diff --git a/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/components/CustomForm.tsx b/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/components/CustomForm.tsx
index f30539f3..60f34de0 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/components/CustomForm.tsx
+++ b/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/components/CustomForm.tsx
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import TypeaheadWidget from '../rjsf/custom_widgets/TypeaheadWidget/TypeaheadWid
 import MarkDownFieldWidget from '../rjsf/custom_widgets/MarkDownFieldWidget/MarkDownFieldWidget';
 import NumericRangeField from '../rjsf/custom_widgets/NumericRangeField/NumericRangeField';
 import ObjectFieldRestrictedGridTemplate from '../rjsf/custom_templates/ObjectFieldRestrictGridTemplate';
+import CharacterCounterField from '../rjsf/custom_widgets/CharacterCounterField/CharacterCounterField';
 
 enum DateCheckType {
   minimum = 'minimum',
@@ -53,6 +54,7 @@ export default function CustomForm({
   // set in uiSchema using the "ui:field" key for a property
   const rjsfFields: RegistryFieldsType = {
     'numeric-range': NumericRangeField,
+    'character-counter': CharacterCounterField,
   };
 
   const rjsfTemplates: any = {};
@@ -250,12 +252,71 @@ export default function CustomForm({
     formDataToCheck: any,
     propertyKey: string,
     errors: any,
-    _jsonSchema: any,
+    jsonSchema: any,
     _uiSchemaPassedIn?: any
   ) => {
-    if (formDataToCheck[propertyKey].min > formDataToCheck[propertyKey].max) {
+    if (
+      jsonSchema.required &&
+      jsonSchema.required.includes(propertyKey) &&
+      (formDataToCheck[propertyKey].min === undefined ||
+        formDataToCheck[propertyKey].max === undefined)
+    ) {
       errors[propertyKey].addError(
-        `must have min less than max on numeric range`
+        `must have valid Minimum and Maximum on ${propertyKey}`
+      );
+    }
+    if (
+      formDataToCheck[propertyKey].min <
+      jsonSchema.properties[propertyKey].minimum
+    ) {
+      errors[propertyKey].addError(
+        `must have min greater than or equal to ${jsonSchema.properties[propertyKey].minimum}`
+      );
+    }
+    if (
+      formDataToCheck[propertyKey].min >
+      jsonSchema.properties[propertyKey].maximum
+    ) {
+      errors[propertyKey].addError(
+        `must have min less than or equal to ${jsonSchema.properties[propertyKey].maximum}`
+      );
+    }
+    if (
+      formDataToCheck[propertyKey].max <
+      jsonSchema.properties[propertyKey].minimum
+    ) {
+      errors[propertyKey].addError(
+        `must have max greater than or equal to ${jsonSchema.properties[propertyKey].minimum}`
+      );
+    }
+    if (
+      formDataToCheck[propertyKey].max >
+      jsonSchema.properties[propertyKey].maximum
+    ) {
+      errors[propertyKey].addError(
+        `must have max less than or equal to ${jsonSchema.properties[propertyKey].maximum}`
+      );
+    }
+    if (formDataToCheck[propertyKey].min > formDataToCheck[propertyKey].max) {
+      errors[propertyKey].addError(`must have min less than or equal to max`);
+    }
+  };
+
+  const checkCharacterCounter = (
+    formDataToCheck: any,
+    propertyKey: string,
+    errors: any,
+    jsonSchema: any,
+    _uiSchemaPassedIn?: any
+  ) => {
+    if (
+      jsonSchema.required &&
+      jsonSchema.required.includes(propertyKey) &&
+      (formDataToCheck[propertyKey] === undefined ||
+        formDataToCheck[propertyKey] === '')
+    ) {
+      errors[propertyKey].addError(
+        `must have required property '${propertyKey}'`
       );
     }
   };
@@ -332,6 +393,20 @@ export default function CustomForm({
           );
         }
 
+        if (
+          currentUiSchema &&
+          'ui:field' in currentUiSchema &&
+          currentUiSchema['ui:field'] === 'character-counter'
+        ) {
+          checkCharacterCounter(
+            formDataToCheck,
+            propertyKey,
+            errors,
+            jsonSchemaToUse,
+            currentUiSchema
+          );
+        }
+
         // recurse through all nested properties as well
         let formDataToSend = formDataToCheck[propertyKey];
         if (formDataToSend) {
diff --git a/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/index.css b/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/index.css
index eac89731..de201f52 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/index.css
+++ b/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/index.css
@@ -966,6 +966,23 @@ div.onboarding {
   line-height: 48px;
 }
 
