diff --git a/src/main/resources/templates/fragments/search/forms.html b/src/main/resources/templates/fragments/search/forms.html
index 5fa124c8..a63e80b3 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/templates/fragments/search/forms.html
+++ b/src/main/resources/templates/fragments/search/forms.html
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
       <fieldset class="form-group row">
         <label class="col-form-label col-xl-2" th:text="#{field_label_lemma_id}" for="id-search-lemma">Lemma ID</label>
         <div class="col-xl-10">
-          <input class="form-control mb-sm-1 lemma-id" type="text" th:field="*{id}" placeholder="80"
+          <input class="form-control mb-sm-1 lemma-id" type="text" maxlength="10" th:field="*{id}" placeholder="80"
               th:id="id-search-lemma" th:list="id-search-lemma-suggestions">
             <script th:replace="fragments/search/tools :: autocomplete('id-search-lemma')"></script>
           </input>
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
       <fieldset class="form-group row">
         <label class="col-form-label col-xl-2" th:text="#{field_label_token_id}" for="id-search-token">Token ID</label>
         <div class="col-xl-10">
-          <input class="form-control mb-sm-1 token-id" type="text" th:field="*{id}"
+          <input class="form-control mb-sm-1 token-id" type="text" maxlength="50" th:field="*{id}"
               th:id="id-search-token" th:list="id-search-token-suggestions">
             <script th:replace="fragments/search/tools :: autocomplete('id-search-token')"></script>
           </input>
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
           Sentence ID
         </label>
         <div class="col-xl-10">
-          <input class="form-control mb-sm-1 sentence-id" type="text" th:field="*{id}"
+          <input class="form-control mb-sm-1 sentence-id" type="text" maxlength="50" th:field="*{id}"
               th:id="id-search-sentence" th:list="id-search-sentence-suggestions">
             <script th:replace="fragments/search/tools :: autocomplete('id-search-sentence')"></script>
           </input>
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
           Sentence ID
         </label>
         <div class="col-xl-10">
-          <input class="form-control mb-sm-1 text-id" type="text" th:field="*{id}"
+          <input class="form-control mb-sm-1 text-id" type="text" maxlength="50" th:field="*{id}"
               th:id="id-search-text" th:list="id-search-text-suggestions">
             <script th:replace="fragments/search/tools :: autocomplete('id-search-text')"></script>
           </input>
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
           Sentence ID
         </label>
         <div class="col-xl-10">
-          <input class="form-control mb-sm-1 object-id" type="text" th:field="*{id}"
+          <input class="form-control mb-sm-1 object-id" type="text" maxlength="50" th:field="*{id}"
               th:id="id-search-object" th:list="id-search-object-suggestions">
             <script th:replace="fragments/search/tools :: autocomplete('id-search-object')"></script>
           </input>
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
           Sentence ID
         </label>
         <div class="col-xl-10">
-          <input class="form-control mb-sm-1 ths-id" type="text" th:field="*{id}"
+          <input class="form-control mb-sm-1 ths-id" type="text" maxlength="50" th:field="*{id}"
               th:id="id-search-ths" th:list="id-search-ths-suggestions">
             <script th:replace="fragments/search/tools :: autocomplete('id-search-ths')"></script>
           </input>
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@
           <!--<label class="col-form-label col-xl-1" th:text="${token.empty}"></label>-->
           <div class="col-xl-10">
 
-            <input class="form-control mb-sm-3 lemma-id" type="text" th:field="*{tokens[__${i.index}__].lemma.id}"
+            <input class="form-control mb-sm-3 lemma-id" type="text" maxlength="10" th:field="*{tokens[__${i.index}__].lemma.id}"
                 th:id="|token-${i.index}-lemma|" th:list="|token-${i.index}-lemma-suggestions|">
               <script th:replace="fragments/search/tools :: autocomplete(__|token-${i.index}-lemma|__)"></script>
             </input>
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@
 
