Give tall notifications either a scrollbar (mentions), or just cap them and...

Give tall notifications either a scrollbar (mentions), or just cap them and use a cool hider (fav/rt).

src/components/notifications/notifications.js

@@ -23,6 +23,11 @@ const Notifications = {
     },
     unseenCount () {
       return this.unseenNotifications.length
+    },
+    hiderStyle () {
+      return {
+        background: `linear-gradient(to bottom, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0), ${this.$store.state.config.colors['base00']} 80%)`
+      }
     }
   },
   components: {

src/components/notifications/notifications.scss

@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@
       min-width: 0px;
       word-wrap: break-word;
       line-height:18px;
+      position: relative;
+      overflow: hidden;
 
       .icon-retweet.lit {
         color: $green;
@@ -57,6 +59,11 @@
         color: $blue;
       }
 
+      .status-content {
+        margin: 0;
+        max-height: 300px;
+      }
+
       h1 {
         word-break: break-all;
         margin: 0 0 0.3em;
@@ -89,6 +96,19 @@
     }
   }
 
+  .notification-content {
+    max-height: 12em;
+    overflow-y: hidden;
+    //text-overflow: ellipsis;
+  }
+
+  .notification-gradient {
+    position: absolute;
+    width: 100%;
+    height: 4em;
+    margin-top:8em;
+  }
+
   .unseen {
     border-left: 4px solid rgba(255, 16, 8, 0.75);
     padding-left: 6px;

src/components/notifications/notifications.vue

@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@
                 <i class="fa icon-star"></i>
                 <small><router-link :to="{ name: 'conversation', params: { id: notification.status.id } }"><timeago :since="notification.action.created_at" :auto-update="240"></timeago></router-link></small>
               </h1>
-            <div v-html="notification.status.statusnet_html"></div>
+              <div class="notification-gradient" :style="hiderStyle"></div>
+              <div class="notification-content" v-html="notification.status.statusnet_html"></div>
             </div>
             <div v-if="notification.type === 'repeat'">
               <h1>
@@ -28,7 +29,8 @@
                 <i class="fa icon-retweet lit"></i>
                 <small><router-link :to="{ name: 'conversation', params: { id: notification.status.id } }"><timeago :since="notification.action.created_at" :auto-update="240"></timeago></router-link></small>
               </h1>
-            <div v-html="notification.status.statusnet_html"></div>
+              <div class="notification-gradient" :style="hiderStyle"></div>
+              <div class="notification-content" v-html="notification.status.statusnet_html"></div>
             </div>
             <div v-if="notification.type === 'mention'">
               <h1>