diff --git a/gramps2/ChangeLog b/gramps2/ChangeLog
index 0aea12c7f..830da37bf 100644
--- a/gramps2/ChangeLog
+++ b/gramps2/ChangeLog
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 2006-09-29  Don Allingham  <don@gramps-project.org>
+	* src/FilterEditor/_EditRule.py: limit source name in menu display
+	to 40 characters (#451)
 	* src/GrampsDb/_ReadGedcom.py: Handle the Place/Address combination
 	for events
 
diff --git a/gramps2/src/FilterEditor/_EditRule.py b/gramps2/src/FilterEditor/_EditRule.py
index 0877984e5..f20e639c0 100644
--- a/gramps2/src/FilterEditor/_EditRule.py
+++ b/gramps2/src/FilterEditor/_EditRule.py
@@ -184,7 +184,10 @@ class MySource(gtk.ComboBox):
         for src_handle in self.db.get_source_handles(sort_handles=True):
             src = self.db.get_source_from_handle(src_handle)
             self.slist.append(src.get_gramps_id())
-            store.append(row=["%s [%s]" % (src.get_title(),src.get_gramps_id())])
+            title = src.get_title()
+            if len(title) > 44:
+                title = title[:40] + "..."
+            store.append(row=["%s [%s]" % (title,src.get_gramps_id())])
 
         self.set_active(0)
         self.show()