** Changed in: nautilus Status: New => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. 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/ To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/nautilus/+bug/302076/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp