diff --git a/.idea/.idea.HopFrame/.idea/workspace.xml b/.idea/.idea.HopFrame/.idea/workspace.xml
index 92837c1..3cdfe0c 100644
--- a/.idea/.idea.HopFrame/.idea/workspace.xml
+++ b/.idea/.idea.HopFrame/.idea/workspace.xml
@@ -11,13 +11,9 @@
     <option name="autoReloadType" value="SELECTIVE" />
   </component>
   <component name="ChangeListManager">
-    <list default="true" id="0648788e-7696-4e60-bf12-5d5601f33d8c" name="Changes" comment="Added a simple web api abstraction method">
+    <list default="true" id="0648788e-7696-4e60-bf12-5d5601f33d8c" name="Changes" comment="Implemented async delegates">
       <change beforePath="$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/.idea.HopFrame/.idea/workspace.xml" beforeDir="false" afterPath="$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/.idea.HopFrame/.idea/workspace.xml" afterDir="false" />
       <change beforePath="$PROJECT_DIR$/src/HopFrame.Core/Config/PropertyConfig.cs" beforeDir="false" afterPath="$PROJECT_DIR$/src/HopFrame.Core/Config/PropertyConfig.cs" afterDir="false" />
-      <change beforePath="$PROJECT_DIR$/src/HopFrame.Core/Config/TableConfig.cs" beforeDir="false" afterPath="$PROJECT_DIR$/src/HopFrame.Core/Config/TableConfig.cs" afterDir="false" />
-      <change beforePath="$PROJECT_DIR$/src/HopFrame.Core/Services/ITableManager.cs" beforeDir="false" afterPath="$PROJECT_DIR$/src/HopFrame.Core/Services/ITableManager.cs" afterDir="false" />
-      <change beforePath="$PROJECT_DIR$/src/HopFrame.Core/Services/Implementations/TableManager.cs" beforeDir="false" afterPath="$PROJECT_DIR$/src/HopFrame.Core/Services/Implementations/TableManager.cs" afterDir="false" />
-      <change beforePath="$PROJECT_DIR$/src/HopFrame.Web/Components/Dialogs/HopFrameEditor.razor" beforeDir="false" afterPath="$PROJECT_DIR$/src/HopFrame.Web/Components/Dialogs/HopFrameEditor.razor" afterDir="false" />
       <change beforePath="$PROJECT_DIR$/src/HopFrame.Web/Components/Pages/HopFrameTablePage.razor" beforeDir="false" afterPath="$PROJECT_DIR$/src/HopFrame.Web/Components/Pages/HopFrameTablePage.razor" afterDir="false" />
     </list>
     <option name="SHOW_DIALOG" value="false" />
@@ -38,7 +34,7 @@
   <component name="Git.Settings">
     <option name="RECENT_BRANCH_BY_REPOSITORY">
       <map>
-        <entry key="$PROJECT_DIR$" value="feature/api-abstraction" />
+        <entry key="$PROJECT_DIR$" value="feature/async-delegates" />
       </map>
     </option>
     <option name="RECENT_GIT_ROOT_PATH" value="$PROJECT_DIR$" />
@@ -78,6 +74,7 @@
     <setting file="mock://C:/Users/leon/Documents/Projekte/HopFrame/src/HopFrame.Core/Config/PropertyConfig.cs" root0="SKIP_HIGHLIGHTING" />
     <setting file="mock://C:/Users/leon/Documents/Projekte/HopFrame/src/HopFrame.Core/Config/PropertyConfig.cs" root0="SKIP_HIGHLIGHTING" />
     <setting file="mock://C:/Users/leon/Documents/Projekte/HopFrame/src/HopFrame.Web/Components/Dialogs/HopFrameEditor.razor" root0="SKIP_HIGHLIGHTING" root1="FORCE_HIGHLIGHTING" root2="FORCE_HIGHLIGHTING" />
+    <setting file="mock://C:/Users/leon/Documents/Projekte/HopFrame/tests/HopFrame.Tests.Core/Services/DisplayPropertyTests.cs" root0="SKIP_HIGHLIGHTING" />
   </component>
   <component name="KubernetesApiPersistence">{}</component>
   <component name="KubernetesApiProvider">{
@@ -106,7 +103,7 @@
     "RunOnceActivity.git.unshallow": "true",
     "b5f11219-dfc4-47a1-b02c-90ab603034fb.executor": "Debug",
     "dcdf1689-dc07-47e4-8824-2e60a4fbf301.executor": "Debug",
-    "git-widget-placeholder": "!22 on feature/async-delegates",
+    "git-widget-placeholder": "!23 on feature/max-length",
     "list.type.of.created.stylesheet": "CSS",
     "node.js.detected.package.eslint": "true",
     "node.js.detected.package.tslint": "true",
@@ -211,7 +208,8 @@
       <workItem from="1737293153907" duration="8953000" />
       <workItem from="1737390240714" duration="60000" />
       <workItem from="1737390360987" duration="601000" />
-      <workItem from="1737993570961" duration="3116000" />
+      <workItem from="1737993570961" duration="4163000" />
+      <workItem from="1738054766160" duration="413000" />
     </task>
     <task id="LOCAL-00001" summary="Added basic configuration">
       <option name="closed" value="true" />
@@ -405,7 +403,15 @@
       <option name="project" value="LOCAL" />
       <updated>1737995782424</updated>
     </task>
-    <option name="localTasksCounter" value="25" />
+    <task id="LOCAL-00025" summary="Implemented async delegates">
+      <option name="closed" value="true" />
+      <created>1737997122807</created>
+      <option name="number" value="00025" />
+      <option name="presentableId" value="LOCAL-00025" />
+      <option name="project" value="LOCAL" />
+      <updated>1737997122807</updated>
+    </task>
+    <option name="localTasksCounter" value="26" />
     <servers />
   </component>
   <component name="TypeScriptGeneratedFilesManager">
@@ -480,6 +486,7 @@
     <MESSAGE value="Included readme file in projects" />
     <MESSAGE value="Added missing files" />
     <MESSAGE value="Added a simple web api abstraction method" />
-    <option name="LAST_COMMIT_MESSAGE" value="Added a simple web api abstraction method" />
+    <MESSAGE value="Implemented async delegates" />
+    <option name="LAST_COMMIT_MESSAGE" value="Implemented async delegates" />
   </component>
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/HopFrame.Core/Config/PropertyConfig.cs b/src/HopFrame.Core/Config/PropertyConfig.cs
index 2001433..7c8070c 100644
--- a/src/HopFrame.Core/Config/PropertyConfig.cs
+++ b/src/HopFrame.Core/Config/PropertyConfig.cs
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ public class PropertyConfig(PropertyInfo info, TableConfig table, int nthPropert
     public bool IsEnumerable { get; internal set; }
     public bool IsListingProperty { get; set; }
     public int Order { get; set; } = nthProperty;
+    public int DisplayLength { get; set; } = 32;
 }
 
