JAL-1834 capped the tool-tip text at 500. once that is exceeded an ellipsis is added

[jalview.git] / src / jalview / jbgui / GPDBSearchPanel.java

diff --git a/src/jalview/jbgui/GPDBSearchPanel.java b/src/jalview/jbgui/GPDBSearchPanel.java
index 473f634..5a73b7c 100644 (file)
--- a/src/jalview/jbgui/GPDBSearchPanel.java
+++ b/src/jalview/jbgui/GPDBSearchPanel.java
@@ -93,8 +93,12 @@ public abstract class GPDBSearchPanel extends JPanel
       {
         e.printStackTrace();
       }
-      toolTipText = (toolTipText == null ? null : JvSwingUtils.wrapTooltip(
-              true, toolTipText));
+      toolTipText = (toolTipText == null ? null
+              : (toolTipText.length() > 500 ? JvSwingUtils.wrapTooltip(
+                      true, "\"" + toolTipText.subSequence(0, 500)
+                              + "...\"") : JvSwingUtils.wrapTooltip(true,
+                      toolTipText)));
+
       return toolTipText;
     }
   };