File names which are too long to see

[burgundy]

Is there a way to shorten the visible file names shown in the results?

Some file names are so long that displaying them in full will push other columns too far to the right to be seen.

Everything already handles path lengths which are too long (using ellipses, right-adjusting, etc). Is there something similar for long file names?

[therube]

(Mouse-over might work, up to a point.)
(F11, once implemented, will automatically, smartly resize column widths & then revert to existing on exit of F11 .)

[void]

Currently, there's no shorten filename options.
Everything will show an ellipsis (...) when the filename is too long.

How would you like filenames shortened?

Do you want to see the start and end of the name? with an ellipsis in the middle?
If you're only dealing with long filenames temporarily, please try something like:

add-column:A A:=IF(LEN($name:)<=20,$name:,LEFT($name:,10)&"..."&RIGHT($name:,10)) A-align:right

[therube]

Do you want to see the start and end of the name? with an ellipsis in the middle?

Probably going to be very deterministic based on the data at hand.
That said, yesterday evening by chance, I thought, "oh, if i could see the start & the end of the file name, that would be nice".

I certainly would not want that all the time, but a hotkey toggle, "for those situations", it would come in handy.
As it was, I was looking for a particular string in the filenames, & that string was most apt to be in an overflow area, so I could not see it normally, so the ellipsis in the middle would most likely have done the trick. Finding such names, I'd then prefix the name with yet a different string.

Now, granted, I could have filtered my search for that particular string, Ctrl+A, F2, but I'd rather not do it that way.

Ellipsis toggle, or my "F11", expanding column widths, then resetting to pre-F11 sizes would do it.

[tuska]

2burgundy
Perhaps this solution might be of interest for you.

Options - 1.5.0.1422b (x64) -> Advanced -> statusbar_selected_item_format | Status Bar Format

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1 item (of [if:$folder-selection-count:,[text:$folder-result-count:,"#,###"] folder(s),[text:$file-result-count:,"#,###"] file(s)])   -> Row (Zeile): $row: of [text:$result-count:,"#,###"] results  |  $name:

Sample file:

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123456789,123456789,123456789,123456789,123456789,123456789,123456789,123456789,123456789,123456789,123456789,123456789,123456789,123456789,123456789,123456789,123456789,123456789,12345678.txt

This allows approximately 180–190 characters per filename to be displayed in the status bar.
This leaves approximately 39 cm of space available for displaying the file name in the status bar.

The dimensions on the screen (measured using the on-screen ruler in the ‘FastStone Capture’ tool)
correspond to the dimensions measured using a ruler on the screen.
Settings for on-screen ruler (calibrated): Screen Size (Diagonal Length): 24.0 Inch | PPI (Pixels Per Inch): 94.3

Monitor 24", Scaling size 125%, resolution 1920 x 1200 pixel (native screen resolution), window maximised.

Note:
A tooltip offers further options, e.g. displaying the contents of columns that are not visible on the screen.
 

2026-08-15_Long file names - Options Advanced - statusbar_selected_item_format.png

 

2026-08-15_Tooltips.png

[burgundy]

Currently, there's no shorten filename options.
Everything will show an ellipsis (...) when the filename is too long.

How would you like filenames shortened?

Do you want to see the start and end of the name? with an ellipsis in the middle?
If you're only dealing with long filenames temporarily, please try something like:

add-column:A A:=IF(LEN($name:)<=20,$name:,LEFT($name:,10)&"..."&RIGHT($name:,10)) A-align:right

I didn't know such a thing was possible with Everything. That's very interesting.

Your suggestions is not quite what I wanted but the possibilities warrant taking a closer look at what's possible. Thank you..