diff --git a/widgets/DapText.qml b/widgets/DapText.qml
index 468f588c67addbc0240e23a46202c2acbf9e106a..3718df584dd48088c6a29b4ed8cb95ccf40c89a5 100644
--- a/widgets/DapText.qml
+++ b/widgets/DapText.qml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import QtQuick 2.4
 
 DapTextForm 
 {
-    width: parent.width
+    textMetric.elideWidth: width
 
     //Text eliding is available only after full item boot
     //with all metrics - to delete binding loop
diff --git a/widgets/DapTextForm.ui.qml b/widgets/DapTextForm.ui.qml
index ca740809cdf086983ef580aea9751acdfac088bf..3cf02ce9aa04ae50a5233b8072e876504962e219 100644
--- a/widgets/DapTextForm.ui.qml
+++ b/widgets/DapTextForm.ui.qml
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ TextInput
         id: dapTextInputTextMetric
         font: parent.font
         elide: textElide
-        elideWidth: parent.width
         text: fullText
     }