Index: source/blender/windowmanager/intern/wm_operators.c
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--- source/blender/windowmanager/intern/wm_operators.c	(revision 26141)
+++ source/blender/windowmanager/intern/wm_operators.c	(working copy)
@@ -1008,6 +1008,9 @@
 	uiLayout *layout, *split, *col;
 	uiStyle *style= U.uistyles.first;
 	struct RecentFile *recent;
+	char corrected_display_name[80];
+	int displayedlen;
+	int max_filename_width;
 	int i;
 
 #ifdef NAN_BUILDINFO
@@ -1069,11 +1072,32 @@
 	uiItemL(col, "", 0);
 	
 	col = uiLayoutColumn(split, 0);
+	
+	/* Compute max allowed filename width */
+	max_filename_width = 240 - 2*UI_UNIT_X;
+	if(WM_key_event_operator_string(C, "WM_OT_open_mainfile", WM_OP_EXEC_DEFAULT, NULL, corrected_display_name, sizeof(corrected_display_name)))
+		max_filename_width -= BLF_width(corrected_display_name);
+	
 	uiItemL(col, "Recent", 0);
 	for(recent = G.recent_files.first, i=0; (i<6) && (recent); recent = recent->next, i++) {
 		char *display_name= BLI_last_slash(recent->filename);
 		if(display_name)	display_name++; /* skip the slash */
 		else				display_name= recent->filename;
+
+		/* Reduce displayed file name string, if needed */
+		if (BLF_width(display_name)>max_filename_width) {
+			displayedlen=strlen(display_name);
+			if (displayedlen > 80) displayedlen = 80; /* Avoid buffer overflow */
+			do {
+				displayedlen--;
+				strncpy(corrected_display_name, display_name, displayedlen-13);
+				corrected_display_name[displayedlen-13]=0;
+				strcat(corrected_display_name, "...");
+				strncpy(corrected_display_name+displayedlen-10, display_name+strlen(display_name)-10, 10);
+				corrected_display_name[displayedlen]=0;
+			} while (BLF_width(corrected_display_name)>max_filename_width);
+			display_name = corrected_display_name;
+		}
 		uiItemStringO(col, display_name, ICON_FILE_BLEND, "WM_OT_open_mainfile", "path", recent->filename);
 	}