When I look at long fields in my columns in Mp3Tag, I see a "..." at the end of the field, but when I click on the field the rest of the tag will appear. So, the information is there, but it seems as if Mp3Tag has a limit on the amount of characters it will display in the column for that field. It…

Thanks for the configuration file. I was able to reproduce the issue and there seems to be a limit enforced by the system which is 260 characters here. Mp3tag detects this limit and displays "..." at the end to indicate that not the full text is shown in this column field.

I'm not aware of that limit. Can you post a screenshot where you've expanded the column width to fit more text, but the list still shows the ellipses?

Hey Florian! I hope all is well with you. Will do [Capture] The field right above the one I am highlighting has the same information. As you can see after "Madera, Jose /" there is a "..." In the highlighted field you see that the information is still there. If I did not click on that field it…

[image] esumsea: When I look at long fields in my columns in Mp3Tag, I see a "..." at the end of the field, but when I click on the field the rest of the tag will appear. [...] Well, I do not think I have ever experienced such a limitation But there is this old similar limitation for …

I am waiting to hear back from Florian. I submitted the configuration file to him so hopefully he will figure out what is up.

This is a very common phenomenon in software development which helps adapt to display limitations and limit side-to-side scrolling. Field width and data width are two different things. Enough of the field of data is displayed to provide a hint while allowing more columns to show, and making it pos…

Thanks for the explanation skeleton. I appreciate it.

Thanks Florian! It's good to know that Mp3Tag still maintains the information despite this limitation. It actually also helps to see where you are reaching that limitation. Your support is appreciated, that is why I try to donate every couple of releases. Not looking for a pat in the back, just ho…

Is there a character limit on Columns?

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Zerow December 8, 2020, 1:20am 4

Well, I do not think I have ever experienced such a limitation

But there is this old similar limitation for content of the code of an Action

to which back then I was proposing adding a simple indicator in form of ...