Would it be feasible to implement a box where the user can insert the value of the truncation limit (X) in the variable explorer? spyder-kernels/spyder_kernels/utils/nsview.py # Truncate display at X chars to avoid freezing Spyder # because of large displays if len(display) > X: if is_binary_string(display): ellipses = b' ...' else: ellipses = u' ...' display = display[:70].rstrip() + ellipses