XF 2.2 Is there a way to limit article text length when displayed in a thread widget ?

[gib]

The article snippet length works well when clicking on an article node, but this limit doesn't apply when viewing the same node in a thread widget.

Is there any way I can restrict the amount of text being displayed for articles when displaying them in a thread widget ?

Is there a template that can be tweaked to limit the post text length ?

Or are there any plans for adding article widgets with article options ?

 

[Paul B]

There's nothing built in.

I made a suggestion here for a separate widget snippet length.

Snippet option for widget expanded display style

Currently, when defining a New thread widget there are three options for displaying the thread content - simple, which is for sidebars, standard, which is how threads appear in the forum list, and expanded which is the entire first post content. A snippet option to restrict the length of...

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[gib]

I made a suggestion here for a separate widget snippet length.

I have voted for it, here's hoping it makes it into a future release