TeamAmaze / TeamAmaze/AmazeFileManager

Wrap Filenames

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Area-UIUX Issue-Feature
Dominant language
Kotlin
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Description

Something that legacy ES File Explorer had (and Google's garbage file manager still doesn't, a decade later) is that file names too long to show on screen were not abbreviated, but wrapped around into multiple lines.

For example, a file named VID_20240418_123456 beautiful landscape.mp4 would be shown as

VID_20240418_123456 beautiful
landscape.mp4

Instead of:

VID_20240418_123456 be…

or:

VID_20240418_…cape.mp4

This is especially important in vertical orientation where there is little width available.

Amaze File Manager already has text side-scrolling, and I appreciate that, but it would even be better if it could wrap around long file names so the entire file name is visible on screen.

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Research direction

Locate the file-name display entry point in the Android app and review the existing text side-scrolling behavior. Check how long names render in vertical orientation, then verify that names wrap across lines so the full filename remains visible without abbreviation.

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Assessment

Tech stack
android, kotlin
Domain
mobile
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
58/100

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