** Changed in: nautilus
       Status: New => Confirmed

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/302076

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

Status in Nautilus:
  Confirmed
Status in nautilus package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  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/

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