Truncate with Ellipsis

Caps text at a maximum length and adds an ellipsis, so long names can never break your layout.

Expression Code

// Truncate with Ellipsis
// Apply to Source Text

maxChars = 24;      // Longest allowed text
ellipsis = "...";   // Trailing characters
wholeWords = 1;     // 1 = never cut mid-word, 0 = hard cut

txt = String(value);
out = txt;
if (txt.length > maxChars) {
  cut = txt.substring(0, maxChars);
  if (wholeWords == 1) {
    sp = cut.lastIndexOf(" ");
    if (sp > 0) cut = cut.substring(0, sp);
  }
  out = cut + ellipsis;
}
out;

Apply to the Source Text of the editable text layer. The editor types whatever they like — in the comp or through Essential Graphics — and anything past maxChars is trimmed with an ellipsis. Text at or under the limit passes through untouched.

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