From 8449ba9a3c982a0521981de9d9ab724193d7d92a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: GogoVega <92022724+GogoVega@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2025 15:48:03 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Truncate topic of debug message and add tooltip

---
 .../nodes/core/common/lib/debug/debug-utils.js | 18 ++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/core/common/lib/debug/debug-utils.js b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/core/common/lib/debug/debug-utils.js
index 0a84b24c7..78dbde102 100644
--- a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/core/common/lib/debug/debug-utils.js
+++ b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/core/common/lib/debug/debug-utils.js
@@ -536,10 +536,20 @@ RED.debug = (function() {
                 e.stopPropagation();
                 showMessageMenu(filterMessage,debugMessage,sourceNode&&sourceNode.id);
             });
-            $('<span class="red-ui-debug-msg-topic">'+
-                (o.topic?topic+' : ':'')+
-                (o.property?'msg.'+property:'msg')+" : "+format+
-                '</span>').appendTo(metaRow);
+            const msgInfos = `${o.topic ? " : " : ""}msg${o.property ? "." + property : ""} : ${format}`
+            const topicTruncated = RED.utils.truncateString((o.topic ? topic : ""), 120 - msgInfos.length);
+            const topicElem = $('<span class="red-ui-debug-msg-topic">' + topicTruncated + msgInfos + '</span>').appendTo(metaRow);
+            RED.popover.create({
+                content: topic,
+                delay: { show: 750, hide: 50 },
+                direction: "bottom",
+                interactive: true,
+                maxWidth: 300,
+                target: topicElem,
+                trigger: "hover",
+                tooltip: true,
+                size: "small"
+            });
         }
 
         var atBottom = (sbc.scrollHeight-messageList.height()-sbc.scrollTop) < 5;

From 7c9e2c41babb22b7f59a744fde91c3c4ac687ea6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nick O'Leary <nick.oleary@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2025 16:30:33 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Update
 packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/core/common/lib/debug/debug-utils.js

---
 .../core/common/lib/debug/debug-utils.js      | 24 ++++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/core/common/lib/debug/debug-utils.js b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/core/common/lib/debug/debug-utils.js
index 78dbde102..55216e2c2 100644
--- a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/core/common/lib/debug/debug-utils.js
+++ b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/core/common/lib/debug/debug-utils.js
@@ -539,17 +539,19 @@ RED.debug = (function() {
             const msgInfos = `${o.topic ? " : " : ""}msg${o.property ? "." + property : ""} : ${format}`
             const topicTruncated = RED.utils.truncateString((o.topic ? topic : ""), 120 - msgInfos.length);
             const topicElem = $('<span class="red-ui-debug-msg-topic">' + topicTruncated + msgInfos + '</span>').appendTo(metaRow);
-            RED.popover.create({
-                content: topic,
-                delay: { show: 750, hide: 50 },
-                direction: "bottom",
-                interactive: true,
-                maxWidth: 300,
-                target: topicElem,
-                trigger: "hover",
-                tooltip: true,
-                size: "small"
-            });
+            if (topic !== topicTruncated) {
+                RED.popover.create({
+                    content: topic,
+                    delay: { show: 750, hide: 50 },
+                    direction: "bottom",
+                    interactive: true,
+                    maxWidth: 300,
+                    target: topicElem,
+                    trigger: "hover",
+                    tooltip: true,
+                    size: "small"
+                });
+            }
         }
 
         var atBottom = (sbc.scrollHeight-messageList.height()-sbc.scrollTop) < 5;