diff --git a/widgets/DapComboBox.qml b/widgets/DapComboBox.qml
index 8bd71b44c323782fcf6893b387a3e1f2f99de917..b19262e7f7d2fad94c62714633e6ad7e00fba086 100644
--- a/widgets/DapComboBox.qml
+++ b/widgets/DapComboBox.qml
@@ -1,13 +1,10 @@
-import QtQuick 2.7
+import QtQuick 2.4
 import QtQuick.Controls 2.0
 
 DapComboBoxForm
 {
     id:dapComboBox
 
-    //temporary variable for the calculating unnecessary part of text
-    property int stringSize
-
     delegate:ItemDelegate
     {
 
@@ -33,6 +30,7 @@ DapComboBoxForm
             anchors.fill: parent
             anchors.topMargin: paddingTopItemDelegate
             anchors.leftMargin: popup.visible ? sidePaddingActive : sidePaddingNormal
+            anchors.rightMargin: popup.visible ? sidePaddingActive : sidePaddingNormal
             font:dapComboBox.font
             //Calculates various properties of a given string of text for a particular font
             TextMetrics
@@ -40,19 +38,23 @@ DapComboBoxForm
                 id: tm
                 font: dapComboBox.font
                 elide: Text.ElideRight
-                elideWidth: parent.width - (popup.visible ? sidePaddingActive : sidePaddingNormal) * 2 - 8*pt
                 text: modelData
+                elideWidth:
+                {
+                    if(index != currentIndex)
+                        return widthPopupComboBoxActive - 2*sidePaddingActive;
+                    else
+                        return widthPopupComboBoxNormal - indicatorWidth ;
+                }
+
             }
             text:
             {
                 if(index != currentIndex)
-                    return modelData;
+                    return tm.elidedText.replace('…', '..');
                 else
                 {
-                    stringSize = tm.elidedText.length;
-                    if(stringSize < modelData.length)
-                        mainLineText = tm.elidedText.substring(0, stringSize-3) + '..';
-                    else mainLineText = modelData;
+                    mainLineText = tm.elidedText.replace('…', '..');
                     return "";
                 }
             }
diff --git a/widgets/DapComboBoxForm.ui.qml b/widgets/DapComboBoxForm.ui.qml
index c16956c35e62b9fe4dafb1e8e61e39b8a7196b7c..e76aba1a8ded911c19d2395feffef052c4ed0de2 100644
--- a/widgets/DapComboBoxForm.ui.qml
+++ b/widgets/DapComboBoxForm.ui.qml
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ ComboBox
         Text 
         {
             id:textTopComboBox
-            anchors.fill: parent
+            anchors.left: parent.left
             anchors.leftMargin: popup.visible ? sidePaddingActive : sidePaddingNormal
             text: mainLineText
             font: parent.font