From ed56b3dd120122c50a291f0f437487a84b1cef21 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: WerWolv <werwolv98@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2024 11:12:41 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] impr: Limit string length by cutting out part of the middle
 instead

---
 lib/libimhex/source/helpers/utils.cpp | 24 +++++++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/libimhex/source/helpers/utils.cpp b/lib/libimhex/source/helpers/utils.cpp
index 1bc33bdb4..6d2fc2aa4 100644
--- a/lib/libimhex/source/helpers/utils.cpp
+++ b/lib/libimhex/source/helpers/utils.cpp
@@ -685,24 +685,38 @@ namespace hex {
             return string;
 
         // If the string is longer than the max length, find the last space before the max length
-        auto it = string.begin() + maxLength;
+        auto it = string.begin() + maxLength / 2;
         while (it != string.begin() && !std::isspace(*it)) --it;
 
         // If there's no space before the max length, just cut the string
         if (it == string.begin()) {
-            it = string.begin() + maxLength;
+            it = string.begin() + maxLength / 2;
 
             // Try to find a UTF-8 character boundary
             while (it != string.begin() && (*it & 0x80) == 0x00) --it;
-            ++it;
+            --it;
         }
 
         // If we still didn't find a valid boundary, just return the string as is
         if (it == string.begin())
             return string;
 
-        // Append
-        return std::string(string.begin(), it) + "…";
+        auto result = std::string(string.begin(), it) + "…";
+
+        // If the string is longer than the max length, find the last space before the max length
+        it = string.end() - 1 - maxLength / 2;
+        while (it != string.end() && !std::isspace(*it)) ++it;
+
+        // If there's no space before the max length, just cut the string
+        if (it == string.end()) {
+            it = string.end() - 1 - maxLength / 2;
+
+            // Try to find a UTF-8 character boundary
+            while (it != string.end() && (*it & 0x80) == 0x00) ++it;
+            ++it;
+        }
+
+        return result + std::string(it, string.end());
     }
 
     static std::optional<std::fs::path> s_fileToOpen;