[PyQt] Compacting long file names or strings

[Wolfgang Rohdewald]

Am Mittwoch, 16. Januar 2013, 09:54:43 schrieb Timothy W. Grove:
> Suppose I have a long file name such as "C:\Users\Public\Videos\Sample 
> Videos\Wildlife.wmv" that I want to display on a button but there isn't 
> enough room to display the entire name. I want to compact it down to, 
> say, "C:\Users\...\Wildlife.wmv". I'm pretty sure that I've seen a 
> method somwhere which will already do this; I just can't remember 
> where... Does this ring any bells with anyone???

https://qt-project.org/doc/qt-4.8/qfontmetrics.html#elidedText

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Wolfgang