diff --git a/app/src/main/res/layout/widget_chatmessage_plain.xml b/app/src/main/res/layout/widget_chatmessage_plain.xml
index 4a9172a20e34676263ace8bd2ca4d2c276e66484..769d36af7ab82afcebb059639263fd50160c2882 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/layout/widget_chatmessage_plain.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/layout/widget_chatmessage_plain.xml
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@
       android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"
       android:textColor="?attr/colorForegroundSecondary"
       android:visibility="gone"
+      android:ellipsize="marquee"
+      android:singleLine="true"
       tools:text="@sample/messages.json/data/sender"
       tools:visibility="visible" />