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Fix Text Overflow in Copilot Display #374

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Expand Up @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ export function CopilotDisplay({ content }: CopilotDisplayProps) {

return (
<Card className="p-3 md:p-4 w-full flex justify-between items-center">
<h5 className="text-muted-foreground text-xs truncate">{query}</h5>
<h5 className="text-muted-foreground text-xs break-words">{query}</h5>
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Replacing truncate with break-words will allow wrapping, but it also removes the single-line constraint and ellipsis behavior entirely. Depending on the layout, a very long query could now expand the card vertically a lot and potentially push other UI elements down in an undesirable way.

If the design intent is to keep things compact while still preventing horizontal overflow, you might want to combine classes to both limit lines and allow wrapping (e.g., using a line-clamp-* utility if available) rather than fully unbounded wrapping. Otherwise, this change trades one UI issue (overflow) for another (unbounded height).

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Consider constraining the text to a small number of lines while still permitting wrapping, for example by using a line clamp utility if your Tailwind setup includes it, such as line-clamp-2 break-words, so the card doesn't grow arbitrarily tall for long inputs:

<h5 className="text-muted-foreground text-xs break-words line-clamp-2">{query}</h5>

If your design system prefers a different max-line behavior, adjust the clamp value accordingly. Reply with "@CharlieHelps yes please" if you'd like me to add a commit with this change or a variant tailored to your Tailwind configuration.

<Check size={16} className="text-green-500 w-4 h-4" />
</Card>
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