Add configurable feature to shorten dot notated field display

src/kibana/apps/discover/partials/discover_field.html

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
     <li bindonce class="sidebar-item" bo-attr bo-attr-field="field.name">
       <div ng-click="toggleDetails(field)" class="sidebar-item-title">
-        <field-name field="field" title="{{field.name}}"></field-name>
+        <field-name field="field"></field-name>
         <button
           ng-click="toggleDisplay(field)"
           bo-class="field.display ? 'btn-danger' : 'btn-primary'"

src/kibana/components/config/defaults.js

@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ define(function (require) {
     'csv:separator': ',',
     'csv:quoteValues': true,
 
-    'history:limit': 10
+    'history:limit': 10,
+
+    'shortDots:enable': false
   });
 });

src/kibana/directives/field_name.js

@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@ define(function (require) {
   var module = require('modules').get('kibana');
   var $ = require('jquery');
   var _ = require('lodash');
+  require('filters/short_dots');
 
-  module.directive('fieldName', function ($compile, $rootScope) {
+  module.directive('fieldName', function ($compile, $rootScope, $filter) {
     return {
       restrict: 'AE',
       scope: {
@@ -45,8 +46,11 @@ define(function (require) {
           var name = $scope.field ? $scope.field.name : $scope.fieldName;
           var results = $scope.field ? !$scope.field.rowCount : false;
 
+          var displayName = $filter('shortDots')(name);
+
           $el
-            .text(name)
+            .text(displayName)
+            .attr('title', name)
             .toggleClass('no-results', results)
             .prepend(typeIcon(type));
         });

test/unit/index.html

@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@
           'specs/filters/field_type',
           'specs/filters/uriescape',
           'specs/filters/moment',
+          'specs/filters/short_dots',
           'specs/filters/start_from',
           'specs/services/storage',
           'specs/services/persisted_log',