From 1c5d57dce99b6ddbab0f46600a6a2f69608fdca5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Umcaruje <uros.maravic@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2016 22:50:30 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Elide channel names to prevent text overflow in FxLine

---
 src/gui/widgets/FxLine.cpp | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/gui/widgets/FxLine.cpp b/src/gui/widgets/FxLine.cpp
index 11267534a..249afdf0a 100644
--- a/src/gui/widgets/FxLine.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/widgets/FxLine.cpp
@@ -152,7 +152,11 @@ void FxLine::drawFxLine( QPainter* p, const FxLine *fxLine, const QString& name,
 	// draw the channel name
 	if( m_staticTextName.text() != name )
 	{
-		m_staticTextName.setText( name );
+		// elide the name of the fxLine when its too long
+		const int maxTextHeight = 78;
+		QFontMetrics metrics( fxLine->font() );
+		QString elidedName = metrics.elidedText( name, Qt::ElideRight, maxTextHeight );
+		m_staticTextName.setText( elidedName );
 	}
 	p->rotate( -90 );