Sometimes I want the `Text` to have the ellipsis at the front. My use case is showing a file path, w...

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[Stefan Oltmann]

Sometimes I want the Text to have the ellipsis at the front.
My use case is showing a file path, where the end is more important than the beginning.

The Text does not have a parameter for that and this default config will have the ellipsis at the end.

Text(
    text = text,
    maxLines = 1,
    overflow = TextOverflow.Ellipsis
)

My font is Roboto. Monospace would make this easy as I could cut after a certain amount of characters.
But this is not possible here.

I would like to measure the font size and determine which part fits into the width or somehow.

Did someone find a solution for this?

[Zakir Sheikh]

In the new compose 1.8.0 - alpha(I guess), it supports ellipsis with start, end and middle.

[Stefan Oltmann]

So great! Thanks for letting me know 🙂