我必须在RSproute提到的内容上添加一个附加代码段。完整的代码在这里：

TextEditingController _controller = new TextEditingController();
String text = ""; // empty string to carry what was there before it 
onChanged
int maxLength = ...
...
new TextField(
    controller: _controller,
    onChange: (String newVal) {
        if(newVal.length <= maxLength){
            text = newVal;
        }else{
            _controller.value = new TextEditingValue(
                text: text,
                selection: new TextSelection(
                    baseOffset: maxLength,
                    extentOffset: maxLength,
                    affinity: TextAffinity.downstream,
                    isDirectional: false
                ),
                composing: new TextRange(
                    start: 0, end: maxLength
                )
            );
            _controller.text = text;
        } 
    }
);