# Open file dialog exceeds screen width while selecting very long directory path
**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/open-file-dialog-exceeds-screen-width-while-selecting-very-long-directory-path/15784
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [November 26, 2024, 10:29am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/open-file-dialog-exceeds-screen-width-while-selecting-very-long-directory-path/15784 "2024-11-26T10:29:55Z")
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### Author:  [@Sclah](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Sclah)
#### Post date: [November 26, 2024, 10:29am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/open-file-dialog-exceeds-screen-width-while-selecting-very-long-directory-path/15784/1 "2024-11-26T10:29:55Z")
Hello everyone,
I am running ParaView on Ubuntu 22.04 by executing it directly from the binary files provided on the ParaView download page.
I am encountering a minor issue while trying to open files with very long paths.
The ‘Open file’ screen becomes to wide and exceeds the screen limit so that just a dialog portion is visible, I think this happens since the dialog window shows you the entire path and to do so it becomes to wide.
The window cannot be resized but I can slide it to read and reach buttons.
Is there a way to resize the window or an option to ‘compress’ the file path to reduce dialog width?
Of course the best solution would be to use a shorter path but I’d like to keep files organized in multiple subdirectories.
Thank you in advance
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [November 26, 2024, 10:31am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/open-file-dialog-exceeds-screen-width-while-selecting-very-long-directory-path/15784/2 "2024-11-26T10:31:03Z")
> [@Sclah](#):
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> Is there a way to resize the window or an option to ‘compress’ the file path to reduce dialog width?
I’m afraid this require a small code change, it should be trivial to fix though.
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### Author:  [@Sclah](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Sclah)
#### Post date: [November 26, 2024, 10:41am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/open-file-dialog-exceeds-screen-width-while-selecting-very-long-directory-path/15784/3 "2024-11-26T10:41:50Z")
Okay, got it! I’ll wait for the fix then. Thank you!
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [November 26, 2024, 10:42am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/open-file-dialog-exceeds-screen-width-while-selecting-very-long-directory-path/15784/4 "2024-11-26T10:42:32Z")
Well, someone need to do the fix though! Do you want to contribute to fix it ?
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### Author:  [@Sclah](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Sclah)
#### Post date: [November 26, 2024, 10:51am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/open-file-dialog-exceeds-screen-width-while-selecting-very-long-directory-path/15784/5 "2024-11-26T10:51:32Z")
Unfortunately I don’t think I am that good at software development since I’ve never done it, I don’t want to mess anything up, sorry!
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [November 26, 2024, 10:53am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/open-file-dialog-exceeds-screen-width-while-selecting-very-long-directory-path/15784/6 "2024-11-26T10:53:53Z")
Then you may want to open an issue on [https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/-/issues](https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/-/issues), maybe a dev will pick it up 🙂
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### Author:  [@Sclah](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Sclah)
#### Post date: [November 26, 2024, 10:58am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/open-file-dialog-exceeds-screen-width-while-selecting-very-long-directory-path/15784/7 "2024-11-26T10:58:07Z")
Okay I’ll do that. Thank you very much for your help!