1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/lib/utils/text_utility.js b/app/assets/javascripts/lib/utils/text_utility.js
index 130479642f3..b6636de5767 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/lib/utils/text_utility.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/lib/utils/text_utility.js
@@ -104,9 +104,12 @@
         return self.updateText($this.closest('.md-area').find('textarea'), $this.data('md-tag'), $this.data('md-block'), !$this.data('md-prepend'));
       });
     };
-    return gl.text.removeListeners = function(form) {
+    gl.text.removeListeners = function(form) {
       return $('.js-md', form).off();
     };
+    return gl.text.truncate = function(string, maxLength) {
+      return string.substr(0, (maxLength - 3)) + '...';
+    };
   })(window);
 
 }).call(this);