When the file explorer is too narrow, filenames should be right-justified and the directory should be partially hidden instead of vice versa

[jakeonrails]

The file explorer shows partial directories/filenames when it is too skinny. It would be most useful to show full filenames for as long as possible before the explorer becomes too narrow (narrower than the filename).

This is what it looks like when you narrow the file explorer. Note the filenames are getting truncated or even hidden:

This is what it could look like instead, where the directories are truncated but you can still read the filenames (except for the really long filenames there, please pretend they don't exist).

[mislav]

Thank you for reporting! It sounds like we should re-trigger the truncation of directory names every time the sidebar is resized. That would prevent the filenames from getting trucated, too.

We made a similar workaround for file names within modal dialogs recently: #8290

[danielb987]

It sounds like we should re-trigger the truncation of directory names every time the sidebar is resized.

Note that it's much better to remove the beginning of the path than the end of the path. For a large project, there are lots of files with the same top folders, so the end of the path gives more information than the beginning of the path.