From 9bec6517ada040828c7e7a14eb7e4cb8d1fa2bd4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Danielle=20For=C3=A9?= <danielle@elementary.io>
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2026 15:13:18 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] FuzzySearch: ellipsize middle instead of horizontal scroll

---
 plugins/fuzzy-search/file-item.vala            | 4 +++-
 plugins/fuzzy-search/fuzzy-search-popover.vala | 3 ++-
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/plugins/fuzzy-search/file-item.vala b/plugins/fuzzy-search/file-item.vala
index e5f6563fde..541d72300a 100644
--- a/plugins/fuzzy-search/file-item.vala
+++ b/plugins/fuzzy-search/file-item.vala
@@ -26,7 +26,9 @@ public class FileItem : Gtk.ListBoxRow {
 
         var path_label = new Gtk.Label (
             @"$(should_distinguish_project ? result.project + " • " : "")$(result.relative_path)"
-        );
+        ) {
+            ellipsize = MIDDLE
+        };
 
         path_label.halign = Gtk.Align.START;
 
diff --git a/plugins/fuzzy-search/fuzzy-search-popover.vala b/plugins/fuzzy-search/fuzzy-search-popover.vala
index d67782a3d9..0b4e104678 100644
--- a/plugins/fuzzy-search/fuzzy-search-popover.vala
+++ b/plugins/fuzzy-search/fuzzy-search-popover.vala
@@ -68,7 +68,8 @@ public class Scratch.FuzzySearchPopover : Gtk.Popover {
             propagate_natural_height = true,
             hexpand = true,
             vexpand = true,
-            child = search_result_container
+            child = search_result_container,
+            hscrollbar_policy = NEVER
         };
 
         var box = new Gtk.Box (VERTICAL, 0);