 /// <summary>
@@ -190,4 +191,13 @@ public class PropertyConfigurator<TProp>(PropertyConfig config) {
         InnerConfig.Order = index;
         return this;
     }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Sets the maximum character length displayed in the admin ui (not in the editor dialog)
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="maxLength">The maximum length of characters to be displayed</param>
+    public PropertyConfigurator<TProp> SetDisplayLength(int maxLength) {
+        InnerConfig.DisplayLength = maxLength;
+        return this;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/HopFrame.Web/Components/Pages/HopFrameTablePage.razor b/src/HopFrame.Web/Components/Pages/HopFrameTablePage.razor
index 7ce31ef..a03d4b2 100644
--- a/src/HopFrame.Web/Components/Pages/HopFrameTablePage.razor
+++ b/src/HopFrame.Web/Components/Pages/HopFrameTablePage.razor
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
                 
                 @foreach (var property in _config!.Properties.Where(prop => prop.List).OrderBy(prop => prop.Order)) {
                     <PropertyColumn
-                        Title="@property.Name" Property="o => _manager!.DisplayProperty(o, property, null).Result"
+                        Title="@property.Name" Property="o => DisplayProperty(property, o).Result"
                         Style="min-width: max-content; height: 44px;"
                         Sortable="@property.Sortable"/>
                 }
@@ -283,4 +283,13 @@
 
         _allSelected = selected;
     }
+
+    private async Task<string> DisplayProperty(PropertyConfig config, object entry) {
+        var display = await _manager!.DisplayProperty(entry, config);
+
+        if (display.Length > config.DisplayLength)
+            display = display.Substring(0, config.DisplayLength) + "...";
+
+        return display;
+    }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/testing/HopFrame.Testing/Program.cs b/testing/HopFrame.Testing/Program.cs
index 28ec112..d743d3b 100644
--- a/testing/HopFrame.Testing/Program.cs
+++ b/testing/HopFrame.Testing/Program.cs
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ builder.Services.AddHopFrame(options => {
 
         context.Table<Post>()
             .Property(p => p.Content)
+            .SetDisplayLength(100)
             .IsTextArea(true)
             /*.Validator(input => {
                 var errors = new List<string>();