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Bug 735163 - Large width with long device names
Large width with long device names
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Product: gnome-bluetooth
Classification: Core
Component: properties
unspecified
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: gnome-bluetooth-general-maint@gnome.bugs
gnome-bluetooth-general-maint@gnome.bugs
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2014-08-21 13:59 UTC by Bastien Nocera
Modified: 2019-03-20 10:39 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---

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2014-08-21 13:59 UTC, Bastien Nocera 		Details

Description Bastien Nocera 2014-08-21 13:59:44 UTC 
Created attachment 284090 [details]
wide.png

We should ellipsise them. But how do we differentiate them afterwards?
Comment 1 Bastien Nocera 2016-11-29 17:15:50 UTC 
Any idea how to handle this? The maximum length of the name is 248 bytes, so could be 248 ASCII characters. Most devices only show the first few 20 or 40 characters though.
Comment 2 GNOME Infrastructure Team 2019-03-20 10:39:10 UTC 
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