diff --git a/gtk/gtkfontchooserwidget.c b/gtk/gtkfontchooserwidget.c
index 033a98b1ab..dced83f333 100644
--- a/gtk/gtkfontchooserwidget.c
+++ b/gtk/gtkfontchooserwidget.c
@@ -2190,6 +2190,7 @@ update_feature_example (GtkFontChooserWidget *fontchooser,
 
           gtk_label_set_text (GTK_LABEL (item->example), text);
           gtk_label_set_attributes (GTK_LABEL (item->example), attrs);
+          gtk_label_set_ellipsize (GTK_LABEL (item->example), PANGO_ELLIPSIZE_END);
 
           g_free (text);
           pango_attr_list_unref (attrs);
diff --git a/gtk/ui/gtkfontchooserdialog.ui b/gtk/ui/gtkfontchooserdialog.ui
index 2ccd571132..965dc9f366 100644
--- a/gtk/ui/gtkfontchooserdialog.ui
+++ b/gtk/ui/gtkfontchooserdialog.ui
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 <interface domain="gtk40">
   <template class="GtkFontChooserDialog" parent="GtkDialog">
     <property name="title" translatable="yes">Select Font</property>
+    <property name="default-width" translatable="yes">400</property>
+    <property name="default-height" translatable="yes">500</property>
     <style>
       <class name="fontchooser"/>
     </style>
diff --git a/gtk/ui/gtkfontchooserwidget.ui b/gtk/ui/gtkfontchooserwidget.ui
index 50f5ab5cec..03f87c22e4 100644
--- a/gtk/ui/gtkfontchooserwidget.ui
+++ b/gtk/ui/gtkfontchooserwidget.ui
@@ -144,8 +144,6 @@
                             <property name="column-spacing">6</property>
                             <child>
                               <object class="GtkScrolledWindow">
-                                <property name="width-request">400</property>
-                                <property name="height-request">300</property>
                                 <property name="hexpand">1</property>
                                 <property name="vexpand">1</property>
                                 <property name="hscrollbar-policy">2</property>