Meteor shorten string spacebar helper
If You're building some lists view (e.g. posts list) and You want to shorten their names You can achieve that using this UI helper:
UI.registerHelper('shortIt', function(stringToShorten, maxCharsAmount){
if(stringToShorten.length > maxCharsAmount){
return stringToShorten.substring(0, maxCharsAmount) + '...';
}
return stringToShorten;
});Usage:
{{#each PostList}}
{{shortIt this.title 15}}
{{/each}}And that's it! Enjoy!
Written by OfcaPL
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Thanks, this was helpful. I change it a bit to accommodate what I needed.
UI.registerHelper('shortIt', function(stringToShorten, maxCharsAmount){
if(stringToShorten.length <= maxCharsAmount){
return stringToShorten;
}
return stringToShorten.substring(0, maxCharsAmount);
});
I did this so that the returned string is shortened only if it is longer than what was put in and if it isn't I only needed the whole string returned.
Thanks
Thanks a lot. Loved it!
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