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When doing a search, the results page shows an ellipsis when it is not needed. For instance:

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The message of that answer is shorter than the text overflow limit, which means the ellipsis (...) should not be shown.

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    I think this is a very rare edge case. Not saying it's a valid bug, but most posts which do not go over that limit will probably be deleted.
    – user206222
    Commented Dec 11, 2013 at 22:42
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    @Emracool I see it quite often when I use some search queries for NAA answers. When it has no ellipsis, I could quicker see it should be flagged than when it has the ellipsis (there could be more info in the rest of the answer)
    – Wouter J
    Commented Dec 11, 2013 at 22:45
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    Isn't the real issue that the post you're showing isn't an answer? I'll take a peek at the search code breaks (it happens on the elastic side), but posts being that short isn't good either.
    – Nick Craver Mod
    Commented Dec 11, 2013 at 22:45
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    @NickCraver yes, indeed. As I said, I often use these search queries to find these NAA answers.
    – Wouter J
    Commented Dec 11, 2013 at 22:52
  • @WouterJ I changed how this works slightly on very short posts, can you try your normal searches and see if you're still seeing it occur anywhere?
    – Nick Craver Mod
    Commented Dec 14, 2013 at 3:10
  • @NickCraver sorry, I still have the same problem: i.sstatic.net/0EPHY.png
    – Wouter J
    Commented Dec 15, 2013 at 15:03
  • @WouterJ can't repro here, see this: no ellipsis on short answer. Can you please give your exact search query to reproduce this?
    – Shadow Wizard
    Commented Dec 15, 2013 at 15:09
  • @ShaWizDowArd another example: stackoverflow.com/… then the "A: Django: API call issue while running on gunicorn" result by Kevin_cl
    – Wouter J
    Commented Dec 15, 2013 at 15:12
  • Hmm... see this - same answer, no ellipsis. This means it's added only when using the is:answer search operator. @Nick for your attention as well. :)
    – Shadow Wizard
    Commented Dec 15, 2013 at 15:14
  • @ShaWizDowArd making it crazier, adding is:a here doesn't make it show the ellipsis: stackoverflow.com/…
    – Wouter J
    Commented Dec 15, 2013 at 15:16
  • Oh my. another one, without is:answer at all and showing ellipsis - well, now I assume it's showing only when there's more than one search result.
    – Shadow Wizard
    Commented Dec 15, 2013 at 15:18
  • @NickCraver ping, in case you missed the previous replies.
    – Shadow Wizard
    Commented Jul 16, 2014 at 22:40
  • @NickCraver Another ping, just in case ;)
    – Undo
    Commented Jul 23, 2014 at 0:11

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