> Hi, everybody.
> Here is my problem:
> I lave a list which is filled from the database. It has strings up to 80
> chars long. So some strings (longer than ~30 chars) are partially invisible
> because of the screen width.
> 
> Can anyone suggest an "elegant" way to enable the user to see entire line
> contents?

  truncation? :) it would be pretty stupid to word wrap in the list :P
  either truncate (as it does now), or make your items smaller :P if two
  list items are not different within the FIRST 30 chars, then you are
  doing something wrong :P

  ie:

   North Marketplace Drive 1
   North Marketplace Drive 2

  would be better represented as:

   1 North Marketplace Drive
   2 North Marketplace Drive

  see what i mean? :> change the list contents.. make sure the user can
  figure out what each item means within the first 30 chars, and you 
  have a winner :) the less required to figure it out, the better.

  cheers.

az. 
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