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diff --git a/catalog-ui/src/app/filters/truncate-filter.ts b/catalog-ui/src/app/filters/truncate-filter.ts
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+export class TruncateFilter {
+    constructor() {
+        let filter = <TruncateFilter>(str:string, length:number) => {
+            if (str.length <= length) {
+                return str;
+            }
+
+            //if(str[length - 1] === ' '){
+            //    return str.substring(0, length - 1) + '...';
+            //}
+
+            let char;
+            let index = length;
+            while (char !== ' ' && index !== 0) {
+                index--;
+                char = str[index];
+            }
+            if (index === 0) {
+                return (index === 0) ? str : str.substring(0, length - 3) + '...';
+            }
+            return (index === 0) ? str : str.substring(0, index) + '...';
+        };
+        return filter;
+    }
+
+}