--- a/web/formfields.py	Thu Jul 09 11:55:47 2009 +0200
+++ b/web/formfields.py	Thu Jul 09 12:06:14 2009 +0200
@@ -203,6 +203,11 @@
                 widget = Select()
             elif self.max_length and self.max_length < 257:
                 widget = TextInput()
+                maxlength = self.max_length or 45
+                widget.attrs.setdefault('size', min(45, maxlength))
+                if self.max_length:
+                    widget.attrs.setdefault('maxlength', self.max_length)
+
         super(StringField, self).init_widget(widget)
         if isinstance(self.widget, TextArea):
             self.init_text_area(self.widget)