+.radio-button-group-column {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  align-items: flex-start;
+  margin-inline-end: 0;
+}
+
+.radio-button-group-column > * {
+  margin-bottom: 0.5rem;
+}
+
+.radio-button-group-row {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: row;
+  align-items: flex-start;
+}
+
 /* Utility classes to create horizontally centered stacks (to align icons etc) */
 .flex-align-horizontal-center {
   display: flex;
diff --git a/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/rjsf/carbon_theme/RadioWidget/RadioWidget.tsx b/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/rjsf/carbon_theme/RadioWidget/RadioWidget.tsx
index fb773395..7573fcdc 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/rjsf/carbon_theme/RadioWidget/RadioWidget.tsx
+++ b/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/rjsf/carbon_theme/RadioWidget/RadioWidget.tsx
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ function RadioWidget({
       onChange(newValue);
     }
   };
+
+  const column = uiSchema?.['ui:layout']?.toString().toLowerCase() === 'column';
   const _onBlur = ({ target: { value } }: React.FocusEvent<HTMLInputElement>) =>
     onBlur(id, value);
   const _onFocus = ({
@@ -57,16 +59,18 @@ function RadioWidget({
       onBlur={_onBlur}
       onFocus={_onFocus}
     >
-      {Array.isArray(enumOptions) &&
-        enumOptions.map((option) => {
-          return (
-            <RadioButton
-              id={`${id}-${option.value}`}
-              labelText={option.label}
-              value={`${option.value}`}
-            />
-          );
-        })}
+      <div className={`radio-button-group-${column ? 'column' : 'row'}`}>
+        {Array.isArray(enumOptions) &&
+          enumOptions.map((option) => {
+            return (
+              <RadioButton
+                id={`${id}-${option.value}`}
+                labelText={option.label}
+                value={`${option.value}`}
+              />
+            );
+          })}
+      </div>
     </RadioButtonGroup>
   );
 }
diff --git a/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/rjsf/custom_widgets/CharacterCounterField/CharacterCounterField.tsx b/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/rjsf/custom_widgets/CharacterCounterField/CharacterCounterField.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b82a91d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/rjsf/custom_widgets/CharacterCounterField/CharacterCounterField.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+import {
+  descriptionId,
+  FieldProps,
+  getTemplate,
+  getUiOptions,
+} from '@rjsf/utils';
+import { TextInput } from '@carbon/react';
+import React from 'react';
+import { getCommonAttributes } from '../../helpers';
+
+// Example jsonSchema - NOTE: the "min" and "max" properties are special names and must be used:
+//    "name":{
+//      "title": "Name",
+//      "type": "string",
+//      "maxLength": 999999999999,
+//    }
+//
+//  Example uiSchema:
+//    "name": {
+//      "ui:field": "character-counter",
+//    }
+
+// eslint-disable-next-line sonarjs/cognitive-complexity
+export default function CharacterCounterField({
+  id,
+  schema,
+  uiSchema,
+  idSchema,
+  disabled,
+  readonly,
+  onChange,
+  autofocus,
+  label,
+  rawErrors = [],
+  formData,
+  registry,
+  required,
+}: FieldProps) {
+  const commonAttributes = getCommonAttributes(
+    label,
+    schema,
+    uiSchema,
+    rawErrors
+  );
+
+  const description = schema?.description || uiSchema?.['ui:description'];
+
+  const uiOptions = getUiOptions(uiSchema || {});
+  const DescriptionFieldTemplate = getTemplate(
+    'DescriptionFieldTemplate',
+    registry,
+    uiOptions
+  );
+
+  if (schema.maxLength === undefined) {
+    throw new Error(
+      'CharacterCounterTextField requires a "maxLength" property to be specified in the schema'
+    );
+  }
+
+  const text = formData || '';
+
+  const onChangeLocal = (event: any) => {
+    event.preventDefault();
+    if (!disabled && !readonly) {
+      onChange(event.target.value);
+    }
+  };
+
+  return (
+    <div className="character---counter--text-field-wrapper">
+      <div className="character---counter--text-field-label">
+        <h5>
+          {required ? `${commonAttributes.label} *` : commonAttributes.label}
+        </h5>
+        {description && (
+          <div className="markdown-field-desc-text">
+            <DescriptionFieldTemplate
+              id={descriptionId(idSchema)}
+              description={description}
+              schema={schema}
+              uiSchema={uiSchema}
+              registry={registry}
+            />
+          </div>
+        )}
+      </div>
+      <TextInput
+        id={id}
+        type="text"
+        disabled={disabled}
+        readonly={readonly}
+        value={text}
+        onChange={(event: any) => {
+          onChangeLocal(event);
+        }}
+        invalid={commonAttributes.invalid}
+        enableCounter
+        maxCount={schema.maxLength}
+        autoFocus={autofocus}
+      />
+      {commonAttributes.errorMessageForField && (
+        <div className="error-message">
+          {commonAttributes.errorMessageForField}
+        </div>
+      )}
+      {commonAttributes.helperText && (
+        <p className="character---counter--text-field-help-text">
+          {commonAttributes.helperText}
+        </p>
+      )}
+    </div>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/rjsf/custom_widgets/NumericRangeField/NumericRangeField.tsx b/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/rjsf/custom_widgets/NumericRangeField/NumericRangeField.tsx
index 6152ac0e..db0fdadc 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/rjsf/custom_widgets/NumericRangeField/NumericRangeField.tsx
+++ b/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/rjsf/custom_widgets/NumericRangeField/NumericRangeField.tsx
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import {
   getTemplate,
   getUiOptions,
 } from '@rjsf/utils';
+import React from 'react';
 import { TextInput } from '@carbon/react';
 import { getCommonAttributes } from '../../helpers';
 
