I have a lot of .Log file from various places with long paths.
The Recent Files section of the File menu ends up with a lot of "...\blah.log" entries so I can't tell which is which.
It would be helpful to:-
1) Not truncate at all
or
2) Have an option to not truncate
or, if there is a problem with a menu showing 256 chars (or whatever the max path length is)
3) Change the status bar prompt to say "Open <full path>"
Also, if truncation is necessary, can it be done with ellipsis in the middle rather than the start? I believe there is an option in GDI to do this.
e.g. "C:\<dir1>\<dir2>...\<dirN>\filename.txt"
Option to remove truncation (ellipsis) from Recent Files
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I agree.
I often edit a lot of "index.php" files. Later, the entire recent files is entirely "index.php". Which one is the one I want?
I like option (3). Sometimes the path is too long to put the untruncated version in the file menu. Putting the ellipsis in the middle might still hide the significant portion of the path I need.
Or even better, ALWAYS put the full path in the status bar, and have an option for how to format the file name in the file menu (choices are file name only, full path, or truncated).
I often edit a lot of "index.php" files. Later, the entire recent files is entirely "index.php". Which one is the one I want?
I like option (3). Sometimes the path is too long to put the untruncated version in the file menu. Putting the ellipsis in the middle might still hide the significant portion of the path I need.
Or even better, ALWAYS put the full path in the status bar, and have an option for how to format the file name in the file menu (choices are file name only, full path, or truncated).