diff --git a/public/stylesheets/courses.css b/public/stylesheets/courses.css
index 5eb455cf5..1706098aa 100644
--- a/public/stylesheets/courses.css
+++ b/public/stylesheets/courses.css
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ blockquote {background: #eeeeee;padding: 10px;margin-bottom: 10px;word-break: br
 #attachments_fields input.description {margin-left: 4px;width: 100px;}
 #attachments_fields span.ispublic-label {display: inline-block;width: 30px;margin-left: 10px;}
 a.remove-upload {background: url(../images/delete.png) no-repeat 1px 50%;width: 1px;display: inline-block;padding-left: 16px;}
-#attachments_fields input.filename {border: 0;height: 1.8em;width: 150px;color: #555;background-color: inherit;background: url(../images/attachment.png) no-repeat 1px 50%;padding-left: 18px;padding-top: 2px;}
+#attachments_fields input.filename {border: 0;height: 1.8em;width: 150px;color: #555;background-color: inherit;background: url(../images/attachment.png) no-repeat 1px 50%;padding-left: 18px;padding-top: 2px; white-space: nowrap; text-overflow:ellipsis;}
 span.add_attachment {font-size: 80%;line-height: 2.5em;}
 #attachments_fields span {display: block;white-space: nowrap;}
 .file_selector{position: relative;opacity: 0;filter: alpha(opacity:0);}