@@ -11,6 +12,8 @@ import { getCommonAttributes } from '../../helpers';
 //    compensation":{
 //      "title": "Compensation (yearly), USD",
 //      "type": "object",
+//      "minimum": 0,
+//      "maximum": 999999999999,
 //      "properties": {
 //        "min": {
 //          "type": "number"
@@ -59,44 +62,60 @@ export default function NumericRangeField({
   );
 
   const formatNumberString = (numberString: string): string => {
-    if (numberString) {
-      return numberString.toString().replace(/\B(?=(\d{3})+(?!\d))/g, ',');
+    // this function will change the number string to a number with commas
+    // and a decimal point if needed. For example, 1000 will become 1,000
+    // or 1000.5 will become 1,000.5
+
+    const numberStringNoCommas = numberString.replace(/,/g, '');
+
+    if (numberStringNoCommas) {
+      const parts = numberStringNoCommas.split('.');
+      const integerPart = parts[0].replace(/\B(?=(\d{3})+(?!\d))/g, ',');
+      return parts.length > 1 ? `${integerPart}.${parts[1]}` : integerPart;
     }
     return '';
   };
 
-  const parseNumberString = (numberString: string) =>
-    Number(numberString.replace(/,/g, ''));
+  const parseNumberString = (numberString: string) => {
+    if (
+      (numberString === '-' && numberString.length === 1) ||
+      numberString.endsWith('.')
+    ) {
+      return null;
+    }
+    return Number(numberString.replace(/,/g, ''));
+  };
 
-  // create two number inputs for min and max compensation
-  const min = formData?.min || 0;
-  const max = formData?.max || 0;
+  if (schema.minimum === undefined || schema.maximum === undefined) {
+    throw new Error('minimum and maximum not defined');
+  }
+  const minNumber = schema.minimum;
+  const maxNumber = schema.maximum;
+  const min = formData?.min;
+  const [minValue, setMinValue] = React.useState(min?.toString() || '');
+  const max = formData?.max;
+  const [maxValue, setMaxValue] = React.useState(max?.toString() || '');
 
   // the text input eventually breaks when the number gets too big.
   // we are not sure what the cut off really is but seems unlikely
   // people will need to go this high.
-  const maxNumber = 999_999_999_999;
 
   const onChangeLocal = (nameToChange: any, event: any) => {
     event.preventDefault();
     const numberValue = parseNumberString(event.target.value);
-    if (numberValue > maxNumber) {
-      return;
+    // Validate and update the numeric range based on user input
+    if (nameToChange === 'min') {
+      setMinValue(formatNumberString(numberValue?.toString() || ''));
+    }
+    if (nameToChange === 'max') {
+      setMaxValue(formatNumberString(numberValue?.toString() || ''));
     }
     if (!disabled && !readonly) {
-      if (nameToChange === 'min' && numberValue > max) {
-        onChange({
-          ...(formData || {}),
-          min: numberValue,
-          max: numberValue,
-        });
-      } else {
-        onChange({
-          ...(formData || {}),
-          ...{ max, min },
-          [nameToChange]: numberValue,
-        });
-      }
+      onChange({
+        ...(formData || {}),
+        ...{ max, min },
+        [nameToChange]: numberValue,
+      });
     }
   };
 
@@ -121,24 +140,32 @@ export default function NumericRangeField({
       <div className="numeric--range-field-inputs">
         <TextInput
           id={`${id}-min`}
+          type="text"
           labelText={(schema as any).properties?.min?.title || `Minimum`}
           disabled={disabled}
           readonly={readonly}
-          value={formatNumberString(min)}
-          onChange={(values: any) => {
-            onChangeLocal('min', values);
+          value={formatNumberString(minValue)}
+          onChange={(event: any) => {
+            onChangeLocal('min', event);
+            setMinValue(event.target.value);
           }}
           invalid={commonAttributes.invalid}
+          helperText={`Min: ${formatNumberString(minNumber?.toString() || '')}`}
           autofocus={autofocus}
         />
         <TextInput
           id={`${id}-max`}
+          type="text"
           labelText={(schema as any).properties?.max?.title || `Maximum`}
           disabled={disabled}
           readonly={readonly}
-          value={formatNumberString(max)}
-          onChange={(values: any) => onChangeLocal('max', values)}
+          value={formatNumberString(maxValue)}
+          onChange={(event: any) => {
+            onChangeLocal('max', event);
+            setMaxValue(event.target.value);
+          }}
           invalid={commonAttributes.invalid}
+          helperText={`Max: ${formatNumberString(maxNumber?.toString() || '')}`}
         />
       </div>
       {commonAttributes.errorMessageForField && (