In list view, abbreviate files by cutting out the middle instead of truncating

[Endolith]

Binary package hint: nautilus

If you view long file names in Nautilus List View, it truncates by cutting off the end. But the vast majority of the time, if there are similar filenames, the part that differentiates them will either occur at the beginning or the end. If you cut off the end in this case, they will look identical and you will be forced to scroll or enlarge the text field to identify the one you want:

This is a file.txt
This is a long filename which is c...
This is a long filename which is c...
This is a long filename which is c...
This is a long filename which is c...
This is a short filename.jpg

A better way to shorten filenames is to cut out the middle and leave the ends:

This is a file.txt
This is a long f...is number 001.jpg
This is a long f...is number 002.jpg
This is a long f...is number 003.jpg
This is a long f...that it ends in.htm
This is a short filename.jpg

This should be the standard way to do it in Nautilus.

http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/15752/

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

thanks for the report, that's known upstream you can track it here: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=321726