diff -r e4399a37674e -r 2455cdbeadca web/formfields.py
--- a/web/formfields.py	Mon Jun 06 15:52:53 2011 +0200
+++ b/web/formfields.py	Mon Jun 06 16:13:09 2011 +0200
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 .. autoclass:: cubicweb.web.formfields.StringField()
 .. autoclass:: cubicweb.web.formfields.PasswordField()
 .. autoclass:: cubicweb.web.formfields.IntField()
+.. autoclass:: cubicweb.web.formfields.BigIntField()
 .. autoclass:: cubicweb.web.formfields.FloatField()
 .. autoclass:: cubicweb.web.formfields.BooleanField()
 .. autoclass:: cubicweb.web.formfields.DateField()
@@ -830,21 +831,25 @@
         return super(EditableFileField, self)._process_form_value(form)
 
 
-class IntField(Field):
-    """Use this field to edit integers (`Int` yams type). This field additionaly
-    support `min` and `max` attributes that specify a minimum and/or maximum
-    value for the integer (`None` meaning no boundary).
+class BigIntField(Field):
+    """Use this field to edit big integers (`BigInt` yams type). This field
+    additionaly support `min` and `max` attributes that specify a minimum and/or
+    maximum value for the integer (`None` meaning no boundary).
 
     Unless explicitly specified, the widget for this field will be a
     :class:`~cubicweb.web.formwidgets.TextInput`.
     """
+    default_text_input_size = 10
+
     def __init__(self, min=None, max=None, **kwargs):
-        super(IntField, self).__init__(**kwargs)
+        super(BigIntField, self).__init__(**kwargs)
         self.min = min
         self.max = max
+
+    def init_widget(self, widget):
+        super(BigIntField, self).init_widget(widget):
         if isinstance(self.widget, fw.TextInput):
-            self.widget.attrs.setdefault('size', 5)
-            self.widget.attrs.setdefault('maxlength', 15)
+            self.widget.attrs.setdefault('size', self.default_text_input_size)
 
     def _ensure_correctly_typed(self, form, value):
         if isinstance(value, basestring):
@@ -858,6 +863,19 @@
         return value
 
 
+class IntField(BigIntField):
+    """Use this field to edit integers (`Int` yams type). Similar to
+    :class:`~cubicweb.web.formfields.BigIntField` but set max length when text
+    input widget is used (the default).
+    """
+    default_text_input_size = 5
+
+    def init_widget(self, widget):
+        super(IntField, self).init_widget(widget):
+        if isinstance(self.widget, fw.TextInput):
+            self.widget.attrs.setdefault('maxlength', 15)
+
+
 class BooleanField(Field):
     """Use this field to edit booleans (`Boolean` yams type).
 
@@ -1208,6 +1226,7 @@
 
     'Boolean':  BooleanField,
     'Int':      IntField,
+    'BigInt':   BigIntField,
     'Float':    FloatField,
     'Decimal':  StringField,