Add an elide function for shortening text

novelwriter/common.py

@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ from PyQt5.QtCore import QCoreApplication, QUrl
 from PyQt5.QtGui import QColor, QDesktopServices
 
 from novelwriter.constants import nwConst, nwLabels, nwUnicode, trConst
-from novelwriter.enum import nwItemClass, nwItemType, nwItemLayout
+from novelwriter.enum import nwItemClass, nwItemLayout, nwItemType
 from novelwriter.error import logException
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:  # pragma: no cover
@@ -279,6 +279,13 @@ def simplified(text: str) -> str:
     return " ".join(str(text).strip().split())
 
 
+def elide(text: str, length: int) -> str:
+    """Elide a piece of text to a maximum length."""
+    if len(text) > (cut := max(4, length)):
+        return f"{text[:cut-4].rstrip()} ..."
+    return text
+
+
 def yesNo(value: int | bool | None) -> Literal["yes", "no"]:
     """Convert a boolean evaluated variable to a yes or no."""
     return "yes" if value else "no"

novelwriter/gui/itemdetails.py

@@ -26,12 +26,14 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 import logging
 
 from PyQt5.QtCore import pyqtSlot
-from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QWidget, QGridLayout, QLabel
+from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QGridLayout, QLabel, QWidget
 
 from novelwriter import CONFIG, SHARED
-from novelwriter.constants import trConst, nwLabels
+from novelwriter.common import elide
+from novelwriter.constants import nwLabels, trConst
 from novelwriter.types import (
-    QtAlignLeft, QtAlignLeftBase, QtAlignRight, QtAlignRightBase, QtAlignRightMiddle
+    QtAlignLeft, QtAlignLeftBase, QtAlignRight, QtAlignRightBase,
+    QtAlignRightMiddle
 )
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -236,10 +238,6 @@ class GuiItemDetails(QWidget):
         # Label
         # =====
 
-        label = nwItem.itemName
-        if len(label) > 100:
-            label = label[:96].rstrip()+" ..."
-
         if nwItem.isFileType():
             if nwItem.isActive:
                 self.labelIcon.setPixmap(SHARED.theme.getPixmap("checked", (iPx, iPx)))
@@ -248,7 +246,7 @@ class GuiItemDetails(QWidget):
         else:
             self.labelIcon.setPixmap(SHARED.theme.getPixmap("noncheckable", (iPx, iPx)))
 
-        self.labelData.setText(label)
+        self.labelData.setText(elide(nwItem.itemName, 100))
 
         # Status
         # ======

tests/test_base/test_base_common.py

@@ -27,14 +27,12 @@ from xml.etree import ElementTree as ET
 
 import pytest
 
-from mocked import causeOSError
 from PyQt5.QtCore import QUrl
 from PyQt5.QtGui import QColor, QDesktopServices
-from tools import writeFile
 
 from novelwriter.common import (
     NWConfigParser, checkBool, checkFloat, checkInt, checkIntTuple, checkPath,
-    checkString, checkStringNone, checkUuid, cssCol, formatFileFilter,
+    checkString, checkStringNone, checkUuid, cssCol, elide, formatFileFilter,
     formatInt, formatTime, formatTimeStamp, formatVersion, fuzzyTime,
     getFileSize, hexToInt, isHandle, isItemClass, isItemLayout, isItemType,
     isListInstance, isTitleTag, jsonEncode, makeFileNameSafe, minmax,
@@ -42,6 +40,9 @@ from novelwriter.common import (
     xmlIndent, yesNo
 )
 
+from tests.mocked import causeOSError
+from tests.tools import writeFile
+
 
 @pytest.mark.base
 def testBaseCommon_checkStringNone():
@@ -387,6 +388,26 @@ def testBaseCommon_simplified():
 # END Test testBaseCommon_simplified
 
 
+@pytest.mark.base
+def testBaseCommon_elide():
+    """Test the elide function."""
+    assert elide("Hello World!", 12) == "Hello World!"
+    assert elide("Hello World!", 11) == "Hello W ..."
+    assert elide("Hello World!", 10) == "Hello ..."
+    assert elide("Hello World!",  9) == "Hello ..."
+    assert elide("Hello World!",  8) == "Hell ..."
+    assert elide("Hello World!",  7) == "Hel ..."
+    assert elide("Hello World!",  6) == "He ..."
+    assert elide("Hello World!",  5) == "H ..."
+    assert elide("Hello World!",  4) == " ..."
+    assert elide("Hello World!",  3) == " ..."
+    assert elide("Hello World!",  2) == " ..."
+    assert elide("Hello World!",  1) == " ..."
+    assert elide("Hello World!",  0) == " ..."
+
+# END Test testBaseCommon_elide
+
+
 @pytest.mark.base
 def testBaseCommon_yesNo():
     """Test the yesNo function."""