# Long scientific name are not fully visible

**URL:** <https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/long-scientific-name-are-not-fully-visible/57706>\
**Category:** iNaturalist Next Bug Reports\
**Created:** [October 28, 2024, 10:28pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/long-scientific-name-are-not-fully-visible/57706 "2024-10-28T22:28:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![misumeta](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/misumeta/32/32226_2.png) [@misumeta](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/misumeta)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2024, 10:28pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/long-scientific-name-are-not-fully-visible/57706/1 "2024-10-28T22:28:50Z")

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**App version number** , if a mobile app issue (shown under About in the side menu):  
0.51.0 120 IOS 18.01 iPhone SE  
**Screenshots of what you are seeing** (instructions for taking a screenshot on computers and mobile devices: [https://www.take-a-screenshot.org/](https://www.take-a-screenshot.org/)):

**Description of problem** (please provide a set of steps we can use to replicate the issue, and make as many as you need.):

Step 1:  
open an observation and search for IDying suggestions  
Step 2:  
If a suggestet name is too long I don’t see the full name. It is instead cut off at some point.  
If a name is very long I even do not see the whole name once IDying is done

Screenshots

 ![IMG_6106](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/3X/f/b/fbf3790fde4a4e87cc0a427f732232da37367d94.jpeg)  
 ![IMG_6105](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/3X/4/d/4d6aaf4024076485f5d4890f3b8a0752ba3895c1.jpeg)  
 ![IMG_6104](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/3X/9/3/93740cc0c568723a6c031cecdc1faa5237663c7b.jpeg)

 ![IMG_6107](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/3X/e/2/e248541a172c0454070553a53f67d594f18ca5ac.jpeg)  
 ![IMG_6109](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/3X/a/b/ab772a0da4a3d81743e4dd8df9f38ebb9e097707.jpeg)  
 ![IMG_6108](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/3X/9/e/9ed827c67148d4e76d913fc95bf05fad7050f736.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![twainwright](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/twainwright/32/304_2.png) [@twainwright](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/twainwright)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2024, 4:38am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/long-scientific-name-are-not-fully-visible/57706/2 "2024-10-29T04:38:20Z")

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This is already a known bug, in the queue for being fixed:  
[https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/inat-next-truncates-long-species-names/55488/1](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/inat-next-truncates-long-species-names/55488/1)

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**Author:** ![tiwane](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/tiwane/32/54612_2.png) [@tiwane](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/tiwane)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2025, 7:36pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/long-scientific-name-are-not-fully-visible/57706/3 "2025-04-24T19:36:10Z")

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