b/src/UI/InputElement/Validators/StringValidator.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,24 @@
 import { Validator } from "../Validator"
+import { Translation } from "../../i18n/Translation"
+import Translations from "../../i18n/Translations"
 
 export default class StringValidator extends Validator {
-    constructor() {
-        super("string", "A simple piece of text")
+
+    constructor(type?: string, doc?: string, inputmode?: "none" | "text" | "tel" | "url" | "email" | "numeric" | "decimal" | "search", textArea?: boolean) {
+        super(type ?? "string",
+            doc ?? "A simple piece of text which is at most 255 characters long",
+            inputmode,
+            textArea)
+    }
+
+    isValid(s: string): boolean {
+        return s.length <= 255
+    }
+
+    getFeedback(s: string, getCountry?: () => string): Translation | undefined {
+        if (s.length > 255) {
+            return Translations.t.validation.tooLong.Subs({ count: s.length })
+        }
+        return super.getFeedback(s, getCountry)
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/UI/InputElement/Validators/TextValidator.ts b/src/UI/InputElement/Validators/TextValidator.ts
index d1bc1e1604..a60368ee76 100644
--- a/src/UI/InputElement/Validators/TextValidator.ts
+++ b/src/UI/InputElement/Validators/TextValidator.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-import { Validator } from "../Validator"
+import StringValidator from "./StringValidator"
 
-export default class TextValidator extends Validator {
+export default class TextValidator extends StringValidator {
     constructor() {
         super(
             "text",