Should a ListView use a horizontal ScrollBar for long delegate text?

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QM • Qt Forum member • September 11, 2026 • 1 answers

A developer wanted horizontal scrolling when delegate labels were wider than a QML ListView.

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Dheerendra V Purohit

September 11, 2026 • Independent answer

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Dheerendra suggested that a horizontal scrollbar may not be the best interaction for this case. A cleaner option is to elide long text and reveal the complete value with a tooltip or alternate selected-item presentation.

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Label { width: parent.width; elide: Text.ElideRight; text: model.display }

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