Option to Show Long Filenames in Full

[risk]

I have some files with very long names that do not show fully until I hover on them with the mouse then the file names show in Tooltips.

Is there a way that I can see full file names for items at the cursor either in a tooltip, the status line on the bottom, or somewhere else without having to hover on them using the mouse?

[Stefan2]

What means "very long"?
Why can't you see them? What do you see?


Try menu "Show > Vertical Arrangement"

or resize the panels temporarily to make one pane wider,

or just move the Size column more to the right.



Or create a custom column and enable Horizontal scrollbar






 

[risk]

By very long I mean they don't fit fully under the Name column. Some file names I have can be 90 characters long just for the name, not full path, and they are truncated with two dots at the end.

for example
1610 Washington Street - IT-000 Diagram - R05 2017.07.12.svg
1610 Washington Street - IT-001 Diagram - R05 2017.07.12.pdf
1610 Washington Street - IT-001 Diagram - R05 2017.07.12.svg
1610 Washington Street - IT-101 Diagram - R05 2017.07.12.pdf
1610 Washington Street - IT-101 Diagram - R05 2017.07.12.svg
1610 Washington Street - IT-102 Diagram - R05 2017.07.12.pdf

Will show as
1610 Washington Street - IT-000 D..
1610 Washington Street - IT-001 D..
1610 Washington Street - IT-001 D..
1610 Washington Street - IT-101 D..
1610 Washington Street - IT-101 D..
1610 Washington Street - IT-102 D..

Thank you.

[tuska]

Why do you not follow Stefan2's advice?
Try menu "Show" > "Vertical Arrangement" or make a button with command: cm_VerticalPanels.

Then you can see a filename unlimited up to 199 characters, at least on a 24 inch monitor with maximized TC.
(I've even scaled the display to 125% of the normal size).

[Stefan2]

Ah, I guess just the Size column is in the way for him.

Try moving the Size column more to the right.



|Name ...............................................................|.....Ext.....|.....Size....|.....Date......|.
1610 Washington Street - IT-001 Diagram - R05 2017.07.12- This are an..  230  13.07.2017



|Name ..............................................................|.....Ext...............................................<|>....Size....|.....Date......|..
1610 Washington Street - IT-000 Diagram - R05 2017.07.12 - This are another 30 characters.svg         230       13.07.2017










And..., 90 chars isn't "very long"




 

[risk]

Thank you both for your responses. Vertical arrangement works but I'm not used to running TC that way and I just have to get used to it for the time I'm working with folders with long names.

I have a second Portrait monitor I usually keep TC running on. There is not a lot of horizontal room for file names!

Thanks again.

[linkun]

The best way to resolve this problem is show super-long filenames in 2 or more lines. Can TC do that?

[linkun]

Why do you not follow Stefan2's advice?
Try menu "Show" > "Vertical Arrangement" or make a button with command: cm_VerticalPanels.

Then you can see a filename unlimited up to 199 characters, at least on a 24 inch monitor with maximized TC.
(I've even scaled the display to 125% of the normal size).

If the file name exceeds 300 characters, this method is almost useless.

[sqa_wizard]

If the file name exceeds 300 characters ...

Maybe in theorie, but even ntfs supports 255 characters for filenames only

[HolgerK]

The best way to resolve this problem is show super-long filenames in 2 or more lines. Can TC do that?

No.
But you may check:
"Configuration -> Options... -> Dislpay: [x] Show filename in file list as tooltip if truncated"

Anyway: "The best way to resolve this problem" .. is to use shorter filenames.
- better readability
- less problems with programs which do not support the optional long path support in W10
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/fileio/maximum-file-path-limitation


Regards
Holger

[petermad]

You could make a button or a keyboard shortcut to the command cm_ShowHint - it will show the tooltip of the file under the cursor

[ghisler(Author)]

If you use the Win32-style tooltips instead of just the name tip, then long tips will be broken into multiple lines at word boundaries.

[linkun]

The best way to resolve this problem is show super-long filenames in 2 or more lines. Can TC do that?

No.
But you may check:
"Configuration -> Options... -> Dislpay: [x] Show filename in file list as tooltip if truncated"

Anyway: "The best way to resolve this problem" .. is to use shorter filenames.
- better readability
- less problems with programs which do not support the optional long path support in W10
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/fileio/maximum-file-path-limitation


Regards
Holger

OK. It's an exaggeration that a 300-characters filename. but I do have a lot of filenames exceeding 140 characters.

[HolgerK]

but I do have a lot of filenames exceeding 140 characters.

OK. Put these files in a 119-character long path and you may have problems trying to view or edit one of these files with a program which is not long path aware.

Regards
Holger

[vdijken]

Put all these files in a folder with a name like "1610 Washington Street - IT-000 Diagram " because this text repeats itself in all file names. And strip that text from the "long" file names.