diff --git a/applets/kicker/package/contents/ui/ItemListDelegate.qml b/applets/kicker/package/contents/ui/ItemListDelegate.qml
--- a/applets/kicker/package/contents/ui/ItemListDelegate.qml
+++ b/applets/kicker/package/contents/ui/ItemListDelegate.qml
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
     signal actionTriggered(string actionId, variant actionArgument)
     signal aboutToShowActionMenu(variant actionMenu)
 
+    readonly property real fullTextWidth: Math.ceil(icon.width + label.implicitWidth + arrow.width + row.anchors.leftMargin + row.anchors.rightMargin + row.actualSpacing)
     property bool isSeparator: (model.isSeparator == true)
     property bool hasChildren: (model.hasChildren == true)
     property bool hasActionList: ((model.favoriteId != null)
@@ -177,14 +178,17 @@
     }
 
     Row {
+        id: row
+
         anchors.left: parent.left
         anchors.leftMargin: highlightItemSvg.margins.left
         anchors.right: parent.right
         anchors.rightMargin: highlightItemSvg.margins.right
 
         height: parent.height
 
         spacing: units.smallSpacing * 2
+        readonly property real actualSpacing: ((icon.visible ? 1 : 0) * spacing) + ((arrow.visible ? 1 : 0) * spacing)
 
         LayoutMirroring.enabled: (Qt.application.layoutDirection == Qt.RightToLeft)
 
@@ -211,8 +215,7 @@
 
             anchors.verticalCenter: parent.verticalCenter
 
-            width: (parent.width - icon.width - arrow.width
-                - ((icon.visible ? 1 : 0) * parent.spacing) - ((arrow.visible ? 1 : 0) * parent.spacing))
+            width: parent.width - icon.width - arrow.width - parent.actualSpacing
 
             verticalAlignment: Text.AlignVCenter
 
diff --git a/applets/kicker/package/contents/ui/ItemListView.qml b/applets/kicker/package/contents/ui/ItemListView.qml
--- a/applets/kicker/package/contents/ui/ItemListView.qml
+++ b/applets/kicker/package/contents/ui/ItemListView.qml
@@ -27,7 +27,10 @@
 FocusScope {
     id: itemList
 
-    width: units.gridUnit * 14
+    property real minimumWidth: units.gridUnit * 14
+    property real maximumWidth: minimumWidth * 2
+
+    width: minimumWidth
     height: listView.contentHeight
 
     signal exited
@@ -144,7 +147,11 @@
                 spacing: 0
                 keyNavigationWraps: (dialog != null)
 
-                delegate: ItemListDelegate {}
+                delegate: ItemListDelegate {
+                    onFullTextWidthChanged: {
+                        if (fullTextWidth > itemList.width) itemList.width = Math.min(fullTextWidth, itemList.maximumWidth);
+                    }
+                }
 
                 highlight: PlasmaComponents.Highlight {
                     visible: listView.currentItem && !listView.currentItem.isSeparator
diff --git a/applets/kicker/package/contents/ui/MenuRepresentation.qml b/applets/kicker/package/contents/ui/MenuRepresentation.qml
--- a/applets/kicker/package/contents/ui/MenuRepresentation.qml
+++ b/applets/kicker/package/contents/ui/MenuRepresentation.qml
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@
     focus: true
 
     Layout.minimumWidth: (sideBar.width + (sideBar.width ? mainRow.spacing : 0)
-        + Math.max(units.gridUnit * 14, runnerColumns.width))
-    Layout.maximumWidth: Layout.minimumWidth
+        + Math.max(searchField.defaultWidth, runnerColumns.width))
+    Layout.maximumWidth: Math.max(mainRow.width, Layout.minimumWidth); // mainRow.width is constrained by rootList.maximumWidth
 
     Layout.minimumHeight: Math.max(((rootModel.count - rootModel.separatorCount) * rootList.itemHeight)
         + (rootModel.separatorCount * rootList.separatorHeight)
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@
 
             anchors.top: parent.top
 
-            width: root.width - sideBar.width - mainRow.spacing
+            minimumWidth: root.Layout.minimumWidth - sideBar.width - mainRow.spacing
             height: ((rootModel.count - rootModel.separatorCount) * itemHeight) + (rootModel.separatorCount * separatorHeight)
 
             visible: (searchField.text == "")
@@ -309,7 +309,10 @@
         anchors.left: parent.left
         anchors.leftMargin: sideBar.width + (sideBar.width ? mainRow.spacing : 0) + units.smallSpacing
 
-        width: (units.gridUnit * 14) - (2 * units.smallSpacing)
+        readonly property real defaultWidth: units.gridUnit * 14
+        width: (runnerColumnsRepeater.count != 0 ? runnerColumnsRepeater.itemAt(0).width
+                                                 : (rootList.visible ? rootList.width : defaultWidth))
+                                                 - units.smallSpacing
 
         focus: true