diff --git a/applets/taskmanager/package/contents/ui/TextWrapper.qml b/applets/taskmanager/package/contents/ui/TextWrapper.qml
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/applets/taskmanager/package/contents/ui/TextWrapper.qml
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+import QtQuick 2.6
+
+Item {
+    id: textWrapper
+
+    property var textItem
+    readonly property alias containsMouse: mouseItem.containsMouse
+    property int hoveringTime: 0 
+    readonly property bool longHovering: hoveringTime >= 500
+
+    clip: textItem.elide === Text.ElideNone 
+
+    onContainsMouseChanged: {
+        hoveringTime = 0
+        if (containsMouse && width <= textItem.implicitWidth) {
+            timer.start()
+        } else {
+            timer.stop()
+        }
+    }
+
+    onLongHoveringChanged: {
+        if (longHovering) {
+            state = "longHovering"
+            timer.stop()
+        } else {
+            state = ""
+        }
+    }
+
+    MouseArea {
+        id: mouseItem
+        anchors.fill: parent
+        hoverEnabled: true
+    }
+
+    Timer {
+        id: timer 
+        running: false; interval: 100; repeat: true;
+        onTriggered: {
+            parent.hoveringTime += 100
+        }       
+    }
+
+    states: [
+        State {
+            name: ""
+            PropertyChanges { target: textItem; x: 0 }
+        },
+        State {
+            name: "longHovering"
+            PropertyChanges { target: textItem; x: textWrapper.width - textItem.implicitWidth }
+        }
+    ]
+
+    transitions: Transition {
+        to: "longHovering"
+        NumberAnimation {
+            target: textItem; properties: "x";
+            easing.type: Easing.Linear;
+            duration: (textItem.implicitWidth - textWrapper.width)*25
+        }
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/applets/taskmanager/package/contents/ui/ToolTipInstance.qml b/applets/taskmanager/package/contents/ui/ToolTipInstance.qml
--- a/applets/taskmanager/package/contents/ui/ToolTipInstance.qml
+++ b/applets/taskmanager/package/contents/ui/ToolTipInstance.qml
@@ -321,24 +321,45 @@
                         Layout.fillWidth: true
                         spacing: 0
 
-                        PlasmaComponents.Label {
+                        TextWrapper {
+                            id: songTextWrapper
+
                             Layout.fillWidth: true
-                            lineHeight: 1
-                            maximumLineCount: artistText.visible? 1 : 2
-                            wrapMode: artistText.visible? Text.NoWrap : Text.Wrap
-                            elide: Text.ElideRight
-                            text: track || ""
+                            Layout.preferredHeight: songText.contentHeight
+
+                            textItem: songText
+
+                            PlasmaComponents.Label {
+                                id: songText
+                                width: parent.width
+                                height: contentHeight
+                                lineHeight: 1
+                                maximumLineCount: artistText.visible? 1 : 2
+                                wrapMode: Text.NoWrap
+                                elide: songTextWrapper.longHovering? Text.ElideNone : Text.ElideRight
+                                text: track || ""
+                            }
                         }
 
-                        PlasmaExtras.DescriptiveLabel {
-                            id: artistText
+                        TextWrapper {
+                            id: artistTextWrapper
+
                             Layout.fillWidth: true
-                            wrapMode: Text.NoWrap
-                            lineHeight: 1
-                            elide: Text.ElideRight
-                            text: artist || ""
-                            visible: text != ""
-                            font.pointSize: theme.smallestFont.pointSize
+                            Layout.preferredHeight: artistText.visible? artistText.contentHeight : 0
+
+                            textItem: artistText
+
+                            PlasmaExtras.DescriptiveLabel {
+                                id: artistText
+                                width: parent.width
+                                height: contentHeight
+                                wrapMode: Text.NoWrap
+                                lineHeight: 1
+                                elide: artistTextWrapper.longHovering? Text.ElideNone : Text.ElideRight
+                                text: artist || ""
+                                visible: text != ""
+                                font.pointSize: theme.smallestFont.pointSize
+                            }
                         }
                     }