# Segmentations module: don't automatically expand module's settings pane for long file/folder paths

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/segmentations-module-dont-automatically-expand-modules-settings-pane-for-long-file-folder-paths/20260>\
**Category:** Feature requests\
**Tags:** segmentation, gui\
**Created:** [October 20, 2021, 11:02am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/segmentations-module-dont-automatically-expand-modules-settings-pane-for-long-file-folder-paths/20260 "2021-10-20T11:02:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![DIV](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/div/32/12816_2.png) [@DIV](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/DIV)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2022, 3:26am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/segmentations-module-dont-automatically-expand-modules-settings-pane-for-long-file-folder-paths/20260/4 "2022-03-31T03:26:36Z")

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Something similar occurs in both the **Segmentations** module and the **Segment Editor** module for the _name_ of the `Segmentation` (and `Segment`?).

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/slicer/original/3X/7/5/75224dc8ff850f3716f94b309e60637a0c16d544.png)

Maybe this is not typical of all users, but I had output an STL file with a rather long filename to try to keep track of the process used to generate it. (As I’ve said elsewhere, I may want to [compare different attempted segmentations of the same anatomy](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/simple-color-vs-terminology-color-usage/20271/13).) I then reloaded it with the `Data` button as a segmentation, and with the existing name the panel at the left takes up a minimum of half my screen (note that the application is maximised in the above screenshot).  
Interestingly, even if I switch to make a different `Segmentation` “active”, I still cannot shrink the pane.

Whereas for a file path it’s usual to put ellipsis at the start or in the middle (and then display the full path in a tooltip), for an object name I think it’s more usual to put the ellipsis at the end (and then display the full name in a tooltip).  
—DIV

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