Long branch name overflows in dashboard

[drewnoakes]

Do you want to request a feature or report a bug?

Bug

What is the current behavior?

If a branch name is long, it overflows adjacent repositories in the dashboard:

What is the expected behavior?

Text is truncated with ellipsis or similar.

Environment you encounter the issue:

• GitExtensions version: beta1

[RussKie]

Ah yes, tiles width is calculated based on the longest repository path and doesn't account for branch names. Few possible options - truncate long branches (as you suggested) or account for branch name when calculating tiles width. The former is probably easier, and wouldn't have a significant effect on UX.

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[gerhardol]

Propose truncate branch names

[anaplian]

I'll have a go at this if that's OK 🙂