tooltip of LHN elements is WAY OFF for longer emails

[kavimuru]

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Action Performed:

1. open any chat
2. scroll through LHN to find longer emails
3. hover over the names and observe the tooltip

Expected Result:

tootltip is rightwards in the main chat

Actual Result:

tootltip should be right above the element

Workaround:

Can the user still use Expensify without this being fixed? Have you informed them of the workaround?

Platforms:

Which of our officially supported platforms is this issue occurring on?

• Android / native
• Android / Chrome
• iOS / native
• iOS / Safari
• MacOS / Chrome / Safari
• MacOS / Desktop

Version Number: 1.3.33-5
Reproducible in staging?: y
Reproducible in production?: y
If this was caught during regression testing, add the test name, ID and link from TestRail:
Email or phone of affected tester (no customers):
Logs: https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/4856
Notes/Photos/Videos: Any additional supporting documentation

bandicam.2023-06-17.13-36-08-747.mp4

Expensify/Expensify Issue URL:
Issue reported by: @chiragxarora
Slack conversation: https://expensify.slack.com/archives/C049HHMV9SM/p1686989358411139

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[melvin-bot]

Triggered auto assignment to @dylanexpensify (Bug), see https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/14418 for more details.

[melvin-bot]

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[allroundexperts]

Proposal

Please re-state the problem that we are trying to solve in this issue.

Tooltip of LHN is not showing up correctly

What is the root cause of that problem?

The root cause of the issue is that the text is rendered inside DisplayNames component as inline. This causes the DisplayNames to take up the full length of the page. As such, the tooltip renders at the end of the page.

What changes do you think we should make in order to solve the problem?

We need to add the following style here on Web and Desktop only:

display: 'block',
textOverflow: 'ellipsis',

What alternative solutions did you explore? (Optional)

None

[bernhardoj]

Dupe of #21105

[allroundexperts]

@dylanexpensify I think this should not be closed. #21105 was closed because the issue wasn't reproducible. The issue was never solved there as far as I can see.

[kavimuru]

@dylanexpensify This issue is still reproducible and reported in channel.
https://expensify.slack.com/archives/C049HHMV9SM/p1688368904317509