Truncates the link and/or the link description in the column "linked files" in main table, if too long

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ Note that this project **does not** adhere to [Semantic Versioning](http://semve
 - We fixed an issue where opening a library from the recent libraries menu was not possible. [#5939](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/5939)
 - We fixed an issue with inconsistent capitalization of file extensions when downloading files. [#6115](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/6115)
 - We fixed the display of language and encoding in the preferences dialog. [#6130](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/pull/6130)
+- Now the link and/or the link description in the column "linked files" of the main table gets truncated or wrapped, if too long, otherwise display issues arise. [#6178](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/6178)
 - We fixed an error that sometimes occurred when using the context menu. [#6085](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/6085)
 - We fixed an issue where search full-text documents downloaded files with same name, overwriting existing files. [#6174](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/pull/6174)
 - We fixed an issue when importing into current library an erroneous message "import cancelled" is displayed even though import is successful. [#6266](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/6266)

src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/fieldeditors/LinkedFileViewModel.java

@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 import org.jabref.gui.icon.IconTheme;
 import org.jabref.gui.icon.JabRefIcon;
 import org.jabref.gui.util.BackgroundTask;
+import org.jabref.gui.util.ControlHelper;
 import org.jabref.gui.util.TaskExecutor;
 import org.jabref.logic.externalfiles.LinkedFileHandler;
 import org.jabref.logic.l10n.Localization;
@@ -151,6 +152,18 @@ public String getDescriptionAndLink() {
         }
     }
 
+    public String getTruncatedDescriptionAndLink() {
+        if (StringUtil.isBlank(linkedFile.getDescription())) {
+            return ControlHelper.truncateString(linkedFile.getLink(), -1, "...",
+                    ControlHelper.EllipsisPosition.CENTER);
+        } else {
+            return ControlHelper.truncateString(linkedFile.getDescription(), -1, "...",
+                    ControlHelper.EllipsisPosition.CENTER) + " (" +
+                    ControlHelper.truncateString(linkedFile.getLink(), -1, "...",
+                    ControlHelper.EllipsisPosition.CENTER) + ")";
+        }
+    }
+
     public Optional<Path> findIn(List<Path> directories) {
         return linkedFile.findIn(directories);
     }

src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/maintable/MainTableColumnFactory.java

@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ private ContextMenu createFileMenu(BibEntryTableViewModel entry, List<LinkedFile
         for (LinkedFile linkedFile : linkedFiles) {
             LinkedFileViewModel linkedFileViewModel = new LinkedFileViewModel(linkedFile, entry.getEntry(), database, Globals.TASK_EXECUTOR, dialogService, Globals.prefs.getXMPPreferences(), Globals.prefs.getFilePreferences(), externalFileTypes);
 
-            MenuItem menuItem = new MenuItem(linkedFileViewModel.getDescriptionAndLink(), linkedFileViewModel.getTypeIcon().getGraphicNode());
+            MenuItem menuItem = new MenuItem(linkedFileViewModel.getTruncatedDescriptionAndLink(), linkedFileViewModel.getTypeIcon().getGraphicNode());
             menuItem.setOnAction(event -> linkedFileViewModel.open());
             contextMenu.getItems().add(menuItem);
         }

src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/util/ControlHelper.java

@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ public class ControlHelper {
     private static PseudoClass dragOverCenter = PseudoClass.getPseudoClass("dragOver-center");
     private static PseudoClass dragOverTop = PseudoClass.getPseudoClass("dragOver-top");
 
+    public enum EllipsisPosition { BEGINNING, CENTER, ENDING }
+
     public static void setAction(ButtonType buttonType, DialogPane dialogPane, Consumer<Event> consumer) {
         Button button = (Button) dialogPane.lookupButton(buttonType);
         button.addEventFilter(ActionEvent.ACTION, (event -> {
@@ -97,4 +99,46 @@ public static void setDroppingPseudoClasses(Cell<?> cell) {
     public static void removeDroppingPseudoClasses(Cell<?> cell) {
         removePseudoClasses(cell, dragOverBottom, dragOverCenter, dragOverTop);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * If needed, truncates a given string to <code>maxCharacters</code>, adding <code>ellipsisString</code> instead.
+     *
+     * @param text text which should be truncated, if needed
+     * @param maxCharacters maximum amount of characters which the resulting text should have, including the
+     *                      <code>ellipsisString</code>; if set to -1, then the default length of 75 characters will be
+     *                      used
+     * @param ellipsisString string which should be used for indicating the truncation
+     * @param ellipsisPosition location in the given text where the truncation should be performed
+     * @return the new, truncated string
+     */
+    public static String truncateString(String text, int maxCharacters, String ellipsisString, EllipsisPosition ellipsisPosition) {
+        if (text == null || "".equals(text)) {
+            return text; // return original
+        }
+
+        if (ellipsisString == null) {
+            ellipsisString = "";
+        }
+
+        if (maxCharacters == -1) {
+            maxCharacters = 75; // default
+        }
+
+        maxCharacters = Math.max(ellipsisString.length(), maxCharacters);
+
+        if (text.length() > maxCharacters) {
+            // truncation necessary
+            switch (ellipsisPosition) {
+                case BEGINNING:
+                    return ellipsisString + text.substring(text.length() - (maxCharacters - ellipsisString.length()));
+                case CENTER:
+                    int partialLength = (int) Math.floor((maxCharacters - ellipsisString.length()) / 2f);
+                    return text.substring(0, partialLength) + ellipsisString + text.substring(text.length() - partialLength);
+                case ENDING:
+                    return text.substring(0, maxCharacters - ellipsisString.length()) + ellipsisString;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return text;
+    }
 }

src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/util/ValueTableCellFactory.java

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 import javafx.scene.control.Tooltip;
 import javafx.scene.input.MouseButton;
 import javafx.scene.input.MouseEvent;
+import javafx.stage.Screen;
 import javafx.util.Callback;
 
 import org.jabref.model.strings.StringUtil;
@@ -100,7 +101,13 @@ protected void updateItem(T item, boolean empty) {
                     if (toTooltip != null) {
                         String tooltipText = toTooltip.apply(rowItem, item);
                         if (StringUtil.isNotBlank(tooltipText)) {
-                            setTooltip(new Tooltip(tooltipText));
+                            Screen currentScreen = Screen.getPrimary();
+                            double maxWidth = currentScreen.getBounds().getWidth();
+                            Tooltip tooltip = new Tooltip(tooltipText);
+                            tooltip.setMaxWidth(maxWidth * 2 / 3);
+                            //tooltip.setTextOverrun(OverrunStyle.CENTER_ELLIPSIS); // info: can be enabled instead of wrapping the text
+                            tooltip.setWrapText(true);
+                            setTooltip(tooltip);
                         }
                     }