Display long filenames in Files app also in grid view
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Description
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
No problems at all, jut a feature request.
Describe the solution you'd like
In Files app it would be nice to see the full filename in 'thumbnail' view (when the items are displayed matrix-like).
Currently the first 11 characters are displayed but often the end of the file name is also very important.
Example:
- original file name: this-is-a-longer-file-name-001.md
- displayed file name: this-is-a-lon...
Describe alternatives you've considered
N/A
Additional context
Tooltips and other 'interactive' solutions are not helping because those need user interaction which slows down work (i.e. just taking a look at the files is 100000000000x quicker than moving the mouse over a lot of files to check floating tooltips).
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Research direction
No source file or test is named. Locate the Files app's grid or thumbnail filename rendering, then inspect how long names are truncated and identify the relevant UI tests. Done means full filenames are readable in grid view without requiring hover interaction.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- frontend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100