diff --git a/themes/modern/global/globalBindings.xml b/themes/modern/global/globalBindings.xml
index cec2983e80e0..28660f191c9c 100644
--- a/themes/modern/global/globalBindings.xml
+++ b/themes/modern/global/globalBindings.xml
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@
 
         <xul:box class="menulist-text-box" autostretch="never">
          <xul:image class="menulist-icon-mid" inherits="src"/>
-         <xul:text class="menulist-text-mid" inherits="disabled,value,crop,accesskey"/>
+         <xul:text class="menulist-text-mid" inherits="disabled,value,crop,accesskey" flex="1"/>
        </xul:box>
      </xul:stack>
       
diff --git a/xpfe/components/filepicker/res/content/filepicker.xul b/xpfe/components/filepicker/res/content/filepicker.xul
index 11ac623f850f..7bf31c4956c5 100644
--- a/xpfe/components/filepicker/res/content/filepicker.xul
+++ b/xpfe/components/filepicker/res/content/filepicker.xul
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 
 <box autostretch="never">
   <text value="&lookInMenuList.label;"/>
-  <menulist id="lookInMenuList" flex="1" oncommand="onDirectoryChanged(event.target);">
+  <menulist id="lookInMenuList" flex="1" oncommand="onDirectoryChanged(event.target);" crop="left">
     <menupopup id="lookInMenu"/>
   </menulist>
   <button value=".." onclick="goUp();"/>