From 3367c3f02257f8ef58f50cf674f6e6af1f20d568 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kovid Goyal <kovid@kovidgoyal.net>
Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2022 10:42:15 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Char select dialog: Truncate character description on hover
 instead of resizing dialog to fit it

---
 src/calibre/gui2/tweak_book/char_select.py | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/tweak_book/char_select.py b/src/calibre/gui2/tweak_book/char_select.py
index 9c3dbcb137..4640a508e0 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/tweak_book/char_select.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/tweak_book/char_select.py
@@ -742,7 +742,7 @@ class CharSelect(Dialog):
         s.addWidget(self.category_view), s.addWidget(self.char_view)
 
         self.char_info = la = QLabel('\xa0')
-        la.setSizePolicy(QSizePolicy.Policy.Expanding, QSizePolicy.Policy.Fixed)
+        la.setSizePolicy(QSizePolicy.Policy.Ignored, QSizePolicy.Policy.Fixed)
         l.addWidget(la, 2, 0, 1, 3)
 
         self.rearrange_msg = la = QLabel(_(
@@ -793,11 +793,11 @@ class CharSelect(Dialog):
         return QSize(800, 600)
 
     def show_char_info(self, char_code):
+        text = '\xa0'
         if char_code > 0:
             category_name, subcategory_name, character_name = self.category_view.model().get_char_info(char_code)
-            self.char_info.setText(f'{category_name} - {subcategory_name} - {character_name} (U+{char_code:04X})')
-        else:
-            self.char_info.clear()
+            text = _('{character_name} (U+{char_code:04X}) in {category_name} - {subcategory_name}').format(**locals())
+        self.char_info.setText(text)
 
     def show(self):
         self.initialize()