Can't see location of item with long name in Spotlight search?

I can find the location of an item in a Spotlight search by selecting it and holding down the Command key, whereupon its position is displayed at the bottom of the Spotlight window.
However, if the item has a long name, the location is "offscreen" as shown in the screenshot below.
Is there any way of displaying it?

Somebody in another forum told me it couldn't be done in Spotlight but the word "no" must have kick-started my stubborn streak and I started hitting every other key I could find whilst holding down the command key to keep the incomplete location revealed.
Eventually I struck lucky when I pressed Return (or Enter) . . . the window below opened and I was able to do a "Get Info" on the item to find its exact location.

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