From b2bce32ff05c9c841036f42d43eefbb1e5eff609 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrew <andrew@andrew-G53JW.(none)>
Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2011 10:25:21 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] message MDL-26404 trimming course short to prevent long names
 messing up the UI

---
 message/lib.php | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/message/lib.php b/message/lib.php
index df8535ca82d..e31a4d87230 100644
--- a/message/lib.php
+++ b/message/lib.php
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ define('SHOW_ACTION_LINKS_IN_CONTACT_LIST', true);
 define('MESSAGE_SEARCH_MAX_RESULTS', 200);
 
 define('MESSAGE_CONTACTS_PER_PAGE',10);
+define('MESSAGE_MAX_COURSE_NAME_LENGTH', 30);
 
 if (!isset($CFG->message_contacts_refresh)) {  // Refresh the contacts list every 60 seconds
     $CFG->message_contacts_refresh = 60;
@@ -463,7 +464,13 @@ function message_print_usergroup_selector($viewing, $courses, $coursecontexts, $
 
         foreach($courses as $course) {
             if (has_capability('moodle/course:viewparticipants', $coursecontexts[$course->id])) {
-                $courses_options[VIEW_COURSE.$course->id] = $course->shortname;
+                //Not using short_text() as we want the end of the course name. Not the beginning.
+                $textlib = textlib_get_instance();
+                if ($textlib->strlen($course->shortname) > MESSAGE_MAX_COURSE_NAME_LENGTH) {
+                    $courses_options[VIEW_COURSE.$course->id] = '...'.$textlib->substr($course->shortname, -MESSAGE_MAX_COURSE_NAME_LENGTH);
+                } else {
+                    $courses_options[VIEW_COURSE.$course->id] = $course->shortname;
+                }
             }
         }