[Patternfly] Truncation guidance for long names

[Greg Sheremeta]

Hi Matt / all,

This gets tricky when you have machine names in your listings!
my_super_important_vm_1
my_super_important_vm_2
his_super_important_vm_1

^ Either way you truncate that "column", someone's going to lose some
important info, and looking through the column will be frustrating for the
users.

In oVirt, we take the simple approach and truncate at the end. And, in most
places where there is truncation, hovering over the truncated string shows
you (via tooltip) the entire string:

[image: Inline image 1]

My recommendation for PatternFly: recommend / default to end truncation
with "...". I like the hover-show-full-name feature -- that's something UX
people should discuss re: if it should exist and what it would look like.
(We use PF tooltips, but I could see other widgets being useful.)

Best wishes,
Greg

On Fri, Oct 7, 2016 at 2:08 PM, Matt Carrano <mcarrano at redhat.com> wrote:

> Hey Patternflyers,
>
> I am currently working on the Tendrl storage console project and need to
> come up with some guidance on how to truncate long names that may appear in
> our UI.  I'm thinking of things like hostnames, disk names, and other types
> of objects that may take on a potentially long path name based on user
> naming.  PatternFly currently provides some general guidance, but no
> specific rules.
>
> I'm curious how you are handling this on other projects as I know it's a
> common problem.  Do you truncate in the middle of the string, the end of
> the string, or have another method?
>
> Any advice or examples will be welcome.
>
> Regards,
>
> Matt
>
> --
> Matt Carrano
> Sr. Interaction Designer
> Red Hat, Inc.
> mcarrano at redhat.com
>
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Greg Sheremeta, MBA
Red Hat, Inc.
Sr. Software Engineer
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