Comment 17 for bug 40872

i agree with Miles Lane about the automatic text wrapping for large files in nautilus.... if this was a bug only in the nautilus file browser, it would be bearable because one can always switch views... on the desktop however .... if i have a large file "ksajdalkjdkslajdkhfjsfjdhfjkshfklhakljslajfsafas" .... it does not get wrapped to "ksajdalkjdks..." or "ksajda..." depending on my default zoom level (icon size).... but instead displays something like this...

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ksajdalkjdk
slajdkhfjsfj
dhfjkshfklha
kljslajfsafas

and as you ca notice... this takes up valuable desktop space.... which can be used to fit more icons/launchers on the desktop.... of course... it is possible to rename these large files to have smaller names... but the entire file name for larger files should not be displayed on the desktop ... they should appear on a tooltip when hovered on... like in kde..

we are constrained with a limited screen space in a non-dynamic/non-flexible desktop environment ... (it is not a 3d desktop yet... where grid layout would cease to be important due to unlimited screenspace obtained by panning and zooming the desktop... ) so we should work within the constraints to maximize usability... (this is one aspect where gnome can use usability improvements found in windows as well as kde)