[#44183] - [5.2] New Articles Module - Character limit of introtext is wrong
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- 4 Oct 2024
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- Build: 4.4-dev
- # 44183
Steps to reproduce the issue
Display Options -> Introtext Limit - set it to 5
Expected result
The introtext should be cut after 5 characters, followed by the three points
Actual result
Although there is introtext, in some cases no characters are shown
System information (as much as possible)
Joomla 5.2rc1, PHP 8.2
Additional comments
There is HTML Text in front of the text
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One problem arises when the text limit ist too small. Then the truncate method cannot find a space in the text and offset is empty. No text is displayed at all.
If the limit for the introtext is big enough so that at least one space is in the truncated text, then it works. Not the exact number of characters, but near enough for human reading.
A quick solution could be:
Add a description to the label of text-limit that the number is not exact value but varies with spaces between words.
Add a rule that the text-limit must be >= 50 then probably every language has at least one space in the text. In real life it does not make sense to show only 6 characters of an intro text.
Does the readmore limit behave differently here to its other uses elsewhere? I suspect not
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Does the readmore limit behave differently here to its other uses elsewhere? I suspect not
It is the same method, probably in real life nobody sets limit so small as we did in these tests. I can test tomorrow with readmore in other situations.
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If I do:
I get:
So more characters than expected.