Shorten the "path" content if possible

Replace the home-path by '~' for having a shorter content.

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/kitemviews/kfileitemmodel.cpp b/src/kitemviews/kfileitemmodel.cpp
index 8f8b80c5a..9f92d8a81 100644
--- a/src/kitemviews/kfileitemmodel.cpp
+++ b/src/kitemviews/kfileitemmodel.cpp
@@ -1209,7 +1209,17 @@ QHash<QByteArray, QVariant> KFileItemModel::retrieveData(const KFileItem& item)
         if (item.url().protocol() == QLatin1String("trash")) {
             path = item.entry().stringValue(KIO::UDSEntry::UDS_EXTRA);
         } else {
+            // For performance reasons cache the home-path in a static QString
+            // (see QDir::homePath() for more details)
+            static QString homePath;
+            if (homePath.isEmpty()) {
+                homePath = QDir::homePath();
+            }
+
             path = item.localPath();
+            if (path.startsWith(homePath)) {
+                path.replace(0, homePath.length(), QLatin1Char('~'));
+            }
         }
 
         const int index = path.lastIndexOf(item.text());