           <label class="col-form-label col-xl-2" th:text="#{field_label_hieroglyphs}">Hieroglyphs</label>
           <div class="col-xl-10">
-            <input class="form-control mb-sm-3" type="text" th:field="*{tokens[__${i.index}__].glyphs}"/>
+            <input class="form-control mb-sm-3" type="text" maxlength="100" th:field="*{tokens[__${i.index}__].glyphs}"/>
           </div>
           <div th:replace=" :: translation-spec('token-__${i.index}__', 'sentenceSearchForm.tokens[__${i.index}__]', ${allTranslationLanguages})"/>
         </fieldset>
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@
           <span th:text="#{field_label_collocation_lemma_1}">Lemma ID 1</span>
         </label>
 			<div class="col-xl-9">
-          <input class="form-control" type="text" th:field="*{tokens[0].lemma.id}" id="collocation_lemma_1" placeholder="69040"/>
+          <input class="form-control" type="text" maxlength="10" th:field="*{tokens[0].lemma.id}" id="collocation_lemma_1" placeholder="69040"/>
         </div>
       </div>
        <div class="form-group row">
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@
           <span th:text="#{field_label_collocation_lemma_2}">Lemma ID 2</span>
         </label>
 			<div class="col-xl-9">
-          <input class="form-control" type="text" th:field="*{tokens[1].lemma.id}" id="collocation_lemma_2" placeholder="32820"/>
+          <input class="form-control" type="text" maxlength="10" th:field="*{tokens[1].lemma.id}" id="collocation_lemma_2" placeholder="32820"/>
         </div>
       </div>
       
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@
         
          
         <div class="col-xl-9">
-          <input class="bbaw-libertine form-control mb-sm-3 keyboardInput" type="text" th:field="*{root}" lang="egy"/>
+          <input class="bbaw-libertine form-control mb-sm-3 keyboardInput" type="text" maxlength="10" th:field="*{root}" lang="egy"/>
 			 <div class="form-check form-check-inline">
 							  <input class="form-check-input transcription-enc-btn" type="radio" name="root_enc" id="root_enc_unicode" value="unicode" checked disabled>
 							  <label class="form-check-label" for="root_enc_unicode" th:text="#{field_value_label_enc_unicode_only}">Unicode (only)</label>
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@
 		<a class="transliteration-help" href="#" role="button" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#bibliography-help"><i class="fas fa-info-circle"></i></a>
 		</label>
 			<div class="col-xl-9">
-          <input class="form-control" type="text" th:field="*{bibliography}" placeholder="Wb 1, 7.15"/>
+          <input class="form-control" type="text" maxlength="100" th:field="*{bibliography}" placeholder="Wb 1, 7.15"/>
         </div>
       </div>
 
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ <h5 class="modal-title" id="exampleModalCenterTitle" th:text="#{modal_bibliograp
         Translation
       </label>
       <div class="col-xl-9">
-        <input class="form-control mb-sm-3"  type="text" th:field="*{translation.text}" th:id="|field-label-translation-${key}|" th:placeholder="#{field_label_translation_placeholder}"/>
+        <input class="form-control mb-sm-3"  type="text" maxlength="100" th:field="*{translation.text}" th:id="|field-label-translation-${key}|" th:placeholder="#{field_label_translation_placeholder}"/>
         <div th:each="lang : ${languages}" class="form-check form-check-inline">
           <input class="form-check-input" type="radio" th:field="*{translation.lang}" th:value="${lang}"
               th:id="|field-value-translation-checkbox-${lang}-${key}|"/>
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ <h5 class="modal-title" id="exampleModalCenterTitle" th:text="#{modal_bibliograp
     Encodings -->
     
     <div class="col-xl-9" th:fragment="transcription-spec(key, bind, encodings)" th:object="${__${bind}__}">
-				 <input type="text" class="bbaw-libertine form-control mb-sm-3 keyboardInput" th:field="*{transcription.text}" th:id="dict-search-transcription" rows="3" 
+				 <input type="text" maxlength="100" class="bbaw-libertine form-control mb-sm-3 keyboardInput" th:field="*{transcription.text}" th:id="dict-search-transcription" rows="3" 
 				 placeholder="ꜣbw" name="transcription" lang="egy"/>
                  <div th:each="enc : ${encodings}" class="form-check form-check-inline">