# 86 Comment field length

* removes comment field length limit
* adds improvements for rendering large comments

konova/templatetags/ksp_filters.py

@@ -52,3 +52,19 @@ def default_if_zero(val1, val2):
 
     """
     return val1 if val1 > 0 else val2
+
+
+@register.filter("shorten")
+def shorten(val, length):
+    """ Returns val shortened to the first number of length character
+
+    Args:
+        val (str): The value
+        length (int): The number of characters left
+
+    Returns:
+
+    """
+    if val is not None and len(val) > length:
+        val = f"{val[:length]}..."
+    return val