Ios: Long folder names are not distinguishable

[nikslor]

Expected behaviour

A user should be able to distinguish two long folder names in the folder tree in the iOS app Example:

• Klasse-P5_a_2018-2019_Brunnmatt-Steigerhubel
• Klasse-P5_a_2018-2019_Brunnmatt-Steigerhubel-Vorlagen

Actual behaviour

The app shows three dots in the name after ~17 characters and it seems not possible to easily get the whole name. This is also true after accessing the folder - the name is displayed in a truncated way too.

The behaviour is reflected by the following picture:

Steps to reproduce

Create two folder in your Nextcloud with e.g. the following names:

• Klasse-P5_a_2018-2019_Brunnmatt-Steigerhubel
• Klasse-P5_a_2018-2019_Brunnmatt-Steigerhubel-Vorlagen

Access the folder containing those folders with the iOS app on e.g. an iPad.

iOS version

iOS 12.1 (16B92)

App version

Nextcloud for iOS 2.22.7.4

Additional notes**

It's maybe important to note, that I use an iPad Pro (with 9" and 13" screens) to tests this. I totally understand, that the screen size is very limited on a phone, but on a tablet one could probably risize the file/folder list a bit?

Thanks for looking into this, just let me know, if I can give more details or help somehow.

All the best,
Nicolas

[marinofaggiana]

I can use the Line break: truncate middle

[nikslor]

Dear @marinofaggiana

Thank you very much for looking into this!

I think this could be a solution. I only fear, that we'll have some files/folder where the middle part is the relevant part. I propose to implement this change as it solves most (I think) usecases.

Is there a way to also implement a "popup" (e.g. through "long press") to see the whole name in cases where the name are not distinct?

Thank you very much for your help!

All the best,
Nicolas

[marinofaggiana]

Hi @nikslor, I think that extended the peek pop (now used only for preview a image) can be a solution, the long press is used for copy/paste files ... whats do you think ?

[AndrewwHummer]

Hi @nikslor, I think that extended the peek pop (now used only for preview a image) can be a solution, the long press is used for copy/paste files ... whats do you think ?

I think it would be a good start and improve the usability of the app.
But as a long term solution I would strive to have the ability to resize the left navigation panel, this would really help. :)

[seraphyn]

An newline would be great, too
Truncated in the middle will lose other informations sometimes

[marinofaggiana]

User PeekPoop for read the name :

(Available on TestFlight 2.23.2 Build 4)

[marinofaggiana]

Hi @nikslor, I think that extended the peek pop (now used only for preview a image) can be a solution, the long press is used for copy/paste files ... whats do you think ?

I think it would be a good start and improve the usability of the app.
But as a long term solution I would strive to have the ability to resize the left navigation panel, this would really help. :)

the "resize the left navigation panel" is in ToDo but required several time and now isn't in priority list

[AndrewwHummer]

Just tested it and it works brilliantly, it is just a little bit finicky that a second hard press opens the file or enables the share menu.
But still very useful. Well done!

[marinofaggiana]

or enables the share menu.

mmm yes, good ... next build ;) Build 5