Collapsible text input box

A computer device for truncating entered text of a text box user interface element to display both a beginning portion of the text and an ending portion of the text, the computer device comprising:

• one or more processors;
• one or more memories coupled to the one or more processors;
• a display device coupled to the one or more processors;
• wherein the one or more memories include computer executable instructions stored therein that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to receive a user interface at a client computing device, the user interface including a text entry field within a collapsible text entry box, the text entry field having a capacity for a threshold number of characters based on a spatial relationship between the text entry field and the collapsible text entry box;
• receive a stream of characters into the text entry field;
• initially display all characters of the stream as the text entry field receives the stream;
• and
• truncate the displayed characters at a truncation point of the displayed stream as a number of characters of the displayed stream exceeds the threshold number of characters while receiving the stream;
• wherein the truncation point includes a displayed character after a first displayed character of the received character stream.

A computer device for truncating entered text of a text box user interface element to display both a beginning portion of the text and an ending portion of the text, the computer device comprising:

• one or more processors;
• one or more memories coupled to the one or more processors;
• a display device coupled to the one or more processors;
• wherein the one or more memories include computer executable instructions stored therein that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to receive a stream of characters into a text entry field within a collapsible text entry box of a user interface, the text entry field having a capacity for a threshold number of characters based on a size of the collapsible text entry box;
• initially display all characters of the stream as the text entry field receives the stream;
• and
• truncate the displayed characters at a truncation point of the displayed stream as a number of characters of the displayed stream exceeds the threshold number of characters while receiving the stream;
• wherein the truncation point includes a displayed character after a first displayed character of the received character stream.